Three tuna fishermen were arrested last week in the Marshall Islands for breaking the quarantine rules while they were supposed to be in self-isolation in their respective vessels. The...
Fishing
The Fast Rise Of The Nauru Seiner Fleet
Bangkok canners have been receiving more raw material from Nauru's waters over the past two years due to the growth of its national fleet. Its 2020 tuna catches also skyrocketed because of...
Pew Wants To Stop Possible 70% Increase In Pacific Bluefin Catches
The situation of the Pacific bluefin stock is once again under the spotlight. For the fourth year in a row, Japan has asked for an increase in its fishing limits, which The Pew Charitable...
Cook Islands Quick To Refute Its Waters Overfished
The fresh tuna supply in Cook Islands has been lower than usual and officials have spoken out to refute claims that this is due to overfishing. Pamela Maru, Marine Resources Secretary, said...
Leading Tuna Fishing Nation Wants To Boost Its Catches Further
Officials from Indonesia, the world’s leading tuna fishing nation, have announced their intention to expand their longline fleet even more. This is part of a five-year sustainable management...
Mozambique Mega Tuna Scandal Trial To Start In August
The trial date has been set for 19 people, several connected to Mozambique's former President, for their role in the tuna bonds and billions of dollars debt scandal in the country. The case is...
MSC Appoints New Executives To Promote The Logo In The Americas
In a move to strengthen its position as a world leader within the sustainable seafood movement, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has announced two new senior appointments in the Americas....
Marshall Islands Moves Closer To Becoming EU Competent Authority
A group of tuna exporters and marine officials in the Marshall Islands have received food safety certificates, bringing the country a step closer to establishing an EU Competent Authority and...
Ocean Family First Private Fishery To Get Chinese Technical Certification
The Chinese tuna fishing firm Ocean Family has become the first private fishery to receive the certificate of compliance with the safety management system of the China Classification Society...
Readers Say US Navy Build Up In American Samoa Justified
Nearly half of Atuna’s readers agreed that US is justified in defending its tuna marine resources by increasing its military presence in the Pacific. In order to curb the growing geopolitical...
World’s Largest Tuna Fishery On Track For MSC FAD Catches
The extension of the MSC certification for the world’s largest purse seine tuna fishery, PNA, is moving forward as the conformity assessment body (CAB) has published the public comment draft...
Expanding Galápagos Reserve Could Further Increase Tuna Catches
There has been an ever-increasing call from researchers and environmentalists asking for an increase in the Galápagos Marine Reserve (GMR). One group in a recent article said that this would...
Fisher Women In Tamil Nadu On Hunger Strike Over Seiner Net Ban
Fishers in Tamil Nadu are once again protesting over the purse seine net ban imposed by the Indian government. On Monday, dozens of fisherwomen from Devanampattinam participated in a...
Taiwanese Seiners WCPO Skipjack Catches In 2020 Lowest In 5 Years
Fishing masters of the Taiwanese purse seine fleet were unsuccessful with their skipjack catches in 2020, landing their lowest tonnage in five years. Both large and small-scale longliners...
Electronic Monitoring Is Failing In Detecting Shark Bycatch
A scientific paper that investigated the accuracy of counting shark bycatch in tuna purse seine fisheries has found that electronic monitoring systems (EMS), as well as onboard observers, are...
Subway Threatens Good Catch With Lawsuit After Controversial Moves
The Subway restaurant chain has sent a letter to plant-based brand Good Catch threatening them with legal action for trademark infringement. This comes after the vegan company chose to take...
Marshall Islands Set On Port State Measures To Fight IUU
The Marshall Islands is interested in strengthening its port control so it can combat illegal fishing. It has lodged its intent to become a party to the Agreement on Port State Measures...
CAB Determines Three Fisheries In Micronesia Meet MSC Cert
Control Union (UK), the Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) overseeing the certification of the Micronesia skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye purse seine fishery has stated that it should be...
App Keeps Fresh Tuna Trade Going In Hawaii
The ongoing pandemic has strongly impacted the Hawaiian restaurant sector’s demand for fresh fish since tourism has taken a nosedive. What's very interesting is that local tuna and seafood...
Korean Seiners Hauled Less Skipjack From WCPO In 2020
Bangkok canneries received a lot less frozen whole round skipjack from the Korean purse seine fleet operating in the WCPO. The vessels caught nearly one-third less Katsuwonus pelamis in 2020...