Sierra Leone is the latest country to join the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI). The Minister of Fisheries, Princess Dugba, conveyed this by sending an official letter to FiTI’s top...
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Panama Combating IUU Fishing With Observer Program
Panama is strengthening its efforts against IUU fishing with its “Observer Onboard” program. This initiative is being led by the Aquatic Resources Authority of Panama (ARAP). The program aims...
Economic Conditions Improved For WCPO Seiner Fishery In 2023
In 2023, the economic health of the tropical tuna purse seine fishery in the WCPO improved compared to the year before when high marine diesel prices pushed by the Russia-Ukraine war impacted...
Vietnamese Fishers Fuming Over Skipjack Regulation Send Petition
Fishermen in the Vietnamese provinces of Quang Ngai and Binh Dinh are determined to fight against the government regulation that fishers must catch skipjack only above 50 cm. Over 70 artisanal...
Monitoring & Observer Coverage Critical Issues For WCPFC’s Compliance Committee
The WCPFC’s Technical and Compliance Committee (TCC) meeting began today in Pohnpei, Micronesia and it will last until October 1. Members will discuss several issues critical for the...
Korean Seiner Fleet Expands Large Vessels, But Low Increase In 2023 Catches
Despite Korean vessels increasing the number of large purse seiners, there was only a modest six percent increase in tuna catches in 2023 from this gear. This information was revealed in South...
Transshipments In WCPO Fell In August But Still High
In August, the volume of tuna transshipped into reefer carriers declined by five percent in the WCPO, following the lower catches that month. However, it is still much higher than the tonnage...
Fishing Partnerships Are A Strong Pillar Of EU’s Common Fisheries Policies
The EU has Sustainable Fishing Partnership Agreements (SFPAs) with several countries to fish for tuna and other seafood in their EEZs. These agreements are one of the most important features...
WCPO Skipjack Catch Dropped Further In August
Purse seiners fishing in the WCPO had a 21 percent lower daily catch of skipjack in August. For all species combined, the rate was 19 percent less than in July which affected the tonnages for...
Pacifical Welcomes PNA Seiners FAD Catch To SmarTuna Platform
Pacifical, a leader in tuna traceability, has expanded its services within the MSC-certified Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) tuna fishery. Its SmarTuna platform will now also include the...
August WCPO Seiner Catches Declined
Purse seiners operating in the WCPO increased their fishing intensity in August, but catches declined slightly from the previous month, due to a sharp fall in skipjack volumes. The fleets...
Mozambique Joins ReCon To Reuse Buoys For Oceanic Studies
The ReCon project powered by Spanish satellite buoys provider, Satlink, expanded its scope of work to recover abandoned buoys for reuse for Mozambique. It signed an agreement with the...
GLOBEFISH Celebrates 40 Years Of Analytic Contribution To Fishing Sector
GLOBEFISH was founded in 1984 to analyze trade and markets of fisheries and aquaculture products under the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). In a two-day event on September 18 and...
Costas Kadis Appointed As New EU Fisheries Commissioner
EU’s Ursula von der Leyen unveiled her new Members of the College for the 2024-2029 period on Tuesday. Costas Kadis, a Cyproit, was appointed as the latest European Commissioner for Fisheries...
European Fleets Can Continue Catching Tuna In Guinea-Bissau Waters
The EU and Guinea-Bissau renewed their fishing partnership agreement on September 18. The deal will allow seiners, longliners, and pole-and-liners from Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece, and...
EU Needs To Strengthen Its Fisheries Policies To Reap Maximum Benefits
The EU, being one of the largest consumers and producers of tuna and other seafood, needs to improve its fisheries and aquaculture policies. This was pointed out in the recently published ‘The...
Tri Marine WCPO And EPO Longliner Catches Get Blue Tick
The skipjack, yellowfin, bigeye, and albacore catches of Tri Marine longliners in the WCPO, EPO, and Solomon Islands EEZ are MSC certified. The CAB, DNV Business Assurance, recently published...
Orcas Attack Boats To Practice Bluefin Catching
Boats encountering orcas or killer whales in the Strait of Gibraltar have become almost commonplace. In the past five years, around 700 incidents have been reported. The endangered and...
Adjudicator Rules In Favor, PNA Recertified For Another 5 Years With FAD Sets
After a lengthy and costly battle, the world’s largest purse seine tuna fishery PNA has been allowed to display its sustainable logo for an additional five years. Last week, the independent...
Tori Lines Does Not Work For Shallow-Set Longline Fishery
The results of the tori line experiment on Hawaiian longliners to mitigate albatross bycatch were discussed in the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council’s Scientific and...