May was filled with ups and downs in the global tuna industry. The US imposed ‘reciprocal tariffs’ continued to affect deals made in Bangkok. The European Tuna Conference, which was held in...
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WTO Head Urges Parliaments To Help Accelerate Fisheries Agreement
The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has urged parliaments worldwide to accelerate ratification of the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, which tackles...
Study Delves Into French Seiners’ Behavior In Indian And Atlantic Oceans
Researchers from France conducted a study to provide insights into how technological and environmental factors shaped fishing strategies of the French purse seiner fleet in the Indian and...
EU Fleet Displaced From Atlantic Fishing Grounds By Asian Vessels
The Spanish tuna fishing companies under the umbrella of Opagac met last Tuesday to review the current situation of losing tuna fishing grounds in the Atlantic Ocean and what the EU could do...
Ecuadorian Seiners’ Skipjack Catches Fell Start Of This Year
The total tuna catches of Ecuadorian vessels in the EPO witnessed a moderate uptick from January to March this year. However, the volumes of skipjack netted, the main catch of the fleet,...
Mexico Calls Out US Sport Vessel’s Illegal Tuna Fishing In No-Take Zone
A US-flagged sport fishing boat has come to the attention of Mexico's Revillagigedo National Park authorities for illegally catching tuna in the marine protected area (MPA). The authorities...
WCPO IUU Fishing Operation ‘Tui Moana’ Seized Nine Vessels
The two-week WCPO regional operation ‘Tui Moana 2025’ (OPTM25) to combat IUU fishing concluded last Friday. Officials seized nine "vessels of interest", including one that was confirmed to be...
New Bycatch Release Devices On Spanish Seiners To Safely Free Sharks
Spanish research firm AZTI along with Spanish fleets from Opagac and Anabac have developed novel bycatch release devices (BRDs) to safely and efficiently free vulnerable sharks and rays caught...
NOAA Anticipates No Impact On US Tuna Vessels From EPO Restrictions
NOAA has reviewed the IATTC regulation to manage the tuna stock in the EPO for the US purse seiner and longline fleets. The official implementation under the Tuna Conventions Act for 2025 –...
EPO Yellowfin Catch Historically High In Q1 2025
Skipjack catches in the EPO fell drastically from January to March this year. However, purse seiners captured the highest tonnage of yellowfin since IATTC started its catch data record in...
IO Skipjack Price Slips On Threshold Of Low Season
Until mid-May, purse seiners had much better skipjack catches with the fish at normal- or even larger-sized. However, since then, volumes have dropped, which is historically the case in May...
UN Ocean Conference Declaration Fails To Address Ocean Crisis
After months of negotiations, the final draft of the political declaration for the upcoming UN Ocean Conference was released last week. The draft highlighted issues such as sea-level rise,...
EU And Seychelles Join Hands To Tighten Tuna Fishing Deal
The EU and Seychelles signed the first tuna fisheries agreement nearly four decades ago. Fisheries officials from the EU and the Island nation recently met to discuss ways to strengthen their...
Seafood Task Force Summit Puts Spotlight On Indonesian Fishers’ Welfare
The Seafood Task Force (STF) organized a four-day summit in Indonesia to discuss ways in which Indonesian migrant workers can be protected in distant water fishing fleets, especially Taiwan,...
Spanish Fisheries Inspectors Strike A Deal With Officials
The two-month-long fisheries inspectors' strike in Spain has ended after the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food and trade union Workers’ Commission (CCOO) came to an agreement on...
Indonesia Points Finger At Filipino Vessels For Rampant Illegal Tuna Fishing
Indonesia is taking a tough stand against illegal tuna and other seafood fishing in its EEZ. Over the past few weeks, the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) arrested several crew...
Dongwon Industries Develops Drones For Free School Fishing
Dongwon Industries has developed its first tuna detection drone and will introduce it full scale in its free school fishing operations by next year. The device will first be used on Dongwon...
Dutch ‘Big 5’ React To Bloom’s Accusation
French NGO Bloom has launched a sharp attack on the EU trawling industry, mainly at the operations of five Dutch companies, including Parlevliet & Van der Plas (P&P), which owns tuna...
‘Obangame Express’ To Fight IUU Fishing In Tuna-Rich Gulf of Guinea
The US, the EU, and West African nations have joined forces to combat IUU fishing under a new operation, ‘Obangame Express 2025.’ The US Navy said in a statement that the initiative “focuses...
Study Indicates The Scope Of DFAD Activity In Oceans
A recently published study estimated the global footprint of FADs and tracked its progress over 30 years. Experts pointed out that concerns over unregulated dFAD deployments, unsustainable...