Further effort is being made within a continuing move to develop the domestic tuna fishing and processing industry in PNG, with the National Fisheries Authority (NFA) completing a tuna...
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Trump President: What Can We Expect?
With news that Republican candidate Donald Trump has been elected the US’ new President, international press has been focused on the uncertain future that this leaves for America. Among many...
Maldives Solidifies MSC Skipjack Certification
Extra controls are being implemented in regards to the Maldives pole and line tuna fishery, in what appears to be a concerted effort to eliminate any risks of losing MSC certification for...
“Immediate Action Needed On Atlantic Bigeye”
Better action is being demanded from ICCAT to protect juvenile Atlantic bigeye tuna from being caught as bycatch from FAD fishing, as the stock is reducing. Nearly all juvenile bigeye are...
ICCAT Urged To Ban At-Sea Transshipment
ICCAT members will need to agree on several changes in policy if they are to meet the priorities laid out by Pew, which has published recommendations that include FAD management reform and a...
Lidl Leading Spread Of FAD-Free Across EU
With the largest presence so far found in Germany, FAD-free claims on tuna products are cropping up in other European markets too, with discounter Lidl leading a spread of the claim. ...
A Change Away From FADs In PNA?
High levels of fishing effort in PNA waters during the WCPFC implemented four month FAD ban indicate that there could be an increasing move away from FAD use in the region. According to the...
Most Atuna Readers Think Achieving MSC Is Easy Enough
Last week we wanted to know your opinion on the struggle some fisheries experience when attempting to achieve MSC, asking in our latest poll if you agreed or disagreed with the standpoint: It...
Tuna Plant Gets Catch After 7 Year Stop
The Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu has for the first time, seen frozen tuna caught in its EEZ offloaded in its capital of Port Vila. The catch will be processed domestically using facilities...
Don’t Miss Amazing Photos: Tuna From Predator To Prey
It is said that we know more about outer-space than we do the depths of our oceans. Some among us see this as a challenge; to master the conditions and the creatures beneath the surface, and...
Shrinking EPO Bigeye Catch – What’s The Reason?
Landings of bigeye tuna by the EPO-operating purse seine fleet have decreased by 20 percent in the first eight months of this year, but at the moment it’s not clear what the main reason could...
Search Is On For Missing Seiner Helicopter
A helicopter used for tuna fishing activities has disappeared, prompting a search led by the Civil Aviation Authority of Panama (AAC), after it failed to land at an airport in the western...
ISSF Encourages Purchase Of Non-Entangling FAD Catch
As many as 30 tuna companies that are participating members of the ISSF will now be encouraged to purchase tuna from vessels using only non-entangling FADs, as the group adds new conservation...
Can EMATUM Recover From Its Debts?
The Mozambican Tuna Company (EMATUM) can pay off its debt in six years if it starts processing tuna and fishing for other species according to one industry expert. State-owned tuna fishing...
EII/FOS Do Not Protest MSC On Mexican Yellowfin
Two parties that were strongly expected to comment in objection to the Mexican purse seine fishery’s MSC assessment, have instead kept quiet, sources tell Atuna, as the stakeholder comment...
Self-Certified FAD-Free Dominates German Private Label
FAD-free declarations are now almost the standard on private label canned tuna products lining Germany’s supermarket shelves. But one element stands out; these claims mostly come with no MSC...
Legal Action Against Taiwanese IUU Vessel?
A Taiwanese tuna vessel accused of IUU fishing has been held in dock by Indonesian authorities, which are expected to bring charges against the captain. Jih Lien Tsai No. 16, a longliner based...
High German Demand For Self-Certified FAD-Free
Despite reports of slow end market demand for uncertified purse seine caught skipjack tuna coming from Bangkok, several sources have told Atuna that buying activity for FAD-free tuna with a...
ISSF Wants ICCAT Eyes & Ears On Supply Vessels
As the annual ICCAT meeting fast approaches, the ISSF has set clear cut priorities for the Commission, one of which involves calling for increased control on supply vessel activities,...
US Increases Catch Of “Crisis” Bigeye
Despite NOAA branding bigeye tuna stocks around the US as overfished and still in crisis, the country’s fishermen increased their landings of the species with 11 percent YoY during 2015, with...