The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) has a new alternate commissioner, John Zuanich. He has been appointed by the US Department of State to act on their behalf and...
Fishing
EJF-report Based On Outdated Cases In Tuna Fishery
The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) published on June 5 its new report, ‘Blood and Water’, about human rights abuse in the global seafood industry. Atuna...
Seaweb Seafood Summit 2019 Focusses On Worker Rights
The 15th SeaWeb Seafood Summit opened today in Shangri-La Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. The Summit is from June 10 to 14. This year’s Summit is putting the spotlight on social...
Albacore And Yellowfin FIP For Longliners In WPO
A new FIP has been recently launched by Bumble Bee Foods, FCF Fishery Company, Clover Leaf Seafood, and Ocean Outcomes. The Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) intends to improve the...
CNFC Acquires Longliners From Chinese Tuna Company
One of China’s largest seafood companies has expanded its Pacific fleet by purchasing a local fishing firm. CNFC Overseas Fisheries, the listed arm of state-owned China National...
Balfegó Fleet Fills Their Bluefin Quota In Just One Week
The fleet commanded by Balfegó has captured its entire bluefin quota – a total of 2,200 M/T – in just seven days. According to the Spanish tuna company, this shows that this...
Unusual Arrivals Of Full IO Spanish Flagged Seiners In Galicia
Spanish flagged purse seiners are sailing to harbors in Galicia, Spain, to unload their Indian Ocean (IO) caught whole-round frozen tuna. They are also staying in the region for maintenance....
Spanish Maritime Authority Say Small Boats Catching Tuna Away From Coast A ‘Maritime Risk’
Spain’s civil maritime authority has received complaints about small and medium-sized boat owners fishing albacore (Bonito del Norte) outside of their catch areas, which is a...
New Skiff For Echebastar’s Innovative Seiner
The Spanish shipbuilder Vicalsa, located in Vigo, has completed the manufacturing of an 11-meter long skiff (auxiliary boat) for Echebastar’s latest fleet addition, its purse...
Major Pacific Anti-IUU Operation Shows Minor Infringements
A multi-national patrol to tackle illegal, unregulated or unreported (IUU) fishing in the South West Pacific took place from May 19 until May 30. Director of...
Med Tuna Route Sails Past Historical Sites
Tuna Route, a project aiming to promote the route of bluefin tuna and long-term sustainable tourism has kicked off from the port in Trapani, Italy. A ship with stakeholders...
Maltese Navy Rescues Migrants Stranded On Tuna Pen
A group of migrants who were found clinging to a tuna pen in the Mediterranean were picked up by the Maltese navy last week. The condition and nationalities of the 75 migrants are still not...
Seiner Saves Crew Of Damaged Racing Yacht
The crew of the professional racing yacht Ran Tan II, valued at USD 450,000, were rescued on May 30 by a Mexican purse seiner 3,000 km off the Mexican coast. Sitting on their carbon and foam...
Minister: 60% Of 7600 Indonesian Fishing Vessels Owned By 20 Businessmen
Up to 80 percent of the Indonesian catch is still exported illegally, mostly by offloading the catch onto foreign vessels outside Indonesia's 200-mile EEZ. According to Indonesia’s...
Key Philippine Tuna Fishing Ground Closed For 3 Months
The Davao Gulf in the Philippines is now closed for commercial fishing until August 31. Tuna and other pelagic fish get a three-month period of rest to spawn and recover. The Bureau of...
Rare Bluefin Tuna Catches Off Texas Coast
Atlantic bluefin tuna have been caught off the Texas Coast in a rare occurrence. Two of the tuna were caught in Port Aransas. The Center for Sportfish Science and...
Ministers Agree On Remaining Vigilant In Managing PNA Tuna Industry
Ministers for the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) have come to an agreement on a number of pressing matters regarding a range of issues on the sustainable management and...
Palau’s Parliament Seeks Legislation For Longliners In Its EEZ
Palau’s Parliament presented a bill amending the Palau National Marine Sanctuary Act (PNMS) to permit longliners to fish in 20 percent of the Domestic Fishing Zone. Currently, the PNMS Act...
US Fishers Accuse NMFS Of Barring Them From Tuna Study
An association of US tuna fishers has brought a case against the US federal government for improperly prohibiting it from participating in a scientific tuna study. ...
Making Headway In FIPs With Fishery Progress
“Companies want to support FIPs but inconsistent and unreliable documentation has made it risky for buyers,” says Kristin Sherwood, Program Director for FishChoice. ...