Fishermen in Costa Rica have been pointing their fingers at the government for months, accusing it of handing over the country’s tuna resources to international vessels. Recently, the Ministry...
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Judge Halts Antitrust Claims Against Bumble Bee
A US federal judge has denied a few motions from plaintiffs with price-fixing claims against Bumble Bee, stating that the tuna company’s Chapter 11 case stayed the proceedings and an asset...
Ecuador Hopes To Get Rid Of Yellow Card Soon
During the past few months, Ecuador has been working on a couple of initiatives that will not only help manage the country’s tuna fleet but also satisfy EU standards for imports. In this way,...
Wicked Tuna Returns With New Season
The ninth season of ‘Wicked Tuna’, the hit series on the National Geographic Channel, aired on March 1. The US reality TV show added three new captains, two of them bluefin fishermen from...
Major Global Tuna Highlights February 2020
Benchmark Bangkok Price Showing Bullish Signs Near the end of February, the skipjack Bangkok market started showing signs of a turnaround with the price moving up despite the low supply and...
Drug Dealers Use Tuna Fishing As Cover Up
A drug organization using tuna fishing vessels to smuggle its products and launder money was recently taken down by the Spanish Civil Guard division of Campo de Gibraltar. The official...
EU Vessels Back In Seychelles’ Waters
After a month and a half of not being able to fish in Seychelles’ EEZ, EU-flagged fishing vessels are now allowed to resume their activities in the area. As of last week, a new fisheries...
Study Shows Where California Bluefin Spawn
An American researcher, David Wells, is voicing the importance of knowing about bluefin travel habits and breeding grounds. Recently, Biology Letters published a study on the matter conducted...
Talks Over Including Climate Change In Magnuson-Stevens Act
In a panel discussion last week in Honolulu, members of Congress, conservationists and fishing industry leaders came together to discuss improving a federal law on fishing management to...
Wespac Points At China’s Aggression In Pacific
In its latest newsletter, Wespac not only praised the efforts made by the US coast guard against IUU fishing but also highlighted that the increased catches of Chinese vessels in the Pacific...
FisheryProgress Updates FIP Guidelines
The leading platform for tracking the progress of fishery improvement projects (FIPs) worldwide, FisheryProgress has updated its FIP Review Guidelines Document. The text provides detailed...
Migrant Workers In Thai Fisheries Demand More Rights
Foreign workers employed by the fishing industry in Thailand are pushing for better labor conditions. Last week, dozens of Cambodian migrant fisher leaders gathered in Khlong Yai in the Trat...
How Are Southern Bluefin Tuna Tagged?
For those who wonder how southern bluefin are tagged, a new video was recently released showing the whole process, from the capture of the fish to its release back into the ocean. The bluefin...
EPO Seiners Growth Seems Unstoppable
In the IATTC region, the main reason to increase and strengthen conservation measures has been the constant increase in the fleets’ fishing capacity. This was stated by the Director of the...
EU Parliament Recommends Cape Verde Fishing Deal
The European Parliament Committee on Fisheries has recommended approving a new fisheries agreement between the EU and Cape Verde. The previous protocol to the deal expired in December 2018 and...
EU-Seychelles Finally Reach Fishing Agreement
The new fishing agreement between the EU and Seychelles was adopted at the end of last week, informed the African country’s Fisheries Ministry. This is over a month after the previous one...
Second Study Claims MPA Cuts Hawaii Fishers’ Profits
A study published in mid-February stated that the expansion of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (PMNM) led to the loss of revenue for commercial longlining fishers in...
Fisherman Shares Record Bluefin Catch With Community
A Virginia Beach captain, Jake Hiles, gave away his 708 pound (321 kg) state record bluefin to the people in his community. The fish had a 1.96 m girth and measured around 2.89m in length. The...
Ecuador Fights EU Yellow Card With New Fishing Bill
The General Assembly of Ecuador has unanimously approved a new fishing bill that the South American country expects will aid in the task of getting rid of the EU yellow card it currently...
Marine Monuments Do Not Cause Economic Harm To Hawaii Tuna Vessels
A newly published study has revealed that the expansion of two US marine monuments – Pacific Remote Islands (PRI) and the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monuments (PMNM) – have not caused...