A Spanish tuna longliner sank in the Bay of Biscay area off Northern Spain on Friday afternoon, an incident that reportedly stemmed from rough weather conditions. According to the coastguard...
Fishing
Another Quick Finish For Southern Bluefin Season?
Favorable weather conditions saw last year’s Australian southern bluefin season finish a week earlier than in 2015, with warmer water temperatures resulting in more near-shore catches. Colder...
EU Seiners To Be “Monitored Wherever They Fish”
EU-flagged vessels fishing in distant waters could face more stringent monitoring of their activities if new legislation going through European Parliament gets the thumbs up. As part of the...
EPO: “Too Many Seiners, Too Little Management”
Tuna stocks could be vulnerable to overexploitation in the EPO, after some management controls expired last month, and so far will not be in effect for the 2017 fishing season. IATTC member...
Catch Rule Breaking Found In 8 Japanese Regions
Investigations have revealed that in as many as eight regions in Japan, rules related to fishing Pacific bluefin tuna have been broken; results found as part of a harder government crackdown...
Greenpeace’s “Simple Message” Fails to Mention Free School & MSC
Dutch consumers are being given what Greenpeace believes is a very clear and simple message; that the only sustainable canned tuna on supermarket shelves to look for is pole and line caught....
Will Thailand See Raised TIP Ranking?
Thailand has submitted its anti-trafficking efforts to the US, and with it the nation is hopeful of seeing an upgrade of its status in the US Trafficking In Persons (TIP) report this year....
EU-Cook Islands Deal: No Stopping It Now?
Despite facing much controversy within the Pacific nation, the Cook Island’s purse seiner deal with the EU is now one step closer to becoming a reality, after gaining approval from the EU...
IMF Forgiving Mozambique After Tuna Scandal?
When hidden debts from a “tuna bond” were disclosed by Mozambique, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) lost trust in the nation, but there are now hints that the organization is willing to...
Tuna As Bait For Beasts
Tuna is not only a favorite food for humans and pets, but also a big part of the diets of large predators such as sharks. The fish can also sometimes be used by humans to attract massive...
Penalties Imposed For Japanese Bluefin Breaches
Violators that exceed their allocations for Pacific bluefin catch could now face penalties, as the Japanese Fisheries Agency is planning to impose stricter controls. Measures such as bringing...
Slow US Albacore Season Leaves Inventory Low
Higher ocean temperatures driven by El Niño had notable impact on Pacific albacore catch off the US West Coast last season, and better conditions are expected to give a stronger start to this...
Eyes In The Sky To Stop IUU Invasions
Efforts to watch over the world’s largest tuna fishery will be intensified, after a USD 330 million investment has been put into an aerial surveillance program, with the target of both...
Ecuador Struggles To Recover From Catch Loss
Despite seeing a good start to 2017, the Ecuadorian purse seine fleet is reportedly still struggling to recover from the impacts of significant reductions in tuna catch seen last year, which...
Consequences Of New Import Rules For US Seiner Fleet?
New US seafood import rules aren’t expected to cause the nation’s tuna purse seine fleet too much trouble, despite claims that they will be harmful for US fishermen. Some of the nine...
Philippines Confident In Exclusive High Seas Access
The Philippines is positive that the exclusive access its purse seine fleet currently has to High Seas Pocket 1 will continue undisrupted past the agreement’s end, at the close of 2017....
Are Spanish Bluefin Consumers Victims Of Fraud?
There is a “high deficiency” in the labeling of tuna, and mislabeled species are most likely to be found in restaurants, according to a recent study conducted throughout Spain. In what is...
PNA’s Innovative Projects Require New Recruits
Managing the world’s largest sustainable skipjack fishery is not an easy job, and for the PNA, a rise in income and many new innovative projects launched means a need for stronger management...
A Maritime Corridor For FADs?
The government of the Portuguese Azores is defending a “maritime corridor” for tuna fishing, wanting to prevent the placement of FADs too far away from the shore and keep them to a specific...
First UK Pole & Line Fishery To Be Developed
The UK has made a move to develop its first tuna pole and line fishery, by declaring a marine conservation zone in the waters of overseas territory, St Helena. A remote island located near the...