Many nation members of IOTC have yet to pay their financial contributions which could potentially result in the RFMO being forced to cut its operations. Approximately 42 percent of the 2021...
Fishing
Will Netflix Ocean Documentary Put People Off Tuna?
The tuna industry has been abuzz with the news of Netflix’s Seaspiracy documentary, a film about how the fishing sectors have allegedly severely affected the health of oceans and that there is...
Readers Prefer Human Observers Over E-Monitoring
Conversations about e-monitoring on board tuna vessels have been brought to the forefront, especially over the last year with the COVID-19 pandemic preventing many human observers from...
Pesca Azteca Assessing Losses After Seiner’s Fire
The reason why the purse seine ‘Clipperton’ caught fire last Monday at a Mexican port is still being investigated. But its owner, Pesca Azteca, is confident that the vessel will be able to...
Seaspiracy One-Sided And Filled With Misinformation, Fake News?
The tuna and fishing industry is not the only one that has been reacting to the Netflix documentary Seaspiracy, which basically tells people to stop eating seafood altogether if they want to...
Seiners Head To PNG Waters For Excellent Skipjack Catches
Overall tuna tonnages taken from the WCPO fell for the second month in a row since the year began because less fishing effort was made in PNA waters. With this decline in catches,...
Pesca Azteca’s Vessel Catches Fire Before Fishing Trip
A purse seiner caught fire while docked at a port in Mexico on Monday. The incident happened as the vessel, owned by Pesca Azteca, was being prepared for its next tuna fishing trip. The...
Tuna Production In China Jumps By 150% In 8 Years
China’s tuna and other offshore fisheries have been steadily growing over the years and in 2019 managed to hit the peak in terms of production. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and...
Dip In WCPO Skipjack Catches, Mature Yellowfin Supply Crashes
Thai processing plants can expect fewer volumes of skipjack in the coming weeks as data from the PNA region shows that WCPO purse seiners made less effort and reduced their tuna catches in...
Seaspiracy’s Dolphin Safe Interviewee Claims Documentary Took His Words Out Of Context
The Netflix documentary Seaspiracy had Mark Palmer from the Earth Island Institute (EII) admitting on camera that the Dolphin Safe program which is run by the NGO has no way to guarantee the...
US Gets Rid Of High-Risk Fishing Equipment For Sharks
The use of wire leaders in tuna longlining represents high-risk to sharks which are unable to bite through it when they become hooked. The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (WPFMC)...
Kenyan Officials In Conflict Over Building Tuna Port
A spat has broken out between the Kenyan Port Authority (KPA) and a private organization that will be building a multi-billion dollar fishing port, which would include tuna landings in the...
New Zealand Keeps Holding Fishers Accountable For Not Using Proper Equipment
New Zealand continues to be an example of holding fishermen accountable for their bycatch. A new court ruling has penalized the captain of a tuna longliner for not using the mandatory...
Flag States Protecting IUU Activities By Their Own Fleets?
The issue of IUU fishing is one that is widely discussed in the tuna and seafood industry. It is a problem that could lead to the exhaustion of the very resource the sector profits from as...
Earth Island States It Cannot Guarantee Tuna Carrying Its Logo Is Actually Dolphin-Safe
It has been less than 48 hours since the release of the Netflix documentary Seaspiracy and it has already caused a great deal of noise in the tuna industry. While most of the conspiracy...
Senegal Tuna Union Unhappy With Govt On EU Fishing Deal
A Senegalese fishing union is unhappy with its government and is asking it to reconsider its recently renewed deal with the EU for tuna and other fish taken from the country’s waters....
OPAGAC Signs A New Deal To Promote Responsible Fishing Among Its Vessels
A new sustainability agreement has been signed between the Spanish tuna fleet grouped as OPAGAC and fishing consultant Sinerxia Plus. The goal is to promote responsible and environmentally...
Waitrose Replaces IO Yellowfin with MSC Pacific Fish
UK consumers will be able to buy sustainable yellowfin steaks from the Waitrose supermarket chain starting this week. The retailer has been working with New England Seafood International...
Shocking Netflix Documentary Trashes EII-Dolphin Safe and MSC
Yesterday, Netflix released a shocking documentary – Seaspiracy – about the human impact on the oceans and how the fishing industry is affecting marine life all around the world....
19 Pole & Line Japanese Vessels One Step Closer To MSC Logo
A Japanese pole-and-line tuna fishery might be soon getting its MSC certification. Its assessor has uploaded the Public Comment Draft Report (PCDR) for consultation, and the document...