In a shocking turn of events, the decapitated body of Samuel Abayitey, the Ghanian observer who has been missing for over a month, has washed up near Tema and was found on December 9....
Fishing
US Pacific Tuna Group Gets MSC For EPO Skipjack
The MSC has published updates for two tuna fisheries in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans from last week. They were successful in receiving their scope extensions, one of which was in the EPO...
Gambia To Increase Foreign Vessels’ Licensing Fees As Existing Ones Are “Too Old”
Gambia will review licensing fees for foreign vessels in its waters and fishmeal factories. The government has been receiving flak for IUU fishing of several tuna and other fishing boats in...
IOTC Allots Higher Yellowfin Catches For EU And Seychelles In 2024
The IOTC announced its tentative yellowfin catches for 2024 for all tuna fishing fleets in its convention area. The EU and Seychelles have been allotted higher quotas. The below table shows...
Taiwanese Longliner Crew’s Narrow Escape At Sea After Mishap
A crew of the Taiwanese longliner ‘Shen Feng 12’ barely escaped an accident at sea on Tuesday when the boat collided with a bulk carrier in the Philippines' EEZ destroying two-thirds of its...
Indonesian Ports Do Not Comply With PSMA Despite Ratification
Indonesia continues to fail in implementing the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA) in all its fishing ports despite ratifying it in 2016. Currently, there are only four PSMA-compliant...
How Olen’s Smart Brine Viewer Helps Seiner Owners Meet EU -18°C Rule
“Eighty percent of purse seiners in the world do not have good temperature control for their brine freezing, according to a 2018 EU report,” said Gildas Bodilis, Owner and Chairman of French...
Maldivian President Determines Price Limit For Yellowfin
Maldivian President Mohamad Muizzu recently announced a bottom price for one kilo of pole-and-line tuna sold by local fishers and the implementation of a National Registry of Fishermen. Muizzu...
Indonesian Tuna Fishers In The Dark About New Quota Policy
Many Indonesian tuna and other seafood fishers are uninformed about a new rule, a quota-based fisheries management system, which will be implemented at the beginning of next year. This...
American Samoa Urges RFMO To Eliminate Disproportionate Burden
American Samoa in its joint proposal with the US, urged the WCPFC to exempt US-flagged seiners supplying tuna to the StarKist cannery in the territory from catch limits in the RFMO’s...
France & Mauritius Take Dispute Over Yellowfin-Rich Tromelin Island To IOTC
The decades-long dispute between France and Mauritius over the sovereignty of Tromelin Island in the Indian Ocean (IO) was brought up at the ongoing IOTC Scientific Committee Meeting. France...
Spain Adopts ILO C188 To Ensure Better Working Conditions For Crew
Spain is taking a step further to ensure good working conditions for workers on 325 tuna and other species fishing vessels by fully applying the International Labor Organization Convention 188...
Peak Supply And Low Demand: Manta Skipjack Price Falls Sharply
The influx of EPO purse seiners discharging tuna cargo before taking the Veda made the skipjack price in Manta fall to a level not seen for two years. The large supply combined with processors...
IPNLF App Helps Maldivian Women Boost Their Tuna Business
The International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) recently launched an e-commerce platform, eDhumashi, for uplifting women working in the Maldivian tuna sector. The app is available in...
Power Crisis Forces Indian Tuna Fishermen To Stop Fishing
The fate of Indian fishermen in the state of Karnataka hangs in the dark as ice factories are not fully functioning due to an extreme power crisis in the region. The ice is needed to store...
Researchers Predict 15% Global Decrease In Three Tuna Species By 2050
The Spanish research center AZTI released a report that discusses the effects of climate change. The study was conducted primarily on three species – albacore, bigeye, and bluefin – in the Bay...
IO Seiner Fleets See One-Fifth Annual Catch Drop, Price Remains Steady
Purse seiner fleets in the Indian Ocean are experiencing over 20 percent less tuna catch this year, and most are continuing to fish as their yellowfin quotas have not yet been filled. The...
Indonesia Irked By Filippinos’ Illegal Drifting FADs In Its EEZ
The Indonesian government has accused Filipino fishermen of illegally deploying 16 FADs in the waters bordering the two nations. The devices, which were found floating in the common maritime...
Bolton To Liquidate Fishing Company Via Océan
Via Océan, formerly Armament Saupiquet, announced last week its intention to stop all activities. The operations of its three purse seiners fishing in the Atlantic Ocean will be ceased as of...
Japan Imposes Stricter Regulations On Bluefin Catches
Japan is tightening its grip on monitoring Pacific bluefin catches and its reporting. Fishing operators will have to provide the local government information on every bluefin (above 30 kg)...