Spanish buyers place little weight on the welfare and working conditions of fishermen when purchasing tuna products, exposing a significant disconnect between consumer awareness and labor...
Fishing
Bangkok Meeting Puts Spotlight On WCPO Tuna Crews
Stronger international cooperation, compliance with global regulations, and coordinated efforts to promote fair recruitment emerged as key priorities for improving protections for fishers and...
Pacific Officials Receive Training For EU -18 Degrees Rule
National competent authorities (NCAs) of Fiji, Kiribati, and the Solomon Islands gathered last week in Suva, Fiji, for a two-week technical training on the EU -18 degrees Celsius regulation...
Environmental DNA And The Future Of Tuna Fisheries Monitoring
- VIEWPOINT - The future of sustainable tuna management relies on improved stock assessments, which remain the backbone of scientific advice for fisheries management. These assessments...
Dongwon Brings Fresh South Korean Bluefin To Retail Consumers
Dongwon Industries has begun nationwide retail sales of fresh bluefin for sashimi harvested from South Korean waters, marketing the product as never-frozen and maintaining chilled conditions...
US Senators Propose Bill To Curb Flags Of Convenience
Two US Senators last week introduced a bipartisan Senate bill, ‘Protecting US Fishers from Illegal Foreign Flags Act,’ to crack down on foreign tuna and other fishing vessels that exploit...
Tuna RFMOs Face Key Gaps In Meeting FAO Transshipment Standards
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) released a report recently pointing out that none of the five tuna RFMOs fully implements the 2022 FAO Voluntary Guidelines for...
Port Victoria Meets Conditions To Handle EU Margin Of Tolerance On Tuna
The European Commission last week listed Port Victoria in Seychelles, a major hub for European tuna fleet operations in the Indian Ocean, as meeting strict conditions required to apply the...
Albacore Quota & Deep Sea Mining Key Topics In WPRFMC Meeting
South Pacific albacore quotas, bigeye management reforms, and deep-sea mining developments near American Samoa are expected to take center stage at the 207th Western Pacific Council’s latest...
MIFCO Raises Skipjack Purchase Price To Match Private Buyers
Maldives state-owned fisheries company Mifco said it has raised the price paid for pole-and-line caught skipjack, bringing its procurement rate from fishers closer to levels offered by private...
IATTC Scientific Meeting To Discuss Bigeye Stock & Harvest Strategies
The IATTC Scientific Advisory Committee meeting began today and will run until June 12. Discussions over the 2025 EPO tuna fishery, updates to the stock assessment of bigeye, harvest...
Massive Fire Chars Dozens Of Boats In Manta Port
At least 35 boats, both tuna longliners and other artisanal vessels, that were moored in Ecuador’s Manta port were destroyed in a fire that broke out on Saturday. Authorities have begun an...
OPAGAC Rolls Out EPO DFAD Recovery Program
The Spanish purse seine fleet, grouped under OPAGAC and other tuna industry associations, recently announced a collaboration to launch an Ocean FAD Recovery Foundation. The groups claim it is...
Sustainable Oceans Key To The Future Experts Say
Working on sustainability for healthy oceans forms the crux of this year’s World Oceans Day, celebrated on June 8. This year’s theme, according to the UN, is ‘Reimagine: Beyond the world we...
DFAD Retrieval Remains At Dismal Levels In EPO
In the EPO, fleets have increasingly deployed drifting FADs compared to retrieving them over the years, despite several initiatives to retrieve these devices. Furthermore, thousands of these...
US Bill Intends To Curb Presidential Power Over Monument Fishing
The US Congress is considering a legislation that would bar presidents from unilaterally banning commercial fishing in marine protected areas (MPAs), requiring such activities to be managed...
Philippine Tuna Catches Sink To Three-Year Low
Catches by Philippines-flagged vessels fell to a three-year low in the first quarter of 2026, driven by a sharp decline in both skipjack and yellowfin landings. Data from the Philippine...
Global Voices Call For Tougher Action Against IUU Fishing
Stricter enforcement and tougher penalties for offenders are among the key demands marking the International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing,...
EPO Purse Seine Fishery’s FAD Sets Rise
The EPO tropical tuna fishery is one of the largest in the world and a majority of purse seine operations utilize drifting FADs. The IATTC FAD working group meeting began on June 3 and will...
US To Descope Critical Climate Deep Ocean Sensors Amid El Niño
The US will soon be removing a vast system of deep-ocean sensors in the Pacific Ocean, raising alarm in the country’s scientific community. The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) announced...