Panama was the recent nation to formally accept the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) much-anticipated Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies. Only nine more acceptances are required for the...
Fishing
New Lab To Accelerate Quality Control Of Philippines Tuna Export
The Philippines will soon own a tuna health and quality control laboratory at the General Santos fish port complex. Initial works on the facility, which is expected to boost the local...
PNA Ports Reported Higher Transshipment Volumes In April
The volume of tuna transshipped through PNA ports increased in April, compared to the previous month. Most of the activities continued to be carried out in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) ports....
Is Illegal Bluefin Catch Becoming Rampant In Italy?
Italy has reported several incidents of illegal bluefin fishing with over 10 tons seized in the past six months. The most recent took place in Teulada, southwest of Cagliari, in May. Coast...
Fisheries Laws Among Topics Discussed At Pacific Judicial Symposium
The FFA organized a three-day Judicial Symposium 2025 in Honiara, that concluded today. The event aimed to enhance judicial awareness about IUU fishing, maritime boundaries, climate impacts,...
WCPO Daily Catch Rate Dropped Further In April
The overall catch rate in the WCPO decreased in April compared to the previous month. The most were netted in the Nauru EEZ and high seas. Atuna reported yesterday that fishing intensity and...
Marshall Islands Says No To Deep-Sea Mining
The Marshall Islands have officially joined the list of countries that is calling for a deep-sea mining moratorium. President Hilda Heine announced this at the UN Ocean Conference that...
Mozambique Wants Billions Back From Safa Family In Tuna Bonds Case
The Mozambique tuna bonds scandal is a never-ending saga. Earlier this week, a UK court gave Mozambique the green signal to add the heirs of French-Lebanese businessman Iskandar Safa, former...
Vietnamese Tuna Fishers’ Escape In Boat Accident
Eleven fishers on a small purse seiner were rescued yesterday after their boat took in water while fishing for tuna in the waters of Lý Sơn in Vietnam’s Quảng Ngãi province. Captain of the...
Purse Seiners Experienced Bad Fishing In WCPO In April
Purse seine fishing intensity and effort decreased in the WCPO in April. Consequently, these vessels experienced a large drop in catches that month, a 20 percent decline from the volumes...
Small-Scale Fishers Want Industrial Vessels Out Of Baja California
Small-scale fishermen from Los Cabos (Baja California Sur) in Mexico are protesting against industrial tuna and shrimp boats from other states fishing in the region. They sent a petition to...
Should Bycatch Estimates Of IO DFAD Fisheries Be Improved?
Industrial purse seine fishing operations have increased in the Indian Ocean, operating with drifting FADs (dFADs). Some experts from the International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF)...
New Tuna Loader Arrives At Majuro Port To Boost Dockside Operations
A first-of-its-kind mechanized tuna loader that could reduce the time to transfer tuna into freezer containers arrived in the Majuro Port last week. The equipment, which the Marshall Islands...
Malaysia Takes Stronger Steps To Curb IUU Tuna Fishing
Last week, the Malaysian Coast Guard detained a fishing vessel for having illegally anchored in the nation’s EEZ, near Penang, without prior permission. Upon inspecting the boat, which Chinese...
Improving Transparency Crucial For Tuna Industry, States Planet Tracker
François Mosnier, Head of Ocean Program at Planet Tracker, a financial think tank, said that the global tuna sector needs to improve its transparency, which can have financial upsides such as...
Aerial Patrol In Pacific Ocean Boosted By Aussie Funding
The visit of Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to Fiji resulted in a commitment to support surveillance of the Pacific Island nations’ waters by funding AUD 477 million (USD 311.64...
AI Version Of Tuna Sold In Market Turns Heads And Other Social Media Stories
An image of a tuna being sold in a market, posted by Seafood Adventure, is gathering thousands of likes on Facebook. The post is captioned: “Breaking records! A giant bluefin tuna just sold at...
Taiwan Tuna Longline Association Seeks Balance Between Crew Rights & Costs
Since it was founded 12 years ago, the Taiwan Tuna Longline Association (TTLA) has been a bridge between small-scale longline fishing vessel operators and the Taiwanese government. Ken Ke-Chen...
Bangkok Skipjack Price Falls In A Tense Market
Skipjack trade in Bangkok has been slow over the past weeks. The WCPO catches of the fish have not improved in May and the demand by Thai canners has been modest. They are waiting for...
Ambitious Commitments Assured At UN Ocean Conference
The UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) ended last Friday. Accelerated progress in the implementation of the High Seas Treaty and the WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement, concerns about deep-sea mining,...