MEPs have just approved the conclusion of a new fisheries agreement between the European Union and Sao Tome and Principe, an African island nation in the Gulf of Guinea. Now, 28 tuna seiners...
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Low Fuel Prices = More Fad Free?
With recent plummets in the price of oil, and a growth in global demand for FAD-free tuna products, are fishing companies looking to catch more sustainably, which some markets are after? Or...
‘Fish House’ Seiner Delivered In Ecuador
Yet another tuna vessel has been delivered to the port of Manta, Ecuador, in what seems to be a never ending increase to the fishing capacity of East Pacific nations. Ecuadorian fishing...
Foreign Interest In Australian Tuna Quota
The Australian southern bluefin quota was recently increased by 10 percent; one thing which may have incited foreign investors into buying some of that quota, rather than importing the...
Removing The Fuse From Dynamite Tuna Fishing
Despite the arrival of purse seiners and FADs on the scene, the tuna industry has forever been polluted by certain ‘destructive’ methods. One of these, dynamite fishing, has been prohibited...
Shocking Bigeye Bycatch On Research Trip
Staggering figures of bigeye bycatch were revealed in 2014, when an ISSF mission analyzed catch compositions by a tuna super seiner in the Pacific ocean. During May last year, ISSF undertook a...
Tri Marine Gears Up To Bring MSC To The Market
After Tri Marine announced last week that it is bringing its fleet under assessment for MSC certification, the firm is gearing up to bring certified WCPO free-school skipjack and yellowfin...
Majority Of PNA Seiner Fleets Sign Up For MSC/Pacifical
The majority of purse seiners fishing in the PNA waters have signed up to the MSC program with the marketing arm of the PNA nations, Pacifical. This is according to Maurice Brownjohn, PNA’s...
Tri Marine Seeks MSC For Southern Pacific Fisheries
Tri Marine has announced that it has entered into MSC full assessment for its purse seine catch of Western and Central Pacific skipjack and yellowfin tuna unassociated with FADs, and will be...
SOPAC Fleet Signs MoU With Pacifical/PNA On MSC Tuna
Press release just issued by South Pacific Tuna Corporation (SOPAC). South Pacific Tuna Corporation announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with PNAO/Pacifical,...
Did 2014 Produce Another Record Global Tuna Catch? Your Opinion
According to the latest data submitted by RMFOs, 2012 was a big year for tuna catches, with the total global catch hitting a massive 4.6 million tons; an 11 percent increase from the previous...
Could The US Fleet Get Some Fishing Days Back?
On behalf of Tri Marine International, American Samoa’s Governor, Lolo Moliga has said there are plans to revisit the Kiribati fishing days agreement in discussion with the Western Pacific...
More Dolphins And Tuna Due To Commercial Fishing Ban?
According to local fishermen, Costa Rican waters are seeing an increase in dolphin activity, along with a subsequent increase in tuna schooling which, according to them, is an indication that...
Purse Seiner Nets Banned
In the South of India it appears purse seining has been banned, as a group of fishermen in Tuticorin were fined and had their purse seine nets seized during a crackdown on illegal fishing this...
Tuvalu To Split VDS Income
The Tuvaluan government is set to establish specific allocations of the PNA Vessel Day Scheme (VDS) revenue among its outer islands. This way it spreads the wealth the country is reaping from...
Sri Lanka Gov’t Offers Minimum Price To Tuna Fishermen
The Sri Lankan government is making efforts to support the nation’s tuna industry as it prepares itself for an EU trade ban starting mid-January. The government, through its program to enable...
Bigeye Tuna Remains on Hawaii’s Menu — But for How Long?
By Christopher Pala, Honolulu Civil Beat There’s been a lot of talk among power players about dangerously declining fish stocks in the Pacific, but action has been unsubstantial. The Pacific’s...
First Bluefin Of The Year Sells For USD 208/kg
The price of the first bluefin of the year sold in Tokyo, Japan has dropped once again. The 180kg bluefin tuna auctioned at the Tsukiji fish market was sold for 30 percent less than last...
Three Dead Bodies Replaced With Tuna?
After reports that three dead bodies had been discovered in the freezer of a suspected IUU tuna fishing vessel, updates now suggest that three large tuna have been found in their place. This...
Japanese Tuna Town Trying To Reinvent Itself
One small town in the Aomori Prefecture of Japan is trying to increase the recognition of its catch, by reinventing itself as a “tuna town”. Of the Aomori’s tuna catch volume, Fukaura leads by...