Warming waters are drawing albacore up north into the Gulf of Alaska near Sitka. Fishers are taking advantage of the occasion to catch the tuna normally not seen in this region. The abundance...
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Panamanian Firm Wants MSC For Its Seiners’ EPO Catches
Panama-based tuna fishing company, Messinia Holding Group, is eyeing the blue sustainable logo for its skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye catches in the EPO. Apart from an Announcement Comment...
Much-Anticipated WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement Enters Into Force
Three years after the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Fisheries Subsidies Agreement was adopted, it officially entered into force on September 15 after 111 members (two-thirds) submitted...
Illegal Moroccan Migrants In Custody After Tuna Boat Catches Fire
Five illegal Moroccan migrants, including a minor, have come under the scrutiny of the Lanzarote police (in Spain’s Canary Islands), after a tuna boat they travelled on caught fire near the...
Spanish Tuna Fishers Highlight Importance Of EU Funds To Thrive
The Spanish fishing sector wants Luis Planas, Spain’s Fisheries Minister, to push for a “specific fund” for tuna and other seafood in the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2028-2034 to the...
Skipjack Shortage Drives Manta Price To 2 Year High
Fish shortage in the Manta processing hub is becoming more acute due to the veda, fishing closure. Last year when EPO purse seiners caught extraordinary volumes of skipjack, canneries...
EPO Vessel Owners Pool Funds For FAD Removal Initiative
EPO purse seine owners have come together for a new initiative – The Tuna Alliance for the Recovery of FADs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO). They have lined up a set of plans for the...
Maltese Beachgoers Witness Unique Tuna Sight And Other Social Media Stories
Last month, beachgoers and locals in St Thomas Bay in Malta witnessed a large tuna on the beach, quite to their surprise. A popular chef posted images of her cutting raw sushi from freshly...
Venezuela Lashes Out At US Navy For Illegally Boarding Tuna Boat
Last week, a group of US warship personnel boarded a Venezuelan tuna boat that was operating in the South American nation’s EEZ angering the Venezuelan government and escalating geopolitical...
Marshall Islands Seiner Catches Rose By 33 percent
Marshall Islands-flagged seiners hauled in more volumes of skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye in 2024. The vessels captured a meager tonnage of albacore, which was not among the species caught in...
IATTC Meeting Made No Progress On Key Conservation Issues
The IATTC meeting concluded on September 5 with the adoption of the much-wanted reduction of a fishing ban days and several other agreements. However, some important issues were postponed to...
Anfaco’s World Tuna Conference Kicks Off In Vigo
The 12th Anfaco World Tuna Conference commenced today. The theme for this year revolves around ‘Reaching The New Consumer.’ There are five sessions lined up on the first day of the conference....
Pacific Fisheries Agency Head Called For Vigilance Against Ongoing Challenges
Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Director-General Noan David Pakop stressed the need for Pacific Islands to remain united due to the importance of tuna to their economies and emphasized the need...
Involving Fishers Is Crucial To Improving Labor Conditions & Laws
-VIEWPOINT- Last year, the editors of the ‘Oxford University Handbook of Human Rights at Sea’ invited me to write the chapter on Fisheries and Offshore Aquaculture. As perhaps the first...
Will Pacific Island Nations Risk Economy And Environment For Deep-Sea Mining?
Last month, Tonga signed a sponsorship agreement with Canadian-based The Metals Company (TMC) to explore deep-sea mining activities in the tuna-rich Clarion Clipperton Zone. Following that, an...
Solomon Islands & Kiribati Join Hands For Anticipated Tuna Project
The Solomon Islands and Kiribati signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) last week to collaborate on the development of the Bina Harbor tuna processing plant in Malaita (Solomon Islands)....
ABC Documentary Warns Of Deep-Sea Mining & Tonga’s Financial Risks
An ABC investigative journalism program Four Corners was released on Monday. The episode ‘Race To The Bottom’, looked into deep-sea mining highlighting this issue is now a global flashpoint....
TunaVigo2025 App Helps Attendees With Conference Starting In 2 Days
The twelfth Anfaco World Tuna Conference will start in Vigo, Spain, on September 11 with a program of expert speakers featured in different sessions. The TunaVigo2025 app, which will aid...
Readers: RFMOs Must Ensure Transparency In Vessel Ownership
Atuna recently wrote about the reflagging of Spanish company Inpesca’s two vessels to Oman, despite the firm not having a business entity or subsidiary in the Middle East nation. The boats...
US Researchers Laud PSMA But Point Out Striking Gaps
A new study found that the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA) has made it difficult for vessels fishing outside their national waters to evade port inspections, but points out how domestic...