With the possible implementation of a skipjack catch quota in the Indian Ocean for 2018, there are indications from the Seychelles that the limits may be set in an “Olympic” style, which was...
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Kenya To Take Advantage Of Its Million Dollar EEZ
Kenya plans to increase its tuna exports as part of tripling its annual fish production, as the government believes there is “huge potential” in the country’s west Indian Ocean EEZ. It has...
Former Mexican Processing Hub Needs To “Forget” Tuna
Ensenada, located in Baja California not far from the US border, was once the main tuna hub of Mexico. The growth of the Mexican fleet, and the tuna industry’s switching focus to the domestic...
Indonesia’s Iron Lady Fears For Tuna Stocks Once She’s Gone
Indonesia’s Fisheries Minister or “Iron Lady” is fearful that the strong measures she has put in place to protect the country’s fish resources, will be dissolved after elections, which are due...
Marine Reserve Expected To Cause Decline In Mexican Fleet’s Catch
The Mexican government has created a marine reserve in the Eastern Pacific Ocean despite members of the nation’s tuna industry opposing the decision. The Mexican purse seine fleet has raised...
Could IO Seiners Soon Also Face Skipjack Limits?
Purse seiners fishing in the Indian Ocean could possibly face skipjack catch limits next year, if recommendations from the Scientific Committee, due early next month, suggest implementing the...
PNA Blocks Road To Flag State Management In WCPO
The PNA sees no benefits in introducing a flag state based management system for the tuna fisheries in the Western and Central Pacific, and will block such initiatives. The current zone-based...
StarKist’s Year-Long MSC Pursuit Gets Official Stamp
After nearly a year in assessment, American Samoa EEZ longline albacore and yellowfin tuna catch has been officially MSC certified, a pursuit that was led by StarKist. In December 2016,...
Dongwon Fleet Investment Ignites Strong Stock Recovery
In just over a month, Dongwon’s stock market value has surged by over USD 240 million, with shares now standing at a half year high. The announcement that the firm will be adding two new...
Concerns Over New Development In IO SKJ Stock Status
While still rated in the green, there are concerns over new developments in the stock status of skipjack tuna in the Indian Ocean. The IOTC Scientific Committee’s recent Executive Summary of...
Seven Missing Crew Members Rescued After Longliner Capsized
A Japanese tuna longliner had been found overturned southwest of the PNA nation Palau with crew members reported missing. The multi-agency search for the fishermen has now ended as all seven...
Weak IO Management Holds Sapmer Back From MSC
As Sapmer celebrates 70 years in business, its CEO reflects with Atuna on the main achievements of the company, the challenges it has overcome, and its plans for the future. One clear goal for...
Readers: IO Catch Quotas Are Harming Juvenile Yellowfin
It has been suggested that the implementation of catch quotas for purse seine caught yellowfin in the Indian Ocean has actually been counterproductive. Due to the way in which the catch limit...
African Communities Hurt By “Opaque” Fishing Agreements
The people of West Africa are seeing their ocean resources depleted and their food security and economy hurt due to foreign vessels operating in their tuna-rich waters, a new report claims....
Anger Over Industry’s Aim To Fish More & Fish Faster
This year’s ICCAT meeting represented “some of the poorest management decisions” made since the RFMO was labelled an “international disgrace”, according to Pew, while WWF stresses quota...
Japanese Tuna Longliner Found Overturned, Crew Missing
A tuna longliner has been found overturned in the waters near the PNA nation Palau. The seven crew members who were onboard are yet to be found. The vessel, Gyotokumaru 1, left the port of...
MSC Defends “Rigorous” Standard Against Criticism From UK Politicians
Four members of UK Parliament have raised concerns over the MSC certification standard in a broad discussion on “Marine Environment”, in which the issue of mixed fisheries has been underlined...
Controversial Bluefin Quota Rise Adopted By ICCAT
A proposed quota increase that gained a lot of attention in the run up to the ICCAT meeting, has been adopted by the RFMO, meaning that by 2020, 36,000 M/T will be the annual catch limit for...
ICCAT Takes No New Action On FADs & Bigeye
Putting discussions on hold until next year, ICCAT has taken no new action on FAD management and yellowfin and bigeye catch limits in the Atlantic Ocean, as its annual meeting has drawn to a...
Indonesia To Get Even Stricter & Destroy 100 More IUU Vessels
A new regulation is expected to be issued to protect tuna from being overfished in Indonesian waters, at a time when the Fisheries Minister plans to destroy 100 vessels involved in IUU...