In their quest to deliver the most sustainably caught tuna, some leading UK retailers now seem to have been driven into what one industry source calls “the pole and line cage” by Greenpeace,...
Fishing
EU Long Distance Fleet Activities Under The Microscope
The EU will be working alongside Africa later this year, joining together to build a stronger unit in combating illegal fishing and protecting stocks. The European long distance fleet wants to...
GP Scores USA Retailers On IUU And Social Issues
The most prominent findings from the latest Carting Away the Oceans (CATO) report show that major retailers are not adequately addressing slavery and human rights in the seafood industry. Just...
USA Wants To End Fishing Subsidies As Part Of Pacific Trade Deal
The US, working with Canada, Australia and NZ wants state subsidies for harvests of overfished stocks and illegal fishing out of the picture as part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP),...
MSC Fund To Increase Accessibility Of Certification
Launching a new global fund for supporting critical fishery science, MSC is aiming to strengthen knowledge and global capacity to assist small scale and developing world fisheries to achieve...
Ematum Defended By Mozambique’s “Huge Tuna Catch”
Defending the project from masses of criticism, representatives of the Mozambique government are stressing that despite huge controversy over the investment of USD 500 million in Ematum tuna...
Small Fishermen Feel Discriminated By High Registration Fees
Anger has mounted among small-scale tuna boat operators, claiming that registration fees and demands for deposits on vessels are “discriminatory.” Any boat owner in India’s coastal state of...
Who Will Pay For Removing A Bankrupt Longliner From The Reef?
Nearly two months after running aground on the reef just off Pago Pago International Airport in American Samoa, the Sea Hawk 68 tuna longliner remains stranded offshore as its owners declare...
EU And Mauritania Close A New Sustainable Tuna Fishing Deal
The European Union and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania have concluded a deal that will allow EU tuna fishermen to fish in Mauritanian waters for four years. The agreement implementing the...
Sapmer: Can More FAD Use Reverse Its Falling Profits?
French tuna fishing company Sapmer appears to have abandoned its strategy of focusing on added value yellowfin tuna products and instead has moved towards a more volume oriented route on...
ISSF Companies Undermine Their Own Core Strategy
The ISSF’s annual report has revealed that only two out of 24 companies have been fully complying with the conservation measure in place to provide data support to RFMO’s scientific bodies....
American Samoa – A Small Developing State?
If American Samoa could become a SID, what’s stopping the distant island territory of any developed nation getting the status? Could New Caledonia then also be named as a Small Island...
“Stocking Up” Makes Manta SKJ Price Explode
High catch in the EPO has been keeping Manta skipjack prices low in recent months, but a few concerning factors are now pushing the market up. Ecuadorian canners have started to make a move to...
Global Warming Makes P&L Skipjack Harder To Hook
Abrupt shifts in weather conditions spur changes in tuna migration patterns, and for Maldivian pole and line fishermen, this trend is occurring too close for comfort. According to a skipjack...
West Coast Albacore Landings Picking Up
Catches of albacore off the US west coast continue to come in early; as over the first week of July, significant landings by Oregon fishermen have been reported. While the effort is not yet...
West Coast Albacore Landings Picking Up (3)
Catches of albacore off the US west coast continue to come in early; as over the first week of July, significant landings by Oregon fishermen have been reported. While the effort is not yet...
BP Addresses Australian Tuna Concerns
Last week oil-giant BP met Australian tuna industry representatives in Port Lincoln, South Australia, to discuss plans regarding the prevention and management of oil spills in Australian...
Overall Frustration About IATTC Indecisiveness
After drawing to a close on Friday, the 89th annual meeting of the IATTC in Guayaquil has resulted in significant frustration from several corners, as the Commission appears to have taken...
Thailand Have To Wait On Yellow Card Lifting
Despite concerted efforts from the Thai fishing industry to clean up their act in recent weeks, exporters in the nation still have a long wait to see if their expectations of a yellow card...
Indonesia To Claim Economic Damages From IUU Perpetrators
Calling on the law, the Indonesian government is getting even more serious in its fight against IUU fishing, and is expected to take legal action against perpetrators of poaching-related...