More sharks are roaming the waters of South Australia's coast, and the region was in shock over the death of a snorkeler who is believed to have been killed by one of these creatures. Some...
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Only 64% Of IOTC Parties Complied With FAD Management Plan
Flags states with vessels operating in the IOTC convention area mainly comply with the conservation and management measures (CMMs) established by the Commission. However, they are still...
AP2HI Officially MSC Certified After Rocky Road
The Indonesia pole-and-line and handline fishery, Asosiasi Perikanan (AP2HI), targeting skipjack and yellowfin tuna in the Western and Central Pacific archipelagic waters has been officially...
Four NGOs Raise Objections Against PNA Trying To Get FADs MSC Certified
The 1.1 million M/T tuna fishery of PNA announced last month its intention to get its purse seiners using FAD sets MSC certified. The Parties to the Nauru Agreement manage the world's largest...
UN Body Has Chance To Harmonize Global Transshipment Guidelines
Illegal transshipment activity is not new but there is an opportunity to make stronger global guidelines when it comes to these practices, according to the UN Food and Agricultural...
Vanuatu Seizes IUU Fishing Chinese Longliners
Vanuatu’s naval authorities seized two longliners suspected of illegally fishing tuna in the nation's EEZ. The ‘Dong Gang Xing 13’ and ‘Dong Gang Xing 16’ are registered to China-based Zhuhai...
Kenya’s Good Catches Rotting Due To Lack Of Demand
The global fresh tuna market remains stagnant due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In Kenya, local fishermen have had to see their tuna rot due to the poor demand for fresh fish. The Chairman of the...
Inpesca’s Seiner Gets Spain’s Largest Yellowfin Share In IO
The Spanish government has announced regulations and limits for its purse seine fleet fishing yellowfin in the Indian Ocean (IO). The new rule creates a census of the vessels operating in the...
INFOFISH 2021 Bangkok Conference To Take Place Online
The 2021 INFOFISH World Tuna Trade Conference & Exhibition will take place online, instead of the usual face-to-face event, from May 19 to 21. It was initially scheduled in late May last...
Southern Bluefin Playing Hide-and-Seek
The Australian commercial Southern bluefin fishing fleet is facing the worst fishing season in ten years due to La Niña and the COVID-19 pandemic. La Niña causes cooler weather conditions,...
Seychelles Designates Area For New Fish Processing Companies
Seychelles' government has mapped out a piece of land to be used as a fish processing area. The 70,000 square meter zone is destined for private investors who are interested in operating in...
Over 150 Seiners Back Fishing In EPO As Veda Ends
Today, 2020’s second purse seine fishing closure in the EPO officially came to an end. This means that the more than 150 purse seiners that have been at port for the past 72 days can now...
Sapmer’s H1 2020 Turnover Produces Loss
In the first half of 2020, Sapmer reported a massive decline in sales, 39 percent less than in the same period the year before. The French company suffered losses in all three fisheries –...
Sri Lanka Reorienting Fisheries Business
The impact of the global pandemic has Sri Lanka looking to reorganize the business of its fisheries sector to maximize profits. Kanchana Wijesekera, the State Minister for Fish Exports, told...
Retail Gains Unable To Offset Fresh Tuna Revenue Losses
The earnings of tuna and other seafood fisheries declined throughout the US regions in 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new NOAA Fisheries Analysis. The decline was...
COVID-19 Gave Final Blow To Guam’s Longline Industry
The last fishing company at Guam's port officially closed its doors in late December. But the industry's demise in the US island territory in Micronesia was preceded by years at the edge of...
Piracy And Kidnappings Soaring At Major Tuna Fishing Ground
Tuna fishing vessels operating in the Atlantic Ocean need to be more careful than before as hijacking incidents in the Gulf of Guinea surged last year. The annual piracy report by the...
Hope Fading Over Missing Taiwanese Longliner Crew
In a devastating move and after two weeks, the US Coast Guard (USCG) has announced that it will suspend its active search for the ten missing crewmembers from Taiwanese-flagged longliner,...
Research: Vast Majority Of Canned Tuna From IUU FAD Fisheries
All Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) currently drifting in the ocean have an IUU component under the current management protocols. This is according to a recent paper that illustrates the...
Mystery Surrounds Whereabouts of Taiwanese Longliner Crew
The chances of finding the missing crew of the abandoned Taiwanese longliner, 'Yong Yu Sing No. 18' seem to be diminishing day by the day as the fishermen have not been seen for nearly two...