Hawaii’s longline fleet has almost reached its 3,554 M/T limit of bigeye in the WCPO for the season and has a closing date of July 22, although due to an agreement between US Pacific Island...
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Taiwan Clings To Rock To Secure Tuna Fishing Ground
Taiwanese officials have indicated that they intend to disregard The Hague’s recent decision over the South China Sea, instructing their fishermen to continue their activities in areas which...
“Blind Expansion” Of Fleet Concerns Chinese Minister
Yu Kangzhen, the Chinese Vice Minister for Agriculture, has expressed his concerns over the “blind expansion” of the country’s fishing fleet. “The development of China’s fisheries is not...
Should MSC Certification Be Given On Anchored FADs?
Tri Marine announced this week that its fishery in the Solomon Islands has received MSC certification for its pole and line vessels and purse seiners which will use a combination of...
RD PNG Wants More Incentives And Rebates
The Managing Director of RD Tuna’s PNG-based operation, Pedro Celso, is calling on PNG’s government to give increased incentives and tax rebates to companies like his, which have tuna...
Will China Overtake EU Dominance In African Waters?
According to China’s Vice Minister for Agriculture, Yu Kangzhen, the country has invested USD 1 billion and created 3,000 jobs in Africa’s Mauritania over the last 25 years. He is now leading...
Tuna Fisherman Prosecuted Over Albatross Deaths
The Ministry of Primary Industries in New Zealand is prosecuting a tuna fisherman for the deaths of 38 albatrosses. The birds were killed in a recent incident off the country’s West Coast when...
EU Lifts Guinea Trade Ban
The red card given to Guinea by the EU for IUU fishing was lifted on Wednesday after the country was found to have successfully taken action against illegal practices. The Commission said that...
Disappointment Over Delayed IATTC Decisions
The ISSF and WWF have announced disappointment that there was not more progress at the 90th Meeting of the IATTC in La Jolla, California, citing failure to agree to further longliner observer...
Chinese Eye International Sales Growth For Albo
The new Chinese owners of traditional Spanish tuna brand, Albo, are working on plans to drive its product sales to new highs, surpassing the EUR 90 million mark in 2017. Just last month a deal...
MSC Pushes For More Speed Within FIPs
Achieving MSC certification can be challenging for small scale fisheries and the MSC has often been criticized for the lengthy and expensive process of getting certified. But MSC is now...
Resurrected Tuna Fleet Takes On EPO
Following a significant recovery of the Vanuatu tuna fleet, the country’s request to join the IATTC has been accepted, allowing its domestic-flagged vessels to operate in EPO waters. Fisheries...
Tri Marine Scores MSC Success On Anchored FADs
Tri Marine has just announced that it has achieved MSC certification for its fishery in the Solomon Islands. The accreditation covers its pole and line vessels, as well as purse seiners, which...
Philippines Wins South China Sea Dispute
A UN tribunal has ruled in favor of the Philippines, concerning territorial disputes in the South China Sea, a decision that is unlikely to immediately resolve tensions over EEZs, with...
How Chinese Acquired An Iconic Spanish Tuna Brand
The recent acquisition of iconic Spanish canned tuna brand, Hijos de Carlos Albo, by Chinese group, Shanghai Kaichuang (SK) caught the attention of many in the industry. The deal raised...
Domestic Fisheries Suffer From Hardline IUU Approach
In attempts to get to grips with the IUU problem in its EEZ, the policies of the Indonesian government have inadvertently slowed productivity of domestic fisheries, with many unable to gain...
PACIFICAL Ready To Supply Thai Union’s MSC Needs
In reaction to Thai Union‘s recently announced commitment to source all of its tuna products from MSC certified fisheries, or Fisheries Improvement Projects (FIPs) by 2020, CEO of Pacifical,...
Island Hopping For Skipjack
With industrial scale fisheries working tirelessly to provide the globe with their favorite tuna dishes, it is important for us all to stay aware of the essential part tuna plays in the food...
African Tuna Conference: The 360° Perspective
There are now just 10 days left of the discounted registration rate for the second African Tuna Conference, which will cover all angles of the regional tuna industry and beyond, with...
Rising Pacific Tuna Catches: Where’s To Blame?
With a seemingly insatiable global appetite for tuna comes growing concern from within the industry itself, that ever-increasing tuna catches are simply not sustainable in the long term....