The first 72-day purse seine tuna fishing closure in the EPO came to an end on Sunday, with the vessels that have been tied up for just over ten weeks, now resuming their fishing operations....
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Heart Attack Behind Echebastar Seiner In Maldives’ Waters
A recent assessment on IUU fishing in Maldives’ EEZ has claimed, among other incidences, that a purse seiner from the Echebastar tuna fleet engaged in illegal activities in Maldivian waters,...
ANABAC Wants Early Yellowfin Closure Scrapped
The Spanish Fisheries Ministry’s decision to make all Spanish-flagged seiners cease their yellowfin catching operations in the Indian Ocean at the beginning of next month has been met with...
Sapmer’s Quality Focus Keeps IO Seiners Fishing
Major French tuna fishing firm, Sapmer, is confident in keeping its Indian Ocean operating purse seiners fishing throughout the whole of 2017, despite the fleet in the region being subject to...
Scientists Recommend “Risky” Bluefin Quota Increase
Scientists have advised that the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) raises its fishing quotas for Atlantic bluefin, to the disappointment of some...
Pacifical & RD Sign Strategic MoU On MSC
The Philippine based tuna firm RD Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pacifical, the marketing arm for PNA-sourced MSC tuna. RD and Pacifical’s agreement, which was...
Fijian Companies Receive Million Dollar Subsidies
Seven Fijian fishing companies received a share of a USD 1.5 million Tuna Support Fund (TSF) on Sunday. The subsidy has been given by the Fijian government to assist firms to “raise their...
Bolstered Catch For Ecuadorian Fleet
The biggest tuna catching fleet in the Eastern Pacific, Ecuador, saw a significant surge in its tuna catches in the first eight months of this year. Ecuador’s tuna fleet noted the...
Fleet Expansion Doubles Sapmer Profits
One of the largest French tuna fishing firms, Sapmer, has seen its net profit surge in the first half of this year, with the company claiming that an expansion of its tuna fleet has...
November Tie-Up For Spanish Seiners
The Spanish purse seine fleet operating in the Indian Ocean will stop fishing at the beginning of next month, as the government expects the vessels’ allocated quotas to be exhausted by then....
EU: Level Playing Field For All Fleets
A new legislative framework has been approved by the EU Commission, aimed at ensuring equal conditions between European and foreign tuna fishermen both in European and third country waters....
$20 Million Fund For Sustainable Seychelles Fisheries
The World Bank has approved a USD 20 million package to the Seychelles, with the aim of improving management of marine areas and fisheries in Seychelles’ EEZs. As fishing, of tuna especially,...
Echebastar Expands Its Tuna Fleet
Spanish tuna fishing firm Echebastar is getting a new ultra-low temperature purse seiner added to its fleet. The new vessel, which will receive the name Campolibre Alai, will be built at...
Latest Med Bluefin Stock Assessment: ”Highly Uncertain & Overly Optimistic”?
Although a new ICCAT stock assessment shows improvements in the numbers of Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin, the results show that it is too early to say that the population of the...
Six Mexican Seiners Accused Of Fishing Too Close to Shore
Six Mexican flagged tuna purse seiner are being accused of causing serious damage to the seabed near the coast of Comondú, Mexico. The ships are reported to be depleting the seabed due to the...
Poor Catch Causes Bigeye Prices To Soar
Frozen bigeye tuna has seen a surge in prices in Japan due to poor catches and international fishing regulations, as reported by Japan Jiji Press. Once again this creates a narrowing price gap...
Largest Fiber Tuna Purse Seiner In Final Construction Phase
Although the ultimate details of the vessel are still to be supplied, with its 35 meters in length and 18 meters in height (taking the top of the mast into account), the current measures of...
Eco-FADs Are Obligation For EPO Seiners From 2019
To ensure compliance with a compulsory FAD measure by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) , the Ecuadorian industry has held an eco-FAD workshop in Manta this week to discuss...
Dispute Over Which is Canada’s Most Sustainable Tuna Brand
Canadian tuna brand, Ocean Brands, describes itself as the “most sustainable, readily available national brand of canned tuna in all of Canada” – much to the dismay of competitor, Raincoast...
Thai Union Participates In FIP Of Small Brazilian P&L Fishery
Industry members of the seafood supply chain have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the aim of launching a Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) for the pole and line fishery in the...