A major financing bank in the global tuna industry has said that it finds “IUU very challenging” and is taking steps to become increasingly knowledgeable on the matter. Rabobank, established...
Fishing
Peru Cannot Compete On Tuna With Ecuador
The Peruvian Ministry of Production should develop more competitive conditions for Peru’s local tuna industry to compete with that of Ecuador; this is what Elena Conterno, President of the...
4 Tuna Seiners On “Monster Boat” List
Among what have been described as 20 “Monster Boats”, four tuna purse seiners have been named as some of the most “destructive and oversized fishing vessels operating under European flags.”...
What Led To Sri Lanka’s Red Card?
A recent protest staged by hundreds of frustrated fishermen from south Sri Lanka was fueled by the EU announced ban on seafood exports from the nation, branding it a non-participating country...
High 2014 Average Catch For West Coast Albacore
The US west coast albacore season has finally come to a close, and the Western Fishboat Owners Association (WFOA) reports that the expected estimate for the final number of catches stands...
Will Fiji Albacore Be Able To Keep Its MSC Certification?
In Fiji, the sustainable albacore industry is non-existing, says Graham Southwick, President of the Fiji Tuna Boat Owners Association, and according to him the only players still left in the...
50 Percent Tax Cut For Spanish Seiner Crews
Crews aboard Spanish purse seiners and surface longliners fishing for tuna beyond EU waters will soon be awarded with a 50 percent cut to their income tax, providing that they are working on...
NGOs Clash On Western Atlantic Bluefin Measures
In light of the upcoming ICCAT meeting this month, NGO’s appear to be conflicting on what measures should be adopted towards both Atlantic bluefin tuna populations and the quota allocations...
Philippine Islamic Region Requires Licenses For Tuna Seiners
The Islamic Bangsamoro regional government in the Philippines is stipulating that as well as local government permits needed for its waters, commercial tuna purse seine operators will have to...
“John West WWF Cooperation Is Green Spin”
The battle is raging in the UK market between Greenpeace and John West, to a lesser extent than with Princes. Now we seem to enter a new episode with the UK newspaper, The Guardian, reporting...
Investors Cautioned On Risks Of Buying Bumble Bee
Last week Greenpeace released a risk alert publication to companies intent on bidding for Bumble Bee Foods, which has been up for auction at USD 1.5 billion since July. In response, Bumble Bee...
Peru Starts Auction Of Tuna Fishing Rights
Peruvian flagged vessels will be publicly competing for a share in the 2,423.27 cubic meters of national tuna fishing rights to be sold by Peru’s Ministry of Production, reports the Gestión....
Collision Two Seiners In Samoa Investigated
A Tri Marine purse seiner, ‘Capt. Vincent Gann’, recently collided with another purse seiner, the ‘Ocean Challenger’, owned by the South Pacific Tuna Corporation, in the harbor of Pago Pago,...
International Pole & Line Fishermen Exchange Successful
An educational partnership between pole and line fisheries in the Maldives and the US North Pacific has now come to a successful end as trainee fishers, having met in August, have now...
Is ‘Unreporting’ As Bad As Illegal Fishing?
One thing that seems to be turning heads in the industry is the tackle against IUU fishing, which is considered to be one of factors leading to depletion of tuna stocks and imbalance in the...
EU Funds For WCPFC To Focus On Tuna Transshipment Activities
Tuna transshipment activities in the WCPO will be one of the main focuses of beneficiary projects from a EUR 650,000 funding from the European Union. The EU extra assistance package is to go...
Date Set For 66th Annual California Tuna Conference
The Western Fishboat Owners Association (WFOA) has announced the date for the 66th Annual Tuna Conferenceon Tunas and Billfish, which will be hosted at the University of California, Los...
EU Unable To Prevent IUU Infringements By Italian Fleet
Despite overfishing, the EU is refusing to take action on the management of highly migratory species, such as swordfish and bluefin tuna. This is according to Oceana, which states that it has...
“Finally! A Chance For Pole And Line In Costa Rica”
The Costa Rican Fishing Federation (FECOP) feels there is finally a chance for the nation’s pole and line tuna industry, following the recent long-awaited signing of a national fishing decree....
This Is Not A Campaign We Will Drop, Says Greenpeace
As signatures push up to a massive 104,000 people, Greenpeace says that its movement to get John West and Princes to stop “trashing our oceans” is “not a campaign we are going to drop.” In...