Two environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against US authorities stating that a new federal bycatch law “threatens the very foundation of the bluefin population” and goes against the...
Fishing
Seiner Denied To Leave Port Amid Observer’s Murder Investigation
Kiribatian authorities have opened a murder investigation following the suspicious death of a national observer on board a Taiwanese tuna purse seiner. Consequently, the vessel remains...
Tuna Facts That Will Amaze You
Happy World Tuna Day! May 2 marks the annual World Tuna Day, a time to celebrate and honor our favorite fish. This United Nations initiative was created in 2017 to bring attention to the...
Small-Scale Fisheries Collateral Damage In IUU Battle?
In recent years, much attention has been given to the issue of IUU fishing and how to battle this problem. Newly released research looks at how IUU discourses and regulations are undermining...
El Niño Impact On Tuna Fishing Exaggerated?
El Niño is known for its devastating consequences across the world such as droughts, flooding, and increasing sea surface temperatures. A new study on this climate pattern and its effects on...
Waiting Game Puts Seychelles Skipjack Price In Doldrums
There has been hardly any change in the market situation in the Indian Ocean (IO), which is reflected in the skipjack price. Due to the coronavirus crisis, production in the processing plants...
US Coast Guard Boards Venezuelan Seiner Looking For Drugs
The Venezuelan tuna purse seiner ‘Taurus I,’ which fishes in the Pacific near the Costa Rican coast, was intercepted and boarded by the US Coast Guard (USCGC) on April 28. This was done in an...
Record Yellowfin Catch Could Have Been ‘Priceless’
Days before the COVID-19 lockdown was imposed, a fisherman in the US state of Mississippi caught a yellowfin weighing over 107 kilograms. The tuna was certified as a state-record. It was...
Almost All ISSF Members Comply With Their Own Standards
A new ISSF report shows that its member companies have an almost perfect rate of conformance with their own standards. The document, Commitment and Collaboration, claims to present...
Usufuku Honten Longliner Designed To Attract Younger Crew
The design of the tuna longliner, ‘Shofuku Maru No. 1’ is not only attractive but it was created to relieve the stress of the crew who spend months fishing at sea and to attract younger...
Doubts Over Traceability Systems Covering Partial Transshipments
Traceability has become a crucial factor in the tuna industry and all links in the supply chain – from net to plate – need to be covered to ensure transparency. There is...
Noro Intends To Become World’s First Tuna E-Port
The government and industry want to put the Solomon Islands at the forefront of port state management. They intend to introduce a digital catch documentation and traceability scheme for the...
Peruvian Seiner Capsizes, Two Men Dead
On Wednesday, the 'Huacho Cinco', a Peruvian-flagged purse seiner capsized while fishing 120 miles off San Juan de Marcona, Peru. Two brothers, Pablo and Wilson Liñan Alva, did not survive the...
Lischewski’s Sentencing Postponed Yet Again
The sentencing for former CEO of Bumble Bee, Chris Lischewski, has once again been postponed and is currently set for June 3, according to the calendar of the US Northern District Court of...
Doubling On Board Observer Coverage – Not That Easy
Recently, after the death of a tuna fishing observer in the Pacific was reported, a WWF representative mentioned the possibility of having two observers on board fishing vessels as a way to...
OPAGAC Meets 80% Of Tuna Traceability Commitments
Part of the Spanish tuna fleet grouped under OPAGAC is already meeting 80 percent of its tuna commitments made three years ago under the Declaration of Traceability of Tuna 2020, specifically...
WCPFC Allows Temporary At-Sea Transshipments To Assure Tuna Supply
Tuna boat owners and raw material traders can now sigh in relief. The WCPFC has come up with a temporary but more uniform solution to ensure that tuna supply can continue uninterrupted despite...
Atuna Poll: Is 200% Observer Coverage A Feasible Solution?
On the heels of yet another observer dying on board a tuna fishing vessel, a WWF representative laid on the table the idea of having 200 percent observer coverage on seiners to guarantee these...
Indian Police Destroy Tuna Destined For Kerala
The police in Kerala, India, have confiscated and buried tuna from fishermen in the neighboring state of Tamil Nadu. The fish were being transported in trucks to processing plants in Kerala as...
FAO Human Rights Guidelines For Fisheries Delayed
Last November in Vigo, Spain, the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) presented its latest draft for a voluntary international standard for human rights, labor conditions, and social...