At a time when gillnet fishing is very much under scrutiny for its huge volume of bycatch, South Indian authorities have a scheme for fishermen to purchase tuna gillnetters and longliners. The...
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South Africa Forced To Reopen Online Fishing Allocation System
An online application system allocating the annual fishing rights for tuna pole-and-liners and other seafood in South Africa has been re-opened, giving more time for fishers to submit their...
Eritrea Officially Leaves IOTC After Years Of Non-Compliance
The African nation of Eritrea has announced its official and indefinite withdrawal from the IOTC effective the beginning of 2022. The move was announced in a letter the country sent to the...
Tri Marine Wants MSC Certs In Solomon Islands To Include Bigeye
The tuna trader, Tri Marine, has just announced that it is looking to include bigeye in its certification in the Solomon Islands which includes pole-and-line, longline, and purse seine...
COVID-19 Seriously Impacted Filipino Tuna Fishing Operations
A research study has looked into the impact of COVID-19 and the closed fishing season on the commercial fishers’ operation and economic well-being in Davao Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines. It...
MSC Launches Ocean Cookbook Which Includes 3 Tuna Recipes
Today, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has launched its Ocean Cookbook 2022 to promote healthy and more environmentally conscious eating. Using seafood from 18 MSC certified fisheries,...
Investor Alba Sells Stake In Satlink
Corporación Financiera Alba has sold its 28.07 percent stake in Satlink, a Spanish maritime communications technology company for the tuna business. Ergon Capital, the private equity firm of...
Tongan Observer Death On Tuna Longliner Exposes Jurisdictional Issues
The death of another observer is under the media spotlight. A Tongan national, Arnold Latu, was found dead on board a tuna longliner in September last year and yet no cause of death has been...
China Has First Ultra-Low Tuna Reefer Carrier
China has received its first ultra-low temperature reefer, the ‘Ocean Star’, which will help keep tuna catches in optimal conditions during transportation. The boat was delivered to...
Major Global Tuna Highlights December 2021
The month of December was filled with interesting news for the tuna sector from rising raw material prices in tuna processing and trading hubs across the world to OPAGAC’s MSC FAD...
TUNACONS Fleet First To Turn 20% Of FADs Into Biodegradable
The Ecuadorian purse seine fleet grouped as TUNACONS has reached the first milestone in its transition to what it calls EcoFADs. The organization announced that it starts 2022 having achieved...
Objection Against PNA MSC Cert Moves To Next Stage
The objection against the MSC certification of the PNA fishery’s FAD catches is moving forward as the CAB and the objector did not reach any agreement. In a document uploaded to the MSC...
IOTC Announces Yellowfin Catch Limits For 2022
The IOTC has released its yellowfin limits for 2022 for all tuna fishing fleets catching this species in the Indian Ocean convention area. Several larger distant water fishing nations took a...
Year Review 2021
In 2021, the global tuna industry saw many successes such as more fisheries going for MSC certifications and companies like Thai Union moving towards sustainable loans. The skipjack prices in...
Peru’s Customs & Tax Body Accused Of Unfairly Penalizing Tuna Processors
Peru's Minister of Production, Alfonso Miranda Eyzaquirre, has accused the National Superintendency of Customs and Tax Administration (SUNAT) of unfairly penalizing the tuna industry. He also...
China’s Distant Water Sector’s Growth Losing Steam
A market research report from China has stated that the country’s distant water sector’s growth may be slowing down. The findings from research group Qianzhan revealed that China’s...
Dipole – How This Indian Ocean Phenomenon Affects Tuna Catches
Scientists in the IOTC have been looking into a marine phenomenon called the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), also known as the Indian Niño. Research regarding it was presented during the Working...
Calvo Confident That Sourcing Will Be 100% Sustainable By 2025
Two years ago, the Spanish fishing and processing company Calvo set multiple sustainability goals for the year 2025. It wanted to create a holistic approach to sustainability divided into...
OPAGAC’s Indian Ocean MSC Cert Also Close To Adjudication
The objection against OPAGAC’s Indian Ocean (IO) MSC certification is moving forward after the conformity assessment body (CAB) and the objector, the Coalition for Transparent Tuna Fisheries...
Ocean Family’s IPO Plans Moving Ahead
Chinese fishing company, Zhejiang Ocean Family, has updated the financial information for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) to which it already applied for in July. The company’s IPO aims...