In all the Eastern Pacific Ocean’s (EPO) regions, the average size of tuna has declined considerably over the past decade. This is according to the Director of the IATTC, Guillermo Compeán,...
Fishing
Canary Islands Bluefin Season 2020 To Start
The 2020 bluefin fishing season in the Canary Islands will start this week, on February 20, and will conclude on December 31 or until the quota is exhausted, which for the...
EPO Seiner Fleet Needs Renovation, Vessels Up To 78 Years Old
The average age of tuna purse seiners in the EPO is between 36 to 45 years old, claimed the Director of the IATTC Guillermo Compeán during the Americas Tuna Conference in Panama. He...
Tuna Super Seiner ‘Albacora Seis’ Sinks In Atlantic Ocean
The tuna super seiner ‘Albacora Seis’ sank in the Atlantic Ocean last Saturday night. The vessel was flagged to Curaçao and was based in Vigo, Spain. According to the Spanish media, the...
IATTC Fleets Increase 2019 EPO Tuna Catches
The majority of the fleets fishing tuna from the EPO increased their annual catches in 2019, resulting in record-high volumes, according to the latest figures from the Inter-American Tropical...
EPO Tuna Catches Hit Record High In 2019
Tuna caught in the EPO in 2019 reached its highest volume in over 14 years, according to the latest figures from the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC). The surge occurred thanks...
TunaDrone To Revolutionize Free School Fishing
In recent years, pressure from different organizations to reduce the number of FADs within the tuna industry has been on the rise. However, the reality is that technological developments such...
Bluefin Tagging Program Open To Catch & Release Irish Fishers
Charter vessel captains in the Irish coast can sign up to help with a Catch and Release Tagging (CHART) program for bluefin research in the Atlantic Ocean in the upcoming months. A maximum of...
Philippines To Rehabilitate General Santos Port
The Philippines government is moving towards modernizing its General Santos Fish Port Complex to boost its local tuna industry. During a visit to the fish port last week, Agriculture...
Panama Needs More Time To Reach EU Standards On IUU Fishing
"Panama is acting as if it was handed the yellow card," said Flor Torrijos, Director of the Aquatic Resources Authority of Panama (ARAP), regarding her country's reaction to a warning given by...
Costa Rican Govt Reverses Tuna Licenses Auction
The Costa Rican government’s recent move to reverse its decision to auction tuna fishing licenses has caused a great uproar among the country’s fishermen. The bidding was supposed to be a...
Ecuadorian Police Seizes Drugs From Tuna Containers
In one of the ports in Guayaquil, Ecuadorian authorities seized about 3.4 tons of cocaine from four containers with commodities such as canned tuna, palm oil, and scrap metal that were heading...
Libyan Govt Seeks Better Regulations For Tuna Fishing
The Libyan government is working to better regulate the nation's tuna exports in 2020. On February 11, the Ministry of Economy and Trade debated on reduced terms for granting fishing and...
Bumble Bee And FCF Launch Longline Albacore FIP In Indian Ocean
Bumble Bee Foods and its parent company FCF, along with non-profit Ocean Outcomes have launched a new longline tuna fishery improvement project (FIP) in the Indian Ocean for...
What Will The Tuna Industry’s Future Be In 2025?
The end debate of the Americas Tuna Conference in Panama saw a lively discussion centered around the topic of where the tuna industry will be heading and what its future in 2025 will be like....
US Tuna Seiner Sues Competitor In Millions For Collision
A tuna purse seiner that was struck by a fellow fishing vessel is suing the latter claiming that the collision was the result of the boat trying to damage or to intimidate it off of the fish...
Vanuatu Provides New Safety Equipment For Observers And Fishers
To improve the safety of fishermen and observers alike, the Department of Fisheries of Vanuatu has launched a comprehensive number of safety devices to be distributed this year. In a launch...
Man Picked-Up From Seiner During Storm Ciara
Last Sunday, in the midst of the Ciara storm, which has been hitting Europe for the past week, the French rescue boat ‘Ar Beg’ from SNSM Trévignon-Concarneau sailed out to pick-up a crew...
INCOPESCA Proposes Amendments To Manage Tuna Fishing In Costa Rica
The Costa Rican fisheries institute has proposed amendments to several articles and an introduction of a new article in the country’s tuna fishing regulations in order to boost the industry...
African Nations Collaborate With EU To Launch Pilot Observer Program
An intergovernmental organization comprising 22 African coastal countries from Morocco to Namibia has announced that it will launch a pilot project for a regional onboard observer program....