For a fifth month in a row, purse seiners operating in the WCPO have not been successful with their skipjack catches despite increasing their efforts in all areas of the western pacific...
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IO Bigeye Catch Limit Will Not Drive Japanese Prices Up
The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) is certain that the reduction of Indian Ocean bigeye TAC will not impact tuna prices or lead to a shortage in the Asian...
American Samoan StarKist Employees Protest Against MPA Expansion
The decision of US President Joe Biden to expand the Pacific Islands marine protected areas (MPAs) has not gone well with American Samoans, especially employees at the StarKist cannery. On...
New Mini Seiner To Revolutionize Tuna Catching In Philippines Province
Fishermen in the Philippine Northern Samar province now own a mini purse seiner donated by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). The vessel, the first of its kind to be...
Tri Marine Achieves MSC For Entire WCPO
The Tri Marine WCPO skipjack and yellowfin FAD and free school fishery has received the MSC sustainable logo for its bigeye catches, which means that its catches for entire WCPO can carry MSC....
Sea Shepherd Steps In To Assist Tuvalu In IUU Control
Tuvalu is continuing efforts to control its waters by partnering with Sea Shepherd Global (SSG) to take over the duties from its damaged patrol boat. The government and the NGO signed a...
OPAGAC Allocates Millions To Achieve MSC For All Catches
The Spanish purse seiners, grouped in OPAGAC, intend to certify their annual 380,000 tons of tuna catches with the MSC blue logo. The fishing group announced it will invest EUR 7 million (USD...
Will Commercial Interests Kill IOTC Collaboration?
Orthongel represents the French purse seiner operators and its President, Xavier Leduc, talked with Atuna at the Seafood Expo in Barcelona concerning the current challenges the EU seiner fleet...
Seiner Fuel Lowest Level In 2023 But Operators Affected By Poor Fishing
International crude prices have declined and this has pulled down marine fuel costs for purse seiners to one of the lowest levels this year. However, vessel operators are facing a headwind...
Senegalese Purse Seine Fishery Wants MSC For Atlantic Skipjack And Yellowfin
Dongwon-owned CAPSEN and fishing company Grand Bleu S.A are aiming for an MSC blue logo for their Atlantic Ocean purse seine skipjack and yellowfin in the high seas and EEZs of Sierra Leone,...
Sajo Seeks MSC Logo For WCPO And EPO Longline Fishery
The Korean seafood company Sajo is aiming for the MSC sustainable blue logo for its longline fishery on bigeye, yellowfin, and albacore in the WCPO and EPO high seas. The CAB managing the...
IUU Tuna Longline Fishing Leads To USD 96 Million Loss For West African Nations
A new WWF report stated that the potential annual financial losses due to IUU fishing of tuna and shrimp in the South West Indian Ocean (SWIO) between 2015 and 2021 amounted to USD 142.8...
Emergency Surgery Performed Onboard Tuna Seiner Saves Fisherman’s Life
The life of a Manta-based sailor onboard an Ecuador-flagged purse seiner was saved due to the timely intervention of doctors and the Ecuadorian Navy. Forty-two-year-old Daniel Cevallos was...
Moderate IO Catches Drive Up Skipjack Price Even Higher
Historically, April and May are months of lower tuna catches for purse seiners in the Indian Ocean. This usually leads to a price increase for both skipjack and yellowfin. This year has been...
Tri Marine Inching Closer To WCPO Bigeye MSC Certification
Tri Marine Western and Central Pacific purse seine skipjack, yellowfin FAD, and free school fishery are close to achieving an MSC certification for their bigeye catches. The Final Draft...
Concarneau Tuna Veteran Joseph Briant Passed Away At 92
The Concarneau fishing industry bid farewell to Joseph Briant, alias Jos, one of the pioneers of its tuna sector. The 92-year-old, who passed away on April 28, kick-started industrial tuna...
Dongwon Skipjack IO Purse Seine Fishery Goes For MSC Certification
The Korean seafood company Dongwon is aiming for MSC certification for its purse seine caught skipjack in the Indian Ocean for free school and FAD sets. The certification assessment body,...
EPO Tuna Catch Starts With A Bang, Highest In Ten Years
The Eastern Pacific Ocean tuna fleets have not had such a good start in years. In the first three months of 2023, twelve percent more tuna were caught, mainly driven by increased skipjack...
Tuna Fishers Await Good Catch As NOAA Issues “El Niño Watch”
In its latest report, NOAA issued an “El Niño Watch” for the ENSO Alert System Status, implying that conditions are favorable for El Niño in the next six months. According to NOAA’s report --...
Solomon Islands University In Talks With China For Tuna Research Center
Solomon Islands is looking forward to setting up a new Pacific research center at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) in Kukum. Transform Aqorau, Vice Chancellor of SINU and former...