The Republic of the Marshall Islands has stepped up its efforts towards more transparency for its tuna fishing fleet. It has committed to sharing its vessel monitoring system (VMS) data on the...
Fishing
Spanish Seiners Invest In Reduction Of Bycatch
Spanish fishing group OPAGAC-AGAC began this year with four new projects that contribute to the sustainability of the tuna fleets fishing in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans. In the...
OPAGAC’s IO Objection Mostly Refused, Atlantic Cert Goes To Adjudication
The outcome of the objection hearing concerning the MSC certification of the Spanish fishery OPAGAC in the Indian Ocean (IO) has been published. The independent adjudicator found that most of...
Shareholders Demand Abolition Of Act That Enables Unfair Dongwon Industries Merger
A group of minority shareholders is preparing a class-action lawsuit against Dongwon Industries for an unfair merger with Dongwon Enterprise. The case has been expanded to include a demand to...
Taiwan Prosecutes Captain & Eight Others For Abuse On Longliner
Taiwanese authorities are stepping up their efforts to combat forced labor issues in its tuna fisheries. Last week, nine people including a captain and his first mate of the tuna longliner ‘Da...
EU Processors’ Demand For Skipjack Raw Material Rose By 30%
EU processors’ demand for skipjack increased as they imported nearly one-third more frozen whole rounds in 2021 compared to the previous year. The Spanish especially purchased more raw...
Longliners Using The Hookpod, Good News For Seabirds
To prevent seabird bycatch, for the past two years New Zealand has allowed the use of the Hookpod in the country's tuna longline fisheries. To date, the vessels using the devices have reported...
Indonesia Claims Title As World’s Largest Tuna Catcher
Indonesia claims to be the largest tuna catching nation, covering 15 percent of the global tuna tonnages, according to the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries. Besides the main commercial...
Ghana Artisanal Tuna Fishers Need Retirement Incentive
Ghanaian authorities need to provide artisanal tuna fishermen with a retirement package, according to Ghana Tuna Association Secretary, Richster Nii Armarh Amarfio. He was speaking at the...
How Will You Be Celebrating The Upcoming World Tuna Day?
World Tuna Day is just two weeks away. This UN-recognized international celebration is observed on May 2 to recognize and appreciate the most commercial fish across the globe. It is not only a...
Peru Urged To Remove Tax Law On Foreign Fleets
The President of the Peruvian Chamber of Tuna (CPA), Alfonso Miranda Eyzaguirre, has warned that 20,000 jobs in the tuna sector are in danger from a new law that imposes taxes on foreign...
Lack Of Crew Keeps Vietnamese Tuna Boats In Port
Tuna vessel owners in the major provinces of Vietnam are either having to sell their boats or keep them in port because of a labor shortage. Many are complaining that there are simply not...
Our Ocean Conference Kick-Starts In Palau
The Our Ocean Conference started today in Palau and will run until April 14. The nation is co-hosting it with the US. Palau's Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and the Environment, Steven...
Tuna Traceability In EU Agreements Still Has Many Weaknesses
Product traceability is the backbone of control and transparency, and therefore an important component of the EU’s SFPAs (Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements). However, despite all...
New Director For Europêche’s Tuna Group
Europêche, the leading trade body representing the fishing industry in Europe, has appointed Anne-France Mattlet as Director of its newly founded Tuna Group, which has been set up to advocate...
Over 1,500 Exhibitors Lined Up For The Seafood Expo Global
Seafood Expo Global, the world’s largest seafood trade fair, will bring together more than 1,500 exhibiting companies and associations from 76 countries around the world during its launch...
Sri Lanka’s Worst Economic Crisis Affecting Yellowfin Longlinging
Sri Lanka is facing its worst financial crisis in 70 years and crippling inflation has pushed the costs of basic goods such as rice and eggs to skyrocketing levels. The fuel price is surging...
American Samoa Fleet Begs For High Seas Access
Last month, the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC) agreed not to support the adoption of weaker hooks that could reduce the bycatch of false killer whales stating...
Too Much is Not Known About The Chinese Distant Water Fleet
A recent report points out the lack of transparency in the fishing activities of the Chinese Distant Water Fleet (DWF) and how it has a substantial presence in the waters of developing...
Eight Tuna Products Nominated For 2022 Seafood Excellence Global Awards
The organizers of the 28th Seafood Expo Global edition, which is taking place later this month (for the first time in Barcelona), have announced the finalists competing in the 2022 Seafood...