Two scientists have published a new study that can help predict the catch rate of bigeye for up to four years in the Hawaii longline fishery by using information about the sizes of...
Fishing
Colombian Outcry Over Japanese Longliner License
Colombian National Fishing Authority (AUNAP) has granted a license to Japanese longliner Koyo Marú No. 7 permitting it to fish for tuna in the nation's Atlantic Ocean EEZ. This has created...
Liberia Takes Steps To Secure Local Crew For Own Fleet
Liberia is taking further steps in strengthening its own tuna sector. Its National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) recently announced that it has secured job opportunities for 10...
Abused Chinese Longliner Crew Fights For Full Pay
Several crew members of the Chinese tuna longliner, ‘Long Xing 629’ have yet to be compensated for their work on the vessel for 18 months, even after having performed under almost “slave-like...
One Fisherman Dead After Canadian Tuna Troller Capsizes
At least one fisherman has died after the Canadian-based tuna fishing boat, ‘Arctic Fox II’ capsized southwest of Port Renfrew about 136 kilometers offshore of Cape Flattery, Washington, on...
Ramirez: Oldest Operating Cannery In The World
Portuguese company, Ramirez & Cª (Filhos), SA, has the oldest operating fish canning factory in the world. Founded 167 years ago, the company has been run by the same family for five...
China’s Pacific Longline Albacore Catches On The Rise Again
China’s longline albacore catches in the WCPO are on the rise again after they peaked in 2017. It made up 29.7 percent of all longline catches in this part ocean for that year -- and...
Climate Change Will Hit Pacific Islands’ Catches Disproportionally
A new study dealing with the impact of climate change on tropical fisheries is projecting a potential catch decline of up to 40 percent by the 2050s. This is if no immediate action is taken...
Balfegó Fails To Compensate Local Fishers
Spanish tuna company Balfegó has come under criticism for not compensating fishermen after thousands of its bluefin were released from their cages and washed up ashore in January when the...
Portugal’s Azores Wants Control Of Bigeye & Albacore Quota
The Portuguese autonomous region of Azores has argued that almost the complete quota of bigeye and albacore should be allocated to its fleet. This was stated during a meeting between the...
Indian Ocean Oil Spill Threatens Mauritius Marine Ecosystem
The tuna producing nation of Mauritius declared a state of environmental emergency over the weekend due to a massive oil spill in its pristine waters. The unfortunate event occurred after a...
Satlink Offers Observers Career Switch To EM Analysts
Spanish company Satlink has launched a training program for observers to retrain themselves as Electronic Monitoring (EM) analysts. This gives about 800 observers in the Western and Central...
Ecuador Wants EEZ Border At 350 Miles Off Shore
Ecuador is moving on with its goal to extend its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) which will allow the country to control a big area of tuna rich grounds. This December the nation will present...
Seiners’ Lack Of Communication Led To Million USD Crash
It has now become clear what exactly happened when the two seiners, ‘American Eagle’ and ‘Koorale’, clashed northeast of American Samoa on June 17, 2019. The National Transportation Safety...
Marshall Islands Fleet Reports Highest Catches Ever
Last year, the Marshall Islands’ purse seine tuna fleet recorded its highest catch volume in the last 20 years. WCPFC data revealed that the 2019 annual catches of Marshall Islands peaked at...
Readers Expect Significant Reduction In Global Tuna Catches
The COVID-19 pandemic has increasingly disrupted fisheries as contamination within their crews has forced vessels to stay in port. Atuna asked its readers, how will the ongoing coronavirus...
GTA Asks 25% Yellowfin Catch Reduction In IO
The Global Tuna Alliance (GTA) has published a report that concludes that a yellowfin catch reduction is imperative to rebuild the yellowfin stock within two generations. Based in the UK, GTA...
Routine Seiner Cleaning Fatal To Ghanaian Worker
The routine cleaning of the 39 year-old purse seiner ‘Africa Star’ has become fatal for a man of 27 in Tema port, Ghana. He was working in the hold of the boat when a pipe of the refrigeration...
Study: Few Tuna Suppliers To The EU Have Anti-Slavery Policies
Only slightly over a tenth of tuna suppliers to Europe have any sort of mechanism to identify slavery issues in their supply chain. This is stated by a new study performed by Deloitte. The...
Start Of Veda Accelerates Manta’s Skipjack Price Rise
The first 2020 EPO veda has just officially started, and the skipjack price in the port of Manta in Ecuador is already rapidly increasing. However, this acceleration is also the consequence of...