Indian state, Tamil Nadu, has threatened its fishermen with sanctions should they stray from their EEZ and across International Maritime Boundary Lines (IMBLs), after the Indian Ocean Tuna...
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No End In Sight To Indonesia’s Hardline Tactics
Indonesia intends to continue its purge of boats that have been found illegally fishing in its waters, by sinking up to 71 vessels on the national Independence Day. The vessels facing the...
FAD Control At The Core OF PNA Plans
Last week marked the close of the annual PNA Ministerial meeting, and as well as agreeing on the new VDS benchmark price for 2017, officials came to a number of key decisions on the management...
Spanish Govt. Launches Own Certification On Responsible Tuna Fishing
Spain seeks to be the first country in the world to introduce a government certification for best tuna fishing practices. Atún de Pesca Responsable (APR) is a new standard for responsible tuna...
Bangkok SKJ Price: A Market On Summer Break?
For around a month now the Bangkok skipjack price has hovered at a steady level, as trading remains relatively slow in the Thai capital, during the summer holiday season among EU and US-based...
Eating A Beating Tuna Heart: Terrible Or Tolerable?
Footage of an Australian fisherman eating the heart of his catch, still beating, has emerged online, with the Daily Mail yesterday reporting on a video published to YouTube by Ray &...
ADB Moves To Cool VDS Friction
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has explained that the section of its July edition of Pacific Economic Monitor regarding the Vessel Day Scheme (VDS) of the PNA was externally sourced, and is...
Tuna Bond Investors May Sue Mozambique
Some holders of Mozambique's restructured "tuna bond" have hired a law firm to explore suing the government and banks Credit Suisse and VTB. Investors claim that they were not informed about...
PNA Announces 2017 VDS Benchmark Price
PNA Ministers were tasked last week in reaching agreement on a range of conservation and business management measures for their multi-billion dollar WCPO tuna fishery. As a vital part of the...
The Nation Where Tuna Contributes 99% Of GDP
With an EEZ the size of India and rich with skipjack tuna, Kiribati’s revenue from fishing licenses has soared since the introduction of the PNA Vessel Day Scheme (VDS). Total collection from...
What’s Caused The Decline In Ecuador’s Catch?
IATTC catch data shows that so far this year (Jan-May) there has been a significant 12 percent drop in Ecuador’s overall commercial tuna catch in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. According to Bruno...
Japan’s Emergency Tuna Fishing Ban
The low level of bluefin in the North Pacific has invoked the Japanese government to propose emergency fishing restrictions to combat overfishing of the species. Restrictions will be put in...
The Reason Behind Exceeded Bigeye Quotas
Compared to the first half of 2015, bigeye catches by longline vessels in the EPO are down 27 percent this year; a weighty drop. But did some national fleets previously exceed their annual...
Why All Mexican Seiners Stop In 2nd EPO Closure
While most national fleets fishing in the EPO choose to split their vessels half and half across both purse seine fishery closures, the Mexican fleet, year on year, stops virtually all...
PNA Defends VDS After “Patronizing” Report
An Asian Development Bank (ADB) report, with a special section on the PNA Vessel Day Scheme (VDS) has been called “patronizing” by outgoing PNA CEO, Transform Aqorau, who continues to defend...
China Takes Fleet’s African Operations Seriously
Officials in China say they are increasingly focused on ensuring that vessels flying the country’s flag are working to the rules of the nation’s whose waters they are operating in. With...
Pacific Urged To Cut Multi-Million IUU Loss
The most tuna-rich fishing grounds in the world are losing USD 123 million in revenue annually from IUU fishing according to an independent study conducted by the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)...
How Much John West Will Tesco Drop?
After Tesco announced just days ago that it will delist some John West tuna products from its shelves as early as next week, John West has confirmed that around 20 percent of its branded line...
3 Reasons US Seiners Are Still In The EPO
Despite the Western Pacific being their most traditional fishing ground, some US flagged seiners switched operations to the EPO late last year, and up until this date a few are still fishing...
US Big 3 Told To Drop FAD-Free Opposition
Retailers and foodservice companies in the United States are being told to demand the US Big 3 canned tuna brands to drop their opposition to sustainability, or face being de-listed from...