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...
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Tri Marine Rumored To Be Selling Seiner To Albacora
The Spanish Albacora Group could be the owner of a brand new tuna purse seiner, originally ordered for construction by Tri Marine. Rumor in recent reports suggest that US-based Tri Marine...
Indonesia: Less Poaching, More Local Catch
The local Banyuwangi market in Indonesia is abundant with tuna stocks, which has been attributed to the Marine and Fisheries Ministry’s program to blow up and sink foreign poacher vessels. The...
Seiners Benefit From 5-Yr Low Oil Price, But Is A Rebound Coming?
Oil prices closed Monday at a fresh five year low, as the commodity takes the position of one of the worst performing of the year. Tuna purse seine operators will be benefitting from the lows,...
Phil Handliners Want Stop To Juvenile Catch And IUU
As the EU’s decision on the Philippines IUU status still hangs in the balance, the nation’s government has been questioned on what has been described as a continued failure to step up efforts...
Somalia Govt Challenges Exclusive Fishing Rights Deal
The Somalia government is challenging a 2013 fishing rights deal which gives exclusive access to its tuna rich EEZ to one company. Mauritius registered, Somalia Fishguard Ltd, reached an...
Hi-Liner Signs Major Longliner Equipment Deal With Mozambique
Mozambique’s state-owned tuna fishing company is set to receive equipment to develop the country’s longline tuna fishing industry. US firm, Hi-Liner Fishing Gear and Tackle Inc. has signed a...
3 Dead Bodies Found In Tuna Vessel Freezer Off PNG
Detailed investigations are being undertaken into the discovery of three dead bodies in the freezer of a suspected IUU tuna fishing vessel. The boat ran aground off the remote Paona Island,...
Tuna Captain Saved 96 Refugees And Lost His Job
Around 30 years ago, Korean-born tuna boat captain, Jeon Jae-yong, lost his job after saving 96 Vietnamese refugees who fled their country; the Christmas period has continued to remind him of...
Spanish Industry Meets New EU Commissioner, Asks To Drop Measures
Spain’s top tuna industry players have asked the new EU Commissioner for Environment, Fisheries and Maritime Affairs to drop its policies on fishing gear bans, stressing that some current...
US Albacore Fishermen Raise Alarm Over Increase Chinese Fleet
Following in the footsteps of other Pacific fishermen, US albacore fleets are now reporting that a problem the sustainable albacore fishery is facing is the “alarming increase” in subsidized...
Coastal FADs Could Compete With Gardening
A new study has found that coastal FAD fisheries could consistently provide more food to rural islanders, to the point of competing with gardening. The study, conducted by WorldFish, the...
American Samoa Caught Up In DWFN Or Pacific Island Dilemma
American Samoa finds itself in the middle of a fishery management situation involving the solidarity it has with Pacific island nations, and the sovereignty the US, as a DWFN, holds over it....
Vizaq Yellowfin Landings Drop 50%
Landings of yellowfin tuna in the Visakhapatnam district of India have halved since last year, mostly due to the conditions at sea impacted by the recent cyclone Hudhud that swept eastern...
Shanghai Kaichuang & Tri-Marine Start J/V Company
One of the largest tuna companies in the world, Tri Marine International, is set to arrange a joint venture with Chinese fishing company, Shanghai Kaichuang Marine International. This comes...
Spanish Tuna Crews Reconnect By Radio
Crew members aboard Spanish tuna vessels have been reconnected to shortwave radio signal following an unexpected decision to cut the broadcasts of the Spanish Radio and Television Corporation...
ISSF Wants IATTC To Reduce Numbers Of Vessels In EPO
In a recent blog post, ISSF has pointed out that one of the goals on its to-do-list for 2015, is to reduce the number of vessels authorized to fish in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, as current...
Gambia Even Registers Canoes To Battle IUU
The Gambian Ministry of Fisheries, set on combatting IUU, has decided to make sure all commercial vessels are registered, under all categories, including small fishing canoes and other...
Pinsa Mexico To Enter In Building Of Seiners
Leovigildo Carranza Beltran, President of the Pinsa Group, Mexico’s largest tuna fishing and processing conglomerate, says workers must be made aware that there is increased confidence...
WCPFC Failure Has Eroded Faith Of Pacific Tuna Industry
The Pacific Island Tuna Industry Association has expressed, “with grave concern,” its disappointment in the lack of outcomes at the recent 11th annual session of the WCPFC, stating that faith...