The exact timing of the upcoming audit of the Maldives’ pole and line Indian Ocean MSC certification is still unknown, leaving tuna fishery stakeholders from the nation in the dark. Any final...
Fishing
Are Philippine Skipjack Catches Making A Comeback?
Fisheries production in the Philippines is growing, with an increase in output of 1.8 percent in the third quarter of the year, according to the Department of Agriculture, with most of this...
Sri Lanka’s Red Card Limbo
Despite a special EU representative having arrived in Sri Lanka today to discuss the final report concerning the nation’s red card sanction, it appears that the country may have to wait a...
Old Fashioned Tuna Data Reporting Methods “Useless”?
Conservationists in Taiwan are calling for a new ‘cloud computing’ system of fisheries management to be implemented, in which an electronic recording and reporting system would replace the...
Indian Ocean Yellowfin: The 5 Year Climb
There’s been a steep uphill climb in Indian Ocean yellowfin catch over the last five years at least, as landing volumes of the species now almost level with skipjack. Since levels recorded in...
Filipino Fishing Firm Signs Multi-Million Deal
Industrial wire and rope manufacturer Bridon is now a new supplier of one of the Philippines’ biggest tuna fishing firms, RD Fishing, after the company was reportedly impressed by the quality...
Are FAD-Free Declarations Reliable?
According to recent reports, observers in PNG working under the National Fisheries Authority (NFA) have been providing validation of tuna catches being FAD-free or free school, despite such...
NZ Increasing Push On PNA To Drop VDS
Pressures on the PNA to drop the Vessel Day Scheme (VDS) are intensifying, as a New Zealand government team arrives in the Marshall Islands, where the PNA office is based, to push its case for...
E-Monitoring Developments Take Off In Ghana
A fishing monitoring project which has been branded as “unprecedented” is now underway in Ghana, with a portion of the African nation’s tuna fleet now equipped with various trial systems set...
Enormous Yellowfin Impresses On Instagram
With yellowfin tuna recorded as overfished in the Atlantic Ocean, capturing an image of one fully grown at an age of eight years old and close to two meters in length is relatively rare in the...
Is A Marine Park Compatible With FAD Fishing?
Announce a plan to create a marine reserve and at same time sell fishing rights in that same area to purse seine operators with a reputation of fishing with FADs; can that be an effective...
Greenpeace Campaign Against TU: Bad News For Entire Industry?
Greenpeace appears to be showing no signs of slowing down its attack on Thai Union, and this week has released a new infographic as part of its “Not Just Tuna” campaign, aiming to further...
Thai Industry Urges: “Stop Building New Boats”
This week individuals from the Thai tuna industry have been making their voices heard and expressing their fears over the seemingly never-ending construction of tuna vessels, of which they...
Walmart Attacked Over Selling Mexican Brands
America’s largest retailer, Walmart, has been accused of selling canned tuna under Mexican brands caught by methods which according to a US Dolphin activist, harm or kill dolphins, with...
Just How Big Is ICCAT’s FAD Problem?
With FAD management pegged to be the hot topic at this week’s ICCAT meeting, members are expected to be discussing their use and the impacts they have on the fishery. But just how big is the...
Bigeye Prices Expected To Surge By Year End
Due to falling imports resulting from a the weaker yen, bigeye tuna prices in Japan, one of the major markets for this species, are expected to rise sharply towards the end of the year....
Report: 31% More Drifting FADs
Despite an uncountable amount of calls from NGOs and in some cases, the industry, to manage and limit the use of drifting FADs, the proliferation of these floating objects has increased by...
IMO Numbers For Southern Bluefin Fishers
Concerns about the history of tuna fishing vessels appears set to become a thing of the past, as more and more tuna RFMO’s around the world continue to require boats to have mandatory unique...
Authorities: “FAD-Free” Declarations Are Illegal
“FAD-free” or “Free School” claims on a can of tuna with no MSC certificate are merely self-certification with no validation, and involvement of observers with such declarations are illegal....
Two Fleets Taking EPO Skipjack To A Whole New Level
Total tuna catch in the Eastern Pacific Ocean has surged to a whole new level so far this year, the highest volume on IATTC record. With tonnage currently standing at over 480,000 tons...