Malaysia is eyeing to revive and enhance tuna operations in the state of Penang, located on the country’s northwest coast, along the Strait of Malacca. Penang is Malaysia’s only tuna landing...
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IOTC Modifies 2025 Quota After Indonesia Drop Yellowfin Objection Plan
The IOTC announced last week that the allocated catch limits for yellowfin in 2025 have changed after Indonesia withdrew its objections to the 2021 interim plan for the stock. The RFMO...
Nauterra’s ‘Montelape’ To Be The Main Supplier To El Salvador Plant
Nauterra-owned purse seiner 'Montelape' has begun operations in the WCPO to ensure the abundant tuna supply to the company’s El Salvador plant. It was docked at the La Unión port last week....
Concessions For Spanish Tuna Boats Priority In Spain-Cape Verde MoU
Spain and Cape Verde have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together on tuna and other fisheries. A concession for its vessels to use the Mindelo cold storage facility was one...
Tuna Fin-Inspired Underwater Drone To Take Off In Two Years?
A US-based researcher has kick-started a project to build an underwater drone powered by a robotic fin, modeled after the rear fin of a tuna. Researcher Cecilia Huertas Cerdeira and her team...
Bermeo Documents History Of Iconic Tuna Boat
Tuna fishing is a quintessential part of the Spanish coastal town Bermeo’s cultural identity. This is one of the main reasons why Bermeo is not ready to destroy its decades-old tuna vessel...
Fog Bank Affects Mazatlán Tuna Boat Operations
The city of Mazatlán in Mexico and its port, home to numerous tuna vessels, has been encompassed by a fog bank over the past week. Port authorities closed the harbor for small vessels last...
Will Trump’s Deregulation Order Impact Pacific Treaty?
US President Donald Trump, signed the Deregulation Executive Order (EO) on February 19, which is worrying the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC) and the US fleet. The...
Canadian Company Negotiating With Trump To Mine Seabed In Pacific
Canadian deep-sea mining firm The Metals Company (TMC) recently announced that it has begun talks with US President Donald Trump’s administration to gain authorization from the US to mine in...
Number Of IO Longliners At-Sea Operations Declined
The number of at-sea transshipments by large-scale tuna longliners and the volumes they transferred into carriers declined in 2024. The number of operations and tonnages has been falling for...
Winners and Losers – What Does A Deep Dive In European Trade Data Tell Us?
That 2024 has been an extremely unusual year in tuna trading has become clear to many of us. But what shifts in trade were caused, which processors benefited from major changes in tuna...
Major Global Highlights March 2025
Low catches in the WCPO led to an increase in the price of skipjack in Bangkok. Trump imposing heavy tariffs on Mexico was a cause of concern for its canners. NGOs Bloom and Foodwatch has once...
NGOs Should Not Have Say In Retailers’ Tuna Sourcing Policies
NGOs Bloom and Foodwatch have once again pointed fingers at French retailer Carrefour, and this time, for its tuna sourcing policy. Bloom recently released the report ‘Drowning the Catch,’...
Will US Deregulation Order Put South Pacific Tuna Treaty At Risk?
The Deregulation Executive Order with directives to federal agencies to reduce regulations and minimize the administrative state could have far-reaching implications for the US tuna fisheries...
Are Japanese Fishers Prepping Up To Sell Bluefins As ‘Tokyo Fish’?
The Japanese government wants to increase the added value of bluefin caught by vessels operating in the Izu Islands. Tokyo officials will work with fishermen to promote the tuna, caught around...
EU Project Open Doors For Young Offenders To Marine Industry
An EU-funded social project, ‘Turning Blue’ is capturing attention. It aims to integrate young individuals – aged 16 to 30 – who are serving time in prison into sustainable careers within the...
MEPs Will Vote On Weakening Sustainability & Due Diligence EU Rules
In what can be called a blow to sustainability, members of the European Parliament will vote on whether to delay strict regulations to reduce the impact of businesses on people and the...
US Fishermen Confused Over Regulation Pause By Trump Administration
US fishermen are in a state of confusion. President Donald Trump’s declaration of a regulatory freeze of 60 days, which was enacted on January 20, has disrupted critical processes in the...
Indian Officials Seized Boats Using Illegal Purse Seine Nets
In a joint operation, over 50 Indian fisheries officials and police seized two boats for using banned purse seine nets in the Indian Ocean. The vessels were fishing near the coast of...
Certification Serves More Than One Purpose
-VIEWPOINT- Tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs) have increasingly developed harvest strategy work plans and adopted management plans in recent years to manage healthy tuna...