In the Ecuadorian National Assembly, little progress has been made on the case involving the bulk of shark fins from Ecuador seized in Hong Kong around six months ago. Despite several...
Fishing
Warmer Waters Reduce Prey That Tuna Feed On
The eating habits and the growth of the blackfin, the smallest tuna in the Thunnus family, changed due to the warming of the oceans, according to a recently published study. US researchers...
Sri Lanka Court Gives Order To Destroy Indian IUU Vessels
A court in Sri Lanka has given the order for authorities to destroy 27 out of 94 vessels that were seized from fishermen in South India who had encroached into Sri Lanka's EEZ in the past...
Unregulated Squid Fishing Threatens To Starve Indian Ocean Tuna
Unregulated fishing of species such as squid in the Indian Ocean's high seas represents a high risk for the health of tuna stocks and other marine creatures in the region. The report...
Advisory Body To Aid P&L Tuna Fishers In EU’s Outermost Regions
A new council, the Outermost Regions Advisory Council (ORAC), has been established by the EU to give support to artisanal pole-and-line and handline fishers in the EU’s outermost...
Venezuelan Govt Celebrates Poor Tuna Landing
The government of Venezuela has announced the arrival of a purse seiner with tuna cargo which is to be distributed among the country’s population. According to VTV, the state news outlet, the...
IOTC Delegates Agree On Special Session To Deal With Yellowfin
The IOTC has taken a step in the right direction with a key outcome to hold a special session on the pressing issue of yellowfin stock in the Indian Ocean (IO). This came as a relief to many...
First Skipjack Caught In Croatia In 75 Years
Croatian fisherman Denis Markovic had a shock when he found out from experts that the fish he had reeled in was a skipjack and not an Atlantic bonito as he had initially assumed. He caught the...
Waitrose Wants Exception Made For Maldives Yellowfin
UK retailer Waitrose & Partners will continue sourcing yellowfin from the Indian Ocean (IO) in a bid to support the Maldives tuna fishery citing that it believes the positive actions taken...
Guangdong Province Wants To Be China’s Tuna Hub
The Guangdong province in China has reiterated its interest in becoming a tuna processing and trading hub for the country. To achieve this, the province has been increasing its tuna fleet and...
EU: Fleets Overfishing Atlantic Yellowfin Must Be Held Accountable
The second round of consultations in the ICCAT annual meeting is currently ongoing albeit in an unusual fashion with discussions taking place over emails. The US has said that bigeye catch...
Ghanaian Navy To Fight Off Pirates Targeting Tuna Vessels
Ghana’s Chief of Naval Staff has stated that his fleet will make the country’s maritime waters safe again by preventing illegal fishing and other criminal activities from taking place. Rear...
WCPFC Extends Pause For 100% Observer Coverage
After reviewing the COVID-19 situation, the WCPFC has decided to extend the suspension of the requirement for observer coverage on purse seiners for four more months. The move also continues...
How Much ATQ Loins Should The EU Take In Annually?
Currently, the negotiations for the 2021-2023 Autonomous Tariff Quota (ATQ) for pre-cooked tuna loins are ongoing at the EU Council. However, the EU fleet and the processing industry...
Maldives Yellowfin Raw Material Cut Will Hurt Bangkok Packers
The Maldives government has raised its concerns about recent calls to boycott yellowfin caught in the Indian Ocean (IO). It claimed that the nation’s traditional pole-and-line and handline...
Atuna Readers Agree On Reduction Of Fishing When HCR Is Breached
Although in 2019 less tonnage of skipjack was caught in the Indian Ocean (IO) than in the year before, the landings still exceeded the limit set in the Harvest Control Rule (HCR). This...
Kiribati Observer’s Family Dissatisfied With Murder Investigation
The family of Kiribati observer Eritara Aati Kaierua has expressed their dissatisfaction with the investigation regarding his death earlier this year on board Taiwanese tuna purse seiner ‘Win...
Major Global Tuna Highlights October 2020
During the month of October, the tuna industry saw strong activity across all sectors. From the movement of raw material prices in global tuna hubs to the clash between the EU fleet and...
ISSF Expects Supply Chain Actors To Publish Social Policies
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has announced that it will be introducing a new conservation measure next year. It requires participating tuna and seafood companies...
Can Shallow-Depth DFADs Reduce Baby Bigeye Catches?
Scientists seeking a solution to reduce fishing mortality of juvenile bigeye in the EPO have found that purse seine tuna catch volumes of sets made on prototype shallow-depth drifting FADs...