At this year’s 2018 Seafood Asia Expo in Wanchai, Hong Kong were 224 exhibitors from 34 countries, including some from Russia, Spain, and Canada. The event held major yields for new...
Fishing
Speculation Over Maldives Ban On Foreign Fishing Vessels
A Maldives Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture assessment published in October 2017 reported an annual ingress of “hundreds of foreign fishing vessels” that have been operating...
China’s Largest Seafood Trading Hub Built in Qingdao
Five years ago, Chinese fishing and development firm Lu Haifeng announced its plans to build what is slated to become China’s largest seafood trading...
Tri Marine Sued Twice Over Death Of Seiner Captain
Nearly a year after the death of a purse seiner captain in American Samoa, Tri Marine is being sued by the deceased’s family as well as an insurance company. The lawsuits have been filed even...
Seychelles Takes Step To Improve Raw Material Supplies
Amid tight raw material supplies to its local TU co-owned Indian Ocean Tuna (IOT) cannery, the Seychelles government is a step closer to signing a customs cooperation agreement with Curacao...
5 Vietnamese Poachers Arrested Near Philippine UNESCO Reef
Five illegal poachers of Vietnamese nationality were apprehended in Philippine waters on Wednesday (September 19) last week, near the UNESCO World Heritage site of Tubbataha...
HK-Based EMATUM Owner So Far Fails To Perform In Mozambique
The new Hong Kong-based owner of Mozambique’s EMATUM has failed to deliver so far as the country’s tuna catch in the first eight months of this year was substantially below the estimated...
Under Martial Law: Philippines Celebrates 20th Tuna Festival and Congress
Against a kaleidoscopic backdrop of live music, folk dances, and floating parades, Philippine regional authorities were on high alert during this year’s 20th Tuna Festival (September 1 – 5)...
IN BRIEF: Tuna Boat Captain Hits Back At Social Media Critics
Juan Angel Gonzalez Navarro, captain of the tuna vessel El Gofia that was accused of dumping garbage on the coast of Tenerife in a social media post, has hit back at his critics. Navarro told...
One Out Of Four Fish In Africa Caught Illegally
According to an NGO focused on highlighting the problem of IUU fishing in Africa, one out of four fish on the continent is caught illegally. Stop Illegal Fishing, a not-for-profit organization...
Canary Islands Requests Specific Quota For Atlantic Albacore
Concerned about the poor catch during the current season, the Spanish archipelago of Canary Islands has requested the central government to assign it a specific quota of Bonito del Norte...
Venezuela Trying To Recover Its Tuna Industry
Entrepreneurs of Venezuela’s tuna and longline sector took part in a round table discussion last week at the Ministry of People’s Power of Fisheries and...
Thailand Crushes Confiscated IUU Vessels
In attendance of Thailand’s recent demolition of nine unregistered fishing vessels last week were high-profile members of the international community: ambassadors and representatives from the...
Taiwanese Vessel Caught For Illegally Fishing Silky Sharks
A Taiwanese vessel has been caught for illegal fishing activities by local authorities in charge of managing fisheries on the island nation. According to Taiwan’s Fisheries Agency (FA), around...
Battles Over Tuna Quota Ahead Of Brexit
Two recent events, both involving Atlantic bluefin, has brought the Brexit issue and how it will impact fisheries to the center stage. With a little over six months left before the UK leaves...
Proposal For Raw Data Submissions On FAD Usage Rejected
Efforts to mitigate the environmental consequences of fishing on FADs were further delayed at this year’s Annual Meeting of Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)....
Crew Members Of Detained Taiwanese Longliner Speak Out
The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) issued a press release yesterday interviewing crew members of the Taiwanese longline vessel Fuh Sheng No 11, which...
UK House Of Commons Questions On The Hook’s Funding
An audit committee setup in the UK parliament to look into sustainable fishing practices questioned the On The Hook campaign’s funding sources. Interestingly, the parliamentary hearing was...
IATTC: First RMFO To Implement New IMO Vessel Tracking Regulations
With the recent closure of IATTC’s 93rd Annual Meeting in San Diego, new regulations will be enforced upon Eastern Pacific Ocean fisheries. IATTC has become the first RMFO to amended...
Spanish Tuna Fleet Training Senegalese Sailors
Spain’s tuna fleet, under the Organization of Associated Producers of Large Freezer Tuna Vessels (OPAGAC), is facilitating the training of 350 Senegalese sailors in emergency practices,...