The ongoing objection against OPAGAC’s MSC certification in the WCPO has reached its final stage, as it was announced this week that it will be proceeding to adjudication. The move was taken...
Fishing
IPNLF Appoints Former Indonesia Fisheries Head To Its Board
The International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) has appointed Mohammad Zulficar Mochtar to its Board of Trustees (BoT). He was Director-General of Capture Fisheries in the Indonesian Marine...
Improved WCPO Supply Puts Downward Pressure On Bangkok Skipjack Price
The price for frozen whole round skipjack in the Bangkok processing hub has fallen due to better fishing and an increase in raw material landings. In mid-January, one ton of skipjack was being...
Part Of Asian Seiner Fleet Dry Docking During Lunar New Year
Lunar New Year has started and it seems tuna purse seiners owned by Chinese or Taiwanese owners, or those with crew predominantly observing the festival are generally still active at the WCPO...
Experts Urge Japan To Improve Tuna Supply Chain Monitoring
Industry professionals think that the tuna supply chain in Japan needs better monitoring as catches for Pacific bluefin are being underreported. Last November, authorities found...
Mauritius Looking Into Sea Mining In The IO?
Mauritius is looking to deep-sea mine in the region. Evidence that the Central Indian Ocean basin contains around 5 kg of polymetallic nodules per square meter has been the main motivation of...
Major Global Tuna Highlights January 2022
From a strike by tuna cannery workers to the possible removal of VAT on canned tuna, there were several major happenings in the tuna world during the first month of 2022. Unusual skipjack...
The Need To Improve Monitoring Of Global Tuna Transshipments
There has been increased rhetoric over the years regarding the need for improved monitoring, control, and surveillance (MCS) of global transshipment activities. The UN Food and Agriculture...
December’s Transshipments Closed Year Below Average Levels
During December, purse seiners transshipped slightly more volumes of tuna than the previous month in PNA ports. However, the increase was not sufficient to bring it near the year's average...
Manta Price Takes Quick Upward Turn In A Sellers Market
Almost two weeks after the EPO fishing closure ended, increased demand and less skipjack supply than expected are pushing the price up at the Manta port. This means that currently in Ecuador a...
China’s Tuna Imports Not Aimed For Domestic Consumption?
China's distant water caught tuna and several fish species are mainly processed and re-exported to other destinations and this can make traceability of seafood difficult because it masks...
US Bans Taiwanese Longliner’s Catch Over Forced Labor Charges
The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency on January 28 seized the tuna catch of the Taiwanese tuna longliner ‘Da Wang’ and prohibited it from entering the American market because of...
Chicken Of The Sea Buys Only A Fraction Of Tuna From ISSF Participants
The majority of tuna purchased by Chicken of the Sea International (COSI) does not come from MSC or FIP fisheries. Additionally, only a very small fraction of the fish used by the brand is...
Seiner Runs Aground On Mexican Beach Due To Bad Weather
A tuna seiner ran aground last week in Mexican waters due to strong waves and bad weather conditions. The boat, ‘Big Eye’, was presumably navigating towards shelter when a storm hit and...
VMS Requirement Disputed By Philippine Small-scale Fishers
The Southern Philippine Deep Sea Fishing Association (SoPhil) is opposing the implementation of the rule that all national fishing vessels should be equipped with a Vessel Monitoring System...
Captains Still Have A Hard Time Catching WCPO Skipjack
Purse seiners fishing in the WCPO caught slightly more tuna in December than in the previous months. This was the result of better skipjack hauling, nevertheless, captures of the species were...
Dongwon Seiner Rescues Locals Drifting For 1 Month In The Pacific
A banana boat with ten people on board left New Ireland, PNG, on December 23, 2021, for Tanga Island, but never arrived. This week, one month after it went missing, the vessel was found by the...
Fishermen Use Tuna As Excuse To Disrupt Russian Navy Exercises
Irish fishermen are planning to peacefully disrupt Russian military activity near the country’s EEZ because it could have great consequences for tuna fishing. The move comes after Russia...
Tags Prove Tuna Cannibalism In Atlantic Ocean
A recent scientific report about pelagic species has revealed predation and cannibalism by tropical tunas in the Atlantic Ocean. Yellowfin especially eat skipjack. The paper, Trophic...
US Fishery Moving Forward With MSC Certification In PNA Waters
The latest report showing the results of the MSC assessment of the US Pacific Tuna purse seine fishery has been recently made public. The preliminary scores indicate that the conformity...