The outlook for Thailand’s skipjack market is looking positive but the push and pull between traders and canners is keeping the price level. There has not been much of a shift in the mood in...
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Tuna Boat Rescues Shipwreck Survivor After 10 Days Of Drifting
An Ecuadorian-flagged tuna fishing vessel rescued a Peruvian fisherman after the boat he was on, the ‘Mi Jose y Justina’, partially sank and was dragged to international waters. The sailor,...
Costa Rica Delays Decision To Limit Tuna Sets On Dolphins In EEZ
A Costa Rican fishing association has expressed its deep disappointment in the fact that a decision on the extension of the protected area within the country’s EEZ has been postponed. It is...
Shandong Zhonglu Fishing Co. 2020 Income Hit By COVID-19 Issues
Publicly listed Chinese tuna fishing company, Shandong Zhonglu Oceanic Fisheries Co Ltd's operating income and profits suffered a drop in 2020, according to its recently released annual...
Korean Sajo Recovering From Pandemic’s Blow
Korean Sajo Group's tuna fishing subsidiaries have been strongly recovering on the stock exchange since the beginning of 2021. All firms had a rough year due to COVID-19, but it looks...
NGO’s Unsubstantiated Abuse Allegations Against Pacific Seiners Damaging
Retailers and tuna companies need to improve their tuna supply chain in order to better worker rights in the Pacific, according to a new survey conducted by an NGO. Curiously, it focused on...
Italian Industry Outraged Over UK Taking Share Of EU’s Tuna Quota
Italian fishermen are raging over reports that a share of the EU’s tuna quota in the Atlantic will be given to the UK after the latter left the economic bloc. Allegedly, Ministers in Brussels...
Indian Tuna Fishers On Hunger Strike To Reverse Nets Ban
Hundreds of tuna fisher folks in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu went on a hunger strike on Monday to press officials to lift the ban on purse seine nets, reported India Today. The local...
Pesca Azteca Transparent About Company’s Waste
The Mexican fishing company Pesca Azteca has published the actions, developments, and achievements reached during 2020 and relates them to the company’s goals. The document revealed that the...
How Can WCPO Tuna Vessels Reduce Plastic Waste?
How well are tuna vessels in the WCPO complying with the “no plastic in the ocean rule” that was introduced two years ago? Several experts are studying the amount and impact of plastic waste...
Trade Commission Estimates Over USD 100 Million Of Illegal Yellowfin Sold In US
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) released a report last Friday stating that USD 2.4 billion of illegally sourced seafood was delivered to the country in 2019, which was 11 percent...
IOTC Wants Yellowfin Catch Data Gap Of Small Fishing Vessels Filled
The IOTC is asking all its members with tuna fleets consisting of small vessels to hand in information about their yellowfin catches. The goal is to fill the gap in the RFMO’s data when it...
Bikini Atoll H-Bomb Tuna Fisher Survivor Dies At 87
Matashichi Oishi, one of the crew members of the Japanese tuna fishing vessel ‘Fukuryu Maru No.5' who was exposed to radiation from the controversial 1954 US hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll...
Five Abandoned Tuna Vessels Caught Fire Simultaneously In Thailand
Five tuna fishing vessels caught fire in Phuket harbor in Thailand. The boats were flagged to China and have been moored and abandoned at the location for more than 10...
Fishing Ropes Contributed To Increase In Korea’s Marine Debris
The Korean Fisheries Ministry recently announced that 13.8 tons of marine debris were collected from the coasts of the country last year - 45 percent more than in 2018. The majority of the...
Jealsa Wants To Include Skipjack In Its Atlantic MSC Certification
Sant Yago is extending its MSC certification and wants its skipjack catches to also carry the blue logo. The fishery is a Jealsa-owned fishing company that operates two tuna purse seiners --...
Cofaco Scraps Plan To Build New Tuna Plant In Portugal
Portuguese company Cofaco has decided to not construct a new tuna processing plant to replace the current one on the island of Pico in the Azores archipelago. It cited rising building costs as...
The Tuna Sector’s Positive & Negative Impacts On Pacific Women
The tuna industry plays a large role in the economies of the Pacific islands. It gives hundreds of jobs to men and women in this region. They are also employed in numerous direct and indirect...
Taiwan Taking Steps To Improve Migrant Worker Labor Conditions
Taiwanese authorities seem to be heeding the international call to improve labor conditions for migrant workers on board the country’s fishing vessels. They recently claimed that they have a...
E-Monitoring Vs Human Observer, Which One Do You Prefer?
The discussion concerning monitoring on board tuna vessels has been ongoing for years. The need for independent third-party control during fishing trips and transshipments is well-established...