A group of 70 people including 16 divers completed training from the Global Ghost Gear Initiative on how to remove ghost gear off the Panamanian coast safely. The two-day workshop...
Fishing
ICCAT Introduces Lower Quotas & FAD Ban In The Atlantic
The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) meeting came to a close in Spain yesterday, with several new measures taken – a reduction in quota on...
Study Shows “Effort Creep” Doubled Commercial Fishing Capacity
New technology has helped commercial fishing fleets to double their fishing capacity every 35 years, says a recent study conducted by researchers from the University of British Columbia’s...
Tuna Wars: The Book The Industry Needs
The wait is finally over - tomorrow the book that the tuna industry has been anticipating for a long time will be released. It tells the untold story of the power...
Albacora Wants Out Of Super Seiner Shipyard
Spanish seafood company, Albacora, wants to sell its shares and leave Hijos de J. Barreras, the Vigo-based shipyard, the latter which is going through a pre-insolvency phase....
Investigation Reveals Cause Of Fire Onboard US Seiner
Poor training and a lack of oversight are to blame for the sinking of US-flagged purse seiner ‘Jeanette’ after flames devoured the vessel, an investigative report has concluded. The...
PNG Fishing Industry Concerned Over Minister’s Remarks
The PNG Fishing Industry Association Inc. has taken issue with the remarks made by the newly appointed PNG’s Minister for Environment, Conservation, and Climate Change, Wera Mori. The...
New Global Atlas Shows Growth In AIS Use By Vessels
A new global report analyzing AIS tracking technology shows that the number of fishing vessels utilizing this technology is increasing each year. It can provide information on fishing activity...
Europeans At Loggerheads Over Quota Reduction For Seiners
In order to reach the goal of an integrated management system of the four tropical tuna stocks in the Atlantic, OPAGAC has been promoting a fishing effort based management system to...
Foreign Vessels Get 1 Year To Land A Portion Of Their Catch
The Peruvian government has put into effect a measure that gives foreign-flagged fishing vessels a maximum period of one year to deliver at least 30 percent of their catches or their...
EU And African States Propose Lower TAC For Atlantic Bigeye
Atlantic bigeye is big on the agenda at the ICCAT meeting, which is taking place this week in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Member countries are meeting to come to an agreement about...
Lischewski’s Attorney: Father & Son Colluded On Prices
A former senior executive at Bumble Bee and key witness for the US government was grilled by Chris Lischewski’s defense counsel, who accused the testifier of being motivated by...
High Canned Tuna Prices & Less Orders By German Market
German canned tuna imports experienced a fall in the first half of this year, mainly due to a drop in deliveries coming from outside the EU. The country's canned tuna retail...
Spanish Seiners Overcatching Yellowfin Shows IOTC Draft Report
Spanish purse seiners caught more than their allocated share of yellowfin in the Indian Ocean in 2018 - a stock that is already red-rated. Atuna managed to look into a draft...
Ghana Cannot Close All Fishing Seasons At Once
A US agency has called for a mandatory closing of the fishing season for all fleets operating in Ghana’s waters at the same time, regardless of their target species....
Work For India Tuna Harbor Continues As Scheduled
The work for the new tuna fishing harbor in Tiruvottiyur Kuppam in Chennai, India, is progressing as scheduled. Currently, drivers in the Ennore...
WTPO Sees Buying Less VDS Days As Crisis Solution
In their meeting on the crisis of the Bangkok skipjack price, the members present at the World Tuna Purse seine Organization (WTPO) meeting in Manila agreed on...
Pacific IUU Surveillance Sights 646 Vessels
Fifteen Pacific nations recently participated in the annual Operation Kurukuru, a 12-day multinational coordinated regional maritime surveillance exercise targeting IUU fishing in the...
Attorney General Proud Of Win Over Albacora
Earlier this year, the international arbitration between the Spanish tuna fishing company, Albacora, and the Ecuadorian government over tax charges came to an end...
EU Extends Fisheries Protocol With Mauritania
Mauritania has signed a provisional application extending for another year a fisheries protocol between the country and the EU. The previous agreement expires on November 15. With the...