A new Discovery Channel series focussing on bluefin fishing premiered on May 22 in the US. The show, called All On The Line, follows two vessels in which the crews are fighting to reel in what...
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Pacific Bluefin Tuna Stock Will Soon Reach Recovery Target
The International Scientific Committee (ISC) for Tuna and Tuna-Like Species in the North Pacific Ocean has projected that the stock of Pacific bluefin tuna will soon meet the international...
Spanish Side With Indonesians In Condemning Chinese Over Crew Deaths
Not long after the Spanish Organization of Associated Producers of Large Tuna Freezers (OPAGAC), denounced the mistreatment and deaths of Indonesian fishermen on board Chinese vessels, the...
South-East Taiwan Bluefin Catches Quintuples
So far this year, Taiwanese fishermen have reported a surge in bluefin catches of at least five times that of 2019 in its entirety. The Xingang District Fisherman's Association in Taitung...
PNA Orders Seiner Owners To Get Remaining Observers Home
Early this week, the PNA Office sent a circular expressing its deep concern for observers amid the COVID-19 crisis and ordered all purse seiner operators and companies to repatriate the...
Vietnam Stepping Up Measures To Combat Illegal Fishing
Vietnam has been taking various measures across its provinces in order to fight IUU fishing so that it can have the yellow card that it still holds from the EU removed. Recently, in the Binh...
Coronavirus Dampens North Pacific Albacore Season Expectations
The 2020 North Albacore season will be starting in June but amidst the coronavirus crisis, some industry people are wondering how the fishing and the selling of this tuna will go. Wayne...
FIA In PNG Defies WCPFC Decision To Halt Observers During COVID-19
The Fishing Industry Association (FIA) of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has condemned WCPFC's move to temporarily suspend or waive the 100 percent observer coverage on board tuna purse seiners. In an...
EU Adds Hundreds Of Millions To Fisheries Recovery Plan
The European Commission (EC) continues to lend a helping hand to the fishery and aquaculture sectors, just like it did in the first stages of the crisis. As European countries are starting to...
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FFA President Says “People Factor” Key In Fighting IUU Fishing
In a recent Chatham House International Forum on IUU fishing, FFA’s Director-General, Dr. Manu Tupou-Roosen, presented a keynote speech on the human elements of IUU fishing and how this is...
Ghanaian Youth Threatened To Set Fire To IUU Fishing Tuna Boats
Fishers in a municipality in the Volta region of Ghana have warned tuna fishing vessels engaging in illegal fishing to stay away. Artisanal fishers at the Vodza Landing Beach (LBC) in Keta are...
Major Global Tuna Highlights May 2020
The month of May saw varying changes in the tuna industry. The skipjack price in Bangkok fell further while tuna and seafood business Thai Union, was impacted by the coronavirus. In order to...
Indonesia To Bar 23,500 Local Crew From Working On Foreign Vessels
Following a recent spate of onboard deaths and alleged mistreatment of Indonesian fishing crew on foreign fishing vessels, the Indonesian government is planning to pass an official measure...
Mexican Tuna Fisherman Taken To Hospital After Fall
A crew member on board the tuna vessel ‘Baja Sea’ was transported to a hospital after he suffered a fall that caused a hip contusion. The medical evacuation was quickly carried out by the...
WCPFC Extends At-Sea Tuna Transshipments Deadline
Today, the WCPFC announced via a circular that after a seven-day review, it has extended the deadline for at-sea transshipments for purse seiners until July 31. The RFMO will also be allowing...
OPAGAC’s Call For EU To Oppose Chinese Vessels Dubious
Weeks after NGOs denounced the treatment of crews aboard Chinese vessels, the Spanish Organization of Associated Producers of Large Tuna Freezers (OPAGAC) released a strongly worded statement...
Mediterranean Bluefin Fishing Getting Into Full Speed
In the Mediterranean Sea, bluefin fishing season has officially started and boats targeting this tuna have already settled in their respective fishing grounds. The activities initiated despite...
Vietnam Continues To Be Hard-Hit By Foodservice Demand Drop
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many economies worldwide. Because of this, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exports and Producers (VASEP) is suggesting to tuna processors and exporters...
Ecuadorian Seiner’s Near Entire Crew Infected With COVID-19
An Ecuadorian-flagged tuna purse seiner is returning to its fishing ground after almost all its crew members tested positive for COVID-19 and sought help in the Marquesas Islands. As a result,...