This years' Almadraba fishing season for bluefin has started. It is accompanied by a series of gastronomic festivals organized by cities in the province of Cadiz, Spain, where this traditional...
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IATTC Staff A Broken Record On FAD Interventions
The possible necessity of extra FAD management measures in the EPO area has been a hot topic during IATTC meetings for quite a while now. The issue was further discussed last week during the...
SKJ1.8BKK Barely Dips Amid Rising Marine Fuel Prices
The value of whole round frozen skipjack being traded in Bangkok has barely dipped in about three weeks amid high fuel costs for vessels and a low demand in the market. Sources confirmed with...
Spanish Sector Set To Discuss Sustainable Tuna Fishing
Tomorrow, Bermeo Tuna World Capital (BTWC) will be holding a virtual meeting to discuss the current situation of the tuna fishing sector. The association’s goal is “to bring to debate, from an...
Pole & Line Sustainable While Fishers Huddle To Sleep On The Floor?
In the past few years, the living conditions of fishermen on board tuna vessels have been heavily scrutinized. The longline and the purse seine fleet have especially been at the center of...
West African Nations Combat IUU Fishing In Gulf Of Guinea
Countries situated in the West Central Gulf of Guinea will now be able to ensure that they have better control in fighting against illegal fishing and better security in the zone with a new...
CFTO IO Skipjack Catches Enter MSC Final Round
The purse seine skipjack catches for the French tuna fishing company Compagnie Française du Thon Océanique (CFTO) have entered the final round to achieve MSC certification. If there are...
Floating Scarecrows Can Help Prevent Birds From Diving Into Fishing Nets
A group of researchers has come up with an innovative method to scare away seabirds from diving and being entrapped by gillnets. They are doing this with the help of a new device called the...
Tuna Seiner Owners Continue Facing High Fuel Costs
The Brent crude oil settled at a lower price on Thursday after rising pandemic numbers in India and other countries across the globe pushed it to a peak value on May 5, a figure not seen since...
Seychelles Skipjack Price Not Immune To COVID-19
The tuna fishery in the Indian Ocean is recovering from a turbulent month, as in April the majority of seiners had to stay in port for 10 to 15 days due to coronavirus infections among their...
Most PNA Nations Keeping Virus Under Control, Guarantees Pacific Tuna Supply
More than a year since the pandemic began, infections in the PNA region still remain low except for Papua New Guinea where there has been a spike in numbers for the past few months. Given that...
Record Low Mature Yellowfin Catches In WCPO Persist
Tuna purse seiners fishing in the WCPO have been coming up nearly empty when it comes to large yellowfin. This has been happening for months and from the latest figures in March, the situation...
Spain Rejects Plan To Increase Small-Scale Tuna Fisheries Quota
Last month, the EU Parliament submitted to the EU Council a bluefin management plan that would allocate a higher quota to small-scale fisherman. However, the proposal cannot be put in place as...
Crew Rotation And Vaccination Challenges Amid Indian Ocean Covid-19 Infection Wave?
The huge wave of new coronavirus cases in Indian Ocean countries is worrisome as the overall shipping industry is already beginning to feel the impact. The situation might also soon hit the...
Judge Wants Plaintiffs’ Classes Reinstated In Big Three Lawsuits
A Californian appellate court judge has asked a panel of his colleagues to reconsider the decision of decertifying the buyer classes in the antitrust multidistrict litigation (MDL) over...
Major Shift By EPO Seiners Away From Free Schools To dFADs
In the past, some stakeholders have argued that further FAD management measures in the EPO are not a priority as data does not clearly show a co-relation between FADs and tuna mortality....
Very High March Transshipment Activity In PNA Ports
During March, the highest volumes of tuna were transshipped in PNA ports since the pandemic began last year. This elevated harbor activity was the result of purse seiners operating in the WCPO...
IOTC Votes For Online Annual Session
On Monday, the IOTC announced that it will be carrying out its 2021 Annual Meeting via videoconference after a majority of members voted for this format. This is unsurprising especially given...
IATTC Research Shows How Bigeye Is Hit By Large Seiners and FADs
New research shows a strong relationship between the growing number of FADs in the EPO and the higher mortality of juvenile bigeye. The study was published by IATTC ahead of the fifth meeting...
Infofish Tuna 2021 Announces Industry Experts In Program
The 2021 Infofish World Tuna Conference & Exhibition is right around the corner and the organizer has released its full list of speakers for the event, which will be held from May 19 to...