This week, whistleblower video footage was released from onboard Spanish and French tuna purse seiners, showing a prolific amount of bycatch mortality of sharks, turtles and rays during...
Fishing
New Tuna Seiner Delivered To Jadran
Zamakona Yards in Basque Country, Spain, has built a new tuna purse seiner for the Jadran Group, based in Ecuador and Panama. The new 2,706 M/T vessel, the ‘Ljubica’, is the 739th vessel built...
Bigeye Problem Most Severe in Central Pacific, Say Scientists
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has conducted recent tagging research revealing that bigeye tuna from the eastern Pacific and bigeye tuna from the western Pacific do a lot more...
Gilles Hosch: Why Are Catch Documentation Schemes Not Working?
Current Tuna Catch Documentation Schemes (CDS) have had a hard time reigning over IUU fishing and diminishing trade avenues of IUU tuna within the global market. Despite various CDS systems...
Sealord Sourcing 100% FAD Free By This Month
As of October this year, Sealord, the leading tuna and seafood producer in New Zealand, will be sourcing all of its tuna from FAD-free fisheries, according to a discussion between atuna.com...
Drop In Namibia Tuna Catches As Seismic Operations Continue
Tuna fishing operations have been absent in Namibia’s southern waters as seismic activity continues to disrupt fish migration. According to South Africa’s Observer24, the Namibian tuna fishing...
US Tuna Deal Leaves Both Sides Unhappy
The recently sealed USD 90 million fisheries deal between the FFA and the United States has left concern on all sides, according to press reports. Both the PNA and US boat owners have...
India Working To Expand Tuna Fleet
India’s Agriculture Ministry is working hard to drastically expand the nation’s tuna fishing fleet. There have been suggestions from an expert committee that the country needs to quickly add...
Indian Ocean Tuna Reps Meet To Discuss MSC
Following a meeting between governments, NGOs and tuna industry leaders from African nations, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has reported increased attention from African representatives...
Wicked Tuna Hometown Reports Great Bluefin Season
The city that is home to reality television series, Wicked Tuna, has reported a blockbuster bluefin tuna season, with a steady supply turning up to local processing facilities. Fishing off the...
E-Reporting Trials To Start On Pacific Longliners
In a bid to better manage its associated fisheries, the Cook Islands Fisheries Field Office (CIFFO) will be conducting e-reporting trials on its longline fleets, funded and supported by ISSF,...
Seychelles Tuna Industry To Work Towards MSC
In a bid to implant sustainable fishing practices across the African tuna industry, Seychelles officials have announced that the nation will be working towards MSC certification, and will...
Kiribati Reduction Of Days For USA: Shifting Power Balance?
There have been a range of reactions to the recent announcement that Kiribati has drastically cut the amount of fishing days it will offer up to the US Tuna Treaty. While American boat owners...
Sri Lanka Red Card Creates Gap On EU Chilled Tuna
This week, the European Commission announced its decision to hand Sri Lanka a red card on IUU fishing, blacklisting the nation, and branding it a non-cooperating third country. The news, which...
Will PNG Domestic Processing Rise After Recent Shake Up? What Did You Think?
In a bid to increase domestic processing of tuna caught in PNG waters, the National Fisheries Authority (NFA) has announced that fishing days for 2015 will be increased in the country’s EEZ...
Belize Fleet To Be Lifted Of IUU Red Card?
Earlier this year, European states began rejecting imports of tuna and other fisheries products from Belize. The move was in line with the European Commission’s decision to blacklist the...
Bluefin Industry Says Environmentalists Breached Confidentiality
Following a media release by the Humane Society International (HSI) raising concerns towards the alleged poor governance of bluefin tuna resources during a CCSBT meeting, the Australian tuna...
Chinese Government Might Block China Tuna Industry IPO
The Chinese government has taken a strong stance against tuna longline operator, China Tuna Industry Group (CTI), describing its failed USD 100+ million IPO, organized by Deutsch Bank as...
EU Fisheries Ministers Ignore Scientific Advice, Disregard Own New Policy
Following negotiations for the 2015 TACs between EU fisheries Ministers this week, scientific advice on fishery management was ignored, going against the EU’s own policies and commitments...
Sri Lankan Tuna To Be Banned By EU: Red Card
Fisheries products, including tuna from Sri Lanka will be banned for importation within the EU, as the country is handed a red card on IUU fishing. The European Commission has said that the...