If you are sitting in a Japanese restaurant in one of the major US cities, there is a high chance you could be eating yellowfin from the Maldives. The main business of Big...
Fishing
FIA’s Philippine And PNG Seiner Activity Now Traceable Daily
Purse seiners associated with PNG’s Fishing Industry Association (FIA) can now be tracked through the interactive Global Fishing Watch (GFW) map. The move is part of PNG’s pledged commitment...
Global Seafood Sector Demands Stricter Actions On IUU Fishing Day
The United Nations General Assembly, in 2017, proclaimed June 5 as the International Day for the Fight Against IUU Fishing to raise awareness about the illegal practice in the sector. Tuna and...
Environmental NGOs Sue French Seiners For Turning Off AIS
French organization Bloom and UK-based Blue Marine Foundation have put their money where the mouth is and filed a complaint with the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office on June 1, against 21 tuna...
Study: Albacore Migration Patterns In The Pacific Depend On Size
Combining logbook data and statistical modeling, scientists have found that albacore prefer different habitats depending on their body mass. This is essential information for the tuna...
EU Seiner Fleet Left Confused Over Margin Of Tolerance Deal
On Tuesday, negotiators from the European Commission, Council, and Parliament reached a provisional agreement over the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). After five years of complex discussions,...
Ivory Coast Steps Up To Conserve Its Tuna Stocks With A New Plan
Ivory Coast announced the temporary closing of its tuna fisheries for small-scale fisher boats, industrial and semi-industrial vessels. The Minister of Animal and Fisheries Resources, Sidi...
Skipjack Continues To Be Traded In Manta Far Below SKJ1.8:BKK Price
Frozen whole round skipjack transactions in the Manta tuna hub continue to take place at high levels, but still well below what traders demand in Bangkok, a situation that has now been ongoing...
Philippines Q1 Skipjack Landings Stable
The total tuna and tuna-like species discharged by Philippines-flagged vessels fell by six percent in the first quarter of this year versus 2022, mainly due to the large drop in the catches of...
Portuguese Bigeye Fishing In The Atlantic Ocean Is Closed
Bigeye fishing season in the Atlantic Ocean for Portuguese-flagged boats is officially closed. The vessels have used up their catch quota for 2023. On May 29, the nation’s Directorate-General...
WCPO Skipjack Catching Crisis Continues
For a fifth month in a row, purse seiners operating in the WCPO have not been successful with their skipjack catches despite increasing their efforts in all areas of the western pacific...
IO Bigeye Catch Limit Will Not Drive Japanese Prices Up
The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) is certain that the reduction of Indian Ocean bigeye TAC will not impact tuna prices or lead to a shortage in the Asian...
American Samoan StarKist Employees Protest Against MPA Expansion
The decision of US President Joe Biden to expand the Pacific Islands marine protected areas (MPAs) has not gone well with American Samoans, especially employees at the StarKist cannery. On...
New Mini Seiner To Revolutionize Tuna Catching In Philippines Province
Fishermen in the Philippine Northern Samar province now own a mini purse seiner donated by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). The vessel, the first of its kind to be...
Tri Marine Achieves MSC For Entire WCPO
The Tri Marine WCPO skipjack and yellowfin FAD and free school fishery has received the MSC sustainable logo for its bigeye catches, which means that its catches for entire WCPO can carry MSC....
Sea Shepherd Steps In To Assist Tuvalu In IUU Control
Tuvalu is continuing efforts to control its waters by partnering with Sea Shepherd Global (SSG) to take over the duties from its damaged patrol boat. The government and the NGO signed a...
OPAGAC Allocates Millions To Achieve MSC For All Catches
The Spanish purse seiners, grouped in OPAGAC, intend to certify their annual 380,000 tons of tuna catches with the MSC blue logo. The fishing group announced it will invest EUR 7 million (USD...
Will Commercial Interests Kill IOTC Collaboration?
Orthongel represents the French purse seiner operators and its President, Xavier Leduc, talked with Atuna at the Seafood Expo in Barcelona concerning the current challenges the EU seiner fleet...
Seiner Fuel Lowest Level In 2023 But Operators Affected By Poor Fishing
International crude prices have declined and this has pulled down marine fuel costs for purse seiners to one of the lowest levels this year. However, vessel operators are facing a headwind...
Senegalese Purse Seine Fishery Wants MSC For Atlantic Skipjack And Yellowfin
Dongwon-owned CAPSEN and fishing company Grand Bleu S.A are aiming for an MSC blue logo for their Atlantic Ocean purse seine skipjack and yellowfin in the high seas and EEZs of Sierra Leone,...