Several topics were discussed at the recent UN Ocean Conference and one of them was the WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement, adopted in 2022 to regulate and limit harmful subsidies to fisheries...
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Japan’s Greying Population Motivates And Trains Youngsters For Tuna Fishing
Japan has a rapidly aging population, with more than 1 in 10 above the age of 80, making it a nation with one of the world's oldest men and women. This, in turn, has profoundly impacted its...
Mexican Fishers Brace For Additional Tuna Fishing Ban Atop IATTC Prohibition
Mexico has announced a temporary fishing ban for its national-flagged purse seiners and longliners operating in the Pacific Ocean through 2025 and 2026. This is apart from the two annual IATTC...
IO Whole Round Tuna Trade Severely Disrupted
The Indian Ocean tuna industry is getting out of balance, not only due to low catches but also to regional and global developments, which are affecting the price of skipjack and yellowfin....
Spanish Scientists Want To End Uncertainty Over Atlantic Bluefin Stock
A group of Spanish researchers has begun an oceanographic survey near the Balearic Islands in Spain to get an estimate of bluefin in the region. The initiative, called ‘Tunibal’, is being...
WTO Only Nine Ratifications Away From Fisheries Subsidies Going Into Force
Panama was the recent nation to formally accept the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) much-anticipated Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies. Only nine more acceptances are required for the...
New Lab To Accelerate Quality Control Of Philippines Tuna Export
The Philippines will soon own a tuna health and quality control laboratory at the General Santos fish port complex. Initial works on the facility, which is expected to boost the local...
PNA Ports Reported Higher Transshipment Volumes In April
The volume of tuna transshipped through PNA ports increased in April, compared to the previous month. Most of the activities continued to be carried out in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) ports....
Is Illegal Bluefin Catch Becoming Rampant In Italy?
Italy has reported several incidents of illegal bluefin fishing with over 10 tons seized in the past six months. The most recent took place in Teulada, southwest of Cagliari, in May. Coast...
Fisheries Laws Among Topics Discussed At Pacific Judicial Symposium
The FFA organized a three-day Judicial Symposium 2025 in Honiara, that concluded today. The event aimed to enhance judicial awareness about IUU fishing, maritime boundaries, climate impacts,...
WCPO Daily Catch Rate Dropped Further In April
The overall catch rate in the WCPO decreased in April compared to the previous month. The most were netted in the Nauru EEZ and high seas. Atuna reported yesterday that fishing intensity and...
Marshall Islands Says No To Deep-Sea Mining
The Marshall Islands have officially joined the list of countries that is calling for a deep-sea mining moratorium. President Hilda Heine announced this at the UN Ocean Conference that...
Mozambique Wants Billions Back From Safa Family In Tuna Bonds Case
The Mozambique tuna bonds scandal is a never-ending saga. Earlier this week, a UK court gave Mozambique the green signal to add the heirs of French-Lebanese businessman Iskandar Safa, former...
Vietnamese Tuna Fishers’ Escape In Boat Accident
Eleven fishers on a small purse seiner were rescued yesterday after their boat took in water while fishing for tuna in the waters of Lý Sơn in Vietnam’s Quảng Ngãi province. Captain of the...
Purse Seiners Experienced Bad Fishing In WCPO In April
Purse seine fishing intensity and effort decreased in the WCPO in April. Consequently, these vessels experienced a large drop in catches that month, a 20 percent decline from the volumes...
Small-Scale Fishers Want Industrial Vessels Out Of Baja California
Small-scale fishermen from Los Cabos (Baja California Sur) in Mexico are protesting against industrial tuna and shrimp boats from other states fishing in the region. They sent a petition to...
Should Bycatch Estimates Of IO DFAD Fisheries Be Improved?
Industrial purse seine fishing operations have increased in the Indian Ocean, operating with drifting FADs (dFADs). Some experts from the International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF)...
New Tuna Loader Arrives At Majuro Port To Boost Dockside Operations
A first-of-its-kind mechanized tuna loader that could reduce the time to transfer tuna into freezer containers arrived in the Majuro Port last week. The equipment, which the Marshall Islands...
Malaysia Takes Stronger Steps To Curb IUU Tuna Fishing
Last week, the Malaysian Coast Guard detained a fishing vessel for having illegally anchored in the nation’s EEZ, near Penang, without prior permission. Upon inspecting the boat, which Chinese...
Improving Transparency Crucial For Tuna Industry, States Planet Tracker
François Mosnier, Head of Ocean Program at Planet Tracker, a financial think tank, said that the global tuna sector needs to improve its transparency, which can have financial upsides such as...