Workers of the Mozambique Tuna Company (EMATUM) have not been paid a salary for the past three months leading to protests outside the firm’s head office on Wednesday. Employees say that...
Fishing
StarKist Samoa Cannery Closes Again
Around 2,000 StarKist Samoa employees will be out of work next week as the cannery will temporarily close for the second time this year due to tuna supply issues. There is not enough tuna to...
Worries Over “Low Cost” Security Guards On Seiners
The Spanish Socialist Party has raised alarm regarding the selection process of security guards that work on tuna vessels in the Indian Ocean, urging the Interior Ministry to launch an...
ISSF Solutions To Reduce Shark Mortality On FADs
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has presented a number of solutions to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) to reduce the bycatch of silky...
Disappointing Catches Of US And Canada Albacore
The US and Canadian west coast albacore season is coming to a close and it has been a disappointing catch period as hauls have been about half of the last 20 years average. The reason for the...
Seiner’s Helicopter Crash: Two Deaths
Two men died when a helicopter used for tuna fishing in the port of Mazatlán crashed near the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico. Javier Blanco, 26 and Jamie Soto, 28, tragically lost their lives...
Negotiations Between EU States Over Albacore Quota Transfer
Spain is currently in talks with other EU member states to exchange quotas of albacore. The Secretary General of Fisheries, Andrés Hermida, says that the country is in talks with Portugal, UK,...
WWF Wants Bluefin Size Threshold At 85kgs
WWF has told the Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) to adopt stringent measures or suspend the entire commercial fishing of Pacific Bluefin tuna. The NGO is urging fishing nations...
Taiwan Introduces Stricter Standards For Tuna Fleet
Taiwan is seeking to improve conditions in its fishing fleet with commercial fishing boat owners in the country facing strict rules and potential fines under a new law. One of the world’s...
Fishermen Find Human Genitals In Tuna
A bizarre discovery was made by fishermen in Tampa, Florida, when they found human genitals inside the stomach of a yellowfin tuna. Upon filleting the 36kg fish, Jerry Masterson got an...
Throwback To Some Of History’s Big Hauls
In the age of selfies and social media, we may forget cameras were not always attached to a smartphone, but man has always enjoyed evidencing the fruits of his labor, especially when it comes...
Workers Object To Privatization Of Tuna Fishing Company
Employees at the state-owned Venezuelan tuna fishing firm Pescalba has protested against the privatization of the company. Public company Pescalba was created to disrupt private hegemony in...
FOS : Bluefin Processor Meets “Strict Sustainability Criteria”
Last month, Atuna reported that an Australian Southern bluefin processor, Mori Seafood, had achieved the Friend of the Sea (FOS) stamp of approval. FOS stated that the firm’s practices had...
Transshipment Ban Held Responsible For Falling Catches
The approach that Indonesia has taken to IUU vessels has recently been reported to have significantly boosted the nation’s tuna catch, but the supposed improvement has not been experienced by...
Iron Lady Sends Navy After Philippine Carriers
Susi Pudjiastuti, Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, nicknamed the "iron lady", has responded to reports that Philippine vessels are aiding IUU fishing with transshipment by calling...
Kiwis Helping Indonesia To Battle IUU Without Dynamite
New Zealand is going to help Indonesia manage its highly lucrative fishery and battle IUU fishing, without using explosives. It is however not clear exactly how the nation is going to...
Shrimp Sector Abuse Bad News For Thai Tuna
A new investigation by Associated Press has found that labor issues still persist in the Thai seafood industry which is possible bad news for the whole Thai food industry and could impact tuna...
Quota Deal Drives Bigeye Prices Up
Hawaii’s longline fishermen have negotiated a deal with the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to purchase half of the territory’s two ton bigeye quota for USD 250,000, after the...
Standpoint: “Obligation To Land Tuna Catch Domestically Makes Economic Sense”
Making local and foreign ships fishing in a country’s EEZ land their tuna catches domestically can give more control over resources and better management options for nations. This leads...
US Coast Guard Recovers 3.2 Ton FAD
The US Coast Guard has found a 3.2 ton Fish Aggregating Device (FAD) on patrol in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean. The abandoned 33 foot bamboo and wood vessel was discovered in Palau...