As the IATTC annual meeting fast approaches, expectations for change are high. Several NGOs have begun to list their priorities for the Eastern Pacific Ocean, with reference points and FAD...
Fishing
High Skipjack Catch Keeping Manta Price Down
With a significant gap still present between the Manta and Bangkok skipjack markets, it appears that substantially high tuna catch in the EPO is one factor keeping the Ecuadorian price down....
Distrust Over US Govt Not Documenting Increase In Tuna Catches
According to some commercial fishermen in San Diego, Pacific bluefin assessments are not matching up to what they are seeing in the water, stating that during this year’s season they have...
Tuna By-Products Used To Avoid Child Labor
As Thailand’s seafood sector works to shake off a tarnished reputation, top Thai tuna processors, Thai Union and Sea Value join a list of firms that say they will unite to fight illegal...
Majority Of WCPO Fleets Face 4 Month FAD Ban
A large number of WCPO tuna fleets will be subject to an extended period of no FAD fishing this year, as the WCPFC adds an extra month to the closure period. In previous years the commission...
El Niño Forecast To Be A “Strong Event”
As NOAA predicts a greater than 90 percent chance of El Niño continuing through the Northern Hemisphere throughout this year, expectations are that the weather condition will be a “strong...
Indo P&L Fishers Want To Go For MSC On Short Term
With a goal of ensuring long-term viability of the country’s fishing communities and improving market access for responsibly caught tuna, the Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and...
EU Bluefin Season Closed
Drawing to an early end, for 99 percent of European purse seiners, this year’s bluefin tuna season in the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic has closed. Due to run from May 26th to June 24th,...
PNA Sets A Penalty On FAD Sets
As part of a “free school initiative”, seiners fishing on FADs will now have to pay USD 1,000 extra per fishing day in the EEZs of the PNA nations. During its Ministerial Meeting in the...
Tuvalu Won’t Sell Days To Uncooperative Nations
Nations that have blocked initiatives to develop and sustain the Tuvalu fishery have riled the nation’s Fisheries Minister, Pita Elisala, who said the country has refused to sell fishing days...
New WCPFC CEO: Voting Might Have To Replace Consensus
Following the failure of DWFNs to agree on important measures at last year’s annual meeting of the WCPFC, the commission’s new CEO, Feleti Teo has proposed an idea that could be revolutionary....
New Record Price Paid For PNA Fishing Day
Despite a current low market value for raw material skipjack tuna, high demand for access to the world’s richest tuna ground has sent VDS prices soaring, with a new record price of USD...
PNA Ministers To Discuss Possible Increase VDS benchmark
Kicking off yesterday, and now into its final hours, the PNA Ministerial Meeting in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) has been the talking place of some key industry issues. FSM...
World’s Largest Tuna Transshipment Nation Should Can Its Own Tuna
The Marshall Islands government has fisheries resources that can be leveraged to generate more jobs, import replacement, food security, tax revenues and income for the local economy. These are...
Low Prices Push Tuna Fishers To Alternatives
Even though the tuna fishing season has entered its peak, and many fishermen in Vietnam are landing higher volumes than the previous year, low prices for raw material are turning them off...
Extensive Mission Reveals No IUU
An extensive FFA-led monitoring and surveillance mission has revealed zero cases of IUU in the central and south Pacific. Operation TUI MOANA, one of an annual series of four missions aimed at...
Another Record Tuna Catch In Western Pacific
Hitting as high as the 2.8 million ton mark for the first time in history, the WCPO total tuna catch for 2014, just released, sets another record. This volume of tuna landings represents more...
Bangkok Skipjack Price Creeps Up
After the first signs of the Bangkok skipjack price (SKJ1.8:BKK) inching up in April, a further modest climb has been witnessed in the market. Sources state that demand is still weak, but has...
MSC Confirms Cook Islands Certification
As the first Chinese tuna fleet to gain the certification, the Cook Islands EEZ South Pacific albacore fishery is confirmed to have achieved the MSC accreditation. MSC states that the...
Massive Tuna Catch Gets ‘Best World Record’ Award
An NZ woman’s four hour plus battle with a monster bluefin tuna has earned her the prestigious Best World Record award, recently presented to her in Florida. At the International Gamefish...