A small wooden boat (a pirogue) originally carrying 101 people ran into trouble near Cape Verde on its way to the Canary Islands due to strong Atlantic Ocean currents. Supply vessel ‘Zillarri’...
Fishing
Aussie Fish Talk App Aids Inspectors Communicate With Foreign Crew
A free mobile phone application created by fisheries inspectors for people working in this sector has been launched in Australia. Aptly named Fish Talk, it is meant for these men and...
NOAA Accelerates Observer Coverage In Pacific With USD 50 Mln Investment
The US is increasing efforts to put more observers on commercial tuna vessels in the Pacific region. NOAA Fisheries has entered into a five-year contract with US-based FLOAT which works for...
Tuna Fishermen Say Their “Exciting Jobs” Comes At A Price
The life of a tuna fisherman comes with several challenges. José and Adán, who worked as sailors on the Mexican fishing company Pesca Azteca’s purse seiner, recently revealed that while...
Warming EPO Sea Surface Reduced Q2 Skipjack Landings
Skipjack catches by purse seiners in the Eastern Pacific Ocean were very poor from April to June, given warmer sea surface temperatures during these months. This was in large contrast to the...
First Latin American Female Observer On Board EPO Seiner
Yenifer Fernández is all set to mark history by being the first female Latin American fishing observer on a tuna vessel in the EPO. Fernández is only 23 years old and has a degree in biology,...
Zhejiang Ocean Family’s Third IPO ‘Terminated’
The IPO status of Zhejiang Ocean Family was changed to ‘terminated’ in the Shanghai Stock Exchange on August 14. The company and its sponsor withdrew their third IPO attempt that was announced...
Lagging Recovery IO Skipjack Catch Makes Industry Nervous, Price Remains Stable
Indian Ocean fleets are experiencing persistently low catches and yearned for a recovery in July but that did not materialize, making the tuna industry nervous. The skipjack price remained...
Australian Fishing Group Awaits First Ever Longliner
The Pelamis Group is gearing up to welcome its first tuna longliner to its fishing fleet. The ‘FV Southern Wind,’ built by the Cardama Shipyard in Vigo, will arrive in Australia in October,...
Marshall Islands Gets International Recognition For Efforts To Curb IUU Fishing
Marshall Islands, with one of the busiest tuna transshipment ports, was recently recognized for its work to prevent illegal fishing. The International Fisheries Monitoring, Control, and...
Grupo Calvo Bids Adieu To Its Only Spanish Flagged Seiner
The Spanish tuna company Grupo Calvo sold purse seiner 'Montemaior', its only vessel flagged to Spain. Albino Morán Shipbrokers, a company involved in the sale and purchase of fishing...
Shark Conservation & Bio FADs Big Concern For IATTC Members
Biodegradable FADs and reducing shark bycatch were some of the topics discussed during the ongoing IATTC annual meeting. On August 10, an EU proposal on biodegradable drifting FADs was revised...
‘Operation Nasse’ Puts A Stop To Multiple IUU Fishing Incidents In WCPO
For the past eight years, IUU fishing activities in the tuna-rich Pacific Ocean have been closely monitored by New Zealand, Australia, and France through ‘Operation Nasse’. When authorities...
IATTC Members Express Concern As EPO FAD Sets Reach Peak
Tackling the issue of the ever-increasing number of FADs in the EPO is one of the major discussions in the currently ongoing IATTC annual meeting in Canada. Scientific data shows that the...
Vanuatu Introduces VDS For Seiners In Its EEZ
The Vanuatu government's coffers will soon benefit now that the island nation can charge purse seiners and longliners licensing fees to fish in its waters under the Vessel Day Scheme (VDS). It...
Mozambique Reduces Seiner License Fee To Attract Foreign Vessels
The Mozambican government has drastically reduced tuna fishing license fees for foreign-flagged seiners and longliners fishing in its EEZ to less than half of the 2018 rates. The new...
Low Demand Prevents Poor Catches Driving Up BKK Skipjack Price
A relative balance between supply and demand – both being low – is keeping the entire Bangkok skipjack market almost level with only slight movement in the trading prices for frozen...
Costa Rican Govt Sells USD 1.2 Mln Tuna Quota
Costa Rica has licensed three foreign-flagged purse seiners to fish in its waters, and in return, receives USD 1.2 million destined for the Costa Rican Fisheries and Aquaculture Institute...
US NGO Wants “Unconditional Observer” Status At WCPFC For More Transparency
The WCPFC has two crucial meetings coming up this year – the Technical and Compliance Committee session in September and the annual Commission gathering in December. Newly founded...
Azores Limits Skipjack Landings For Warehouse Modernization
The Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal, is limiting the skipjack (also called bonito regionally) landings due to the “modernization of its Madalena do Pico warehouse.” This is...