Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela has ordered the minimum wage to be increased for the fourth time this year.The declaration increased wages by 103 percent equaling to 5,196,000 Bolívars...
Fishing
IN BRIEF: Japanese Vessel Owners Charged With Shark Fin Smuggling
Hamada Suisan Co. Ltd. and JF Zengyoren have been charged with aiding and abetting the trafficking and smuggling of 962 shark fins. The vessels captain, fishing master and first engineer...
Japanese Fishing Tuna Boat Caught Smuggling Shark Fin
A Japanese-flagged longline tuna fishing vessel, M.V. Kyoshin Maru No. 20, was caught trafficking harvested fins from approximately 300 sharks. According to a report presented in...
WCPFC Side Event: Transshipment, Bird Bycatch And FAD Research
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) alongside the Pew Charitable Trusts and Birdlife International co-hosted a side event during the 15th regular session of the Western...
FSM To Use Surveillance Tech To Monitor EEZ
Representatives from the Federated States of Micronesia plan to use the latest surveillance technology to monitor its vessels and fishing activities in its EEZ. The announcement was made this...
IN BRIEF: Somalia OKs Fishing Licenses To China
The Somalian government has granted 31 fishing licenses to China, allowing the China Overseas Fisheries Association, which represents 150 companies, to fish for tuna in Somali waters. Local...
Interim TRP For South Pacific Albacore Adopted
The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) has agreed to adopt an interim target reference point (TRP) for South Pacific albacore. According to...
IN BRIEF: Mercury in Yellowfin, Found By RASFF
The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) discovered a high amount of mercury in yellowfin fillets from Spain.The shipment of frozen yellowfin tuna fillets was stopped at the border of...
US Attempt To Weaken Tropical Tuna Measure Blocked
Tropical tuna sustainability measures adopted last year should be maintained, according to the members of the 17-nation Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA). The Parties to the...
US Publishes Latest Data on Tuna Consumption
Americans are consuming 1.1 pounds more per capita of seafood according to recent data from the National Fisheries Institute (NFI). Figures released in...
IN BRIEF: EU ATQ Released
The European Council has published their Autonomous Tariff Quota (ATQ) for 2019- 2020. The quota allows for an amount of 30,000 M/T of “fillets known as ‘loins’ of tunas and skipjacks for...
WCPFC, IATTC Should Stop IUU In Eastern High Seas Pockets
French representatives have indicated they will be strongly supporting a partnership between the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) and the Inter-American...
Company With 24 Tuna Vessels Still Not Fishing
Mozambican tuna company Tunamar, which owns 24 ships, has not started fishing this season due to licensing problems. Minister of the Sea Agostinho Mondlane...
IN BRIEF: Pakistan Catches 70,000 Tons Without Fleet Monitoring
Pakistan’s tuna fleet failed to comply to monitoring standards and development of proper handling and processing facilities for tuna as required by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission,...
Will Malaysian Tuna Port Project Finally Get Going?
The 2,340-hectare Kedah Integrated Fishery Terminal Project in Malaysia, which had previously been put on hold, will now resume development. Malaysian Prime...
SFP: Nearly Half Of World’s Tuna Catch Sourced Sustainably Or Improving
The latest sector report from the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) states that nearly half of the world’s shelf-stable tuna products are already being sourced in a sustainable or...
Gambian Minister Defends SFPA Tuna Deal
The EU-Gambia Sustainable Fishing Partnership Agreement (SFPA) has been defended today by Gambian Minister of Fisheries James Gomez, after recently coming under fire because of alleged...
PNA-FFA: Safe And Fair Labor Conditions For Fishing Crew
Pacific Island fisheries leaders are proposing a resolution to ensure labor conditions aboard fishing vessels meet international standards at this week's Western and Central Pacific Fisheries...
US Push For Larger Bigeye Quota: Encounters PNA Roadblock
Opposing a latest bid by the Trump administration to increase the US catch limit on bigeye tuna in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, island nations have decried the proposal as having a...
IN BRIEF: Ground-breaking Win For Australian Tuna Industry
The Australian tuna industry celebrates the cancellation of a seismic testing in an area off Kangaroo Island. The planned activity could potentially affect the migration period for juvenile...