After viewing and investigating the shootings on a tuna longliner shown in a YouTube video a few weeks back, Fijian police have now arrived at conclusions and closed the case. According to...
Fishing
Tanzania Calculates Exaggerated Amount Of Money Lost On Tuna
Tanzania has calculated that big money is lost each year from tuna fishing mismanagement. In fact, in an ambitious estimation, the country’s fisheries sector believes that it’s annually...
Gambia Wants To Stop IUU Tuna Catch
Gambia is set to get stricter on IUU fishing, as its Fisheries Minister has emphasized the need for monitoring, control and surveillance. Mass Axi Gai said that improved collaboration and...
NZ Fisherman Killed On Pacific Tuna Seiner
A fisherman from New Zealand was killed last week while working on a tuna fishing vessel in the Pacific Ocean. Leighton Muir, who was 27 and from Nelson, died on board the Captain MJ Souza...
Distance For Seiners To Shore Decreased To 45 Miles
The Costa Rican government has presented a counterproposal to a decree to regulate purse seine tuna fishing in its EEZ. Put forward to industry organizations, the new, revised decree hopes to...
62 Teams Angle 14,000+ Pounds Of Albacore In 2 days
Over 14,600 lb (6.62 M/T) of tuna were yielded at this year’s Oregon Tuna Classic in Garibaldi, United States. On Aug 22-23, a total of 62 teams set out to catch as much tuna as possible for...
Albacore Crisis Makes Fishermen Look For Other Fish
Some companies within the Fiji albacore longline industry are looking for other markets to delve into in order to keep businesses afloat. New fisheries are being opened up as companies...
Fisherman In Court For Two Tuna
A part time fisherman was in court this week after being charged for illegal fishing and illegal possession of tuna after catching just two tuna outside of season in Maltese waters,...
Temperature Changes Drive Atlantic Albacore Away
Studies suggest that the absence of bonito del norte in the Bay of Biscay is down to changes in water temperatures and a lack of smaller fish to feed on. Commissioned by the Basque Government,...
Japan To Cut Juvenile Bluefin Catch By Half
As part of an aim to restore the declining adult bluefin tuna stock in the Pacific Ocean, Japan’s Fisheries Agency has announced new catch ceilings. The amount of juvenile bluefin caught by...
Pole And Line Decline A Symptom Of Systemic Failings
There is strong demand for pole and line tuna across Central and Northern Europe, and also increased interest in North America and Australia. While it is recognized that pole and line fishing...
Japan To Introduce Bluefin Alerts
The Japanese Fisheries Agency is aiming to introduce a new system of alerts on bluefin tuna catches in 2015, reports Jiji Press. The alerts, which would include information on bluefin catches,...
Will Echebastar Indian Ocean FAD Fishery Gain MSC? What Did You Think?
Since the start of 2013, the Echebastar Indian Ocean tuna fleet has been under MSC full-assessment. Over 18 months later, MSC still says it’s very soon to announce an expected completion date....
Tuna Skippers From Pen & Pad To eTUNALOG?
Pacific fisheries experts are calling for data collection methods to convert to electronic form, with the aim of improving Pacific fishery management and closing up flaws in the system. The...
BFAR Underlines Importance Of Tuna Spawning In Davao Gulf
Filipino researchers have reported “breakthrough” study results on tuna spawning conditions in the Davao Gulf, Philippines, by which they claim the Gulf is an “important” breeding ground for...
Could A PNA Longline VDS Help Pacific Bigeye Stocks?
The PNA intends to introduce a Vessel Day Scheme for western Pacific longline fleets, expecting that this action will add to the WCPFC’s efforts in managing bigeye and yellowfin stocks...
Bottled Message From Tuna Vessel Found 13 Years Later
After 13 years, a message in a bottle thrown from a longliner has been found in Robe, Australia. After being thrown into the Great Australian Bight from a tuna longliner vessel, the bottle...
If Oil Prices Are Falling, Why Are Tuna Prices Rising?
The price per barrel on the Brent crude oil stood at USD 101.07 on August 19th, the lowest oil price since June 2013. According to the Wall Street Journal, there has been a nine percent...
“Penalize Nations Not Providing Catch Data”
It’s time to take action and sanction nations that fail to provide catch data. This is the view of Phil Roberts, Singapore-based Managing Director of Tri-Marine International, a global...
Longliners Oppose Obama’s Expansion Of Sanctuaries
Longline fishing vessel owners in American Samoa believe the USPresident’s intentions to expand ocean sanctuaries in the Pacific could be damaging to the local fishing industry, the tuna...