Becoming increasingly frustrated by its growing battle against the impacts of stray FADs, the Seychelles’ Island Conservation Society (ICD) is sending a delegate to the IOTC to seek solutions...
Fishing
Interpol Notice On IUU Tuna Vessel
An Interpol blue notice has been secured by the Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) to investigate the case of an Iranian vessel entering India’s EEZ, suspected of illegally fishing for...
Confusion Over Indonesian P+L Catch
Today a new report has emerged from IPNLF trustee, Tony Lewis, sparking confusion over the accuracy of pole and line catch data on Indonesian pole and line tuna fisheries. As previously...
Australia’s First Sustainable Tuna Fishery
Walker Seafoods Australia has become the first Australian tuna fishery to achieve MSC certification for sustainable fishing of its yellowfin and albacore tuna. The initial assessment began in...
Bonito Tuna Caught In Dutch Waters
Despite its small coastline, this week the Netherlands has seen its first catch of a tuna-like species when a man caught a bonito during a fishing trip in Dutch waters. Bonito are usually...
TUF Named In Nestlé Targeted Slave Labor Lawsuit
As a customer fueled complaint hits Nestlé’s Fancy Feast fish-flavored cat food line, Thai Union, the world’s largest canned tuna producer and major pet food processor, has found itself caught...
Skipjack Catches Jump In El Niño Year
New data has revealed that overall catches in the Eastern Pacific Ocean for the first half of 2015 have jumped by nearly 15 percent compared to the same period last year, despite earlier...
MSC Ignored As Coles Faces Backlash
Stocking its shelves with private label cans of MSC pole and line caught yellowfin tuna, one of Australia’s leading supermarket chains, Coles, is facing backlash for allegedly going against...
Could The US Set A Bad Example For China, Japan And Korea?
The example that the US is setting on bigeye tuna catch, according to an environmental law attorney, could spur nations like China, Japan or Korea to try and buy quotas from other countries,...
The Two Sides To High Seas Transshipments
This week, Greenpeace has come down hard on the act of transshipping; labelling it a “black hole in the seafood supply chain”, and calling for it to be stopped. However, it appears to have...
Greenpeace Exposes Tricks To Evade Shark Finning Regulations
This week Greenpeace has released a video which reveals some of the ways fishermen avoid detection while carrying out the practice of shark finning. Interviews with fishermen were conducted by...
ISSF: Participating Companies Not Limited To Only PVR P+L
With a substantial decline in Indonesian pole and line catch over the past few years, and ISSF’s recent aim to allow small-scale P+L vessels from the country on its PVR, there may be some...
Flat Market For US Albacore
The US albacore market price has remained almost flat since mid-June, when the season started, despite fish moving out of traditional catching grounds. The Western Fishboat Owners Association...
Bumble Bee And TMI Clash Over Tuna Supply
After expressing “strong opposition” to Tri Marine’s American Samoa SID status petition, Chris Lischewski’s comment letter to the emergency rule has sparked a reaction from TMI’s Joe Hamby, as...
Sapmer Signs New Charter Agreement
French fishing company Sapmer has signed a new charter agreement with CAP Bourbon, a subsidiary of Le Garrec group, for a bareboat longliner. The agreement is set to last for two years, after...
Echebastar – No MSC Yet
Following a special hearing held at the end of July, an independent adjudicator has decided there will be no MSC certification for Echebastar yet, as objections from several parties raise...
BKK SKJ Price Takes Another Small Step
After breaking the USD 1,400 barrier, the Bangkok skipjack price (SKJ1.8:BKK) has taken another step up, climbing a modest three percent on levels earlier in the month. The market currently...
Major Purse Seiner Owners Will Continue Effort Reduction
Following a review of the ongoing global fishing reduction agreed by the WTPO back in May, members have now firmly decided to continue the measure until the close of the year. After meeting...
Record Breaking WCPO Tuna Catch Addressed At Bigeye Workshop
Western Pacific tuna catch hit another record high last year, with the region’s total soaring to over 2.8 million tons. The results, already published by atuna.com back in June, have now been...
Fears In UK Of A French-Led Heist On Large Tuna School
After a large school of lucrative bluefin tuna were spotted off the Cornish coast in UK waters, there were fears last night of an illegal rush to snap them up. As French trawlers were reported...