The European Parliament has approved a new six-year protocol that allows 36 EU vessels to fish up to 5,000 tons in Côte d’Ivoire’s EEZ. This deal provides fishing opportunities for 28...
Fishing
Purse Seine Boats To Continue Fishing Using Metal Halide Lights
Mini purse seine fishermen in Malpe coast, India insisted that they are not using LED but metal halide lights for fishing. The court has directed the authorities to continue fishing...
Tuna Vessel Rescued After Distress Call
Tuna fishing vessel Grete has been rescued at Kangaroo Island, Australia after breaking down on Saturday, Feb. 9. The distress signal was sent just before 1 p.m. with reports from the crew...
SPC Director: PNA Could Reach USD 1 Billion Income From Tuna
The Pacific Community (SPC) Director General Colin Tukuitonga said that tuna fisheries are on track to return up to USD 1 billion to the region in a year. The SPC is a scientific organization...
Largest Fiber Tuna Purse Seiner Surpassed By One Meter
An Algerian fleet owner has commissioned Astilleros del Ulla, a Spanish shipyard located in the province of Pontevedra, to build a new fiber tuna purse seiner for...
Palau Considering Exception For Small Scale-Japanese Skipjack Fishers
The majority of Palau’s senators support Japan’s request to allow vessels to continue their commercial fishing operation in the island nation’s EEZ. Palau President Tommy Remengesau...
Concerns In Somalia Over Effects Of Chinese Tuna Deal
Somali fishing communities have criticized the new deal between the Somalian government and vessels tied to the China Overseas Fisheries Association. The Memorandum of...
PNA Working Group To Finalize New FAD Tracking Measures
A draft of a new PNA fish aggregating device (FAD) Tracking and Registration Measure is expected to be completed during a PNA working group meeting from Feb. 13 to 15 in Majuro, Marshall...
Interview: CTI Takes The Plunge Into Blackfin Market
Earlier this week, Atuna reported that the Curacao-based startup company, Caribbean Tuna International (CTI) had begun shipping blackfin tuna via aerial shipments to Amsterdam, the...
US Customs Issues Detention Order On Vanuatu Tuna Longliner
US Customs and Border Protection has flagged a tuna longline vessel in Vanuatu for alleged forced labor in its catching operations. Any tuna that has been landed by...
French TV Investigation Criticizes Tuna Fishing Industry, Thai Union Reacts
Fish aggregating devices (FADs) are being used to catch “mostly” juvenile yellowfin tuna, according to a French TV investigation. Journalist Sophie Le Gall told viewers that FADs in the Indian...
Meeting On Tuna Supply And Fishing Activities Commences
The third concentration meeting between the Indian Ocean Tuna Processing Industry and the European Union (EU) Fishing Industry has opened at the Intercontinental Resort in Balaclava,...
Wounded Mexican Tuna Crew Rescued By Helicopter
A crew member has suffered a blow to the head with an ice chest loaded with freshly-caught tuna weighing over one ton. The longliner “Buenaventure V” was east...
Ship Tracking Tech Used To Unlock High Seas Activity
New ship tracking technology can track vesels no matter where they are in the world. In some cases, captains can switch off the current way of tracking ships, the Automatic...
PNAO CEO: Up To 80,000 FADs Deployed In PNA Waters Annually
A three-month ban in the Pacific waters on fish aggregating devices (FADs) has been extended for another year to allow tuna stocks to recover. Around 50,000 to 80,000 FADs are...
Voracious Fishing To Blame For Declining Mexican Stocks, Former Mayor Claims
Yellowfin tuna catch off the Gulf of Mexico has decreased up to 70 percent due to ravenous fishing habits and high commercialization, according to the former Mayor of Tuxpan turned businessman...
Pole And Line Region To Introduce Deep-Sea Fishing Fleet
Authorities of the artisanal fishing ground in Lakshadweep, off the coast of India, have announced plans to expand its fishing resources to deep-sea fishing vessels. Administrator Farooq Khan...
Bluefin Follow Mackerel Schools To Danish Coast
Bluefin tuna have been sighted in Danish waters as scientists have begun tagging the fish in an effort to track migratory patterns as well as potential feeding and spawning grounds. An...
NatGeo Releases Wicked Tuna Premier Date
“Wicked Tuna” is returning to screens on Sunday March 10. The National Geographic’s commercially successfully show has been increasingly popular since it first aired in April 2012....
Blackfin Tuna Comes To European Market
Shipments of blackfin tuna (Thunnus Atlanticus) have begun arriving in European markets from Caribbean startup. Caribbean Tuna International (CTI), which is based on the island of Curacao,...