Tri Marine is expecting final MSC certification for its free school purse seine fishery as early as March, which would mean just over a year in assessment. The firm announces the publication...
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Satellite Phones Should Help Stop Observer Harassment
With the September disappearance of observer Keith Davis still fresh in the minds of many Commission members, observer safety was given a priority place for discussion at the recent WCPFC...
Solomon’s Gets Tough On Albacore Longlining
One Pacific nation is taking matters into its own hands, as it makes bold decisions on longline-based issues that failed to gain consensus during the recent WCPFC meeting. The Solomon Islands...
Global Oil Prices Plummet To Decade Low, Will Tuna Follow?
A market supply glut is causing Brent crude oil prices to plummet to shocking levels, the lowest witnessed in at least ten years. There are said to be winners and losers from the drastic...
Bangkok Price Shatters Support Barrier
After tumbling to a major reference point late last month, the Bangkok skipjack price has now shattered the support barrier of USD 1,000 per ton, slipping below this major reference point. The...
What Could Happen If US Seiners Tie Up?
According to the World Tuna Purse Seine Organization (WTPO), the US fleet could have no option but to tie up most of its seiners next year, as it struggles to find an economically viable way...
How China Is Taking Over The Albacore Fishery
As concerns about the stock levels of southern albacore grow, China’s priorities and the concerns of those in the Pacific nations appear to be clashing, while the Asian nation expands its...
Stricter Rules For EU-Flagged Seiners In Foreign Waters
Authorities are intending to apply stricter measures on EU-flagged vessels fishing outside of Union waters, as the Commission proposes a new system to manage authorizations. The regulation...
Will WTPO Position Lead To A Reverse In Prices?
The WTPO believes the main problem steering the Pacific tuna fishing sector into crisis is the high cost of VDS days in the PNA not reflecting the market value of tuna. But, reactions to these...
Friction Between Pacific & China On Albacore
Wrapping up without an agreement to set an ideal stock level for southern albacore tuna, the WCPFC meeting has left behind ignition for conflict between Pacific island nations and China, as...
Tuna Industry Nation Faces Uncertain Economic Future
The American Samoa Government has made it clear that the country’s economy is in the midst of tough times, and is greatly suffering the effects of the closure of nearby fishing grounds to the...
EU Deploys FADs In Somali Waters
This week it was revealed that the EU has completed the deployment of 25 anchored FADs along Somalia’s coastline, stating that the new devices are designed to boost the nation’s small-scale...
WTPO: Many Seiners Expected To Tie Up
There is a lack of connection between fishery access costs and final market value of tuna, says the World Tuna Purse Seine Organization (WTPO), and unless stringent measures are taken to...
“It’s Clear That There Is No Political Will To Do The Right Thing”
Despite many thinking that this year would be different, the WCPFC annual meeting has once again concluded with little progress made, igniting immense frustration from several parties....
DWFNs Blamed For Derailing WCPFC Progress
Having just drawn to a close, the WCPFC12 meeting, yet again, appears to have concluded with far less progress made than member countries were called on to achieve. The PNA Chairman said that...
How Tuna Can Help Reduce Global Warming
With Bejing today facing a red alert on air polution and the WCPFC lacking progress on management measures to sustain the world’s largest tuna stock, both problems have direct implications for...
Kosrae New Transshipment Hub For Longliners
After a ten year pause on transshipments in Kosrae port, Federated States of Micronesia, activity has begun once again on the island as the revamped facility recently saw its transshipment...
Indonesia: Intruding Philippine Vessels Getting Smaller
Continuing her crackdown on IUU fishing in Indonesian waters, the nation’s Fisheries Minister, Susi Pudjiastuti, has revealed more information about the vessels fishing illegally inside the...
WCPFC Adopts Target Reference For Skipjack
Despite sources in Bali stating that there has been little progress during the finalization of the WCPFC12 meeting so far, there has been one issue in which positive progress has been cemented...
Bycatch Data Of EU Fleet Questioned
Following uproar in the Cook Islands over an access agreement for Spanish purse seiners in the Pacific EEZ, questions have been arising as to the reliability of the data presented on bycatch...