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...
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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...
Indonesian Fishers Say Their Case Against Bumble Bee Has Merit
Four Indonesian tuna fishers are arguing that they have the right for their case against Bumble Bee Seafoods to be heard in court. In March, they filed a lawsuit against the tuna company in...
Taiwan Longliner North Pacific Ocean Catches Rose
The Taiwan tuna fleet is one of the major ones catching tuna and tuna-like species in the Pacific. In the North Pacific Ocean catches for the longliner fleet grew in 2024. In the NPO, there...
North Pacific Tuna Catches Rose In 2024, Says ISC
Tuna and other marine catches in the North Pacific increased slightly in 2024, according to the latest report published on the WCPFC site. The International Scientific Committee for Tuna and...
Large-Scale Purse Seiner Capacity Hardly Saw An Uptick In 2025
The number of Large-Scale Purse Seiners (LSPS) operating in oceans worldwide went up, as of June 2025. There were 675 such vessels, 25 more than in 2024. The Ecuadorian tuna fleet not only has...
Will US Amend The Marine Mammal Protection Act?
US legislators are pushing for major changes to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), which NGOs and conservation groups say would substantially roll back protections for cetaceans, whales,...
Shanghai Kaichuang Orders Two New Purse Seiners
Chinese tuna fishing company Shanghai Kaichuang Deep Sea Fisheries Co., Ltd. announced that it would scrap two of its purse seiners to buy new ones. An order to build the vessels has already...
Will Malaysia Get Flourishing Tuna Ports?
Over the past few years, Malaysia has been stressing expanding its tuna activities. The nation has fewer tuna fishing or processing activities compared to some of its neighboring nations....