With a yellow card in hand, and a potential red card on IUU looming for the Philippines, the nation is in a race to strengthen efforts to regulate its fisheries. In line with significant focus...
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Total Shake Up Of PNG Tuna Fishing Days Division
The NFA has announced plans for 2015 that will cause a drastic shake up of the division of tuna fishing days in PNG waters. Starting next year, reflecting removal of unassociated (not...
USA Secures USD 90 Million Tuna Deal With Pacific
The USA has secured a crucial tuna deal with the 17 member nations of the FFA, worth USD 90 million, following three days of negotiations. The US Tuna Treaty for 2015 gives US flagged seiners...
PNG Ends Generous Concessions To Plants & Fleets
Formal sustainable effort limits have been established in both the PNG Archipelagic Waters and the PNG EEZ, which will put an end to excessive concessions for tuna plants and fleets from...
Half Million Dollar Tuna Load Held For Over A Year
A load of around 200 tons of tuna that was seized in August 2013 from Japanese-flagged longliner, Shoei Maru No.7, has been requested for sale. The firm Atlantico Tuna has asked for...
20 Yrs Of FAO Responsible Fisheries Party In Vigo
The FAO has chosen Spain’s seafood capital, Vigo, as the location to commemorate 20 years of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, first signed October 31st, 1995. According to press...
US Presidential Task Force On IUU “Encouraging”
The stance of the NFI on the recently formed US presidential task force on IUU fishing and seafood mislabeling is being considered irrelevant by some, who believe the “head on” action should...
EU Selectivity On IUU Tuna: A Trade Barrier?
It is well known that the EU has been flexing its muscles in issuing warning notices to small and vulnerable countries in Africa, Central America and Pacific islands for non-compliance with...
Nichol Elizabeth: “IUU Fishing Has Been Hunting Us For Years”
At the African Tuna Conference 2014 in Abidjan, General Manager of Pioneer Food Cannery MW Brands SAS, Nichol Elizabeth, gave an overview of how IUU fishing of tuna has impacted Ghana and...
Observer Requirements In Africa “Almost Impossible” To Implement
An issue that west African coastal nations are facing is the hindering exchange of observers onboard tuna vessels which travel between the EEZs of different regions, which has been described...
New MSC Requirements Now Include Labor Aspect
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has released a newly updated version of its assessment standards, or in other words, its sustainability criteria, which now also includes requirements for...
PNA Nation Facing Financial Ruin By Hedge Fund
The Republic of Nauru, one of the 8 PNA nations, recently announced that it faces ‘financial ruin’ as a court order to freeze Nauru’s national bank accounts was issued by US hedge funds....
Yvon Riva: “Freeze On FADs Per Each Seiner”
At the African Tuna Conference 2014 in Abidjan last week, President of Orthongel, Yvon Riva proposed a temporary figure freeze on the annual quantity of FADs launched per each seiner, in order...
Exams Required For EU Vessels In Morocco
Following the fisheries agreement between Morocco and the EU last month, six Lanzarote purse seiners have managed to attain fishing licenses, but must pass a ‘review’ stage before any actual...
Indonesian Tuna Crew Over A Year On The High Seas
It is common knowledge that tuna vessels, whether fishing or carrying cargo, are usually at sea for a large number of months. However, Indonesian tuna longliners, with crews of about 15 to 18,...
Find Out Why Traditional Bluefin Fishing Is Like Bull Fighting
Spanish almadraba fishers have been tackling bluefin tuna for almost 3,000 years and according to Rafael Marquez, a third captain trap fishery operator, harvesting the bluefin is on a par with...
West Coast Albacore Season Ends With Over Supply
The US west coast albacore tuna season is near its end as worsening weather conditions and a reported lack of stocks along the Oregon coast have forced local fishermen into harbor, awaiting...
Canadian Tuna Season Closed Yesterday
The Canadian bluefin fishing season came to a close yesterday, filling the first part of the nation’s allocated quota. On September 30th the first period ended, and as reported by Canadian...
2 Month IATTC Tuna Ban To Start In November
Following the success of a two month fishing ban on tuna in the EPO this July, a second two month tuna ban will begin in November, covering all yellowfin, bigeye, bluefin and skipjack. By...
Galicia: Bonito Del Norte Landings Increasing
Fishery officials in Spain have announced that, in 2014, landings of bonito del norte have increased nearly 45 percent from the average figure over the last five years, reports Fish...