The tuna catches in the Indian Ocean remain at the normal level expected in August and the inventory level of canneries in the region can be defined as moderate. Until recently, there has not...
Fishing
ISSF: Support Vessels Should Also Have Onboard Observer Coverage
Purse seiners often utilize support vessels, also called auxiliary, supply, or tender, and they help to increase fishing efficiency and contribute to effort creep. However, there is a need to...
Seiner Chief Officer Turns YouTuber While 27 Months Onboard
Korean Kim Hyun-Moo has been on board for 27 months as Chief Officer on a tuna vessel owned by Sajo Group. The 27-year-old boarded the seiner in May 2019 without knowing it would be his home...
Marshall Islands Vaccinated 132 Tuna Sailors In One Day
Marshall Islands has officially reinstalled its vaccination program for tuna fishermen. From now on, all Fridays will be reserved for commercial sailors to get their jabs, informed the...
Thai Union’s New Tuna Commitment Leaning On FIPs, Despite High MSC Availability
Thai Union (TU) recently released a Tuna Commitment 2021 progress report which gives an overview of its next stage of work in terms of responsible tuna sourcing by 2025 and how its...
Will IATTC End Meeting Without Conservation Measures Again?
IATTC members are currently debating tropical tuna conservation measures for the period 2022-2024. While they had a fairly hopeful feeling going into this week’s meeting after the...
High Risk Piracy Areas In IO Reduced
Less piracy in the Indian Ocean (IO) has resulted in changes regarding the geographic boundaries of the waters considered High Risk Areas (HRA). Starting September 1, the HRA borders to the...
India: Poor Fishers Should Not Bear Responsibility For IO Yellowfin Decline
India has officially objected to the quota cuts in the newest IOTC yellowfin rebuilding plan adopted during the annual meeting in June. The country pointed out that large-scale industrial...
Tuna Vessel Crew Rescues Migrants From Sinking Inflatable
On Sunday, crew from the Malta-flagged tuna longliner ‘Ave María II’ managed to rescue six migrants who had jumped into the water from a sinking inflatable with 60 people on board. The asylum...
No End In Sight To High Freight Costs For Tuna Sector
Freight costs have been higher than ever since COVID-19 started pushing shipping expenses up from late last year. Currently, pandemic-induced shutdowns in some of the world’s busiest ports,...
ISSF Wants IATTC To Set Extra FAD Management Measures
Yesterday, the annual IATTC session started via videoconference. Members of the RFMO are trying to agree on conservation measures for tropical tuna for the next three years. Ahead of the...
Tuna, An Inspiration For Future Underwater Vehicles?
A team from an American university has created a new tuna robot that could inspire future underwater vehicles. Although other similar tunabots have been created in the last couple of years,...
French Vessel Accused Of IUU Tuna Fishing In Channel Islands
English fishermen are at loggerheads with the French with the former saying that a French commercial fishing vessel has illegally fished one ton of bluefin in Jersey Island’s waters. The...
Drop in MGO Fuel Costs Some Relief For Seiner Owners
Purse seine operators can take a breather as fuel costs have declined slightly despite the latest rise in global oil prices. Oil prices rally across the world in the first half of the year hit...
Fiji Govt Green Lights Subsidies For Fleet Upgrade
The Fijian government has announced its intention to help grow the country's fishing industry with loans and subsidies. In particular, these will focus on upgrading the country’s tuna fleet....
Marshall Islands To Pick Up Pace On Vaccines For Tuna Crews
Marshall Islands will continue vaccinating foreign fishing crews after the work was paused as the Pacific nation had to inoculate its own citizens, especially those in more remote locations....
Philippines Seiner Fleet Has Huge Support Vessel Network In WCPO
The purse seine fleet of the Philippines in the WCPO expanded in 2020 but each seiner seems on average to have also at least two support vessels, which is an exceptional situation. The rapidly...
IATTC Hopes To Reach Tuna Conservation Measures One More Time
Members of the IATTC are once again set to debate tropical tuna conservation measures for the next three years. During the past meetings, countries were unable to agree on the best ways to...
Yvon Riva Set To Leave Orthongel After Chairing For Over Two Decades
The French association of frozen tuna producers Orthongel has elected a new President after 21 years. Yvon Riva is set to leave the organization on September 15 when Xavier Leduc, President of...
Majority Of Readers Say MSC Objection Process Not Working
Over the month, Atuna has been discussing if the Marine Stewardship Council’s objection process regarding certification is working properly for stakeholders. Critics have said that it requires...