August was a month of major changes in the tuna industry. IATTC adopted harvest control rules for tropical tuna after much discussion. The US FDA’s new proposed rule brightened tuna producers’...
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US Man Rises To Fame For Tuna Addiction And Other Social Media Trends
American 30-year-old Tyelr from Kansas featured on the show ‘My Strange Addiction’ for his particularly unique fixation for smelling tuna, drinking its juice straight out of the can, and...
American Samoa Longline Fleet Increased Albacore Catches In 2022
Fishers in all US territories were impacted by high fuel costs in 2022. However, American Samoa longline fishery managed to increase its albacore landings and revenue that year. The StarKist...
CNFC Announces Stable Half Year Net Profit
State-owned CNFC Overseas Fisheries’ half-year figures revealed that its net profit remained stable at CNY 51.93 million (USD 7.13 million) in H1 2023, a slight 0.44 percent drop compared to...
Marshall Islands Longline Fishery Wants Scope Extension For North Pacific Albacore
The Marshall Islands Fishing Venture (MIFV) wants to add North Pacific albacore to its yellowfin and bigeye MSC certification and has asked for a scope extension. The Announcement Comment...
The US Seiner Fleet Is Struggling To Survive
The Pacific US large purse seiner fleet currently comprises 13 vessels. The recent US annual report to the WCPFC highlighted that the number of vessels has greatly reduced in the past few...
Spanish Tuna Fishing Crew Benefits From New Tax Rule
A new personal tax exemption will benefit Spanish purse seine crew on board vessels fishing for tuna outside EU waters. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food announced that sailors...
Purse Seiner Runs Into Docked Vessel
In the Mexican port of Mazatlan, a purse seiner sailed straight into the harbor hitting another boat that was moored at the pier. The collision occurred last weekend. A video shared on social...
Majority Of FADs End Up Beached On Pacific Islands
Most drifting FADs and other ghost gear from tuna fishing vessels in the WCPO end up washed ashore. Out of the 2,240 stranding events recorded, 40 percent were found on beaches, according to a...
Spanish Newcomer Wofco On Track To Enter Top 10 Ranking
The relatively young Spanish company Worldwide Fishing Company (Wofco) aims to grow into one of the top seafood and tuna firms in Spain. In 2022, Wofco’s sales improved by 43 percent,...
High Buoys Stranding In Eastern Zones Of WCPO
From 2006 to 2023, a total of 2,249 dFAD stranding events were reported in the regional database across 18 Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs). Eleven of these nations have...
How Sahara Dust Leads To Skipjack Migration In The Atlantic
A study has found that skipjack migration in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean (AO) is connected to Sahara dust variability throughout the year. The atmospheric deposition of desert dust influences...
Three Pacific Islands Want Their High Seas Area Extended
After 14 years of waiting, Vanuatu, Fiji, and Solomon Islands are hoping their joint submission to extend their high seas pocket in the North Fiji Basin will soon be approved. They want to...
IOTC Urges Members To Investigate Potential IUU Fishing By Chinese Longliners
Serious allegations have been leveled against three Chinese-flagged longliners belonging to Qingdao YKS Ocean Fishery. In a report to the IOTC on August 16, the Environmental Justice...
Catches Plunge Despite Shift WCPO Seiner Operations To The East
The WCPO seiner fleet caught less tuna in July compared to June, but the large yellowfin captured on free schools remained strong and skipjack dropped with the FAD ban in force. In July, the...
Second Seiner About To Boost Oman’s Tuna Production
Over the years, Oman has been paving the way for several fisheries projects. Last Sunday, Fisheries Development Oman (FDO) unveiled a new 85 m long seiner ‘Acila’ under the country's flag to...
South Pacific Tuna Treaty Calls US Solidarity Into Question
Jope Tarai, an academic from Fiji and researcher at the Australian National University, believes that regional solidarity is not on the side of the Pacific countries but on that of the US. He...
Vietnamese Province Fights IUU Fishing With Hopes Of Being In EU’s Good Books
Vietnam is not leaving any stone unturned to ensure the EU yellow card is lifted and its tuna fisheries are clean of any IUU fishing activities. The fishing sector in Phu Yen coastal province...
Fiji Women Tuna Longlining Crew Making Waves
More than a year after an all-female tuna longlining crew from Fiji embarked on their first fishing trip, they continue to make waves. ABC News Australia published a short documentary on...
Barely Any Movement In Manta Skipjack Price
The first EPO Veda started on July 29, and from the 108 Ecuadorian tuna vessels in the IATTC vessel record, 50 boat owners chose this period to stop fishing. Although this will reduce the...