All but one of Kenya's fish landing sites are illegally owned, which President Uhuru Kenyatta is seeking to change. A recent announcement issued by the President directs the recover all...
Fishing
Panama To Make 250 Vessels Traceable Via Global Fishing Watch
With intent set on fostering a heightened level of transparency across fisheries, Panama has agreed to publically share data on local fishing fleets operating within their waters, via the...
Spanish Fleets Accused Of Dubious Deals To Avoid Bigeye Quotas
Some Spanish fleets have allegedly adopted methods of bypassing internationally agreed fishing restrictions, according to reports by West African investigative media publication Cenozo and...
Accusations About “Reflagging” Spanish Seiners Denied
Spanish firms’ alleged tactic of operating in the Gulf of Guinea using different flags has gathered mixed responses from different groups. A report published by Cenozo and La Vanguardia claims...
EU Charged More For Guinea-Bissau Fisheries Agreement
A new 5-year fisheries partnership agreement was effectuated by the European Union last Thursday, November 15, allowing vessels from Spain, Italy, Greece, France, and Portugal to fish in...
Canary Islands Fisheries Push For Raised Bluefin Quota
A delay in seasonal tuna harvest, which was expected last May, has kept fishermen busy this month in the ports of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands- attributed to shifting currents and irregular...
US West Coast Albacore “Worst Season In 15 years”
Oregon and Washington commercial tuna fishermen have been facing a second year of difficulties. Reports around the area have indicated scattered schools and undersized albacore. According to...
IN BRIEF: Philippine Yellowfin Catches Plummet
Yellowfin tuna landings are reported to have declined by almost 15 percent, as shown in latest PSA data. Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is planning to implement...
Bumpy Ride For 2019 Food Prices Expected, Says Rabobank
A dangerous combo of trade wars, disease, and El Niño is threatening global food price stability, based on a research conducted by Rabobank, world's leading food and agribusiness bank. While...
Continued Worries On Effects Of Seismic Surveys On Tuna Migration
Representatives from the Australian tuna farming industry are calling for an inquiry into the environmentally disruptive aspects of seismic testing, despite having had appeals rejected twice...
Balfego: No To “Carry-Over” Bluefin Bans
Spanish fishing business Grupo Balfego has urged the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) not to push limits or prohibitions on the so-called “carry-over” of...
Europêche: No Data, No Quota For Bigeye
Claiming “proportional effort and responsibility”, European fishing body Europêche proposed a "no data, no quota" allocation policy during the International Commission for the Conservation of...
Peru Considers Fuel Tax Cuts To Boost Canneries’ Competiveness
A proposal for subsidized taxes on fuel costs related to tuna exports has been put forward by the Peruvian Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture. Exports of Peruvian-caught tuna grew by 105...
IN BRIEF: UK Bluefin Preservation Program Launched
Following increased bluefin sightings, the University of Exeter with CEFA have launched an electronic tagging program. The two-year initiative is the first step in bluefin conservation in...
Ticos Call For Stringent Tuna Policies
Lining each stretch of highway leading to and from Costa Rica’s international airport is a sequence of conspicuous billboards, styled in the likeness of those featured in award-winning film...
Spain Shuts Down Bigeye Fishery For Seiner Fleet
Time is up for the Spanish fleet as the General Secretariat of Fisheries ordered a temporary closure of the bigeye fishery in the Atlantic. The measures, which applies to longliners and purse...
IN BRIEF: 8 NGOs Petition EU For Stronger Bluefin Measures
A group of 8 NGOs have jointly issued a statement addressed to EU Fisheries Commissioner, Karmenu Vella, urging him to “oppose any new provision [at the upcoming ICCAT meeting] that might...
EPO Skipjack Catch Falls Back Sharply
The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) has reported a 7 percent decrease in the total catch by the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) fleets in the third quarter of the year. A sum of...
Philippine Fishers Sign Fair Trade Deal With Coop Swiss
Philippine fishing province Occidental Mindoro has recently entered into a Fair Trade deal at the Tuna Fishers Leader’s Convention last November 12. “It is important to improve not only the...
Tuna Bond Banks Under Investigation For Massive Debt Scam
In lieu of a drawn out multi-billion-dollar debt racking the Mozambican economy, Credit Suisse and Russian bank VTB are being investigated in multiple countries for involvement in over USD 2...