The Maldives and Sri Lanka joined forces last Wednesday to enhance cooperation in fisheries of tuna and other seafood. Masood Imad, High Commissioner of the Maldives to Sri Lanka, and...
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Vietnamese Tuna Industry Keeps Fingers Crossed As 2025 Begins
The Vietnamese tuna industry claims to have had a good 2024 and has begun its efforts to make the most of this year. However, the industry faces several challenges that need to be addressed to...
Aussie Researcher Opines WCPFC Crew Standard Adoption “Remarkably Modest”
The WCPFC was praised for adopting the first-ever fishing crew welfare standards for tuna vessels last year. However, Ed Cavanaugh, CEO of Australian McKell Institute, called the move...
Catches Of Mauritian-Flagged Vessels Are On An Upward Trajectory
Mauritian-flagged vessels have increased their tuna catches over the years. Longliners hit a five-year-peak in 2023, whereas, seiners made a small drop that year. The increase in vessels...
GTA Director To Talk About Transparency At ETC2025
The first group of panelists of the European Tuna Conference on May 5 at the ICAB building in Barcelona has been confirmed. Atuna is introducing Daniel Suddaby, Executive Director of the...
Long-Term Carbon Emissions Will Impact WCPO Tuna Stocks
The WCPFC recently published its 2023 Overview and Status of stocks report. Part of the document examined climate change impact (carbon emissions) on tuna stocks and the distribution of the...
FiTI Points Out Why Fisheries Transparency Is Integral To African Nations
African nations with tuna-rich EEZs are all set to accelerate their work on fisheries transparency. The African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) recently signed a...
EmpleAtún Platform Aiding Spanish Tuna Fleet With Young Crew
The Spanish tuna industry’s empleAtún platform, launched in late 2023 to recruit more people, especially fishing crew, is paying off. By the end of 2024, the seiner organization Opagac...
Lower WCPO Catches In December Led To Drop In Transshipments
The volume of tuna transshipped through PNA ports decreased by 10 percent last month compared to November as the volume of fish caught by seiners in the PNA waters and high seas declined....
Maldivian Govt Alters Pole-And-Line DFAD Rules
The Maldivian government recently lifted a ban which now allows pole-and-liners to fish near sports/recreational fishing drifting FADs. Earlier, pole-and-liners were banned a mile (1.6 km)...
CFTO Seiner Sale Part Of Strategic Transformation
Compagnie Française du Thon Océanique (CFTO) has stated the sale of its three Indian Ocean seiners marks a new phase in its development and is part of a strategic transformation. The modern...
Will EU Raise ATQ Loins Quota?
The Spanish canning industry wants to import more frozen pre-cooked tuna loins into the EU at zero percent duty under the Autonomous Tariff Quota (ATQ) rule. Last week, canners’ association...
Slight Rise In Skipjack Price Does Not Alleviate Fuel Cost Burden For Seiner Owners
Since the end of December, crude oil prices have largely been increasing but on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the price of US crude oil and global benchmark Brent...
ETC2025 – Registration Now Open
Global tuna industry players will gather in Barcelona, Spain, for the 8th edition of the European Tuna Conference (ETC2025) to discuss the evolving tuna landscape; balancing sustainability,...
Fate Of Basque-Based Vessels Moored In Senegal Remains Uncertain
Four Basque-based pole-and-liners are stuck in Senegal due to the cessation of the EU-Senegal tuna fishing agreement last November.Vessel owners are looking for answers as they are unaware of...
Firefighters Denied Access To Tuna Vessel With Ammonia Leak
Firefighters who arrived at a Mazatlan port, after receiving a call about an ammonia leak on a tuna boat, were denied entry onto the premises. One person was admitted to the hospital after...
December WCPO Catch Rate Hit Lowest In 2024
Purse seiners fishing in the WCPO had a lower daily catch rate in December leading to an overall fall in netted tuna volumes. Data showed that this was the lowest level recorded in 2024 but...
Pevasa Sold Another Purse Seiner But This Time To Albacora
Spanish tuna fishing company Pevasa has also sold a purse seiner of its Indian Ocean fleet. The ‘Playa de Aritzatzu’ was recently delivered to its new owner, said Albino Moran Shipbrokers who...
Readers: New Thai Fisheries Act Will Disrupt EU-Thailand FTA Deal
Spanish canners association Anfaco has been reiterating why the EU-Thailand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) must not include canned tuna. Recently, it got a reason to hold tight to its request....
Peruvian Politician Accused In Tuna Fishing Scam
Peruvian Congressperson Darwin Espinoza has been accused of taking bribes to modify tuna fishing regulations in the country three years back. Espinoza allegedly received over PEN 1 million...