The Mozambican parliament has passed a new law that sets fresh rules and regulations for the state owned business sector. The new bill means that EMATUM, the government-backed tuna company,...
Fishing
EPO Underdog Expects Another Catch Boost After Record Year
Nicaragua’s seafood industry is expected to grow this year and the main contributor will be improved tuna fishing, according to the nation’s Fisheries department. While the country is not...
PNA-Based Patrol Shows IUU Blue Boats Fading
An 8-day surveillance program carried out in Palau’s EEZ found no illegal activity during the mission. The PNA nation is said to be “delighted” with the result, particularly as its tuna-rich...
Balfegó Expects 20,000 Visitors At “Swim With Bluefin” Experience
Grupo Balfegó has announced the launch of the sixth season of its Tuna Tour. The company expects to see 20,000 visitors attending its tour this year which will involve swimming with bluefin...
EU Renews “Profitable” Tuna Deal With Ivory Coast
A tuna fishing agreement between the European Union and Ivory Coast has been renewed for another six years, allowing EU vessels to fish for tuna in the country’s waters. The agreement is said...
Palau Opens Its FAD-Free Waters To First Filipino Tuna Firm
Palau has sold fishing days to major tuna firm, RD Corporation, which now becomes the first Filipino company to operate in the island nation’s waters, the PNA Office reports. As Palau has...
MSC Appoints New Science & Standards Director
Michel Kaiser, Professor of Marine Conservation Ecology at the School Of Ocean Sciences at Bangor University in the UK, will take the role of Science and Standards Director at the MSC,...
Japan Slashes Juvenile Quotas To Zero
The Japanese Fisheries Agency plans to cut next season’s juvenile bluefin quota to zero for some prefectures in the country. The decision comes after Japan grows increasingly close to...
Are Retailers Hiding Behind Consumers On Sustainability Decisions?
Recently, some industry sources have suggested retailers have a major role to play in ensuring consumers are offered MSC tuna products. Yet some retailers still do not push suppliers to...
Vast Majority Believe US Regulation Enabling IUU Bonito Imports
This year, the Seafood Importing Monitoring Program (SIMP) was implemented by the US to prevent IUU caught seafood from entering the market. As the program excludes bonito-type species, Atuna...
Taiwan And Japan Alter Tuna Agreement In Disputed Seas
Taiwan and Japan have agreed on changing the rules for their respective tuna longliners to fish for bluefin in waters close to Japan’s Senkaku Islands. The archipelago in the East China Sea...
US Fleet: 2018 FAD Ban Flexible But Discriminatory
While the high seas FAD ban this year allows for some flexibility in its adoption, it remains discriminatory to certain fleets, according to a source representing US seiners. He also believes...
Reformed TPP To Cost Australia’s Tuna Sector Millions
Australia’s seafood capital, Port Lincoln, is expected to be hit by the reformed TPP deal after losing its competitive advantage under a previous agreement with Japan. It is believed this will...
More Stringent Control Over Panama’s Tuna Fleet
More stringent fleet monitoring and work to combat illegal fishing are some of the priorities going forward for the Panamanian tuna industry to make its operations more sustainable, a...
Spain’s Unchanged Quota Distribution Frustrates Canaries
The Spanish Ministry of Agriculture has published its national distribution of the eastern bluefin quota and as expected, more than 90 percent of quota has been reserved for the core part of...
Chinese Pingtan Bounces Back Following Financial Turmoil
The Chinese tuna fishing firm, Pingtan, ended 2017 with impressive financial gains after a difficult previous year. The company has credited its strong recovery to an increase in vessels...
Europêche: Unreliable Global Fishing Watch Study Misleads Public Opinion
The body that represents the EU fleet, Europêche, has criticized a recent study conducted by researchers from several organizations including Global Fishing Watch. The study, which revealed...
Will 2018 P&L Catch Match Last Year’s Supply Boom?
Last year a sudden and substantial boost in skipjack catches by Maldivian pole and line vessels drove a sharp increase in raw material sent from the IO country to Bangkok. Taking the past five...
Big Bids On Massive Bluefin Caught In Japan
The second biggest bluefin ever caught in Japan has been sold in port and taken to one of the world’s most famous fish markets, where it has attracted high bids. Measuring in at 2.74 meters,...
One Year On: Is TU & Princes IO FIP Progressing?
One year has passed since the Indian Ocean tuna FIP, initiated by Thai Union, Princes and multiple other stakeholders, was officially activated. How has the Fishery Improvement Project (FIP)...