A federal district court judge in Honolulu ruled last Friday that commercial fishing cannot legally continue in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument, which is located to the...
Fishing
Lower Supply Of Tuna From WCPO In June
Fishing effort by purse seiners and consequently their catches in the WCPO declined in June. Most of the tunas were captured in the western zones of the PNA. During that month, there was a...
Readers: MMPA Could Be Overhauled Or Kept Intact
US legislators are considering overhauling the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), which has been a vital law to protect and safeguard cetaceans, whales, seals, and other marine species....
Little Tuna Founder Bets On Aussies’ Love For Sustainable Fish To Grow
Little Tuna is an Australian tuna brand that markets its products as “100 percent Australian-sourced tuna” as the fish is caught within the nation’s EEZ, by longliners owned by the firm, and...
Inpesca Recovers From Atunlo Disaster
Spanish tuna fishing company Inpesca closed its last financial year, 2024, with a turnover of over EUR 68 million. Inpesca was one of the shareholders of the liquidated firm Atunlo and lost...
Lower WCPO Skipjack Catches A Blow To Thai Canneries
Thai canneries’ buying of frozen whole round skipjack plummeted in H1 2025, mainly owing to the low catches in the WCPO this year. Most fleets delivered fewer tonnage when compared to H1 2024...
Excellent Albacore Season For Spanish Fishermen
Basque coastal fishers have caught 7,100 tons of Bonito del Norte (northern albacore) since the fishing season began at the end of May, according to data from the Basque government's fisheries...
Venezuelan Ministry Applauds Tuna Landings Boosting Local Production
The first landing of EPO caught tuna in a long time was praised by the Venezuelan Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture through its social media channels. Locally flagged purse seiner, the...
Will WCPFC Scientific Meeting Have Consensus On Skipjack MP?
The WCPFC is all set to kick-start its annual scientific meeting in Tonga next week. Management procedures for skipjack, bigeye, and South Pacific albacore will be among the main topics that...
Micronesian Longliners Hooked Notably Large Volumes Of Tuna
Micronesian longliner catches made a noteworthy uptick in 2024, owing to the increase in the number of vessels compared to the previous year, and good catches in the WCPO. The captures were at...
Marshall Islands Holds Event With Focus On Need For Tuna Conservation
The Marshall Islands hosted a three-day National Ocean Symposium on ocean dialogue and action to protect and sustainably manage the ocean. The event kicked off on August 5 and concluded today....
Fishers, NGOs Call Out Taiwan Longliner Owners’ Apathy
Last month, news organization CNN published a report on the plight of migrant workers on board Taiwanese longliners. One of the topics highlighted in it was the lack of WiFi on vessels, which...
Most Tuvaluans Wants To Flee Island Amid Climate Change
Last month, 8,750 applications were submitted by Tuvaluans for permanent Australian residency, as part of a Tuvalu-Aussie program. Under the initiative, 280 Tuvaluans would be given permanent...
EU Court Pushes European Commission To Review IOTC FAD Ban Objection
Two weeks back, the EU General Court annulled the European Commission’s refusal to review the EU's objection to an IOTC Resolution on drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (dFADs), mainly a 72-day...
Malaysia Increases Efforts To Combat IUU Fishing By Foreign Boats
Malaysia has introduced a new system to enhance its oversight of foreign tuna and other vessels to combat IUU fishing. The Electronic Port State Measures (e-PSM) system was launched last week...
Slow Skipjack Catch Is Not Main Concern For IO Tuna Industry
Purse seine skipjack catches in the Indian Ocean are at a low level and led to a slight increase in the prices in July. The fish migrated more up north in the ocean, common during these...
Less Micronesian Seiners Captured More Tuna
The catches of Micronesian-flagged purse seiners increased in 2024, despite a drop in the number of vessels, compared to the previous year. The volumes hit a five-year high owing to the good...
Fiji Holding Tight To Albacore That Forms Backbone Of Economy
Officials from the Fiji and Tuvalu Ministries of Fisheries met last week to secure tuna raw materials, mainly albacore, essential for Fiji’s processing industry. The meeting was intended to...
FiTI Claims Indonesia Needs To Address Critical Tuna Fisheries’ Matters
Indonesia recently took its first Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) Taking Stock assessment to investigate the online transparency of its tuna and other marine fisheries management....
Taiwanese Longline Fleet And Its Catches Made Growth
The number of Taiwanese longliners operating in the WCPO rose considerably over the years, and so did their volume of catches. In 2024, the capture of Taiwan’s longliner fleet, one of the...