European non-profits Bloom and Foodwatch have again made harsh accusations against French retailer Carrefour. Bloom recently released a report ‘Drowning the Catch,’ listing out the drawbacks...
Fishing
IOTC Must Take Steps Against Abuse Of North Koreans On Chinese Longliners
The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) released a report earlier this month highlighting the shocking abuse of North Korean crew members on Chinese longliners fishing in the Southwest...
Ecuadorian Seiner Rescues Fisher After 95 Days At Sea
When 60-year-old Peruvian fisher Máximo Napa Castro got lost in the Pacific Ocean, he held out high hopes of being rescued. The fisherman was recently found by an Ecuadorian purse seiner and...
Ex-Credit Suisse Executives Banned For “Tuna Bonds” Conviction
The UK financial sector regulator has imposed professional bans on two former Credit Suisse senior executives for their role in the controversial USD 2 billion Mozambique tuna bond scandal....
WCPFC Working Groups Are Strengthening Monitoring Work
There were two working group meetings for WCPFC members this month – one for the High Seas Boarding and Inspection (HSBI) and another for Port State Measures. The Commission wants to...
Indonesia Withdraws Its Objection To IOTC Yellowfin Plan
Indonesia has withdrawn its objections to the 2021 interim plan for rebuilding the Indian Ocean yellowfin stock. Adjustments in data discrepancies led to this decision. In 2021, Indonesia...
ISSF Report Shows Drop In Global Tuna Stocks’ Health
Approximately, 87 percent of the global tuna catches come from stocks at healthy levels, according to the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF). It recently released its first...
Fiji’s “Tuna Fishing Boat Graveyard” Poses Danger
A region near the port of Suva in the South Pacific has turned out to be a “tuna fishing boat graveyard”, mainly for Chinese longliners. Nearly 25 vessels lie abandoned here, with the owners...
Indonesian Crew Sues Bumble Bee For Sourcing From “Forced Labor Vessels”
Four Indonesian crew members filed a lawsuit against Bumble Bee Seafoods on Wednesday in the Southern District Court of California. The fishers alleged that they worked on Chinese tuna...
More Nations Are Transparent With Fisheries Information But Have A Ways To Go
The Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) was established in February 2016 and has been making slow yet steady progress in getting countries to be more transparent with their tuna and other...
Bangkok Skipjack Price Soars
Lower skipjack supply has strongly pushed the value of the raw material in the Bangkok processing hub. Sources said the price of frozen whole round skipjack is being traded at much higher...
Spanish Firm Recycles Tuna Nets For Aquaculture
Spanish company R de Lorenzo Cordelería, which makes ropes for mussel raft farming from recycled tuna nets, recently announced that it has expanded its work. The firm bought new machinery and...
PNG’s Marape Wants To Boost Fresh Tuna Exports To Japan
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is eyeing the direct export of fresh tuna to Japan. PNG Prime Minister James Marape, who recently stressed the importance of stronger trade ties between the two nations,...
French Tuna Vessel Owners Take A Forward Step In Decarbonization
French tuna vessel owners recently committed to decarbonizing through the ‘Pêche 4 Ever’ (P4EVER) project. The initiative aims to support the ecological transition of the fishing sector by...
All TUNACONS EPO Catches Are MSC Certified
The Eastern Pacific Ocean Tropical Tuna (TUNACONS) announced last week that its purse seine fishery has received the MSC sustainable logo for bigeye catches. This latest turn of events makes...
Ecuadorian Fleet’s Astonishing 2024 Tuna Volumes
Tuna catches in the EPO hit astonishing volumes in 2024. While many of the fleets significantly increased their tonnages, the Ecuadorian seiner fleet was by far the most successful, especially...
Spanish Maritime Agency Reveals Mistakes Made In Seiner Accident
A Spanish government agency recently revealed the investigation results of a three-year-old case about a purse seiner crew member falling into the water and injuring his leg while releasing...
FiTI Lauds Seychelles’ Fisheries Transparency Compliance
The Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) recently announced that Seychelles is the first country to be “compliant” with its standards. It means that the nation has made considerable...
Spain Allocates Bluefin Quota For 2025
The Spanish Fisheries Ministry allotted 6,783 tons of bluefin to 819 national-flagged vessels in 2025, including the Almadrabas. The information was published in the Official State Gazette...
Dongwon WCPO Bigeye Gets Blue Tick And IO Catches In Assessment
Dongwon's MSC reassessment to add purse seiner bigeye catches in the WCPO was MSC certified. The Korean company has also sought the blue logo for its Indian Ocean (IO) purse seine skipjack and...