A tuna seiner ran aground last week in Mexican waters due to strong waves and bad weather conditions. The boat, ‘Big Eye’, was presumably navigating towards shelter when a storm hit and...
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VMS Requirement Disputed By Philippine Small-scale Fishers
The Southern Philippine Deep Sea Fishing Association (SoPhil) is opposing the implementation of the rule that all national fishing vessels should be equipped with a Vessel Monitoring System...
Captains Still Have A Hard Time Catching WCPO Skipjack
Purse seiners fishing in the WCPO caught slightly more tuna in December than in the previous months. This was the result of better skipjack hauling, nevertheless, captures of the species were...
Dongwon Seiner Rescues Locals Drifting For 1 Month In The Pacific
A banana boat with ten people on board left New Ireland, PNG, on December 23, 2021, for Tanga Island, but never arrived. This week, one month after it went missing, the vessel was found by the...
Fishermen Use Tuna As Excuse To Disrupt Russian Navy Exercises
Irish fishermen are planning to peacefully disrupt Russian military activity near the country’s EEZ because it could have great consequences for tuna fishing. The move comes after Russia...
Tags Prove Tuna Cannibalism In Atlantic Ocean
A recent scientific report about pelagic species has revealed predation and cannibalism by tropical tunas in the Atlantic Ocean. Yellowfin especially eat skipjack. The paper, Trophic...
US Fishery Moving Forward With MSC Certification In PNA Waters
The latest report showing the results of the MSC assessment of the US Pacific Tuna purse seine fishery has been recently made public. The preliminary scores indicate that the conformity...
Should Nations Be Able To “Opt Out” Of Tuna Management Rules?
Should countries be able to “opt out” of RFMOs' tuna conservation and management measures (CMMs) when they disagree with them? One group representing retailers and tuna supply chain companies...
Skipjack Price Drops In Manta Below Bangkok Level, As Veda Ends
Skipjack at the Manta port in Ecuador is currently being traded at a price slightly lower than last month. The EPO veda ended last week which means that all seiners are back to fishing on FADs...
Sapmer’s ‘Belle Rive’ Seiner Suffers Small Collision
‘Belle Rive’, the tuna purse seiner owned by La Reunion-based French company, Sapmer, suffered a slight collision on January 11. The 89-meter vessel which carries the Mauritian flag...
CNFC In Damage Control Mode After Stock Collapses
CNFC Overseas Fisheries has informed that it is expecting to report improved annual figures for 2021. But the announcement was not out of the blue and seems to have been strategically made to...
New Era In Tuna Fishing: Marine Instruments Launches First AI Satellite Buoy
- Sponsored Content - Marine Instruments, the world leader in the development and manufacturing of ocean technology tools, has launched the first satellite buoy, M3iGO, for tuna fishing that...
Pacific Nation With Richest Tuna EEZ Enters First COVID-19 Lockdown
The Pacific island state of Kiribati has entered into its first-ever COVID-19 lockdown over the weekend. The measure was taken after more than 35 passengers on an incoming flight from Fiji...
China Taiwan Conflict Reaches IOTC Over Yellowfin Quota
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has sent a letter to IOTC asking for the RFMO to recalculate the nation’s yellowfin quota for 2022. It argues that this must be done as the Commission...
PNA Fighting To Rescind MSC FAD Certification Objection
The PNA fishery has raised its voice in the ongoing objection process that the Coalition for Transparent Tuna Fisheries (CTTF) launched against its certification in the WCPO. It not only...
IOTC Putting Spotlight On Bycatch Identification Through Cards
IOTC is putting the spotlight back on the reduction of bycatch in the Indian Ocean (IO). The Commission has been producing identification cards for various ocean-dwelling animals such as...
Bluefin In UK Waters Tagged For EU Marine Study
UK scientists have tagged bluefin in the country’s waters for the first time. They placed the acoustic trackers on 30 fish which will show their journey across the Channel to France and how...
Objection Against OPAGAC In WCPO Soon To Adjudication?
The independent adjudicator overseeing the objection against OPAGAC’s MSC certification in the WCPO will soon undertake a consultation process with the objector, the CAB, and the fishery. This...
Indian Government Threatens To Confiscate All Seiner Nets
The government of the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India is threatening to take legal action against local fishermen who continue to use purse seine nets for fishing even though they have...
IPNLF Wants To “Put Power Back With Consumers” With New Platform
The International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) announced the launching of its Sourcing Transparency Platform (STP) this week. The tool aims to give consumers insight into the one-by-one...