Pakistan plans to develop a 100-acre (404,686 m2) seafood processing zone in Karachi, aimed at boosting value-added exports of tuna and other fish, the government announced. The project, to be...
Fishing
Global Unrest In Crude Supply Reflects In Marine Fuel Prices
Crude oil prices have continued their climb for five days in a row, pressuring an increase in fuel costs for tuna and other fishing fleets. Brent Crude Futures rose to USD 66.38 per barrel, up...
Hawaiian Fisher Fined Thousands Of Dollars For Illegally Catching Tuna
A Hawaii-based boat owner was fined for illegally catching tuna. His license was also temporarily suspended, according to the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources. Konane Zager,...
EU Tuna Fishing Sector Raise Demands For Smooth Energy Transition Of Fleet
The European fishing industry is pressing European authorities to accelerate the energy transition for tuna and other fleets, warning that regulatory hurdles and funding constraints are...
EC Wants Feedback To Shape European Ocean Pact
The European Commission has launched a “call for evidence” to shape the Ocean Act, to be implemented by next year. On January 12, the Commission invited citizens, experts, and stakeholders to...
Maldivian Govt Appeases Yellowfin Fishers With Buying And Reopening Facility
A Maldivian-based yellowfin fishers’ union recently lauded the government's decision, made last month, to purchase yellowfin. The government reopened the yellowfin facility in Kan’du Oiy Giri,...
IO Skipjack Catches Start Well, Price Does Not Follow Suit
EU purse seiners did not stop operations in the Indian Ocean during the holiday season as the yellowfin quota had not been fully consumed. The skipjack catches are at a normal level, but the...
Early Bird Registration European Tuna Conference 2026 Now Open
The Early Bird registration for the 9th European Tuna Conference has officially opened today. Atuna is holding the ETC2026 on Monday, April 20, 2026, in Barcelona, just one day before the...
Eurofish Seiner Sinks In EPO After Catching Fire
Ecuadorian-flagged purse seiner, ‘Don Igilio’, sank in the wee hours of Friday, January 9, off the coast of Peru after being destroyed by a fire. All 25 crew members were rescued by a...
Canary Islands Offers Financial Help To Beleaguered Tuna Fishers
The Canary Islands government will allocate around hundreds of thousands of euros in subsidies to 40 pole-and-line vessels that catch tuna operating from the archipelago, after adverse...
Cepesca Concerned Over EU’s Tightening Tuna Fishing Regulations
The Spanish Fisheries Confederation Cepesca, has expressed its “deep concern” about the new EU Fisheries Control Regulations, starting tomorrow. It sent two separate letters to the country's...
EU’s Digital CATCH System Kicks In This Week To Clampdown On Illegal Tuna Imports
On January 10, several significant EU fisheries regulations are coming into force and this comprises the mandatory CATCH system for tuna and seafood imports and stricter control rules for...
IOTC Announces Tropical Tuna Catch Limits For 2026
The IOTC announced yellowfin, skipjack, and bigeye catch limits for its members in its convention area for 2026. China, Sri Lanka, and Yemen were allocated increased yellowfin quotas compared...
Madeira And Satlink Start Pilot On Digitalization Of The Fishing Fleet
Madeira will be the first Portuguese region to anticipate the 2028 electronic monitoring requirements under EU fisheries regulations. Its Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Fisheries...
Mayor Wants Stranded Tuna Vessel At Lanzarote Coast Gone
The mayor of a Spanish town recently expressed dismay over the remains of a tuna boat that has been left stranded near the coast, irking locals. Alfredo Villalba, the Mayor of Haria, a town...
Spanish Longliner Crew Member Disappears At Sea
The chief engineer of the Spanish-flagged longliner ‘Viking Bay’ went missing on the high seas near New Zealand in the late afternoon of December 27, during a tuna fishing trip. Upon noticing...
Vietnamese Tuna Fishers Queue To Unload Their Cargo
Vietnamese vessels landed over 265 tons of tuna in the port of Quy Nhon in Bin Dinh province in the first two days of the year. After trips varying from a couple of days to two months, fishers...
Liberia Making Slow Yet Steady Progress In Its Tuna Industry
Liberia reconfirmed that it has stepped up efforts to strengthen its tuna and other seafood industries. The head of the country’s fisheries regulator visited key fishing hubs in the West...
Chinese Tuna Boat Hijacked By Somali Pirates
A Chinese-flagged fishing vessel catching yellowfin in the Indian Ocean was hijacked by Somali pirates off the Puntland Coast last week. The boat was reportedly seized by pirates for the...
Uncertainty Looms Over Venezuelan Tuna Fleet After US Captures Maduro
The US carried out large-scale military attacks in Venezuela over the weekend and captured its President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, drawing criticism from several world leaders, while many...