The South Korean fleet, one of the biggest WCPO tuna players, is continuing to divert significant chunks of its raw material catch to ports other than Bangkok, with Latin American hubs being...
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Fishing Crew Walk Off Job Over Pay Dispute With South American Firm
A tuna fishing and processing firm in Guyana is facing a pay dispute with 26 Indonesian workers that have walked off their jobs. As a result, the Indonesian embassy has been pushed to...
Back-In-Action Spanish Fleet Fears Pirate Attacks
Having been tied up at port in the Seychelles for around two months after exhausting their yellowfin quotas, Spanish tuna seiners have gone back out to fish in the Indian Ocean. Although they...
Spanish Seiners Must Stick With Stricter 20% Yellowfin Cut
Seiners flagged to Spain and operating in the Indian Ocean will have to stick once again to a 20 percent reduction in their yellowfin tuna catches during 2018, which is a heavier cut than most...
Iron Lady Told “That’s Enough” – Stop Drowning Vessels
The Indonesian Fisheries Minister has been urged to stop sinking IUU vessels and instead focus on improving seafood exports, including the nation’s tuna shipments. However, the Minister’s...
Thailand Must Inform EU This Month On Illegal Labor Progress
The Thai Ministry of Labor will deliver a report to the European Commission this month on the progress it has made to eradicate human trafficking and illegal labor in the country. Concerns of...
Sharp Drops In EPO Yellowfin Catch, Fleet Tactics?
Last year the purse seine fleet in the Eastern Pacific Ocean reported a significant drop in overall yellowfin catch, and nations that primarily focus on yellowfin tuna, have been seen to more...
Chinese Tuna Fleet Exec Turns Politician: Boost For Nation’s Fleet?
In what has been described as a clear sign of the political connection between the Chinese government and the nation’s fisheries sector, a top tuna fleet executive in the country has been...
Tsukiji’s New Year’s Bluefin Nearly $800 Per Kg
The world’s largest fish market has held its final New Year bluefin tuna auction at its Tsukiji location in Tokyo. An impressive JPY 36.5 million (USD 323,000) was paid by the owner of an...
US Access Driver Behind First Costa Rican Tuna FIP
A new Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) in Costa Rica’s EEZ, covering catches of pelagic species such as yellowfin, has recently been announced; the first venture of its kind for the country....
Despite FAD Challenges, Ecuador’s Fleet Expects 2020 MSC
Satisfied with the extent of progress so far, the majority chunk of the Ecuadorian purse seine fleet, currently involved in a Fisheries Improvement Project (FIP) in the EPO, is expecting to...
EU Albacore Sales: Lower Tonnage Drives Higher Prices
Sales of Northern Atlantic albacore tuna, or Bonito del Norte, in major EU markets were lower in volume terms in the first three quarters of 2017, despite the major fleet, Spain, having...
Seiner Helicopter Makes Unexpected Rescue During Tuna Search
Helicopter pilot, Isaac Harrison, flew over the Western Pacific as he searched for schools of tuna, but the search soon turned into a rescue mission as he spotted a stranded family. The...
Settlement Reached In US Longline Human Trafficking Case
Two Indonesian fishermen have reached settlement on a lawsuit which was filed against the owner of a US tuna longliner, at an undisclosed sum. The men claimed to have escaped from the ship...
PNG To Regret Rebate Scheme For Local Processing?
Following PNG’s announcement to bring an end to its discounted fishing days, and instead financially reward tuna firms that process tuna on PNG soil, six tuna cannery operators on the island...
Dongwon’s Controversial Pacific Breeze Files For Bankruptcy
Dongwon Industries’ subsidiary firm, Pacific Breeze Fisheries LLC, has filed for bankruptcy in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, noting its total liabilities at USD 11.4...
IO SKJ Quota A Necessary Move, Majority Say
Expectations of the first ever skipjack catch limit for the Indian Ocean purse seine fleet have since been confirmed by the IOTC. Still, there have been questions around the necessity of this...
US Vessel Caught With “Paper Captain”
The US Coast Guard has allegedly found a foreign national working as the captain of a US flagged vessel in Hawaiian waters. After a 10-day long patrol and boarding six Hawaii longliners, which...
The Top 10 Tuna Stories Of 2017
At the close of an exciting year for the tuna business, packed with news and developments regarding every corner of the sector, a few topics are dominating the list of the most read stories of...
Jail Time Or Fines For Japan’s Quota Violators
The Japanese Fisheries Agency will go ahead with issuing penalties to Japanese bluefin tuna fishermen if they violate catch quotas, as part of new regulations coming into action in the new...