One farm belonging to Spanish bluefin company Balfegó was hit by the Gloria storm, which also has claimed the lives of at least five people since it started last Sunday. The affected facility...
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Port Lincoln To Celebrate Tuna Fishery In Australia
Port Lincoln is gearing up for this year’s Tunarama Festival, which will run for four days starting January 24. Some of the highlights of the festival include the World Championship Tuna Toss,...
EPO Veda Prevents Harvesting Potentially Over 100,000 M/T Of Tuna
This week the 148 purse seiners that took part in the second veda in the EPO left port to resume their tuna fishing activities after the closure period ended on January 19. The ban was...
EU Parliament Approves Fisheries Agreement Acts With Guinea-Bissau
On January 21, the EU Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries recommended approving the legislative acts on the conclusion of the new fisheries agreement between the EU and Guinea-Bissau,...
Navimon Receives 3 New Tuna Longliners
New Caledonia-based tuna vessel operator, Navimon, has received its three new 21-meter longliners from French shipbuilder, PIROU. The boats ‘IAAI’, ‘NENGONE’, and ‘PAICI-CEMUHI’ were unloaded...
Main Asia Pacific Importers Drop Canned Tuna Volume In 2019
Japan and Australia are the leading countries in the Asia Pacific (APAC) for importing canned tuna in 2019. In total, these two nations hold 65 percent of the market share in the region....
148 Purse Seiners Back To EPO After Veda Ends
The IATTC’s second purse-seine fishery closure of 2019 in the eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) ended this week and vessels are now allowed to resume their fishing activities. A total of 57.8...
EU Fleet Told To Temporarily Stop Fishing In Seychelles EEZ
The EU fleet with access to Seychelles’ EEZ has stopped fishing for tuna as of January 17 due to a slight delay in the application of the new fisheries agreement between the two...
Maltese Bluefin Documentary Wins Multiple Awards
An English-language documentary by Maltese filmmakers that examines the importance of bluefin to people throughout the ages has picked up numerous international awards. Titled ‘The Giant Deep...
Vietnamese Fishermen Concerned Over Low Tuna Prices
After a month of fishing, Vietnamese fishermen have returned to Tuy Hoa City port with good tuna catches, landing an average catch of 1.7 M/T per handliner. However, the earnings were...
Industry Sues Ghanaian Gov’t Over “Exorbitant” Tuna License Hike
The Ghana Tuna Association has sued the country’s Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development over the recent increase in tuna licensing fees stating that it is exorbitant. The Ministry...
Liberia Wants To Revitalize Fisheries Sector
Liberia is looking to revitalize its fisheries sector and increase its tuna fishing activities. The country’s National Fisheries & Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) has been in...
Albacora Steps Back From Barreras Shipyard
On Monday, Spanish seafood company, Albacora, and Mexican petroleum company, Pemex, transferred their political rights over the Barreras shipyard in Vigo to...
Ghana’s Fisheries Ministry Defends Tuna License Fee Increase
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development of Ghana has defended the recent hike of tuna licensing fees for fishing vessels. A new fee approved by the...
Report Shows EU On Top Of Import Control Schemes
A new report comparing the different import control schemes aimed at combating IUU fishing in three top seafood markets – the EU, the US, and Japan -- was launched recently by the EU IUU...
Man Accused Of Damaging Tuna Poler Statue
The man who allegedly damaged the Tuna Poler statue in Port Lincoln, Australia, is set to appear in court. Local authorities claim that the cost of the alleged act of vandalism...
European Parliament Holds Traceability Discussion To Battle IUU
Yesterday, representatives from the tuna and other fishing industries gathered at the European Parliament in Brussels with EU policy-makers, NGOs, and governmental...
Tagged Tuna Eaten By Shark Say Researchers
A satellite-tagged yellowfin which has evaded researchers in the Gulf of Mexico for six years could have been eaten by a bluntnose sixgill shark. The tag was found on Corpus Christy...
ICCAT Data Shows Atlantic Yellowfin Overfished
During the ICCAT meeting held near the end of last year, the RFMO’s Scientific Committee stated that yellowfin catches in the Atlantic Ocean have exceeded the Total Allowable...
Nicaragua’s Fishing Activity Smooth Sailing
In a recent statement, the Executive President of the Nicaraguan Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Inpesca), Edward Jackson, informed that the country’s fishing activity is...