German discount retailer, Lidl, has made strong sustainability commitments on its fresh and frozen private label fish range, which are being applauded by MSC, but leaves its plans for canned...
Fishing
Technology: The Answer To The Longline Monitoring Conundrum?
Industry experts have gathered this week in Taiwan’s main port of Kaohsiung to discuss the ways modern technology can be used to fight illegal fishing, with a special focus on the lack of...
Chinese Net Record Catches On Scarcity Of US Fleet
A leading Chinese fishing firm is putting its recent record WCPO tuna catches down to the scarcity of the US fleet in Kiribati’s EEZ, after it states American vessels were effectively forced...
Angola: The Next African Tuna Player?
The Angolan government is keen to develop the nation’s tuna sector it seems, as it has this week defended private investment in the country which aims to increase the capture and production of...
ASDOMAR: Sustainable Certification Is Just A Starting Point
With the publication of its 3rd Sustainability Report on its brand ASDOMAR, Generale Conserve company, boasting around a 17 percent share in the Italian canned tuna market, says its most...
Pending Court Decisions – Even More Bigeye For US Fleet
The Hawaiian longline fishery appears to be under considerable strain at the moment as it awaits a decision from court regarding an attempt to prevent the US from acquiring extra bigeye quotas...
Is ISSF Becoming More Just A Lobby Group Or NGO?
ISSF has taken the time to step back and evaluate the highs of 2015, ticking off numerous wins for tuna sustainability. While the foundation appears to throw all of the credit and future...
Obama Called On To Save Collapsing Canneries
With over 7,000 signatures now on paper, representing over 12 percent of the entire American Samoa population, a petition to save the territory’s tuna canneries and industry is on its way to...
Danish Bank Sees Solution For $850m Tuna Debt
Struggling to pay off a huge national debt of USD 850 million which was used to finance an expansion of the nation’s tuna fleet, a way out could be on the horizon for Mozambique, as a...
Who’s Catching Most Of The WCPO Bigeye?
Five Asian nations are responsible for 62 percent of all reported bigeye tuna catch in the WCPFC area, a region where conservation measures for the species have been heavily pushed, but until...
Internet Hit: How Huge Fish Bellied An Entire Tuna
For anglers fishing around the world it’s usually enough of a reward to catch just one huge fish when on a trip out to sea, but a fisherman in New Zealand recently got more than he bargained...
Will A Halt In US Seiner Activity Influence The BKK SKJ Price?
Reports that a weighty portion of the US fleet will be heading back to port and will remain tied up in the beginning of the new year are rapidly emerging, as low skipjack prices and rising...
Palau: The Future Safe Haven For Bigeye?
After unanimously approving a law to phase out commercial fishing in 80 percent of its waters, Palau is being hailed by some as the new haven for depleted tuna species, as well as a top...
Should High Seas Longlining Be Eliminated Altogether?
Is it time for RFMOs to admit defeat and give up trying to manage high seas longline fishing, something that many point out RFMO member countries continuously fail at? Sources who attended...
US Fleet Seriously Considers Tie Up
There’s a bleak outlook forthe US-flagged tuna fleet, says the President of the American Tuna Boat Association, who is stating that seiners will be left with no option but to tie up and not...
Tri Marine Expects MSC Certification By March
Tri Marine is expecting final MSC certification for its free school purse seine fishery as early as March, which would mean just over a year in assessment. The firm announces the publication...
Satellite Phones Should Help Stop Observer Harassment
With the September disappearance of observer Keith Davis still fresh in the minds of many Commission members, observer safety was given a priority place for discussion at the recent WCPFC...
Solomon’s Gets Tough On Albacore Longlining
One Pacific nation is taking matters into its own hands, as it makes bold decisions on longline-based issues that failed to gain consensus during the recent WCPFC meeting. The Solomon Islands...
Global Oil Prices Plummet To Decade Low, Will Tuna Follow?
A market supply glut is causing Brent crude oil prices to plummet to shocking levels, the lowest witnessed in at least ten years. There are said to be winners and losers from the drastic...
Bangkok Price Shatters Support Barrier
After tumbling to a major reference point late last month, the Bangkok skipjack price has now shattered the support barrier of USD 1,000 per ton, slipping below this major reference point. The...