India has demanded alterations to the fisheries subsidies draft negotiation at the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting held in Geneva earlier this week. The country, which has lately been...
Fishing
High Skipjack Catches Boosted WCPO Seiner Volumes In November
Purse seine captains increased their fishing operations in the WCPO in November compared to the previous month. Seiners netted more skipjack, small yellowfin and bigeye. The operations were...
Fijian Longliner Catches Plummet To Six-Year Low
The Fijian national tuna longlining fleet shrunk drastically in the past six years. The COVID-pandemic also impacted vessel operations which led to reduced volumes of albacore, yellowfin, and...
Are Worries About Indian Ocean Yellowfin Population Over?
Is the Indian Ocean yellowfin stock recovering. IOTC scientists certainly seem to think so as they recently concluded that the yellowfin population is healthy, even though it was established...
EU To Tighten Shark Trade Monitoring After Citizen Initiative
The European Commission is taking an EU citizen's initiative to stop the shark fin trade seriously. The Commission announced yesterday that the monitoring of shark products entering and...
Greenpeace Reveals Continued Human Rights Violations On Taiwanese Tuna Vessels
Greenpeace Southeast Asia recently published an investigative report on the plight of migrant crew working onboard Taiwanese vessels, and how they are being financially exploited. Several...
India’s Multi-Million Andaman & Nicobar Project To Boost Tuna Industry
The Indian government has approved INR 58 crore (USD 6.84 million) for the recently established Andaman and Nicobar “tuna cluster” initiative. This was announced last week by the Minister of...
Micronesian Vessels’ Tuna Catches In WCPO Hit Five-Year Low In 2023
The catches of Micronesian and foreign-flagged vessels in the country's EEZ dropped drastically in 2023. The captures by Micronesian-flagged vessels were the lowest since 2019. This was...
Matthew McConaughey’s Amazing Tuna Salad Recipe & Other Social Media Stories
American actor Matthew McConaughey put himself in the limelight with a tuna salad recipe that he revealed on the comedy podcast ‘2 Bears 1 Cave’. The video begins with the actor saying “I’m a...
Study Says That PMNM MPA Does Not Benefit Bigeye & Yellowfin Fisheries
Do marine protected areas (MPAs) benefit fisheries as assumed? It is a pertinent question given that many governments worldwide are working on achieving the UN 30 X 30 goal, to designate 30...
NOAA Wants Public Comments For US Vessels’ EPO Fishing Restrictions
The US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has proposed a set of regulations that could be implemented for the management of US purse seiners and longliners targeting bigeye, yellowfin,...
Experts Warn Of Adverse Climate Impacts On Bluefins
The effects of climate change are evident on the planet and its impact on fisheries is inevitable. Several studies have asserted how this phenomena impacts bluefin fisheries. According to...
European Tuna Conference 2025 Theme Revealed
Atuna is organizing the European Tuna Conference on May 5, 2025, in Barcelona, Spain. We are very happy to announce the ETC2025 theme: Navigating The Evolving Tuna Landscape: Balancing...
Pacific Fisheries Council Reminds Why MPA Expansion Could Be Fatal For Fishers
The expansion of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) could have a drastic effect on Pacific Islands’ small-scale fishers pushing them into high seas competition. This sentiment was yet again...
EJF Investigation Reveals Moroccan Boats’ Illegal Driftnet Fishing In Alboran Sea
Numerous artisanal boats flagged to Morocco are continuing to utilize illegal drfitnets in the Alboran Sea, states the new report ‘Walls of Death' released by Environmental Justice Foundation...
EU-UK Agree On 2025 Albacore Opportunities
The EU and UK reached an agreement earlier this week on fishing for over 88 total allowable catches (TACs) in the North-East Atlantic Ocean. This deal secures fishing opportunities for the EU...
Mexican Seiners Increased Skipjack Catches In EPO In Q3
Mexican purse seiners caught 13 percent more tuna in the first nine months of this year compared to the last, particularly skipjack, which is not the main target species for these vessels....
Will 2025 Be A Lucky Year For Fishers In The Pacific Ocean?
Fishing fleets catching tuna in the WCPO and EPO have had a remarkable 2024 as they already landed record-high catches within the first nine months of the year. In EPO alone, seiners netted...
FFA And UK Enter New Partnership To Strengthen WCPO Monitoring
The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) recently announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Kingdom last week in the Solomon Islands to “enhance...
Somalian Pirates Hijack Chinese Tuna Boat
A unknown Chinese tuna vessel was hijacked last week by pirates off the North-east coast of Puntland in Somalia. They demanded a ransom for the release of the 18 crew members, but the amount...