Rick Heroux retired yesterday as Chief Operating Officer of Eurofish. He concludes a 49-year career in the tuna industry, but will remain consultant for the team, he told Atuna. “I will not be...
Fishing
Bangkok Skipjack Trade At A Low Amid FAD Ban
Skipjack trading in Bangkok remains low and is expected to reduce further with the FAD ban taking effect on July 1. Until August 15, purse seiners can only fish on free school tuna in the...
Panama Is Prepping To Host IATTC Annual Meeting
The 103rd IATTC Annual Meeting will be held from September 1 to 5 in Panama, with the prime focus on marine conservation and sustainable fisheries management in the EPO, according to the...
China Partially Lifts Japanese Tuna And Seafood Ban
Earlier this week, China announced that it has partially lifted a nearly two-year ban on Japanese tuna and other seafood products over the release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima...
FAO & US University Join Hands To Help Small-Scale Fishers Worldwide
The UN FAO and North Carolina-based Duke University signed a five-year agreement to strengthen collaboration on small-scale fisheries last week. They also released a joint report,...
Major Global Highlights June 2025
The price of skipjack traded in major processing hubs, Bangkok, Seychelles, and Manta, fell to a one-year low. The US dollar continued its downward trend and witnessed a four-year drop against...
Gabon Boosts Surveillance Of Foreign Vessels Through Cooperation With GFW
Gabon is taking a step further to improve the surveillance of tuna and other industrial fishing vessels operating in its EEZ. The African nation and Global Fishing Watch (GFW) signed a...
Planet Tracker Names Tuna Companies Lacking Transparency And Sustainability
Most tuna companies do not disclose information about their catches, leading to shortcomings in transparency. A few of them also fish from unhealthy tuna stocks. The study by financial think...
Bolton Reaffirms Partnerships To Become Most Sustainable And Responsible Company
Italian tuna company Bolton organized an event with WWF and Oxfam to share the results of their partnerships to achieve sustainable fishing, protection of the oceans, and guaranteeing human...
New PNG Ice Plant Fulfils Local Tuna Fishers’ Long-Held Wish
Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a new ice plant in Wewak that will help preserve tuna and other seafood caught by its artisanal fishers, mainly intended for the domestic market. The plant can make...
ISSF Enhances User Experience In Tracking Tuna Vessel Sustainability
Retailers and seafood stakeholders can now get detailed insights into tuna vessel participation in MSC, Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs), and best-practice sustainability initiatives. The...
Taiwanese Longliner Captain Charged For Illegal Killing Of Dolphins In Pacific
Taiwan’s Pingtung County officials have indicted a Taiwanese longliner captain for allegedly intentionally capturing and killing dolphins, to be used as bait for tuna and shark fishing. The...
Chinese Vessels’ Fishing Footprint Dominated Operations In Tuna-Rich WCPO
NGO Oceana recently stated that 57,000 Chinese-flagged tuna and other vessels were accountable for 44 percent of the world’s visible fishing activity between 2022 and 2024. Much of the...
Spanish Recreational Anglers On Fishing Frenzy Exhaust Bluefin Quota In Two Days
Spanish recreational vessels captured 44 tons of bluefin in two days, exhausting the quota reserved for the entire season running from June to October. Recreational fishers, in 1,900 vessels,...
Cooler Current In Pacific Concentrates Fishing Around The Equator
The latest update of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) by NOAA indicates that the ENSO neutral conditions will continue throughout the Northern Hemisphere summer, and with a high...
Will WTO Bring Fisheries Subsidies Agreement Into Force In 2025?
Several topics were discussed at the recent UN Ocean Conference and one of them was the WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement, adopted in 2022 to regulate and limit harmful subsidies to fisheries...
Japan’s Greying Population Motivates And Trains Youngsters For Tuna Fishing
Japan has a rapidly aging population, with more than 1 in 10 above the age of 80, making it a nation with one of the world's oldest men and women. This, in turn, has profoundly impacted its...
Mexican Fishers Brace For Additional Tuna Fishing Ban Atop IATTC Prohibition
Mexico has announced a temporary fishing ban for its national-flagged purse seiners and longliners operating in the Pacific Ocean through 2025 and 2026. This is apart from the two annual IATTC...
IO Whole Round Tuna Trade Severely Disrupted
The Indian Ocean tuna industry is getting out of balance, not only due to low catches but also to regional and global developments, which are affecting the price of skipjack and yellowfin....
Spanish Scientists Want To End Uncertainty Over Atlantic Bluefin Stock
A group of Spanish researchers has begun an oceanographic survey near the Balearic Islands in Spain to get an estimate of bluefin in the region. The initiative, called ‘Tunibal’, is being...