Numerous NGOs have reemphasized their call for an end to the unregulated use of FADs in the Philippines. Greenpeace and other groups have urged the nation’s government to monitor and regulate...
Fishing
3,000 Flock To Conference On Small Island Development
More than 3,000 people travelled this week to attend a globally targeted tuna industry event in Apia, Samoa. Yesterday, at the 3rd United Nations Conference on Small Island Developing States...
600 Delegates Attend GenSan Tuna Congress
Today, Mayor Ronnel Rivera, son of Philippine tuna tycoon, Rudy Rivera, is opening the 16th National Tuna Congress in General Santos City, and as many as 600 delegates will make up the...
IATTC Adds Fiji Longliner To IUU List
On September 2nd, the IATTC added a Fiji tuna longliner to its IUU list of vessels, “presumed to have carried out illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in the eastern Pacific Ocean.”...
NOAA Selectively Restricts Surface Longlining
As part of a final amendment to reduce the number of bluefin tuna accidently caught by fishing fleets, the US has put out new rules for commercial fishing operations in the Gulf of Mexico and...
WCPFC Committee Follows Japan’s Cut On Juvenile Bluefin
After Japan’s announcement that it will implement new catch ceilings on juvenile bluefin in the Western and Central Pacific, members of the WCPFC Northern Committee have, this week, decided to...
Fishing Albacore Tuna With A Sailboat?
Owner of the US based Cape Cleare Fishery, Rick Oltman, will be using an 80-foot fiberglass hulled sailing boat to fish for albacore tuna along the Washington coast. The vessel, re-constructed...
Navy Commander Explains How Illegal Transshipments Take Place
Are Pacific nations seeing the benefits of having a USD 6 billion per year fishery on their doorstep? Palau’s President, Mr. Remengesau, believes his country and many others in the region are...
Canadian Bluefin Allocation: One Fish Per Boat
The Canadian based Prince Edward Island (PEI) tuna fleet has been taking plenty of time to fish its allocated seasonal quota of Canadian bluefin: one specimen per vessel. According to the...
Portugal Wants Rights To Use Bluefin Traps
The Portuguese Socialist party (SP) is suggesting that Portugal should be given rights to exploit the tuna traps/almadrabas installed in its waters and currently managed by Italy and Spain....
Vietnamese Yellowfin Hits Highest Prices At Japanese Auction
Auctioned yellowfin tuna from Vietnam has been hitting higher prices recently, since fishermen have adopted new and updated techniques. Tuna fishermen in the Binh Dinh region had reason to...
Ghana Ban On Fish Imports: Will People Eat More Local Tuna?
Ghana has decided to ban seafood imports in a bid to boost the local aquaculture sector and provide jobs, which could mean a possible increase for local tuna consumption. According to...
How Vietnam Intends To Triple Its Income From Tuna
Vietnamese tuna exporters are keen to reap increased benefits from the nation’s tuna catch, and see considerable income boosts from landings. Shipments of tuna, one of the nation’s major...
WCPFC Director: “We Should Not Be Fishing Pacific Bluefin”
Outgoing WCPFC Director, Glenn Hurry, has warned that the situation for Pacific bluefin tuna is dire, and the species should no longer be fished at all. Hurry explained to ABC NZ that the...
Sapmer’s Share Continue Slide To 1-Yr Low
August has seen significant fluctuation in Sapmer’s stock market value, including a substantial drop to its lowest level in one year. At the start of the month, share price stood at EUR 19.01...
EU And Cape Verde Agree 4 Year Fisheries Protocol
Following the expiry of a Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and Cape Verde on August 31st, a new four year protocol has been ratified by the two parties. The new agreement allows...
45% Of TUF’s Sourced Tuna Boasts Catch Certificate
As the first company of such a scale to do so, Thai Union Frozen Products’ (TUF) has revealed that 45.12 percent of its total sourced tuna, including tuna from MSC certified fisheries, has a...
How More Money Can Be Made Out Of Tuna
If you want the top know-how on tuna science in the Pacific Ocean, Majuro has been the recent place to be! And Fisheries Consultant, Francisco Blaha, has been keen to tell atuna.com which hot...
Three Pacific Vessels Suspected Of IUU
After catching the attention of maritime authorities during regional surveillance, legal inquiries are underway into three Pacific vessels and their link to IUU fishing. The investigations are...
Destroyed Tacloban Tuna Port Being Repaired
Last year, the newly constructed Philippine Tacloban Fish Port was badly damaged after harsh storms hit the country. In need of more than PHP 3 million (USD 68,688) worth of repairs, the...