The 7th Regional Tuna Industry and Trade Conference of the Pacific Tuna Forum will take place on the 12 and 13 of September. The meeting will be held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea,...
Fishing
Fishermen Burned Four Seiners Over Banned Nets
Two groups of fishermen from Parangipettai, India, got into an argument about the use of banned purse seine nets. The quarrel led to the burning of four boats at the mouth of the harbor and...
CoC Certification Renewed For PNA WCP Free School Tuna Fishery
The MSC Chain of Custody (CoC) certification for the PNA Western and Central Pacific Skipjack and Yellowfin Unassociated / Non-FAD set (Free School) Tuna Purse Seine Fishery,...
Congressman Introduces Bill To Recover Costa Rica’s Tuna Wealth
A new bill that aims to create a national fleet of responsible tuna fishers has been introduced in Costa Rica by Congressman José María Villalta. The project is named a Law to...
Looming Atlantic Closure For Spanish Seiners Due To Bigeye Quota
Spanish tuna purse seiners have been limited to using only 25 percent of the remaining bigeye catch volume for 2019, as ordered by the General Fisheries Secretariat on July 26. The quota,...
Peru’s Alfonso Miranda Elected IATTC President
Over the course of the latest Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission’s (IATTC) meeting, Peruvian Alfonzo Miranda Eyzaguirre was unanimously elected as the new president of the...
Filipino Tuna Management Plan More Policy Than Action
The recently released updated National Tuna Management Plan 2019 -2023 (NTMP) of the Philippines intends to give stakeholders within their tuna industry directions for goals, management...
The Future Of Ocean Research Using Seiner’s Technology
The non-profit environmental organization Conservation International (CI) is calling for purse seiners to assist with ocean research. The goal is to cut costs in order to be able to carry...
Ghanaian Observer Missing From Chinese Vessel
Three weeks ago, Emmanuel Essien boarded the Chinese vessel, Meng Xin 15, as a fishing observer. Since then, his whereabouts are unknown. The vessel's name could not be found on the ICCAT...
Maldives Government Wants To Increase MIFCO Capacity
The Maldives government is planning to increase the capacity of their fisheries’ facilities and generate more income from processing locally caught tuna, stated Fisheries...
WCPFC Total 2018 Catch Second Highest On Record
The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) has announced its provisional total tuna catch data for 2018 at 2,716,396 M/T. This is the second-highest on record since the...
Albacore Catch Among Lowest In 20 Years
The latest figures by the Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) states that the provisional estimate of total albacore catch (Thunnus alalunga) in the RFMO's region was only...
US Teenager Catches 700-Pound Tuna
Last Friday, Devin Zelck, 18, and her father, Steve Zelck, went to spend a day at sea and came back with a 700-pound bluefin in their boat. The father-daughter team is from...
Little Consensus So Far In IATTC Meeting
The 94th Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) meeting, which is taking place in Bilbao, Spain, is ending today. Prior to the gathering, NGOs and other organizations released a...
Statue To Honor Port Lincoln’s Pole & Line History
Port Lincoln in Australia will be unveiling a Tuna Poler statue to honor the city’s pole-and-line tuna industry's history. The sculpture will be placed in the city’s foreshore this Sunday....
UPDATE: Senegalese Seiner Detained In Angola Due To ‘Misunderstanding’
Yesterday, Atuna reported that since July 3, a Senegal-flagged purse seiner has been detained at Port de Luanda in Angola. New information regarding the seizure shows that this...
Suspected Pirate Kidnappings Of 5 Pole+Line Fishermen
Five seamen are suspected of being kidnapped by hijackers from Nigeria after a Ghanaian fishing vessel was reported missing this Monday. The abandoned vessel was rescued by the Ghana Navy,...
Is The Fishing Industry Ready For Autonomous Vessels?
Technology has improved the fishing industry tremendously – from drones to acoustic probes to electronic monitoring and guiding information systems – they are aiding with a...
Purse Seiner Detained In Angola With 30 Crewmembers On Board
Since July 3, a Senegal-flagged purse seiner has been detained at the Angolan port of Luanda. The vessel, Pont Saint Louis, is owned by Senegalaise de...
EU And Senegal Quickly Agree On Tuna Fishing Deal
Last Friday, a new fisheries agreement was made between the African country of Senegal and representatives of the European Commission. The parties reached a consensus after just one round of...