A Maldivian-based yellowfin fishers’ union recently lauded the government's decision, made last month, to purchase yellowfin. The government reopened the yellowfin facility in Kan’du Oiy Giri,...
Fishing
IO Skipjack Catches Start Well, Price Does Not Follow Suit
EU purse seiners did not stop operations in the Indian Ocean during the holiday season as the yellowfin quota had not been fully consumed. The skipjack catches are at a normal level, but the...
Early Bird Registration European Tuna Conference 2026 Now Open
The Early Bird registration for the 9th European Tuna Conference has officially opened today. Atuna is holding the ETC2026 on Monday, April 20, 2026, in Barcelona, just one day before the...
Eurofish Seiner Sinks In EPO After Catching Fire
Ecuadorian-flagged purse seiner, ‘Don Igilio’, sank in the wee hours of Friday, January 9, off the coast of Peru after being destroyed by a fire. All 25 crew members were rescued by a...
Canary Islands Offers Financial Help To Beleaguered Tuna Fishers
The Canary Islands government will allocate around hundreds of thousands of euros in subsidies to 40 pole-and-line vessels that catch tuna operating from the archipelago, after adverse...
Cepesca Concerned Over EU’s Tightening Tuna Fishing Regulations
The Spanish Fisheries Confederation Cepesca, has expressed its “deep concern” about the new EU Fisheries Control Regulations, starting tomorrow. It sent two separate letters to the country's...
EU’s Digital CATCH System Kicks In This Week To Clampdown On Illegal Tuna Imports
On January 10, several significant EU fisheries regulations are coming into force and this comprises the mandatory CATCH system for tuna and seafood imports and stricter control rules for...
IOTC Announces Tropical Tuna Catch Limits For 2026
The IOTC announced yellowfin, skipjack, and bigeye catch limits for its members in its convention area for 2026. China, Sri Lanka, and Yemen were allocated increased yellowfin quotas compared...
Madeira And Satlink Start Pilot On Digitalization Of The Fishing Fleet
Madeira will be the first Portuguese region to anticipate the 2028 electronic monitoring requirements under EU fisheries regulations. Its Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Fisheries...
Mayor Wants Stranded Tuna Vessel At Lanzarote Coast Gone
The mayor of a Spanish town recently expressed dismay over the remains of a tuna boat that has been left stranded near the coast, irking locals. Alfredo Villalba, the Mayor of Haria, a town...
Spanish Longliner Crew Member Disappears At Sea
The chief engineer of the Spanish-flagged longliner ‘Viking Bay’ went missing on the high seas near New Zealand in the late afternoon of December 27, during a tuna fishing trip. Upon noticing...
Vietnamese Tuna Fishers Queue To Unload Their Cargo
Vietnamese vessels landed over 265 tons of tuna in the port of Quy Nhon in Bin Dinh province in the first two days of the year. After trips varying from a couple of days to two months, fishers...
Liberia Making Slow Yet Steady Progress In Its Tuna Industry
Liberia reconfirmed that it has stepped up efforts to strengthen its tuna and other seafood industries. The head of the country’s fisheries regulator visited key fishing hubs in the West...
Chinese Tuna Boat Hijacked By Somali Pirates
A Chinese-flagged fishing vessel catching yellowfin in the Indian Ocean was hijacked by Somali pirates off the Puntland Coast last week. The boat was reportedly seized by pirates for the...
Uncertainty Looms Over Venezuelan Tuna Fleet After US Captures Maduro
The US carried out large-scale military attacks in Venezuela over the weekend and captured its President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, drawing criticism from several world leaders, while many...
Toyosu’s New Year Bluefin Auction Sets New Million Yen Record
The annual bluefin auction took place at Japan’s Toyosu market in the early hours of this morning, setting a new record for the price at which it was sold. The winning bidder, Kiyoshi Kimura,...
Work Begins On Redeveloping Korea’s Busan Seafood Auction Market
South Korean officials recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the modernization of Busan Joint Fisheries Market, one of the country’s largest tuna and seafood auction markets. The...
Dongwon Industries Recognized For AI Drive In Tuna Operations
South Korean tuna company Dongwon Industries has won the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Innovation Grand Prize at the 2025 Korea Management Awards, a category introduced this year as companies...
WCPO Pole-And-Line Catches Plunge To 52-Year Low
The WCPO pole-and-line fleet’s catches were at a historical low in 2024, despite higher skipjack captures. Japanese and Indonesian vessels mainly used this gear for operations last year. The...
Vietnam Reports Lower Tuna Catches, Fewer Boats in WCPO
Last year, the tuna and tuna-like species catches by Vietnamese vessels in the WCPO declined, alongside a reduction in the fleet targeting skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye. Tuna continued to be...