Taiwan is the latest nation to be hit by a yellow card warning from the EU for failing to fight IUU fishing, with particular emphasis placed on its lack of fisheries management and distant...
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PNG and Ghana Have Yellow Card Lifted
The European Commission announced this week that they are lifting the yellow cards put in place on both Ghana and Papua New Guinea after the nations have shown significant cooperation and...
How Realistic Is A Tuna Quota System In The WCP?
Pacific Islands Forum leaders have called for a review into the current tuna fisheries management system within the region, after suggestions have been raised to move away from the VDS and...
WWF “Unlikely” To Block Maldives P&L Recertification
With the Echebastar fishery in Spain set to fail its MSC certification assessment following formal objections from WWF and the IPNLF regarding poor management and overfishing, questions have...
WCPFC Ignores Calls For Transshipment Ban
A week-long meeting of the WCPFC ended on Tuesday no further forward in addressing the issues of illegal tuna transshipment by longliners occurring in the region. It is reported that a...
Spanish Seiner Sinks Off Abidjan
A Belizean-flagged tuna purse seiner under the name ‘Txori Urdin’ sank earlier this week in the Gulf of Guinea, after water started leaking into the boat. After the leak was discovered, the...
FRINSA Winner In Spain’s Tuna Sustainability Rating
Frinsa has come out on top this week as Greenpeace released the updated version of their Spanish Tuna Guide, naming the Galician tuna canner as the most sustainable and eco-friendly brand on...
Indian Ocean Tuna Nations Going The PNA Way?
Over a year after signing the original Maputo Declaration in Mozambique, Tanzania has made increasingly big strides in adopting more than 50 percent of the conditions agreed on, which aim to...
Latin America’s Largest Tuna Fleet
Recent numbers revealed by Mexico-based fishing company Pesca Azteca, show that its annual tuna catches can reach upwards of 80,000 M/T, making it the largest individual tuna fleet in the...
New Marine Reserve Another Punch For Albacore Operators?
The creation of the world’s third-largest protected marine area, which was newly announced on Monday, has been criticized as “short sighted” by one of the region’s major albacore tuna industry...
Favorite Feeding Spots Of Tuna Discovered
Scientists in America have now devised a way in which the internal temperature of wild tuna can be measured, allowing researchers to identify the Pacific bluefin’s favored feeding spots along...
Bigeye Quota Shift To Go To US Court
The decision on whether or not the Hawaiian longline fleet will be allowed to attribute some of its bigeye tuna catch to US territories will soon be made in US court, and environmentalists...
Echebastar Seiner Suffers Explosion And Sinking
More bad luck has hit the Echebastar fishing fleet recently as one of their tuna purse seiners suffered an explosion, and subsequently sank over the weekend, around 300 miles north of the...
Why A Thai Red Card Wouldn’t Shake Up The Tuna Industry
Despite the country being the largest producer and exporter of canned tuna globally and an important supplier to the EU market, it seems that a potential IUU red card for Thailand might not...
Investments In Almadraba Innovation
The Regional Minister of Fisheries and Rural Development for Cadiz, Spain, has highlighted the “significant investment” businesses in the province are putting into the historic tuna catching...
Millions Of BP Gulf Oil Compensation For Tuna
A total of US 20 million in compensation will be given to fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico to set aside their longline gear, and use other methods to fish during the six month bluefin tuna...
Sanford Writes Down Millions On Leaving Tuna
New Zealand’s largest listed fishing group, Sanford, revealed this week that it has taken a USD 4.1 million non-cash impairment on the value of its Australian operations during the latest...
October Deadline Remains For Thailand’s Yellow Card
The EU has this week dispelled rumors that Thailand will receive extra time upon its October deadline to address its yellow card warning relating to IUU fishing in the country. If the industry...
WTPO Reduction May Need More Punch
The current 10 day port stoppage for unloading seiners in the Western and Central Pacific seems like it may not have been enough to have the desired conservation impact that the World Tuna...
NZ: Quota “Needed” To Manage Tuna Stocks In PNA
New Zealand’s Ambassador for Pacific Economic Development says the PNA nations should respect the wishes of the Pacific leaders on how to manage regional fisheries. His comments come soon...