The acquisition of a stake in Tri Marine International by Italian consumer goods giant, Bolton Group has been approved by the European Commission, giving the go-ahead for the collaboration of...
Fishing
MSC checks Supply Chain With DNA tests
Consumers are being assured by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) that products that bear its ecolabel can be confidently regarded as seafood coming from MSC accredited sustainable...
More Mexican Seiners Could Be Constructed In Vigo
Astillero Barreras, shipyard located in Vigo, Spain, could soon sign a contract for the construction of two tuna purse seiners for Mexico. Discussion over the building of the ships comes after...
MSC Launches New Film To Engage Developing World Fisheries
The MSC has launched its new film Our Fisheries, Our Future: Sustainable Fishing in the Developing World. This is the latest initiative to support the positive transformation of seafood...
Tuna Boat Picks Up Floating Woman’s Body
A Taiwanese tuna fishing vessel returned to port in Phuket on Tuesday with the body of a woman found floating in Burmese waters, close to the Thai city of Ranong. The body was found by the...
Greenpeace: EU Expands Tuna Fishing In Pacific Despite Earlier Limit
Global environmental group Greenpeace has expressed disappointment in weak results from the WCPFC meeting in Cairns last week, and say there are “some real areas where things are spiralling...
Philippines Gains New Access To High Seas Pocket 1
Filipino commercial fishermen gained extension for the access to the High Seas Pocket 1, ensuring growth in the country’s fish production and continued revitalization of the tuna...
Philippines And PNG Ink Tuna Monitoring Agreement
Filipino fishermen in Papua New Guinea have always wanted to expand exports of tuna to the European Union. The effort is somewhat stymied by the absence of certificates of origin required by...
Pescanova’s Creditors Urged To Accept 75% Debt Cut
Pescanova’s bank creditors are being urged to accept a reduction of up to 75 percent of debt by financial advisor, Deloitte, or the fishing group will be subjected to liquidation. In...
Caribbean Fisheries Authorities To Discuss Use Of FADs
Fisheries authorities in the Caribbean are looking at prospects for the wider use of FADs in the region. Caribbean countries have been exploring their use for several years in order to...
NGO’s Jointly Present Video On Global Overfishing Problem
A powerful video created by European environmental coalition, OCEAN2012, presents the increasing problem of overfishing across the globe. The footage explains that since the start of...
USD 7 Million For Manta Tuna Port Improvements
Repairs and improvements to Manta’s tuna port are scheduled to begin in mid-December at the cost of just over USD 7 million. The plans will see strengthening of the Ecuadorian port’s Pier...
WCPFC Cut Juvenile Bluefin Catch By 15 Percent
The WCPFC made the decision on Friday to reduce the catch of juvenile bluefin tuna in the western Pacific in 2014 by 15 percent or more from the 2002-2004 average. Member States will see their...
9 Indian Tuna Fishermen Go Missing At Sea
Nine tuna fishermen from Kasimedu fishing harbor in India have been reported missing after the crew of other fishing vessels returned and said their boat had not been sighted since Tuesday. It...
WCPFC Bans Silky Shark Fishing In Pacific
The WCPFC has agreed to important conservation methods for threatened shark species as part of last week’s annual Commission meeting in Cairns, Australia. One of the major outcomes of the...
WCPFC Fails To Take Sufficient Measures On Tuna
Very few positive comments on the outcome of last week’s WCPFC meeting. General sentiment is that the WCPFC has been seen to fail to take sufficient conservation and sustainability measures as...
Armon Starts Build Of Mexican Seiner
Armon shipyard in Vigo, Spain, has begun the construction of “Camila”, the first of two tuna fishing vessels commissioned by Mexico. According to Union sources, Armon Group has nine tuna...
Ghana Could See 45 Vessels Blacklisted By EU
As many as 45 tuna vessels could face being blacklisted by the European Union, as Ghana awaits the decision of a looming sanction on its country’s fishing industry. If the sanction is imposed,...
Next WCPFC Conference In Stadium In Samoa
Next year’s WCPFC annual meeting will be held in a sports stadium in Samoa. As well as being host for the global UN Conference on Small Islands Developing States next September, Samoa will...
Should The US Take Same Position On IUU As EU? What Did You Think?
On our most recent atuna.com homepage poll we asked you “Should the US take the same position on IUU as the EU?” As many as 62 percent of our readers answered ‘Yes’. Recent reports have...