The boat owners are hampered in organizing their fishing operations because the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food has yet to allocate the bigeye quota, imposed by IOTC for...
Fishing
Major Global Highlights June 2024
Skipjack price in Bangkok witnessed an upward trend throughout June. The biennially released UN FAO SOFIA report revealed that tuna is the most consumed fish. Uncertainty continues to loom...
Crew Member Missing After Purse Seiner Capsizes In Pacific Ocean
A Colombian-flagged purse seiner, Sea Gem, capsized in the Pacific Ocean on June 28, following a suspected explosion. All the crew members left the sinking vessel and shifted into lifeboats...
US Irks Labor Activists By Ranking Taiwan At Top In TIP Report
The US has once again placed Taiwan in Tier 1 in its recent Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, which is much to the fury of Global Labor Justice (GLJ). This international labor rights...
Thailand’s Plan To Relax Fisheries Laws Could Obstruct FTA With EU
The Thai government has taken steps to reform its national fishing laws and this could take the country back to at least a decade. The Industries' interests removing bureaucratic complexities...
MSC Makes Changes To Its “Problematic And Difficult To Apply” Version 3
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) will issue new technical amendments in July this year to its Version 3 (V3) standard. The organization stated that this will make V3 more practical for...
Tunago Longliners Get Blue Logo For Pacific Albacore, Bigeye, Yellowfin
Taiwanese fishing company Tunago Fishery Co. Ltd. received the MSC certification for its longline albacore, bigeye, and yellowfin catches in the Pacific Ocean. All seven vessels, flagged to...
Sajo Becomes Third Largest Food Group In Korea
Sajo Group acquired Korean Foodist, distributor of food ingredients and operator in the catering service. The owner of Sajo tuna brand and Sajo Daerim tuna fishery has diversified its business...
No Relief For IO Seiners, Fish Yields Remain Poor At Slightly Higher Price
The hoped-for better skipjack catches when the monsoon would lower the surface temperature have not materialized for the Indian Ocean (IO) seiner fleet. This drove the price as the processing...
US Lauds Major Milestone In Pacific Bluefin Stock
The latest stock assessment of Pacific bluefin revealed its largest recorded biomass since the evaluation began in May 2008. The fish has exceeded international targets a decade ahead of...
Thai Union Increased Its Sourcing From MSC Fisheries In 2023
Thai Union (TU) increased its purchase of MSC tuna last year by eight percent more than what was sourced in 2022. This was revealed in the company’s Sustainability Report 2023, titled ‘Healthy...
Canary Islands Argue Higher Quotas For Its Fleet
Canary Islands, the Spanish autonomous community, wants the EU to urge the ICCAT to increase its tuna quotas. Narvay Quintero, the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Food...
ISSF Members Went Behind In Compliance
ISSF published its annual report showing a 98.95 percent compliance with all 33 conservation measures in 2023. This is a slight decline of 0.8 percent compared to last year. The International...
TUNACONS Wants MSC Scope Extension For Bigeye In EPO
The Eastern Pacific Ocean Tropical Tuna (TUNACONS) purse seine fishery is pursuing an MSC scope extension of its skipjack and yellowfin certification by adding bigeye for all vessels operating...
US Vessels To Begin Tuna Fishing In Fijian EEZ
American longliners and purse seiners will soon start fishing in the tuna-rich EEZ of Fiji. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said that the Fijian cabinet has endorsed the execution of a...
Several Longline and Pole & Line Fisheries Aiming For MSC Logo
MSC announced that four tuna fisheries made further steps in their assessment to achieve an MSC certification in the WCPO, EPO, or Atlantic Ocean. Silla WCPO longline tuna fishery The Final...
Govt’s And NGOs Must Collaborate To Secure Food Security
Governments and NGOs must not ignore the importance of tuna and other seafood products to feed the growing world population. Both parties must work together to ensure food security for the...
Indonesia Contributes 18 Percent To World Tuna Production
Indonesia claimed that its abundant tuna resources contribute to much of the world’s total tuna production. The country’s tuna production reached 1.49 million tons in 2022 with an export value...
EU Soon To Begin Evaluation Of Common Fisheries Policy
The European Commission has begun a consultation to assess the effectiveness of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). It will examine in depth how the CFP has achieved its objectives since 2013....
OPAGAC And Satlink Join Hands To Make Tuna Fisheries More Selective
Technology firm Satlink is all set to deliver 1,500 smart buoys to the 'SelecTuna Project' in three oceans – the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic – to optimize the selectivity of catches of...