Top chefs across five continents are pledging to boycott Pacific bluefin tuna and keep it off their menus until effective international action to manage this species and reverse its decline is...
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Pacific’s Tuna Trade Routes In Focus As Region Meets
Papua New Guinea will be the host of the action among the Pacific tuna sector next month, when industry players from all over the region gather in the capital of Port Moresby for the 6th...
Chinese IUU Incident A Wakeup Call For IATTC
With concerns already rife of an increasing presence of Chinese fishing vessels near Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands in the EPO, WWF has spoken out on the recent seizure of a Chinese-flagged...
First FAD Fishery Recommended For MSC Certification
With the draft report now public, Spanish fishing firm Echebastar has been recommended for MSC certification, receiving top preliminary points across the board on its Indian Ocean skipjack...
Chinese Fleet Activity Creates Concern In Ecuador
Between 200 and 300 Chinese flagged fishing vessels are estimated to have started operating in waters south of the Galapagos Islands, creating concern over what impact this activity could be...
Industry Urged To Take Strong Action On Depleted Bluefin
The industry is yet to embrace a recovery plan set for Pacific bluefin, according to WWF Japan, which is calling on WCPFC members to start taking action to save what’s described as a badly...
Director Charged With Illegal Possession Of Tuna Crew Passports
The Director of a Malaysian shipping firm has been charged with unlawful possession of foreign passports, which reportedly belong to migrant crew working on a tuna fishing vessel. Lim Tang...
Hayduk’s Ambitious Tuna Expansion Plan
Having already boosted its tuna fishing efforts significantly, Peruvian firm, Hayduk, has big plans for the future. Despite it being a relatively new entrant to the tuna fishing business in a...
Chinese Tuna Fleet Gets First ULT Carrier Vessel
The first self-developed ultra-low temperature (ULT) carrier reefer vessel will be added to Chinese tuna fleet operations, to aid the transportation of tuna catch by Chinese vessels to...
Why The Mexican Purse Seine Fleet Still Awaits Official MSC
With the imminent certification of the Mexican purse seine fleet already announced two weeks back, the fishery still awaits the official MSC stamp. Although a slight delay can be totally...
Indonesia’s Vessel Data Sharing: A Bad Idea?
Indonesia's decision to share its Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) data through Global Fishing Watch could be counter-productive, according to some, as they question what revealing vessel...
Japan’s Every Move Closely Watched By Other Nations
Japan’s Fisheries Agency wants continuation of current regulations on Pacific bluefin, and even a loosening of measures if improvement in stock is shown. However, after not adhering to the...
Filipino Fishermen Oppose Vessel Monitoring Scheme
Draft rules and regulations for the implementation of vessel-monitoring measures (VMMs) have been opposed by commercial boatowners and tuna operators in General Santos City, the Philippines....
Purse Seine Closure Too Long For Ecuador’s Industry?
The extension of the purse seine closure in the EPO has got some concerned over what impact this will have on supply to Ecuadorian processers, which are already said to be struggling to...
Has Mozambique Learnt Nothing From Tuna Scandal?
Mozambique is already struggling to pay back the USD 2 billion worth of loans it acquired partly to fund state-owned tuna fishing company EMATUM, and the country is now facing allegations of...
Should Commercial Longlining Qualify As “Cultural Fishing”?
Branding commercial fishing in the restricted waters of American Samoa as “cultural fishing” is a possible option as the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (Wespac) looks at...
Majority Support MSC Certification Of Mexican Fishery
Although the pending MSC certification for the Mexican purse seine skipjack and yellowfin fishery has received criticism from several groups, based on concerns of dolphin-associated sets, a...
Global Tuna Purse Seine Fleet Still Growing
Putting an overall figure on the global tuna purse seine fleet isn’t easy, but an accumulation of RFMO data indicates that there are at least 1,815 seiners fishing for tuna worldwide, taking...
Talley’s Free-School Skipjack Achieves MSC Stamp
New Zealand’s largest skipjack tuna purse seine fishery, operated by Talley’s Group Limited, has gained MSC sustainability certification. More than half of all wild-caught NZ seafood now...
Shipwrecked Men Saved By Mexican Seiner
A Mexican tuna seiner has helped in the rescue of two fishermen who were shipwrecked off the coast of Chiapas, Mexico. The men had been stranded at sea for five days after their boat flipped...