The robust crackdown on illegal bluefin smuggling and trading, lead by EUROPOL’s Operation Tarantelo, advances this week with new coverage emerging from local media in Madrid, Spain. Local...
Fishing
IN BRIEF: American Samoa: New Chair For The WPFMC
American Samoa has been elected to lead the Western Pacific Fisheries Management Council (WPFMC) which regulates fishing in waters of the US Pacific territories of Guam, Northern Marianas,...
FFA To Operate 3 Jets To Patrol EEZ’s In IUU Fight
The lucrative business of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is an outstanding burden on the economies of small island nations, many of which are primarily reliant on the...
Micronesia Commits To Have 100% Transparency On Longlining
Micronesia’s President Peter Christian is concerned for the many countries that are still effectively “flying blind” when it comes to the management of fisheries. As the global fishing...
Scientists Meet To Discuss Critical State Of Indian Ocean Yellowfin
The red marked Indian Ocean yellowfin stock was the focal point for roundtable discussions at the recent Indian Ocean Tuna Commission’s (IOTC’s) 20th Session of the Working Party on Tropical...
Drop In Maldives Pole And Line Tuna Exports
The Maldives fisheries sector observed a 10 percent drop in exports due to a decline in tuna volume during the first half of 2018. As reported by the Maldives Monetary Authority’s quarterly...
1900 Participants Meet In Bali On Ocean Protection
The 2018 Our Ocean Conference (OOC) kicked off in Bali last Monday calling on the global population to participate in a joint effort to protect the world's oceans. The two-day main event will...
Filling Gaps On Gillnet Tuna Fisheries Of Pakistan
Tuna gillnetting is an antiquated practice in countries of the northern Indian Ocean- Pakistan, Iran, Oman, Yemen, and Somalia. Presently, around 2,500 gillnet vessels operate in the northern...
“Tuna For The Ticos” Campaign To Reduce Illegal Foreign Catches
A nationwide campaign calling for the protection of tuna and other marine resources has taken place in Costa Rica. Through its “Tuna for the Ticos” campaign, the Costa Rican Fisheries...
Kosher StarKist Tuna For 50,000 NYC Jewish Students
StarKist’s American Samoa cannery will begin production of “certified kosher tuna” from its plant next month. The Jewish Education Project in New York is sending kosher supervisors to Pago...
IN BRIEF: More Mexican Tuna To Hit The Middle East Markets
New approved air services between Mexico and the Middle East will enable Mexico to increase its tuna market share in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The agreement, which will serve to expedite...
Global Fishing Watch Zooms In On Eastern Pacific
In a professed effort to improve on transparency in Eastern Tropical Pacific fisheries, Global Fishing Watch (GFW) has entered into a formal collaboration...
Chilean Navy Operation Against Asian Fleet Targeting Albacore
The Chilean armada has commissioned a navy patrol ship, the OPV-82 “Comandante Toro”, in its heightened efforts to supervise the fishing of tuna and...
Balfego Wants “Any Temptation” To Trade Illegally Removed
Establishing "effective and exemplary" control measures that eradicate "any temptation" to illegally trade tuna is what the Balfegó group is advocating. The Catalan tuna firm...
10 Ways To Fight Slave Labor And Illegal Fishing
“Out of the Shadows” spotlights several glaring shortfalls on regulation in the global fishing industry, published by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) last Tuesday. In the...
Spanish Police Stops Van With Illegal Tuna
Spain’s Guardia Civil intercepted a non-isothermal vehicle along the Port of Tarifa, which contained 17 specimens of bluefin tuna without legal documentation. From a vantage point along a...
Spain Compensates Seiner Owners For Losses
Owners of seiners, pole and line vessels and artisanal fishers affected by the temporary cessation of the sustainable fisheries partnership agreement (SFPA) between the European Union and the...
Bolton Receives Praise From Greenpeace On FAD-Free Commitment
Following years of pressure by Greenpeace activists and their supporters across the globe, the organization now reports that Bolton Alimentari has announced a new far reaching policy designed...
ISSF Rates Indian Ocean FAD Management As Ineffective
In the recently updated RFMO Best Practices Snapshot – 2018, the tuna industry sustainability foundation ISSF rates the existing FAD management actions of all major RFMO’s. The press release...
Large Pacific Bluefin Return To California Coast After 80-Year Hiatus
San Diego reports have identified an upturn in the population of large Pacific bluefin in Californian waters, attributing the comeback of one of the ocean’s priciest and most sought-after fish...