Last Thursday, Greenpeace environmental activists protested in front of Bumble Bee Seafood’s headquarters asking the US tuna company to put an end to modern slavery. They marched to Bumble Bee...
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Pacific Island Nations’ Tuna Conservation Goal Threatened By Corruption
Pacific Island Countries (PICs) want to sustainably manage their tuna and other fishery resources and they have implemented international, regional and national frameworks aimed at this goal....
Philippines Senator Warns Of Far-Reaching Consequences Of Overfishing
Philippines Senator Cynthia Villar pointed out that ocean’s resources are not limitless, when speaking at the closure of the 23rd Tuna Congress in General Santos City. They should be protected...
Bangladesh Seeks Indonesia’s Support To Combat Maritime Crimes
Indonesia has agreed to collaborate with Bangladesh to help the latter increase its efforts in combating maritime crimes like IUU fishing. The decision was announced after a meeting between...
Micronesian Seiner Fishery MSC Certified For Entire PNA
The Micronesia skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye purse seine fishery which sought a scope extension for free school and FAD sets in all the EEZs of PNA last year has been MSC certified. There...
Vigo Epicenter Of The Tuna Industry Hosts ANFACO World Tuna Conference
Vigo will welcome the XI ANFACO World Tuna Conference ‘TUNA VIGO 2023’ next week from September 14 to 15. Under the theme "Leading in uncertain times", the event will bring together nearly 400...
Migrant Workers Meet Taiwanese President To Urge For Onboard Wi-Fi
Migrant workers on Taiwanese tuna vessels are leaving no stone unturned to ensure their demand to install Wi-Fi on board is met. The crew and key allies spoke with the Taiwanese President Chen...
AGAC Goes For MSC Scope Extension For Atlantic Skipjack
The AGAC Four Oceans Integral Purse Seine Tropical Tuna Fishery wants a scope extension for skipjack on FAD sets and free school in the Atlantic Ocean. LRQA, the CAB managing the process,...
Chinese Government Subsidizes Shanghai Kaichuang With USD 5.79 Mln
Chinese fishing company Shanghai Kaichuang Deep Sea Fisheries announced that it received a governmental subsidy on August 31 will impact its annual profit. Its parent company, Shanghai...
Skipjack Juveniles Face Fishing Pressure In Disputed South China Seas
The South China Seas (SCS) is a highly disputed area and countries in the region – China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Taiwan are all in a constant dispute over conflicting island...
EPO Yellowfin Size Decrease Need Investigation Says Scientist
EPO yellowfin catches reached a 15-year peak in 2022 when tuna vessels caught 291,826 M/T, a 15 percent rise from the year before. The sizes of these species caught on FAD sets have also been...
Philippines Claims To Be Among World’s Top Tuna Exporters
The Philippines tuna industry declared it is one of the world’s leading producers of tuna at the recent Tuna National Congress held in General Santos city. According to Drusila Esther Bayate,...
FFA Holds Third Meeting To Align Pacific Islands On USD 600 Mln Tuna Treaty
The Pacific Islands have been eagerly awaiting the approval of the USD 600 million support for the South Pacific Tuna Treaty (SPTT) assured by US President Joe Biden last year. The green...
Major Global Tuna Highlights August 2023
August was a month of major changes in the tuna industry. IATTC adopted harvest control rules for tropical tuna after much discussion. The US FDA’s new proposed rule brightened tuna producers’...
US Man Rises To Fame For Tuna Addiction And Other Social Media Trends
American 30-year-old Tyelr from Kansas featured on the show ‘My Strange Addiction’ for his particularly unique fixation for smelling tuna, drinking its juice straight out of the can, and...
American Samoa Longline Fleet Increased Albacore Catches In 2022
Fishers in all US territories were impacted by high fuel costs in 2022. However, American Samoa longline fishery managed to increase its albacore landings and revenue that year. The StarKist...
CNFC Announces Stable Half Year Net Profit
State-owned CNFC Overseas Fisheries’ half-year figures revealed that its net profit remained stable at CNY 51.93 million (USD 7.13 million) in H1 2023, a slight 0.44 percent drop compared to...
Marshall Islands Longline Fishery Wants Scope Extension For North Pacific Albacore
The Marshall Islands Fishing Venture (MIFV) wants to add North Pacific albacore to its yellowfin and bigeye MSC certification and has asked for a scope extension. The Announcement Comment...
The US Seiner Fleet Is Struggling To Survive
The Pacific US large purse seiner fleet currently comprises 13 vessels. The recent US annual report to the WCPFC highlighted that the number of vessels has greatly reduced in the past few...
Spanish Tuna Fishing Crew Benefits From New Tax Rule
A new personal tax exemption will benefit Spanish purse seine crew on board vessels fishing for tuna outside EU waters. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food announced that sailors...