The conclusion on how long a possible fishing closure could be in the WCPO is still completely unsure at this time. However, atuna.com has calculated what the effect of a two-month stop would...
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US Fleet Fights To Keep Pacific Tuna Treaty Intact
The US fleet is fighting to cling on to fishing days this week, as the South Pacific Tuna Treaty takes center stage at Auckland-based talks. If Pacific nations choose to reduce the guaranteed...
Indonesia Starts Foreign Vessel Force Out
A possible end to foreign vessels plying Indonesia’s territorial waters is likely to spell trouble for some distant water fleets, especially those supplying General Santos, Philippines....
Tuna Are Being Caught And Studied In Scotland
Bluefin tuna made it once again to the world stage today, and not for overfishing issues, but because a team in Scotland is tracking the movements of north swimming bluefin, and says the study...
Boatowners And PNA To Meet Over 2 Month Closure
Tuna resource owners are passing the buck to the fleet operators, as they stress that boatowners are the ones that need to take full responsibility to initiate a fishery closure. However, a...
Entire Crew Missing As Tuna Vessel Is Swept Away In Cyclone
Nine fishermen have gone missing after a tuna longliner was violently swept away by Cyclone Bavi in Marshall Islands’ waters last week. A seven vessel search for the missing crewmembers began...
Cook Islands Ready To Sell More Tuna Fishing Days
The Cook Islands’ could be seeing a boost in fishing day trade, and therefore skipjack catch, as its Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) has been given approval to head up a second round of...
WWF: “MSC Not Perfect But We Share Common Ground”
At the Seafood Expo North America last weekend, Bill Fox, the Vice President of Fisheries Conservation at WWF US, iterated the NGO’s support for the MSC eco-label and the common grounds they...
Disappointment With PNA On Calls For Closure
Hope for a potential kick-start for the tuna industry to crawl out of its current price crisis has likely been dampened, as PNA officials show what many boatowners will see as a disappointing...
Details On US’ Action Plan Against IUU Revealed
After announcing a plan for enforcement against IUU in December, the US ‘Presidential Task Force on IUU Fishing and Seafood Fraud’ has now released a report detailing the goals, the action...
Major Effort By Thai Gov’t In Boston To Unnerve Slavery Claims
In an almighty push to get Thailand’s labor and human rights reputation on the right track, as many as eight government agencies have joined forces. The Thai government has high hopes that its...
Strong Interest For Mediterranean Tuna Quotas
After being awarded with an increase in national tuna catch quota, despite reports of selling off its quota last year, one ICCAT nation now has 13 fishing companies interested in exploiting...
“That’s Concrete Evidence That Tuna Are Getting Smaller”
As growing volumes of juvenile tuna catch are continuously reeled in by large foreign purse seine operators, concern from local fishermen is intensifying. When General Santos City attempted to...
Two New Tuna Ports To Boost Domestic Processing
In a bid to boost domestic processing, and a continued push to curb IUU, one major tuna catching nation will be developing two new ports. The project, aimed to stop illegal shipment to the...
Plans To Build Major Tuna Terminal In Rabaul, PNG
A new tuna terminal and a fisheries service center are set to built in Rabaul, in the north east region of PNG, as part of a five year fisheries development plan which could put Rabaul on the...
Sluggish Skipjack Catches Reported In Japan
It looks as though one skipjack fishery won’t be hitting full momentum until at least one month later than usual this year, as landings in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, are significantly slow...
Can NGOs Be Sued On Their Actions Against Tuna Companies?
For some time now, NGOs have been targeting the market sector in order to deter companies, sometimes with relatively robust action, from fishing or sourcing illegal tuna and catching tuna...
Global Tuna Catch Breaks Another Record
After already setting historical catch records in 2012, for the first time in history, 2013’s global tuna catches have broken through the 4.5 million ton barrier, as increased capacity and...
Mexican Tuna Firm Reenters Tuna Fishing
A Mexican fishing company is set to revisit tuna fishing after being absent from the fishery since the 20s. A new tuna seiner will kick start the comeback and will now make what claims to be...
ISSF Improves Stock Ratings On Three Species
With the release of its latest status of the stocks report, the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has listed the stocks of three tuna species as improved, and while global...