Every December, Trini the tuna visits the port of L'Escala in Spain where locals welcome it with open arms. The event has even become a tourist attraction and many look out for its arrival. In...
Fishing
EJF Investigation Leads To ICCAT Banning Illegal Tuna Longliners
The international NGO, Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), has said that ICCAT has blacklisted a fleet of longliners for illegally catching and transshipping tuna. However, it expressed...
ATUNEC Helps With Logistic Of Vaccination Event In Port Of Manta
A new vaccination center in the Port of Manta has been set up to give the first or second doses to children aged five to 11, reported El Diario Ecuador. The jabs are free of charge. The...
Are High WCPO Yellowfin Catches Caused By La Niña?
The chances that the La Niña phenomenon will continue in the Pacific through the winter months until approximately April 2022 is almost certain. Although no guaranteed influence on tuna...
Environmentalists: “Shell’s Seismic Survey Will Harm Marine Life”
Environmental groups and local experts in South Africa have filed motions in the nation’s High Court against Shell’s start of seismic surveys to explore for petroleum systems off the Eastern...
Filipino Artists Hold Concert To Raise Money For Tuna Fishing Communities
Well-known Filipino artists have teamed up with WWF Philippines for a three-night virtual concert, “Holiday Serenade”, to raise money for 21 tuna fishing communities in Lagonoy Gulf and...
Most IUU Fishing In WCPO Due To Seiners’ Captains Misreporting
The annual volume of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) tuna in the WCPO has dropped over the past decade, according to the latest Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) report....
EU Operation In Somalia Tackling IUU Fishing After Anti-Piracy Success
As the piracy problem in the Horn of Africa is well under control thanks to the EU NavFor Operation Atalanta project, the initiative can now place more resources into putting a stop to IUU...
Global NGO Gets USD 1.9 Mil To Improve Sustainable Tuna Work In Northeast Asia
International non-profit Ocean Outcomes has received a three-year USD 1.9 million investment to scale up its sustainable tuna longlining initiatives across Northeast Asia. It had previously...
Stagnant Trade Causes Seychelles Prices To Remain Fixed
The tuna trade in Seychelles has come to a temporary standstill. All commercial vessels have stopped fishing and only a few Spanish-flagged seiners will resume operations at the end of...
OPAGAC Close To Resolving WCPO Objection, But Got Another One In Atlantic
The consultation period for the objection submitted against the OPAGAC MSC assessment in the WCPO was scheduled to end last week. However, the independent adjudicator has extended it until...
WCPFC Extends At-Sea Transshipments Measure Until March 2022
The WCPFC will be extending the provisional measures temporarily allowing at-sea transshipments for purse seiners and the suspension of observer coverage for these vessels until March 15,...
Maldivian Fishermen Demand Better Yellowfin Prices
Last week, the Maldives fishermen from the Bodu Kanneli Masverige Union (BKMU) held a rally to voice their concerns about yellowfin fishing in the country. They are asking for better value for...
Cocos MPA Expansion Going Ahead Despite Fishers’ Opposition
The expansion of the Cocos Marine Conservation Area (ACMC) in the Costa Rican EEZ is moving forward despite strong opposition from the tuna fishing sector. In early November, the Ministry of...
US Tuna Fishers Want Homeland Security To Get More Involved With Pacific Islands
The outcome of negotiations at last week's WCPFC meeting was a great disappointment for US tuna fishing companies. Now they are urging the US government to embrace a new geopolitical strategy...
Devaluation Of Sapmer Shares Seems Unstoppable
Publicly listed French fishing company, Sapmer, has seen its share value take an erratic course in 2021. The company's 2020 results and the sale of two tuna purse seiners did not reassure...
OPAGAC: More Time Is Needed To Fully Adopt Biodegradable FADs
The Spanish fishing companies grouped as OPAGAC have said that more time is needed before the fleet can fully adopt biodegradable FADs (bio-FADs). In a statement, the organization claimed that...
Indian Ocean Squid Vessels Possibly Catching Tuna Illegally
Vessels in the Northwest Indian Ocean (NWIO) squid fishery might be illegally catching tuna and tuna-like species. This is according to a report released by Trygg Mat Tracking (TMT), a...
CNFC To Renew Its Tuna Longline Fleet
Chinese tuna company, CNFC, intends to raise around CNY 400 million (USD 62.7 million) to renew and expand its longline fishing fleet. On December 4, the firm made the announcement saying that...
OPAGAC Gets EPO Yellowfin MSC Certified, But Fails On Skipjack Assessment
No objections were submitted for the MSC certification of the Spanish-owned OPAGAC fishery in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO), thus the MSC logo has been granted to the yellowfin catches as...