The Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu has for the first time, seen frozen tuna caught in its EEZ offloaded in its capital of Port Vila. The catch will be processed domestically using facilities...
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Don’t Miss Amazing Photos: Tuna From Predator To Prey
It is said that we know more about outer-space than we do the depths of our oceans. Some among us see this as a challenge; to master the conditions and the creatures beneath the surface, and...
Shrinking EPO Bigeye Catch – What’s The Reason?
Landings of bigeye tuna by the EPO-operating purse seine fleet have decreased by 20 percent in the first eight months of this year, but at the moment it’s not clear what the main reason could...
Search Is On For Missing Seiner Helicopter
A helicopter used for tuna fishing activities has disappeared, prompting a search led by the Civil Aviation Authority of Panama (AAC), after it failed to land at an airport in the western...
ISSF Encourages Purchase Of Non-Entangling FAD Catch
As many as 30 tuna companies that are participating members of the ISSF will now be encouraged to purchase tuna from vessels using only non-entangling FADs, as the group adds new conservation...
Can EMATUM Recover From Its Debts?
The Mozambican Tuna Company (EMATUM) can pay off its debt in six years if it starts processing tuna and fishing for other species according to one industry expert. State-owned tuna fishing...
EII/FOS Do Not Protest MSC On Mexican Yellowfin
Two parties that were strongly expected to comment in objection to the Mexican purse seine fishery’s MSC assessment, have instead kept quiet, sources tell Atuna, as the stakeholder comment...
Self-Certified FAD-Free Dominates German Private Label
FAD-free declarations are now almost the standard on private label canned tuna products lining Germany’s supermarket shelves. But one element stands out; these claims mostly come with no MSC...
Legal Action Against Taiwanese IUU Vessel?
A Taiwanese tuna vessel accused of IUU fishing has been held in dock by Indonesian authorities, which are expected to bring charges against the captain. Jih Lien Tsai No. 16, a longliner based...
High German Demand For Self-Certified FAD-Free
Despite reports of slow end market demand for uncertified purse seine caught skipjack tuna coming from Bangkok, several sources have told Atuna that buying activity for FAD-free tuna with a...
ISSF Wants ICCAT Eyes & Ears On Supply Vessels
As the annual ICCAT meeting fast approaches, the ISSF has set clear cut priorities for the Commission, one of which involves calling for increased control on supply vessel activities,...
US Increases Catch Of “Crisis” Bigeye
Despite NOAA branding bigeye tuna stocks around the US as overfished and still in crisis, the country’s fishermen increased their landings of the species with 11 percent YoY during 2015, with...
Aussies Fined For Underpaying Foreign Crew
An Australian fishing company has been fined nearly AUD 50,000 (USD 38,000) after being found to have underpaid four Indonesian crew members that were working on two of its tuna longliners....
Eroski Increases Its ‘Buy Basque’ Tuna Focus
With nearly 1,000 outlets across Spain, Basque born supermarket chain Eroski, has marked a significant rise in its bonito del norte (Atlantic albacore) purchases, as part of its ‘Buy Basque’...
Overcapacity Means American Samoa Needs More Support
American Samoa needs more financial support in a period when the global tuna industry is at overcapacity in both fishing and processing, which according to Tri Marine International Chief...
STANDPOINT: MSC Is Too Difficult For Tuna Fisheries
Many tuna fisheries struggle to reach the level of sustainability required to achieve MSC certification, according to MSC Global Fisheries Coordinator, Jim Humphreys. Tuna fisheries also seem...
TU Shortlisted For Stop Slavery Award
Thai Union has been acknowledged for its efforts to ensure slave labor and human trafficking does not exist within its operations, and has now been nominated for a “Stop Slavery Award.” The...
A Utopia? One Single Catch Documentation Scheme
Tracing fish from the point of capture through unloading and throughout the supply chain is becoming increasingly vital in a world where sustainability and transparency is favored by both...
Small Scale Fishermen Want Quota Prioritization
European small-scale fishermen are demanding a “fair share” of the raised allowable catch for Atlantic bluefin in the run up to the ICCAT meeting next month, when the exact quota division for...
No Complaints From Foreign Crew On Hawaii’s Longliners
After conducting dozens of interviews with foreign crew members working on US flagged longliners in Hawaii, federal officials state they have not identified a single case of potential labor...