In a professed effort to improve on transparency in Eastern Tropical Pacific fisheries, Global Fishing Watch (GFW) has entered into a formal collaboration...
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Chilean Navy Operation Against Asian Fleet Targeting Albacore
The Chilean armada has commissioned a navy patrol ship, the OPV-82 “Comandante Toro”, in its heightened efforts to supervise the fishing of tuna and...
Balfego Wants “Any Temptation” To Trade Illegally Removed
Establishing "effective and exemplary" control measures that eradicate "any temptation" to illegally trade tuna is what the Balfegó group is advocating. The Catalan tuna firm...
10 Ways To Fight Slave Labor And Illegal Fishing
“Out of the Shadows” spotlights several glaring shortfalls on regulation in the global fishing industry, published by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) last Tuesday. In the...
Spanish Police Stops Van With Illegal Tuna
Spain’s Guardia Civil intercepted a non-isothermal vehicle along the Port of Tarifa, which contained 17 specimens of bluefin tuna without legal documentation. From a vantage point along a...
Spain Compensates Seiner Owners For Losses
Owners of seiners, pole and line vessels and artisanal fishers affected by the temporary cessation of the sustainable fisheries partnership agreement (SFPA) between the European Union and the...
Bolton Receives Praise From Greenpeace On FAD-Free Commitment
Following years of pressure by Greenpeace activists and their supporters across the globe, the organization now reports that Bolton Alimentari has announced a new far reaching policy designed...
ISSF Rates Indian Ocean FAD Management As Ineffective
In the recently updated RFMO Best Practices Snapshot – 2018, the tuna industry sustainability foundation ISSF rates the existing FAD management actions of all major RFMO’s. The press release...
Large Pacific Bluefin Return To California Coast After 80-Year Hiatus
San Diego reports have identified an upturn in the population of large Pacific bluefin in Californian waters, attributing the comeback of one of the ocean’s priciest and most sought-after fish...
Activists Call Out High Stakes For Albatross In Bluefin Longlining
Animal rights organization The Humane Society International spoke out yesterday against measures taken up at last week’s meeting of Australia-based Commission for the Conservation of Southern...
IN BRIEF: Turkish Bluefin For Japanese Sushi
Turkey reached a turnover of USD 56.6 million with its exports of farmed bluefin tuna raised in the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts during the first nine months of this year, according to...
IN BRIEF: NZ Patrol Finds No IUU In Tokelau EEZ
No IUU offenses were detected by the New Zealand Defense Force during recent maritime patrols and inspection of 10 vessels in the EEZ of Tokelau and Samoa. The patrols are assisting the...
EU Renews Tuna Protocol After 22 Years
On October 17, last Friday, the EU and The Republic of The Gambia signed a new Sustainable Fishing Partnership Agreement (SFPA) protocol, 22 years after the previous protocol expired. The...
Seychelles Looking To Ramp-Up Local Processing Industry
After a year of observed growth in exports across most segments of its seafood sector, Seychelles is looking to further boost its economy by setting up local processing facilities to increase...
EU Signs Lucrative Tuna Fishing Deal With Cape Verde
As enacted by the European Commission last Friday, October 12- the new Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) between the European Union and Cape Verde will allow boats from EU to...
What To Expect After Today’s Ending FAD Ban?
With annual ban on FAD fishing in the WCPO coming to an end for most fleet in the region, the big question is what next in terms of suppies? Several industry insiders had earlier...
Spain’s OPAGAC Tackles Wayward FADs In Seychelles
Previously, Spanish fleet representative OPAGAC had defended the practice of FAD fishing, assuming these devices can be closely monitored and tracked using newer...
American Samoa-Based Firm Charged For Labor Law Violations
After failing to meet labor law requirements, Purse Seine Samoa Inc. has completed payouts of over USD 37,000 to compensate for the overtime of 40 hours per week that its 129 current and...
EPO Skipjack Landings Up Somewhat But Still Weak
Skipjack landings in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) continue to remain significantly below the 2017 levels despite picking up pace in recent months, the latest update from IATTC shows. ...
Indian Ocean Prices Inch Higher
Skipjack price in the Indian Ocean hub of Seychelles have inched higher and are now closer to the mid-July levels. Meanwhile, driven by robust demand, yellowfin prices are at their...