Earlier this week, the EU unveiled its policy package for fisheries consisting of four main components including the evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and the Marine Action Plan...
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Second Taiwanese Longliner With 16 Crew Goes Missing This Month
Taiwanese Fisheries Agency officials are concerned about the return of the Taiwanese-flagged longliner 'Lien Sheng Fa' that went missing in the Indian Ocean. Families reported that they lost...
Zhongshui Fishery Derives 68% Sales From Tuna
Zhongshui Ocean Fishery recorded 29 percent more operating income in 2022 and managed to gain profit, as announced on February 24. Around 68 percent of its turnover comes from tuna sales. The...
WCPO Seiner Catches Tumble To Four-Year Low
In January, WCPO fleet owners ordered their captains to further boost purse seiner activity but despite a peak effort, they were unable to produce good catches. Their bet to buy more vessel...
New Zealand Pledges Funds To Help Pacific Islands’ Tuna Sector
New Zealand has pledged USD 25 million to Pacific Island nations to help their tuna industry. Officials pointed out that climate changes has affected the migration of tuna. They are moving...
Missing Taiwanese Longliner Last Spotted Off Palau Coast
Taiwanese officials are greatly concerned about the vessel Sheng Feng No. 128 that went missing on Saturday. The longliner stopped transmitting signals at 2 am when it was 414 nautical miles...
Ecuador Seiners Netted Low Volumes Of Skipjack In 2022
In 2022, EPO fleets caught the most volume of main commercial tuna species on record, largely driven by high numbers of yellowfin. The largest purse seiner fleet operating in this ocean,...
Fijian And New Caledonian Longlining Sector Collaborate On Tuna Jurisdictional Project
French territory New Caledonia and Fiji are collaborating with the US-based NGO Conservation International (CI) for a tuna Jurisdictional Approach (JA) initiative. The parties signed a...
Ecuador Has Fingers Crossed As EU Yellow Card Audit Nears
The EU Carding Scheme introduced in 2010 has been efficient in curbing IUU fishing and Ecuador received a yellow card in 2019 for not undertaking sufficient work to combat it. Officials hope...
EPO 2022 Catches Show Peak Might Have Been Reached
The Eastern Pacific Ocean tuna catches slightly increased - by 1,521 M/T in 2022. The data provided by IATTC asserts what the industry experts have been saying throughout the year. It...
Canary Pole And Liners Suffering Due To Lack Of Licenses
Fishing for 18 artisanal handline and pole and line vessels in the Spanish archipelago Canary Islands is a distant dream. The crew members have been unable to catch tuna for the past four...
GrupoMar Invests USD 30 Million For New Seiner
Mexican tuna fishing company GrupoMar is continuing to expand its purse seine fleet. With a USD 30 million investment, the new vessel will arrive at Manzanillo port in September. Antonio...
IO Purse Seine Fleet Victim Of A Geopolitical Storm?
Europêche did not pull punches in a statement released last week. The industry lobby group accused the eleven states that pushed through the 72-day dFAD ban in the Indian Ocean of having a...
Mauritius And Seychelles Back EU Protest On IO FAD Ban
The decision to implement a 72-day IOTC dFAD ban has caused quite a stir in the EU and other member nations, including Mauritius and Seychelles. The archipelagos claim it will affect the tuna...
Spanish Government Awards Marine Instruments For Innovative Strategies
Marine Instruments can boast of yet another golden feather in its crown. The company – which manufactures electronic equipment adapted to marine conditions – won the ‘National Innovation Award...
Will EU Seiners Comply With The 72-day IOTC FAD Ban?
The 72-day dFAD ban decided after a secret ballot at the IOTC Special Session meeting during the first weekend of February has caused consternation, especially among EU purse seiner owners and...
Crew Narrowly Escapes Sinking Micronesian Seiner
It was a spine-chilling close call for 22 fishermen and an observer who escaped from the 67-meter-long purse seiner 'Yap Seagull' that sank near Majuro on Friday. The men had only the clothes...
Report Says MSC COC & Labor Certifications Not Up To Par
A new report has independently reviewed fisheries and aquaculture certifications and standards focusing on fundamental worker rights and protections within these sectors using 16 key...
Ghana Tuna Pole & Liners Need Fuel Subsidy Says Association
The Ghana Tuna Association is urging the government to reduce fuel prices for pole-and-line boat operators, saying that fishers cannot afford it. Tuna vessels are in dire need of support from...
Fuel Cost Sliding For WCPO Purse Seiner Operators
Although global crude oil prices are on the rise, they are still way below the USD 100 per barrel mark, which means that distillate marine fuel is not costing as much for WCPO seiner owners....