Bali’s tuna exports in the first ten months of 2013 saw a modest increase on the previous year. Despite a more than 15 percent rise, value per ton took a dip, leaving the country’s earnings...
Fishing
The Reel Fish Wants To Make A Comeback In Tuna
Reel Fish pole and line caught tuna is planning to make a comeback in the UK canned tuna tuna segment, as co-founders of The Reel Fish Co have vowed to return the brand to the shelves in time...
End Albacore Crisis In Hands Of South Pacific States
The end of the albacore crisis in the Pacific tuna industry is in the hands of South Pacific governments. This is the view of PNA CEO, Transform Aqorau, who says that the dwindling of fish...
Mozambique USD 500 Mio For 6000 M/T Annual Catch
Investors in bonds to buy a Mozambique tuna fleet will need the 2011 catch in the country’s waters of total 6,000 tons to drastically increase in order for them to reap any return on their USD...
WTO To Review US Compliance In Tuna-Dolphin Dispute
The WTO is to review this month whether the United States’ efforts to revise its “dolphin-safe” tuna labelling scheme is in full compliance with the World Trade Organization (WTO) rules with...
Tuna Seiners Return To Gabon, Must Offload Part Of Catch
The green light has been given for 27 Spanish and French tuna purse seine vessels by the European Parliament Fisheries Committee to fish in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of Gabon. This...
Maldives Provides “Innocent Passage” To Sri Lanka Tuna Fishermen
Sri Lanka’s Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Recourses, Rajitha Senaratne, has announced that Sri Lankan fishermen will be provided with an “innocent passage” to the Arabian Sea following the...
Second IATTC Tuna Ban Period Now Ended
The second IATTC ban on commercial tuna fishing in the Eastern Pacific Ocean has come to an end. The two month measure prohibited commercial tuna seiners over 400 M/T from fishing yellowfin,...
The “American Tuna” That Schools Are Not Buying
American schools vow to “Buy American” for products that make up children’s lunch time meals as part of the US Agriculture Department’s standards. But for tuna, it seems that the true American...
Eco-Safe Tuna Compares EII With Jekyll And Hyde
The environmental group Earth Island Institute (EII) has been compared to the transition of Dr. Jekyll to Mr. Hyde in a recent blog post by Campaign for Eco-Safe Tuna. Claiming today to...
Largest Buyer Of Albacore In USA Sold
Self-claimed on its Facebook page, the United States’ largest buyer of albacore tuna, Jessie’s Ilwaco Fish Co., has been sold to Californian firm, Alber Seafoods. The combined company will now...
Government Measures Proposed To Battle Fiji Albacore Crisis
Fiji’s Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forests, Lieutenant Colonel Inia Seruiratu says that the country’s government is now looking for ways to resolve the current crisis faced by the...
TUNABAL Buoy Technology Helps Reduce Juvenile Catch
The increased use of FADs and higher efficiencies in the catches of tuna purse can be partly attributed to the use of better and more advanced sonar buoys, which send their information via...
ISSF Needs Year To Decide On Blacklisting Vessel
The ISSF has pushed back the final decision on its possible blacklisting of a vessel accused of IUU fishing. The organizations says the investigation into IUU fishing allegations of a Dongwon...
Piriou Loses Order Of 2 CFTO Seiners To Murueta
Shipyard Piriou in France has lost out on an order for the construction of two French tuna purse seiners. Instead, the contract, from French tuna firm, Campagnie Francaise du Thon Oceanique...
French Fleet Launches New Observer Scheme With African Nations
A new scheme that is likely to mean 100 percent observer coverage for the French tuna fleet in the Atlantic Ocean will see French and African officials supervising the country’s purse seiners....
Gabon Fishing Deal For 27 EU Seiners Under Negotiation
The European Union Fisheries Committee is to meet this week to discuss a draft recommendation on a potential deal between the EU and Gabon. The agreement, if signed, would benefit 27 EU tuna...
Albacore Crisis Can Cause Food Dilemma In Fiji
The albacore tuna fishing crisis in Fiji is likely to cause drastic problems for food supply in the country. The scaling down of the domestic tuna fleet could see a lack of up to 4/5,000 tons...
Echebastar Launches Super Seiner “Izaro”
Construction has been completed on the Izaro super seiner, owned by the Spanish Echebastar Group. The USD 39 million and 1,900 ton tuna purse seiner has been built at the Zamakona shipyard in...
Costa Rica Connects Price Of Licenses To Landing Locally
The charging or not charging of tuna catch tax to foreign vessels is dividing Costa Rican boat owners. Currently, tax is eliminated when selling the catch to national companies, but it has...