Despite the notably lower volumes of skipjack raw material entering Ecuadorian ports, the shortage in supply isn’t spurring a rise in the Manta market price, and actually a small decline can...
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Kumoru’s Prescription For A Stronger PNA
Taking the reins earlier this month, new PNA CEO, Ludwig Kumoru won’t be focusing his first efforts on looking at new initiatives, but on improving governance in the region and ensuring the...
Venezuelan Tuna Industry: Better Days Ahead?
The Venezuelan tuna industry might be on its way back up as the country’s fishing fleet has seen an increase in domestic catch in the last month. Around 4,700 tons of tuna arrived in Sucre...
Yellowfin Slump Stands Out In EPO Catch
Higher hauls of skipjack tuna in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) are managing to offset significant declines in landings of other species, particularly yellowfin tuna. For the first half of...
Has The Purse Seine Fleet Reached Its Peak?
A growth in the number of tuna purse seiners active in the Western Pacific Ocean halted for the first time in 10 years in 2015, according to the latest data published by the WCPFC. An overall...
Are FAD Charges Effective?
Earlier this month, the annual PNA Ministerial meeting came to a close and officials reached a number of key decisions on the management of their tuna resource, with a focus on FAD control....
Maldives Keeps Sharp Watch On Tuna Catch
A new database for Maldivian fisheries has been put in place, hoping to improve tuna catch traceability and allow national authorities to watch over the legality of tuna landed in the country....
WCPFC: Putting Politics Before Science?
International NGO, Pew Charitable Trusts, is calling again for a two-year ban on the commercial fishing of Pacific bluefin tuna and for the WCPFC to take action on the dire future that the...
WCPO Tuna Catch: What’s Behind The Drop?
The latest annual WCPO tuna catches have shown significant decline from the previous year, and an end to a three year consecutive rise in volume. But which species contributed most...
Is Sea Shepherd Assisted Vessel Detention Unlawful?
The detention of the tuna vessel found holding dead sharks has no legal basis according to a Spanish Organization for longliners (ORPAGU). The anti-pouching group Sea Shepherd was involved in...
Closer Eye On Spanish Fleet In IO
The Spanish tuna fleet in the Seychelles has signed an agreement to develop a new electronic observer program onboard its vessels in the Indian Ocean, a region that has been criticized in the...
WCPO Catch Plunges For First Time In Years
For the first time in four years, the latest annual (2015) WCPO tuna catch total hasn’t reached a record breaking figure, having taken nearly a 200,000 ton plunge from the previous year. The...
Thousands Of Atlantic Tuna Tagged
The Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) has launched a project to tag and track 6,500 tuna in Canary Island waters that will run until late October. According to Bajo El Agua, among the...
PNA MSC Goes For Its 5-Year Checkup
One of the largest MSC certified tuna fisheries in the world is about to go through a scheduled reassessment process on it sustainability accreditation. By August next year, the PNA...
Sea Shepherd Involved In Detention Of Spanish Vessel
A Spanish longliner was found to have holds filled with dead sharks in an inspection in Central African waters last week. The ‘Alemar Primero’, which is licensed to fish for ’’tuna and...
Stronger Demand For PNA VDS Days
The uptake on purse seine fishing days in the EEZs of PNA nations has shown a steady climb over recent weeks, following slow demand earlier in the year. As stated in the latest PNA Tuna Market...
Will US Seiners Avoid All Bans?
US seiners have reported one of their biggest EPO tuna hauls for 2016 in the month of June, taking the half year total to just below 27,000 tons, and there is no indication that the speed of...
Portugal To Restrict Fishing In Azores?
Local fishermen have complained that there are too many fishing vessels in the waters of the Portuguese Azores as the tuna stock is decreasing. Azorean tuna fishing has experienced sharp...
PNG Loining Plant Solves Supply Issue
South Seas Tuna Corporation Ltd (SSTC) in Wewak, Papua New Guinea is expecting to boost its tuna production with help from a new landing craft. According to SSTC, before the landing boat was...
Irish Trawler Lands Albacore In France
The Ireland-flagged trawler, Carmona, ran aground at the Port of Concarneau, France, when landing Bonito del Norte (Atlantic albacore tuna) caught in the Bay of Biscay. A technical failure...