The FFA has announced that US tuna seiners can resume fishing operations in the region, and has thanked the extraordinary efforts of Pacific Island nations in being able to find a...
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How Reliable Is AIS Satellite Data?
Originally designed with the intention of revolutionizing vessel monitoring technology, Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) are widely perceived as one of the best global sources of...
Why The EU Won’t Take Labor Conditions Into IUU Decisions
While strong calls go out to the European Commission to take human rights into account when assessing Thailand’s seafood sector, it's more than likely that a stream of accusations over poor...
Confirmed: US Seiners Can Head Back Out
After enduring more than a two month tie-up, United States flagged tuna seiners will now be able to head back out to fish, with an agreement having been finalized over the South Pacific Tuna...
Undercover Agents Infiltrate Tuna Operation
Working undercover and posing as customers, Canadian federal fisheries officers have caught three men red-handed as they joined a tuna catch-and-release angling trip, where the men were...
Seven Somalis Sentenced To 16.5 Years For Piracy
The Supreme Court of Spain has sentenced six Somali nationals to 16 and a half years in jail after being found guilty of maritime piracy – including a seventh member under the age of 16. The...
US Wholesaler Arrested For Evading Fishing Quotas
Arrested on charges of conspiracy and submitting falsified records to federal government, the owner of a leading US seafood wholesaler, along with his bookkeeper, have been accused of evading...
Published: The Life And Times Of Dongwon’s Founder
When StarKist was sold to Dongwon in 2008, Americans might have wondered just who this Korean company was, but Dongwon Group, known for its canned tuna, had long been an established name in...
Influential UK Conservationists: “Avoid” IO Yellowfin
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has downgraded its ratings on Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna stocks, and has this week placed the species’ status onto its list of fish to “avoid” eating....
ISSF Stock Status: Bad News On IO Yellowfin
Following an IOTC “red rated” assessment for the species back in October, the ISSF has just this week downgraded Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna in the release of its refreshed and well recognized...
Blood, Sweat and Processing: The Real Work Of Fishermen
The process of landing catch from the sea and onto the plates of consumers worldwide often goes unappreciated. Fishermen undertake much more than simply catching the fish, with most of the...
“We Need To Know The Reasons Behind EU’s IUU Cards”
The transparency of the EU’s IUU carding system could do with a significant boost, according to Europêche President, Javier Garat, who stresses that we don’t just need to know when a country...
Foreign Vessels Obliged To Land 30% Of Tuna In Peru
In a bid to increase the supply of whole round tuna to the domestic processing industry, the Peruvian government has adopted new measures that will force all foreign vessels fishing in its EEZ...
Tuna Industry Escapes Giant Cyclone Winston
Despite the wrath of Cyclone Winston’s 300 kilometer per hour winds having caused devastating destruction to Fiji, as the most powerful storm on record in the Southern Hemisphere, the nation’s...
UN Meeting Discusses Future Tuna Trade
Discussing sustainability surrounding an industry that now provides developing countries with more export revenue than meat, tobacco, rice and sugar combined has never been so important, and...
Calvo To Expand Its Seiner Fleet
Grupo Calvo is set to make two new additions to its fleet, with the construction of two purse seiners which will operate under a Salvadoran flag to fish for tuna in international waters. The...
How Iran Is Grasping More Indian Ocean Tuna
Around 20 percent of all tuna fishing in the West Indian Ocean is related to the Islamic Republic of Iran, according to an Iranian fisheries official speaking at the ongoing IOTC’s third...
MSC Shows Off Social Benefits Of Its Program
So far in MSC’s almost 20 year history, its focus has remained on the importance of safeguarding the world’s oceans from the dangers of unsustainable overfishing, but 2016 is showing another...
Strong Lobbying To EU On Red Card For Thailand
Still under the shackles of the yellow card it received from the EU last April, Thailand continues to anticipate the outcome from European officials on the country’s future status, hoping that...
TU Announces Global Long Term Sustainability Strategy
Thai Union has today announced the launch of its new “Sea Change Sustainability Strategy”, comprising of four goals the firm is working towards achieving by 2020 across its global brands,...