The crew of a Calvo tuna boat arriving in El Salvador from Spain was quarantined due to COVID-19 related symptoms. There is no confirmation if it is in fact coronavirus, but the 15 fishermen...
Fishing
ATUNEC: Ecuadorian Tuna Industry Under Attack To Expand Galapagos MPA
The operations of the Ecuadorian tuna industry are the target of permanent social media attacks by those looking to expand the marine reserve in the Galapagos. This is what Luigi Benincasa,...
Indian Boat Owners Accuse Industrial Vessels Of Light Fishing
Boat owners in Chapora, Goa, at the southwestern coast of India, have alleged that large fishing vessels are overfishing in the area by using LED lights, a prohibited practice. They have asked...
Civic Group Wants Bigger Fishing Ban Area In The Galapagos
The conversation around the Galapagos tuna-rich EEZ continues. This time a civic initiative under the name ‘More Galapagos' is arguing for the enlargement of the marine protected area (MPA) in...
ISSF Asks IATTC To Limit FADs In EPO
Prior to the upcoming IATTC annual meeting, industry-led International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has asked that fish aggregating devices (FADs) numbers be limited in the EPO....
Piracy In Gulf Of Guinea A Growing Concern For ANABAC
Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea has been increasing, which is worrying a big part of the Spanish purse seine fleet that operates in those African waters. Anertz Muniategi, Director of the...
IO Skipjack HCR Breach – Consequences For Which Fleets?
Even though the harvest control rule (HCR) has been breached for skipjack within the Indian Ocean (IO), currently there is no clear indication of what the IOTC is planning to do regarding this...
Indian Ocean CFTO Fleet Close To MSC Skipjack FAD Certification
The consultation period is open for stakeholders to comment on the MSC Public Comment Draft Report of the Compagnie Française du Thon Océanique (CFTO) certification in the Indian Ocean (IO)....
NGOs Ask Taiwan To Address Forced Labor On Longline Vessels
Nearly two months after the US placed the distant water fishing fleets from Taiwan and China on a “dirty list” that showed that their fish are produced from forced labor, a group of...
PNA Names Sangaalofa Clark As New Chief Executive
A new Chief Executive has been named for the Pacific tuna group of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA). Dr Sangaalofa Clark will be replacing Ludwig Kumoru, who served in the role for the...
Container Tuna Transshipments Need Better Oversight
There has been a significant increase in containerization across oceans in terms of tuna transshipments but they need better governance as they do not come under the RFMOs’ purview. This is...
“RFMOs Should Have Same Definition For Overfishing”
A recently published scientific paper is stating that all tuna RFMOs should move towards a common definition when it comes to overfishing. This is quite a bold statement to make given the...
PNG’s New Venture Tightens Relationship With China
Papua New Guinea’s relationship with China is growing closer. Recently, a Chinese fishing company signed a deal to invest in what will be a fisheries industrial park in the Pacific country....
Greenpeace: US Tuna Sector Has Chosen Profit Over Climate
Greenpeace USA is miffed with tuna associations and the seafood sector in the country stating that they have chosen “profit over the state of our planet.” The US seafood industry this week...
South American Nations Pen Agreement To Combat IUU Fishing
Several South American nations have joined forces, determined to stop IUU fishing near their tuna-rich waters by foreign fleets. The members of the Permanent Commission of the South Pacific...
More Local Seiners, But Micronesian EEZ Catches Dropped Sharply
The Micronesian purse seine fleet has been very active and last year, it massively increased its tuna catches in the WCPFC area. Meanwhile, tuna landings in the Federated States of...
Indonesian Authorities Repatriate Local Crew From Chinese LL Fleet
Indonesian authorities have stepped up their game in handling labor issues and protecting their citizens in the tuna industry. This year, they have repatriated hundreds of fishermen from one...
Atuna Readers Say ATQ Should Remain The Same
The majority of Atuna readers think that the Autonomous Tariff Quota (ATQ) for pre-cooked tuna loins should be kept at the current level of 30,000 M/T. The EU Council is currently in talks...
EU Augments Fisheries Fund For 2021
The EU Parliament has reinforced the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) by EUR 19. 6 million, according to the provisional document on the general budget for 2021. The European...
ICCAT To Discuss FAD Reduction Next Year
ICCAT will be looking into tackling the issue of FADs next year. The Chair of the panel discussing issues related to tropical tuna proposed a virtual meeting on this topic. He recommended...