Shortly following Vietnam’s yellow card warning issued by EU officials earlier this week, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed in the country to improve the nation’s fishing...
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Slight Supply Gains Soften Bangkok SKJ Price
After climbing to an extremely strong peak, the Bangkok skipjack price has softened somewhat, caused by signs of modest growth in supply heading to the capital. With the latest deals concluded...
Japan’s First Tuna FIP To Save Struggling Albacore Fishery
Japan’s first tuna Fisheries Improvement Project (FIP) was launched yesterday as an attempt to move towards more sustainable fishing practices amid worries over the “potential decline” of this...
Longline Joint Venture Improves Solomon Exports
A fairly recent partnership between a Taiwanese longline fishing firm and local processor in the Solomon Islands has significantly benefitted the nation’s economy, with ports reportedly...
US Bigeye Fleet Back In Action
The US longline fleet will now be able to resume its bigeye fishing operations, as it has secured a quota agreement with the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), giving a major chunk of US...
Are Pacific Islands Benefitting From Expanding Chinese Fleet?
As the Chinese fleet expands as a consequence of generous government subsidies, there have been talks in the industry on what this means for the Pacific Island nations, which control some of...
Majority Anticipate Dent In Global Tuna Catch
The majority of Atuna readers have predicted the total global tuna catch for this year will be lower than 2016. We asked our readers for their opinion on the following standpoint: “Total 2017...
EU Eye On Bangkok’s Biggest Supplier
The Taiwanese fleet has long been the largest supplier of raw material tuna to Thai canners, but could IUU concerns put this trade at risk? An EU delegation is currently in Taiwan to review...
CTFO Seiner Voted Most Outstanding Vessel
The tuna purse seiner, Gevred has been chosen as the “Most Outstanding Ship of 2016” that was built in Spain. The vessel, operated by French tuna firm, Compagnie Française du Thon Océanique...
EU Hands Vietnam Yellow Card IUU Warning
Vietnam has been handed a yellow card from the European Commission DG MARE, over “insufficient action to fight illegal fishing.” There has been concern for some time among the Vietnamese...
China’s Subsidized Fleet: “Robbing Pacific Islands”
State subsidies given to Chinese fishing companies encourage unsustainable business and rob Pacific islands of their tuna resource, argues a Pacific-based fisheries expert and writer, in light...
Can ISSF & Walton Make Indonesian Mini Purse Seining Sustainable?
The sustainable management of Indonesian tuna fisheries is going to be addressed by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) through processor forums held in the country in...
Sri Lanka Subsidizes Expansion Of IO High Seas Fleet
The Sri Lankan government has set up a program to provide fishermen with multi-day trawlers, the cost of which will be subsidized by 50 percent. The aim of this initiative is to improve Sri...
Atlantic FADs Disrupting Tuna Migration Patterns?
There needs to be a reduction in the number of FADs deployed in the Atlantic Ocean, according to the government of the Portuguese Azores, which argues that the current proliferation can lead...
1/4 Of All Skipjack Now Eligible To Carry MSC Logo
A recent spell of tuna fisheries entering and completing MSC assessment has seen the proportion of MSC eligible tuna surpass the average across all wild catch. However, as one of the most...
North America’s Largest No-Fish Zone Opposed By Mexican Fleet
The recent suggestion to create a new marine reserve in the Eastern Pacific Ocean is being met with opposition from a representative group of the Mexican tuna fleet, as it states the...
Pole & Line Deliveries To Bangkok Double
Good catching conditions for Maldivian vessels in the first half of this year have driven pole and line tuna supply to Bangkok sharply upwards, with the latest stats showing that deliveries...
Bluefin Farmers Welcome Proposed Quota Increase
The International Commission for Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) has been advised to increase the catch limit for Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin, which has divided opinion....
Shanghai Kaichuang Gets $15m Govt. Boost
One of China’s biggest tuna fishing companies, Shanghai Kaichuang (SK), has received a multimillion dollar subsidy from the government. The fund is aimed at strengthening the firm’s fishing...
No More Escaping For “Invisible” Vessels
A new innovative satellite system with the ability to track the movement of fishing vessels, also when the ship does not want to be tracked and wishes to remain “invisible” to authorities,...