The 23rd ICCAT annual meeting has closed with the decision to maintain the current annual catch quotas for bluefin tuna in the East Atlantic and Mediterranean. The 13,400 ton catch limit for...
Fishing
Second IATTC Tuna Fishing Ban Begins
The 2 month ban from the IATTC on commercial tuna fishing in the eastern Pacific Ocean started on Monday November 18th and will be in action until January 18th next year. Under the agreement,...
Thai Catches Towards Total Collapse – Productivity Falls By 90%
Heavy fishing off Thailand’s coast, combined with little regulation has left the region’s waters severely depleted. Reported by Chinese News Station CCTV News, according to official...
100 Percent Observer Coverage To Stop Tuna Laundering
Greenpeace believes that transshipments at sea are facilitating the laundering of illegal and unreported tuna catches worldwide. The environmental group stresses that this on-water transfer of...
Costa Rica Is Giving Away Its Tuna Resources, Says Opposition Leader
Broad Front Party lawmaker and presidential candidate José María Villalta speaking on LA Talk Radio with Rainforest Radio’s Jani Schulz and Tico Times’ David Boddiger on Wednesday, Nov. 20....
Greenpeace: Traders Need To Step Up To Ensure Sustainable Longlining
Greenpeace believes that tuna traders need to step up to ensure strict traceability and sustainability standards as governments are failing to regulate the longline tuna industry. The...
PNA Calls For Cuts In Bigeye Catches
The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) says new rules to tuna fishing in the Western and Central Pacific must cut catches of bigeye tuna by longline fishing vessels especially in the high...
Sanford’s Lower Tuna Catches Make Pretax Earnings Slip
Sanford, New Zealand's largest listed seafood company, has posted a five percent decline in full-year pretax earnings as lower catches of tuna, production of mussels and jack mackerel weighed...
Greenpeace Launches “Out of Line” Report On Tuna Longlining
A grave lack of regulations hinders sustainable management of the world’s oversized longline tuna fishery fleets, Greenpeace International warned as it released a new report today. The report,...
South Korea Seen As Main IUU Nation In African Waters
Following a string of incidents, South Korea has been branded as a main IUU tuna fishing nation in African waters, costing the continent millions of dollars a year. Activist and environmental...
South Africa Intends To Board IUU Tuna Vessels On The High Seas
South African fishing patrol vessels are likely to start boarding and inspecting suspected IUU tuna fishing vessels on the high seas in order to help in international tuna conservation...
Pacific Nations Left Uneasy After PNG EPA Drop-Out
Pacific nations are feeling uneasy after Papua New Guinea (PNG) chose to drop out of the joint negotiations on the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union on tuna exports...
Spain: “No Excuses For Not Increasing Bluefin Quota”
The Spanish tuna industry is defying scientific recommendations to ICCAT, and leading attempts to win a considerable rise in the bluefin tuna quota. Spanish Fisheries Minister, Miguel Arias...
Japanese Expect Slight Increase In ICCAT Bluefin Quota
Japanese fishing industry officials are expecting that the annual ICCAT meeting will result in raised bluefin tuna catch quotas for member countries. Commencing today, the yearly meeting takes...
Seychelles Seiners Licensed To Fish In EU Waters
Seychelles flagged tuna seiners have been granted permission to continue to fish in the waters of Mayotte, an Indian Ocean island region that will become part of the EU next year. The decision...
ICCAT Meeting Starting Today In South Africa
The importance of the ICCAT annual meeting, kick-started today, has been hugely emphasized by the attendance of European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. The European...
No Cuts On Purse Seiners Within WCPFC For 2014?
The Pacific purse seine tuna fleet could face no additional cuts within the WCPFC for 2014. Reports have emerged that the current proposal of WCPFC members for the December annual meeting in...
Fishermen’s Worries Over Chinese Tuna Fishing Licenses Tempered
Local Guyana fishermen are breathing a sigh of relief after Leslie Ramsammy, Agricultural Minister, has announced that no fishing licenses have been granted to requesting Chinese nationals....
EU Tuna Super Seiner Fined USD 1 Million For IUU Fishing In Nauru
The Nauru District Court has fined a European Union fishing vessel licensed to fish in Kiribati, USD 1 million for illegally fishing in Nauru waters. ‘Albacora Uno’, a super seiner with a...
Pacific Tuna Stock Faces Growing Crisis Of Inaction
A showdown that could decide the sustainability of the USD 7 billion Pacific tuna industry is expected at the annual meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) in...