The EU’s decision to include tuna products, especially frozen tuna fillets, in its proposed EU-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) has surprised Europêche, which...
Fishing
WCPFC Weighs Mandatory Biodegradable FADs As Jelly-FAD Trials Show Promise
Tuna RFMOs increasingly require non-entangling and biodegradable FAD designs to be used by purse seine fishing fleets. This year, WCPFC has to decide on the implementation of mandatory...
Pacific Islands Gain Millions Of Dollars Under Latest US Tuna Deal
The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) on Monday finalized the second distribution of funds for 2026 under the South Pacific Tuna Treaty (SPTT), amounting to USD 50.42 million, for...
Murder Of Ecuadorian Prosecutor Investigating US Boat Attacks Sparkes Outrage
Prosecutor Alexandra Bravo investigated the testimonies by survivors of the recent US strikes on three Ecuadorian tuna fishing boats. Her assassination has caused a shock in the country and...
Amazon Faces US Lawsuit Over Tuna Greenwashing Claims
A class-action lawsuit filed last week in a Seattle federal court accuses Amazon of misleading consumers with environmental and sustainability claims on labels of tuna and other seafood...
Major Global Highlights July 2026
The price of raw materials in the main Bangkok and Manta processing hubs continued to remain high. Asian processors fret over the latest round of US tariffs. The PP Group makes its presence in...
Fatal Accident Leaves Two Fishers Dead Aboard Panamanian Seiner
Two fishermen working aboard a Panamanian-flagged seiner died last week in an accident at sea, prompting Ecuadorian judicial authorities to open an investigation into the circumstances...
GFW Updates Detection Tools & Reveals A Data Upgrade
Digital vessel tracking platform Global Fishing Watch (GFW) has extended its performance to track the movements of small tuna vessels in coastal waters. It has launched a new IUU fishing risk...
Spain’s Supreme Court Rules Against Compensation For ‘Txori Urdin’ Sinking
Belize-flagged ‘Txori Urdin’ sank in the Gulf of Guinea due to an unknown leak in 2015. After a decade of litigation, Spain’s Supreme Court has dismissed millions in compensation claims from...
Weaker Skipjack Harvest Drags Down 2025 WCPO Tuna Catches
Total tuna catches in the WCPFC convention area dropped in 2025, pulled down by lower skipjack hauls. Overall landings were 15 percent down from the extraordinary year of 2024 when vessels...
WCPO Seiners’ Fishing Efforts Shift During July
The tuna purse seiners operating in the WCPO have shifted their fishing locations in July and have moved away from the central region of the ocean. In the first half of July, the vessels...
Umios Corporation Splits Fisheries Entity TAFCO
Japan’s Umios Corporation (formerly Maruha Nichiro) will take over the bluefin aquaculture and processed-food operations of its subsidiary Taiyo A&F Co. (TAFCO) through a company split,...
Court To Probe Sinking Of Venezuelan Tuna Seiner
The Venezuelan Maritime Court is set to begin proceedings over a 2024 collision between two tuna seiners that left a marine biologist dead and resulted in the sinking of one of the vessels....
CFTO & SAPMER Seiners’ IO Catches Get MSC Certified
CFTO and SAPMER seiners in the Indian Ocean have received the MSC certification for their skipjack and yellowfin catches. A Korean longline fishery recently applied for the sustainability...
Orthongel Welcomes New EU-Seychelles Fisheries Deal
French purse seine and tuna producers organization, Orthongel, has welcomed the new EU-Seychelles fisheries agreement, stating that it “brings an end to several months of uncertainty” for...
PP Group Deepens Global Tuna Footprint With New Acquisition
In a strategic move, Dutch fishing and seafood processing giant Parlevliet & Van der Plas (PP Group) has taken over 100 percent ownership of the Thunnus Overseas Group (TOG), a major...
Poll: Will Tokelau’s PNA Membership Be Restored?
Tokelau's expulsion from the PNA Vessel Day Scheme (VDS) came after two years of discussions between the country and the PNA Office. Within the scheme, small Pacific Island nations generate...
Vietnam Begins Path To Full WCPFC Membership
Vietnam and WCPFC delegates met Tuesday to advance discussions on the country's path to full WCPFC membership while assessing its tuna fisheries and processing sector. Vietnam currently...
EU Secures New Tuna Access Deal With Seychelles
The EU and Seychelles signed the new protocol to the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) today, granting EU purse seine and longliners up to 55,000 tons of tuna and other...
Indonesia’s New Fishing Project: Thin Line Between Economic Gain & Ecological Strain
Indonesia is rolling out a project to modernize tuna fishing villages called Kampung Nelayan Merah-Putih (Red and White Fishing Village), which integrates fisheries infrastructure, community...