French purse seine organization Orthongel has lashed out at the Bloom Association for its inaccurate criticism of the EU sustainable fisheries partnership agreements (SFPAs). The NGO wrote a...
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Mar Del Plata Skipjack Surge Lifts Local Tuna Cannery Production
The Natusur tuna plant in Argentina has ramped up operations in recent weeks as unusual high skipjack volumes were landed in the nearby port of Mar del Plata. This development has provided...
WCPO Seiners Saw Lower Daily Catch Rates
The WCPO purse seine daily catch rate in November dropped slightly compared to the previous month. The highest rates were achieved in the EEZs of Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon...
Project ReCon Expands To Somalia To Recover Buoys
Spanish technology firm Satlink and Somali non-profit MARCOD have signed an agreement to roll out Project ReCon in Somalia, aiming to recover and reuse echosounder buoys used in tuna fisheries...
WCPO Purse Seiner Activity Rose, Catches Did Not Follow Suit
Overall fishing effort by purse seiners operating in the WCPO increased, but the catches only slightly rose in November. The volume of skipjack caught went slightly up on the high seas and in...
Thai Canners WR Purchases Level Out
The import of frozen whole round tuna by Thai processors reduced by over one-tenth in 2025 from the year before. Skipjack purchases from WCPO vessels declined, but the buying from vessels...
ISSF Says Global Tuna Sustainability Hits New High
Nearly 97 percent of the global tuna catches in 2024 came from stocks considered to be at healthy levels, with four out of the 23 stocks showing improvement over the previous assessment,...
Venezuelan Fleet’s EPO Catches More Than Doubled
The catches of Venezuela-flagged seiners fishing in the EPO saw an uptick from January to September last year, hitting a five-year-high. The boats increased their intake of all major tropical...
What Is the Impact of Increasing Digital Demands on the Tuna Trade?
New EU regulations now require seafood exporters and importers to provide granular digital data for every tuna shipment. This shift raises a critical question: How will these mandates reshape...
EU Fisheries Deals Must Be Cooperative In The Future
Since 1979, the EU has had fishing agreements with developing coastal states. One recent research looked into 45 years of such deals, showing there has been a decline in their number, and many...
Solutions To Help Mitigate FADs Threat To Galapagos Marine Life
The Galapagos National Park wants measures to ban the threat of abandoned dFADs from tuna purse seiners to the marine life in the Galapagos Marine Reserve. By mapping the ocean currents, a...
Indonesian Crew Allege Portuguese Longliner Boatowner Abandoned Them
Indonesian crew members working aboard a Portuguese longliner have accused the vessel’s owner of having abandoned them with thousands of euros in unpaid wages, as the ship has remained docked...
GTA Executive Director Daniel Suddaby Steps Down
Daniel Suddaby, the Executive Director at the Global Tuna Alliance (GTA) for the past three years, said he is leaving the organization “following a Board decision on a change in direction.”...
Philippines Fisheries Face Imminent Collapse, Says An NGO Report
The Marcos government has to take urgent measures to implement the Fisheries Code of 2015 and hold officials accountable to reverse the crisis in its fish stocks, which are 88 percent...
NOAA Funds Ocean Research Projects To Boost US Tuna And Fish Sustainability
A NOAA-backed initiative will finance seven new ocean research projects, including work in the tuna-rich Pacific Ocean, aimed at improving the sustainability and economic performance of US...
IOTC Meeting Deliberates Catch Allocations
Allocating catches in RFMOs is complex work. An IOTC Committee met for a week, with experts discussing the framework for allocating catches, special requirements of developing states, and a...
Tuna Fisheries Are At Most Risk From Climate Change
Fisheries focusing on migratory species like tunas face the greatest risks from climate change effects, such as changing stock distributions and declining fish populations in marine...
Panamanian Seiners’ Skipjack Catches Plummeted
Catches by Panamanian-flagged vessels in the EPO slipped slightly in the first nine months of 2025, weighed down by weaker skipjack landings. Contrary to this, yellowfin and bigeye hauls saw...
Pacific Data Hub Makes WCPO Tuna Stock Assessment Info User-Friendly
The Pacific Data Hub now provides the stock status of WCPO yellowfin, albacore, and bigeye. The Pacific Community (SPC), the principal scientific and technical organization in the Pacific...
Inpesca Still Impacted By Internal Legal Disputes
Spanish fishing company Inpesca was one of the major shareholders of loins processors, Atunlo, and while the company has recovered from its setback from Atunlo’s liquidation, there are still...