Big changes to India’s deep sea fishing policies have made the new guidelines “illegal” according to the nation’s Chief Minister, who states that the changes made could swamp India’s EEZ with...
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Australia To Become World’s Most Sustainable Tuna Market?
According to Greenpeace Australia, the majority of the Aussie canned tuna market will be sourcing tuna from sustainable fishing methods by the end of this year. Some brands still have policy...
MW’s CEO Very Confident In 2015 Results
Despite low growth expectations, MW Brands, wholly owned by Thai Union, is confident with its 2015 outlook, and is ready to work closely with TUF to shake off Thailand’s recent yellow card....
Now Almost 50% US Albacore Consumed Domestically
Oversupply in foreign markets still limits the amount of US caught albacore that can be exported, but the domestic market seems to be picking up, as in 2014, 50 percent of the US fleet...
Seychelles Expects Tuna To Become #1 Contributor To Economy
Though the Seychelles is primarily a tourism driven nation, recent port developments and infrastructure investment plans are the hope for a new and improved economy, and the domestic tuna...
Instagram: A Whole World Of Tuna To Dive Into
Of all the ways tuna can be fished, diving is one of the most exhilarating, yet dangerous methods, and definitely worth a shout out on Instagram, where this week plenty of US tuna divers...
WTPO Reduction Will Cut Supply Within 2 Months
The World Tuna Purse Seine Organization (WTPO) has announced that its members and cooperating non-members have agreed to a 35 percent reduction in tuna fishing effort until the end of 2015....
WTPO Agrees To 35% Global Tuna Fishing Reduction
The World Tuna Purse Seine Organization (WTPO) has announced that its members and some cooperating non-members have agreed to a 35 percent reduction in fishing effort until December 31st 2015,...
Thailand ‘Port In -Port Out’ System Should Eridicate IUU
Just as the world’s biggest seafood exporting nation is issued a yellow card from the EU for a lack of efforts towards combatting IUU fishing, the Thai Department of Fisheries has set out to...
World Tuna Day Ignored By Brands
As various events marked World Tuna Day this weekend, and the importance of tuna to the livelihood and income of many nations, it was bigeye tuna that took center stage in the PNA, while...
Concern Over IOTC’s “Unacceptably High” FAD Limits
Significant concern has emerged over what some describe as an “unacceptably high limit” on the use of FADs agreed by the IOTC. The decision, according to Greenpeace, means the French and...
“Consumers Need To Realize That US Dolphin-Safe Is Fraud”
“It’s time for consumers to realize that US “dolphin safe” labels are a fraud cooked up by special interests”. These are the words of an American public policy research organization, CATO...
Poll Shows Few Believe in Resolution of US-Mexico Dolphin-Safe Conflict
Just a few weeks ago the World Trade Organization settled in favor of Mexico on a dolphin-safe based dispute that has been ongoing for over two decades. The WTO concluded that non-Mexican tuna...
Tri Marine Fears High Port Fees
Airing concerns at a recent public hearing, Tri Marine International’s Renee Usle is anxious that fishing vessels might be driven out of American Samoa, due to plans to raise port charges...
2 More Navy Ships To Combat Tuna Plundering
The Tanzanian government has commissioned two newly constructed navy vessels to strengthen enforcement in the country’s EEZ and stop illegal fishing of Tanzania’s tuna resources. The African...
EU Commissioner Beyond Green, More Pro-Business
While the European fisheries sector has in the past criticized Commissioner Damanakifor a prioritized environmental approach to fisheries management, fishermen and shipowners are now hopeful...
PMIZ Project Still A Problem For Landowners
Conflict surrounding the establishment of PNG’s PMIZ project is still ongoing as laid off cannery workers are yet roaming the area, after being evicted from their homes in the Maiwara area of...
First Signs of Skipjack Recovery Emerge
The market bottom has been reached, as slow rises in the Bangkok skipjack price begin to emerge. With catches in the WCPO reported to still be good, no sharp increase is expected yet. ...
Free VMS For Vessels Exports To Resume To EU
Planning to hand out over 1,600 VMS units to local fishermen, Sri Lankan Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Minister, Mahinda Amaraweera, said the government is addressing EU concerns in regards...
92%+ Survival Rates For Mammal Interactions
With survival rates ranging from 92 to 100 percent, a recent study, the first to be dedicated on the interactions between cetaceans and tuna purse seiner fisheries in the Atlantic and Indian...