Longliners from China's Dalian Ocean Fishing (DOF) are actively engaged in rampant shark finning. Crew members who previously worked for the company confirmed that its longliners were involved...
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EU Inspection Says Vietnam Made Progress With IUU Issues
An EU team visited Vietnam on October 28 to check the nation’s progress in combating IUU fishing. It observed that the Asian nation had taken more steps to improve the situation, but European...
IPNLF And DFW Partner To Safeguard Livelihood Of Indonesian Fishermen
The IPNLF and Destructive Fishing Watch (DFW) recently signed an MoU to support one-by-one tuna fisheries in Indonesia. It will help Indonesian small-scale fishermen become an active part of...
China’s Road To Ocean And Tuna Power
China aims to develop itself as a strong ocean state and enlarge its tuna industry, as expressed in its 14th Five-Year Plan adopted on March 12, 2021. Since then, the Shandong province has...
Depressed Transshipment Volumes Spell Low Supply To Bangkok
Following a drop in catches, a lot less free school tuna was transshipped through PNA ports in September. The bulk of the operations was carried out in Micronesian harbors mainly due to high...
Forged Documents Supplied To Set Up Canneries In Costa Rica
Promises made by Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves Robles about two new tuna canneries to be set up in his country appear not to be materializing. Two foreign tuna companies, supposedly...
Peak In FSM Catches Pulling PNA Volumes Back Up
Purse seine operators were successful with their free school fishing in the WCPO and netted more volume in September than the previous month. These higher catches were propelled by intensive...
Scientists Discover New Tuna Attracting Ecosystem Near Maldives
The ‘Nekton Maldives Mission’ has discovered a new ecosystem under the Indian Ocean (IO) which is now named “The Trapping Zone.” The Maldives government is all praise for the researchers from...
Updated Fishery Act A Rubik’s Cube For US Senate
The US Magnuson-Stevens Act is undergoing a comprehensive revision, the first in 16 years, but it remains to be seen if it is passed by the Senate. Parties like the Hawaii Longline Association...
When Will Retailers Adopt GDST Standard?
Pacifical is the first seafood company in the world to have passed the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST’s) Capability Test, meaning its data demonstrates that the tuna in its...
Vietnam Progresses On Digitizing Tuna Tracing
Vietnam is taking further steps to regulate its tuna and other seafood fleets and combat IUU fishing. One of the actions is digitizing the work for tracing tuna and other fishery products. It...
US Marine Mammal Protection Act Celebrates 50 Years
Fifty years ago, on October 21, the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) was established by the US Congress, addressing the American public's concern for these threatened species and calling...
First Taiwanese Longliner Compliant With ILO Working Conditions
Taiwanese company Yi-ting Tsjeng is the first to add a longliner that complies with International Labor Organization (ILO) standards to its fleet. Today, the ‘Chien Yuan Ming No. 88’ made its...
Maldivian Tuna Exports Historical Low In July
The latest statistics by the Maldivian government show July exports of tuna products were historically low. In that month, only 929 M/T of fresh, chilled, and frozen tuna was delivered to...
Study: Tuna Combines Low Carbon Output With High Nutrition Density
Increasingly, consumers are not only looking towards sustainability but also the climate impact of their meal choices. A new research study has once again confirmed tuna and other seafood are...
Yellowfin Scratches Itch With Shark
It is not even Valentine's season and yellowfin are out and about rubbing up against the sharks. A large yellowfin was seen swimming towards a silky shark and rubbing its head against the...
Malta Wants An Increase In Bluefin Quota
The Maltese government has proposed an increase to the bluefin quota, pointing out that studies and discussions have shown a significant increase in the tuna population in the Mediterranean....
Ecuador Subsidizes USD 19 M In Fuel For Tuna Fleet
The Ecuadorian government subsidized USD 2.194 billion in fuel in H1 2022 and forecasts to end this year with nearly USD 4 billion. Bruno Leone, President of the National Chamber of Fisheries,...
Little Girl Catching Tuna And More Social Media Trends
Nine-year-old Izzy Crotty of Devon, UK, was fishing with her father 20 miles off the coast of Plymouth when she caught a 28 Stone (177.8 kg) bluefin - almost six times Izzy's weight as hers is...
Basque Vessels Begging For Help: Cold Shoulder From Brussels
Four Basque pole-and-line tuna vessels operating in Senegal represented by Dakartuna (Association of Pole and Line Tuna Boats) have again asked the EU for help so as not to be forced to lay...