The yellowfin catch plummeted dramatically in the WCPO in April. Seiners caught a meager 3 to 3.5 M/T of Thunnus albacares, an all-time low since the reporting by the PNA office started in...
Fishing
IUU Fishing Day: Illicit Fishing A Threat To Sustainable Tuna Fisheries
The UN General Assembly declared June 5 as the International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing. This illicit practice has been harming not only tuna...
Tri Marine Adds Sixth Seiner To NFD Fleet
Tri Marine announced last week that it is adding one more vessel to its National Fisheries Development (NFD) tuna fishing fleet. The seiner ‘Solomon Diamond,’ will fish in the Solomon Islands...
Owners Abandon Tuna Vessels Leaving Crew Members Stuck Onboard
A rising number of shipowners have been abandoning their vessels due to reasons such as high fuel costs, debt, or unexpected repairs that they cannot afford and it is cheaper. This has a...
EU Tuna Fleets Reducing Emissions, Tighter Laws Needed In Future
The EU tuna and other fishing fleets have become fuel-efficient over the past decade, but the rising fuel costs are negatively impacting their efficiency. Processing and export of tuna can...
Sapmer In Bad Weather After Significant Loss in 2023?
The French tuna fishing company Sapmer had a rough last year with lower sales and a substantial loss in earnings. The company has been in financial trouble for some time and Cana Tera took...
Dongwon Inks Contract For Two New Purse Seiners
Korean Dongwon Industries has purchased two seiners to be built in a Korean shipyard. The vessels, with a 2,000 gross tonnage, will start sailing in 2026 or 2027. The company has not yet...
Costa Rica Rescues Crew And Arrests Man For Human Trafficking
A Costa Rican government agency that fights against human trafficking rescued 13 crew members from deplorable conditions aboard a tuna boat that was anchored in the port town of Puntarenas. A...
PNG’s Start-Fish VDS Package To Secure Fishing Days
Papua New Guinea's National Fisheries Authority (NFA) and tuna processors Frabelle (PNG) Limited and International Food Corporation signed an MoA regarding the Start-Fish Vessel Day Scheme...
Tanzania Takes Initiative To Enhance Vessel Transparency To Boost US Trade
Tanzania is working towards an increase in transparency of its tuna vessels to improve trade prospects with the US. The Tanzania Deep Sea Fishing Authority (DSFA) and fishing company Biostar...
EPO Purse Seine Fishery Gets MSC Certification For Skipjack And Yellowfin
Panamanian organization Atun Sostenible Ltd. S.A. recently received the MSC certification for its purse seine fishery's skipjack and yellowfin catches in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The...
Tuna-Rich Islands Come Together At SIDS4 To Discuss Pivotal Issues
The UN is holding an event for the welfare of Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The 4th International Conference on SIDS (SIDS4) is ongoing in Antigua and Barbuda from May 27 and will...
Ecuadorian Seiners Netted Massive Skipjack Volumes In Q1
The Ecuadorian purse seine fleet netted 27 percent more whole round tuna in the first quarter of this year, driven by huge volumes of skipjack. From January to March, fleets fishing in the EPO...
How Effective Are RFMO Measures When Technology Creep Threatens Stocks?
-Viewpoint- Is technology creep impacting tuna stocks across various oceans? Technological advances should have made vessels more efficient and increased their daily catch, but there is little...
Persistently Poor Catch Worries IO Seiner Owners And Drives Skipjack Price
The continuous too-low catch levels for months now and the voluntary fishing closure in Mauritius’s EEZ boosted the skipjack and yellowfin price in the Indian Ocean. The high surface water...
Spanish Researchers & Tuna Fleets Testing New Bio-Based FAD Platforms
Spanish marine technology company Zunibal has led the design of a new industrialized floating platform, which is part of a drifting FAD, using a compostable bio-based material. The firm is...
Senegal Slapped With EU Yellow Card
The European Commission issued a yellow card to Senegal on Monday because it has found the African nation's work to combat IUU fishing is insufficient. European regulators pointed out...
Chinese Top Fisheries Official Accused Of Corruption
The Chinese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tang Renjian, is being investigated for making illegal deals. Renjian, who has been overlooking China’s tuna and other seafood sector...
Study Looks At Tuna Movement In Indian And Pacific Oceans
A group of researchers from Indonesia and Japan conducted a study to analyze the movement of skipjack, yellowfin, albacore, and bigeye, in the waters around Indonesia. The result of the paper...
Ecuador And Cook Islands Enter Into New Tuna Fisheries Agreement
Ecuador signed a new deal to establish diplomatic relations with Cook Islands, including inking a new fisheries agreement. This is expected to improve Ecuador’s tuna fishing activities in the...