A recent announcement has seen a number of Indian Ocean operating purse seiners left with very minimal yellowfin catch quota for the rest of the year, which could potentially cause the tying...
Fishing
IATTC Urged To Tackle Record FAD Levels
Calls are being made for the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) to get stricter on FAD management and observer coverage for longliners, as the next annual meeting for the RFMO...
Southern Bluefin Found In Unusual Territory
An unusual discovery has been made in the Arabian Sea as Southern bluefin have been spotted off the coast of the Arabic country Oman. Scientists of Oman Marine Science and Farming Centre,...
Albacore Season Starts For Basque Fleet
The fishing of Atlantic albacore for the coastline fleet has begun in Spain’s Basque Country. Although Spain’s fishing of the species was halted last year due to the national fleet surpassing...
PNG Observer Missing From Chinese Seiner
A Papua New Guinea national working as an observer onboard a Chinese flagged vessel has been reported missing. The incident follows a number of similar cases in the region in recent years,...
First Indonesian Pole & Line Fishery To Enter MSC Assessment
A pole and line tuna fishery in Indonesia will now enter into MSC assessment, a first for such a fishery in the country. The nation has been expressing interest in exporting more tuna to...
EU: Guinea-Bissau Tuna Fishing Rights Unrealistically Expensive
EU tuna vessels might leave the waters of the West African nation Guinea-Bissau from November, as new negotiations for a renewed fisheries agreement have failed between the two parties....
New Project Puts Spotlight On EU’s International Tuna Fleet
The sustainability and profitability of the European fishing fleet operating in African waters is to be assessed as part of a new research project named FarFish. EU flagged vessels are...
Industry Calls On IATTC To Get Sharp On Observer Data
Fundamental data is still lacking from the EPO tuna fishery, according to industry group, ISSF, which calls on IATTC member nations to extend observer coverage on both purse seiners and...
10 Million Tons Of Fish Dumped Each Year
Industrial fisheries dump nearly 10 million tons of fish back into the ocean every year, new research reveals. While in the tuna fishery there are several measures in place to avoid high...
PNA Prepares For Sale Of 45,000 Days To Seiner Operators
The number of Vessel Day Scheme (VDS) days available to purse seiners in the PNA region will see a modest squeeze for 2018, a year in which the minimum benchmark price per day will remain the...
Mauritius Closer To Claiming IO Tuna Rich Zone From UK
Mauritius has witnessed a significant result within a dispute with the UK over the sovereignty of a territory in the Indian Ocean, which boasts important yellowfin catching grounds within its...
Modern Longliner To Be Released On “Untouched” Waters
The family behind a longliner that is under construction is hopeful that they will be in prime position to take advantage of an Australian tuna fishery that is "virtually untouched", with the...
Peruvian Brand Confident In Home Market Growth
Peruvian tuna fishing and processing firm, Pesquera Diamante is planning to expand its canned tuna brand Frescomar in the local market, where it sees strong potential for growth. Currently the...
EU Seiners Exhaust Bluefin Quota Early
The EU purse seine fleet exhausted its full quota for bluefin three days early this year, in the four-week fishing season in the Western and Central Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea. The...
PNA Ministers: Observers Cannot Record Data For Commercial Purpose
After meeting last week in the Marshall Islands, ministers from the eight PNA nations have signed an agreement related to several major issues discussed, including observer safety and the role...
The Reason Behind The Bangkok Bigeye Jump?
Despite their being questions over the health of WCPO bigeye stocks, Atuna last week revealed that landings of the species in Bangkok have increased significantly. That’s why we’re asking you...
US Judge Declines Attempt To Stop Fraud & Traceability Rule
An attempt from some seafood importers to halt the implementation of new fisheries import rules, designed to address traceability, and stamp out fisheries fraud and IUU, has been declined by a...
Trump Administration Fails To Pay PNA Tuna Bill On Time
Leaders in the PNA have expressed serious concern over the fact that the US government has not met its payment deadline on the bilateral Tuna Treaty that has existed between the two parties...
US Appoints New Fisheries Head
The US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has a new Assistant Administrator, Chris Oliver, who has moved into the role after 16 years as the Executive Director of the North Pacific...