The annual report on High Seas Boarding and Inspection (HSBI) revealed the checks conducted in 2022 and several compliance issues in tuna vessels which includes suspected under reporting of...
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Shark Mistaken For Tuna In Attack And Other Social Media Trends
Social media users widely shared a video of an unconscious woman being carried out from the water after an attack in which a shark was mistaken for a tuna. The incident occurred at Laguna...
French Polynesia Albacore, Yellowfin Fishery Wants MSC Reassessment
The French Polynesia albacore, yellowfin, and swordfish longline fishery is undergoing a reassessment in the Pacific. Longliners belong to the client Coopérative Maritime des Producteurs de...
Pilots Killed After Tuna Purse Seiner Helicopter Crashes
Two men died after a helicopter, that helps to find tuna schools, crashed into the high seas in the Galapagos. The incident that happened yesterday morning was reported by the Ecuadorian Navy....
Poor IO Tuna Catch Stresses The Industry, Skipjack Price Under Strain
After months of poor catches there is still no light at the end of the tunnel. In the past month, purse seiners reported low volumes of small tuna of bad quality. The processors depending on...
SKJ1.8:BKK Bows Down To Strong Downward Pressure
Demand from canners in Bangkok for skipjack raw material has picked up. But currently, they are exerting a lot of downward pressure on the market, which has greatly reduced the tuna value....
Tuvalu Will Remain A Nation Even If It Submerges
Tuvalu has made a bold proposition by stating that it will "continue to exist as a country even if the island disappears due to rising sea levels. "The government of the Pacific Island nation...
Are PNG’s Declining Catches To Blame For Local Canneries Downscaling?
The canneries in Papua New Guinea are reportedly going through tough times and are complaining about low tuna landings in the ports. Meanwhile, boat owners claim that they are catching less...
Research Calls For International Attention To Human Rights In Pacific Islands Fisheries
A study looking in-depth at the human rights violations within the tuna and other fishing industries in the Pacific Islands was highlighted by its author Kezyiah Lusa Saepioh at the Pacific...
Family Of Perished Tuna Farm Workers Call On Govt For Justice
Relatives of three deceased workers from the Mexican bluefin aquaculture company Baja Aqua Farms are seeking help from the government to recover the bodies and obtain a death certificate, life...
EU Commission’s Forced Labor Law Proposal To Reduce Unfair Competition
Aldona Sek-Spirydowicz from DG GROW of the European Commission spoke on the legislative initiative to ban forced labor products from the EU Market at the Anfaco conference at Vigo, Spain. In...
Canadian Court Fines Boat Owners For Illegally Fishing Albacore
The owners of ‘Ocean Provider,’ a Canadian-flagged fishing vessel were recently fined CAD 6,000 (USD 4,444) for illegally catching albacore off the west coast of Vancouver Island last year....
Unlisted Tuna Longliner Sank In Indian Ocean
The longliner ‘Der Hai No’. 66’ sank on September 12 around 593 km from Durban South Africa in the Indian Ocean. The 16 crew members abandoned the Taiwan-flagged vessel in life rafts and were...
PNG’s Deputy Prime Minister Calls For Greater Synergy Among Pacific Island Nations
At the recently concluded Pacific Tuna Forum (PTF), Papua New Guinea Deputy Prime Minister John Rosso explained his nation will invest in its tuna industry to enhance fishing and processing...
EU Parliament Approves New Bluefin Management Plan
The EU Parliament has given the green signal to new management rules for bluefin catch limits in the Mediterranean and Atlantic. This puts an end to stringent restrictions for over a decade to...
High Fuel Price Chokes Vietnam Yellowfin Fishers
The oil price increase in the last two months has had a huge impact on the Vietnamese yellowfin fishers as they cannot catch that much per trip to cover costs. A liter of fuel currently costs...
Before You Eat Film Supports Campaign Over Indonesia Migrant Fishers’ Rights
Greenpeace USA in its “End Modern Slavery” campaign aired the film Before You Eat aboard its ‘Artic Sunrise’ vessel. It is the first time the film could be viewed overseas. In it, Indonesian...
Indonesian Traditional Fishers File Petition Against Illegal Tuna Boats
Indonesian small-scale fishermen are up in arms about larger tuna vessels using banned seine nets in the waters reserved for them. The fishers submitted a petition to the government last week...
Greenpeace Once Again Protests Over Bumble Bee’s Tuna Sourcing
Last Thursday, Greenpeace environmental activists protested in front of Bumble Bee Seafood’s headquarters asking the US tuna company to put an end to modern slavery. They marched to Bumble Bee...
Pacific Island Nations’ Tuna Conservation Goal Threatened By Corruption
Pacific Island Countries (PICs) want to sustainably manage their tuna and other fishery resources and they have implemented international, regional and national frameworks aimed at this goal....