The ongoing conflict within the Spanish tuna industry has once again been ignited as negotiations begin on the EU duty free pre-cooked tuna loins quota for the next three years. Spanish...
Fishing
Oceana: Make IUU An Environmental Crime
The NGO Oceana is urging governments to make illegal fishing a punishable environmental crime. According to the organization, the impact of IUU activity not being treated as a crime in most...
New Seiner Reduces Echebastar Capacity, Increases ULT Supply
Spanish firm Echebastar is getting closer to the arrival date of its new tuna purse seiner, which will replace an older one in its Indian Ocean operating fleet. A company representative...
Nearly 70% Of Bangkok Discharges Still FAD Caught
Despite talk of rising demand for tuna with sustainability claims, like FAD-free, pole and line and MSC, a large majority of the whole round skipjack tuna discharged in Bangkok is still FAD...
US Govt. Wants Clarity On What A FAD Is
The US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has called a public meeting to seek input on the definition of FADs, which can vary across the tuna RFMOs in which the US participates. Through...
1st International ‘Fight IUU’ Day Highlights Threat To Fisheries
Today marks the first international day for the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, officially recognized by the United Nations. The day aims to raise awareness of...
UN Spotlights World Tuna Day On Official Events Page
The United Nations has created a separate page on its website to mark the officially ratified event of World Tuna Day – highlighting the importance of sustainably managing tuna stocks. After...
IOTC Puts Clashing Catch Quota Proposals To The Test
The IOTC Scientific Committee will make simulations on the very different proposals put to the Commission regarding how tuna catch quotas should be allocated in the Indian Ocean region....
“Maldives P&L Should Get Yellowfin MSC Back”
The Maldives Indian Ocean pole and line fishery should get back its MSC certification for yellowfin tuna, according to MIFCO, one of the leading tuna fishing and exporting companies in the...
IATTC Director Concerned By Expanding PS Fleet
The Director of the IATTC stresses that if the fleet in the EPO keeps expanding, the length of the annual purse seine closure will need to increase, and more FAD specific measures must be...
Balfegó Fills Bluefin Quota In Just 7 Days
Major Spanish bluefin fishing firm Grupo Balfegó has exhausted its bluefin limit in exactly one week. Despite being given a higher quota this year, Spain’s biggest bluefin catcher was still...
Indonesia’s Hardline Ministry To Also Fine IUU Boatowners
Owners of vessels illegally fishing in Indonesia’s waters could face criminal charges if a new bill is passed. With only crew members facing prosecution under the current laws, the Ministry of...
How Marine Protected Areas Have Changed Fishing
A number of marine protected areas (MPAs) have been established over the years in an attempt to conserve vital marine resources such as tuna. While the protection of waters has invoked...
Mozambique Relying On Tuna Longlining To Ease Debts
The government of Mozambique is relying on tuna fishing to increase revenue and possibly help ease the country’s USD 2 billion debt, which was in fact partly caused by the establishment of a...
PNG Coastal Villagers Receive P&L Training
Villagers from Papua New Guinea have been trained in pole and line fishing and other small-scale methods, to catch yellowfin and skipjack tuna for “commercial sales”. According to The...
WTPO: Time To End The Tuna “Power Games”
Power games within the industry must come to an end, and stakeholders must start to cooperate and work together, to really add value to the market, stresses the Vice Chairman of the World Tuna...
Thailand Issues $7 Million Fines To IUU Vessels
Thailand’s Minister of Fisheries has announced the Thai court issued fines worth almost USD 7 million to the owners of two longliners that were found partaking in several IUU activities. The...
GGGI Set To Remove 100,000KG Of Ghost Gear
The World Animal Protection has announced under the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI), it will partner with businesses, Bureo and Satlink, to remove 100,000kg, or 100 tons, of discarded...
WTPO Wants Global Purse Seine Fleet Capped At 2016 Levels
A representative from the World Tuna Purse Seine Organization (WTPO) has stated that the WTPO wants to see the global tuna purse seine fleet capped at the level it was in 2016 and therefore,...
Day 3: Technology Takes Center Stage In Bangkok
By-product Production Needs Support From Big Players Smaller processors that are manufacturing by-products from tuna specimens need support from the big players in the processing industry, in...