Tuna fishing is one of the Maldives' main sources of income, second only to tourism. However, low pole-and-line demand has affected the country’s productivity. The Minister of Finance, Ibrahim...
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Albacora’s Super Seiner ‘Galerna Lau’ Finally Launched
At the end of October, the ‘Galerna Lau’ left the Vigo port and headed for the Atlantic Ocean. Grupo Albacora's -- the investor for the vessel as reported by Spanish media...
No Interest For Bangladeshi Tuna Fishing Licenses
In 2016, the Bangladeshi government started offering licenses to companies to bring in longliners and purse seiners to catch tuna outside the country's EEZ in the Bay of Bengal. Until...
Taiwanese WCPO Seiners More Productive In 2018
The distant water purse seiner fleet of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) caught the most volume of tuna despite a drop in vessel numbers and the decline in catches in the previous years from...
Investor Testifies On Millions Loss On Tuna Fraud Loan
In the next act of the Mozambican fraud scandal trial, a new witness took to the stand. Marco Santamaria, former Portfolio Manager Emerging Markets at Alliance...
GrupoMar’s ‘Manzanillo’ Vessel Hits Record Five-Year Catch
The tuna seiner ‘Manzanillo’ has closed its fishing season with a record catch for the last five years. The boat, owned by GrupoMar, reported 5,709 M/T in catches - the largest in the...
WTPO Meeting To Stop Skipjack Price Crisis
Boat-owning members of the World Tuna Purse Seine Organization (WTPO) will have a meeting next week to discuss the crisis in the market due to the low price of SKJ1.8: BKK. The current price...
WCPO Seiner Operators Are Bleeding, Operating Below Cost
The tuna industry is in turmoil as the global benchmark skipjack price in Bangkok has fallen to a record 10-year low due to a perfect storm of extremely high supply and low demand for...
Nets, Lines, And FADs Contributing To Plastic Pollution
In the last decade, plastic pollution in the oceans has become one of the most debated environmental issues. This is especially important since plastics...
Trip Length For EPO Seiners Substantially Longer
At a time when prices of frozen tuna are plunging all over the world and boat owners are struggling to cover their operational costs, purse seiners fishing in the Eastern...
Navimon To Receive Last 3 Tuna Longliners By End Of Year
New Caledonia-based tuna vessel operator, Navimon, will receive its last three new longliners by the end of this year. In October 2017, the company, which is a subsidiary...
Large Scale Seiners Could Lead To Overcapacity
There is a growing awareness of overcapacity and how large scale seiners actually partially contribute to this issue. Purse seiners catch 65 percent of annual global tuna catches,...
Tuna Record Catch By Newport Sport Fishers
This week, Newport Landing reported its largest catch ever on its sport fishing trips. The ‘Thunderbird’ boat caught a 174 kg bluefin off the Southern California coast. According to...
Calvo Looking To Expand Its Business In Gabon
The Spanish fishing and processing company, Grupo Calvo, wants to establish a long-term relationship with the Central African nation of Gabon. Hence,...
Ecuador’s Former-Minister: EU Yellow Card Extremely Serious
Last week, the second-largest tuna exporter in the world, Ecuador, was handed a yellow card from the EU for its poor job of fighting IUU fishing. The warning does not...
Omani Yellowfin Catches Show Strong Recovery
This year’s increase in yellowfin landings marks a good fishing season for Oman. The abundance of the species in the Omani waters makes it one of the main exported species to the markets...
Captain Of Australian Tuna Industry Nominated For Award
Australian tuna industry leader, Dr. Hagen Stehr, is one of the nominees for the 2020 Senior Australian of the Year. The former fisherman from Port Lincoln has been...
Ex-CEO Of PNA Appointed Solomon Islands’ UN Representative
The former CEO of the PNA, Dr. Transform Aqorau, has been named Solomon Islands’ new permanent representative to the UN in New York City. He was the Chief...
New Developments On Mozambican Tuna Fraud Scandal
In the Mozambican tuna fraud case against Privinvest’s key salesman Jean Boustani, the jury was served up a trove of emails by the DOJ detailing the bribes paid to...
33 Caught For IUU Fishing In Sarangani Bay
On October 31, authorities arrested 33 fishermen who were fishing illegally using prohibited methods within the municipal waters in Alabel town, Sarangani province,...