GLOBEFISH was founded in 1984 to analyze trade and markets of fisheries and aquaculture products under the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). In a two-day event on September 18 and...
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Costas Kadis Appointed As New EU Fisheries Commissioner
EU’s Ursula von der Leyen unveiled her new Members of the College for the 2024-2029 period on Tuesday. Costas Kadis, a Cyproit, was appointed as the latest European Commissioner for Fisheries...
European Fleets Can Continue Catching Tuna In Guinea-Bissau Waters
The EU and Guinea-Bissau renewed their fishing partnership agreement on September 18. The deal will allow seiners, longliners, and pole-and-liners from Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece, and...
EU Needs To Strengthen Its Fisheries Policies To Reap Maximum Benefits
The EU, being one of the largest consumers and producers of tuna and other seafood, needs to improve its fisheries and aquaculture policies. This was pointed out in the recently published ‘The...
Tri Marine WCPO And EPO Longliner Catches Get Blue Tick
The skipjack, yellowfin, bigeye, and albacore catches of Tri Marine longliners in the WCPO, EPO, and Solomon Islands EEZ are MSC certified. The CAB, DNV Business Assurance, recently published...
Orcas Attack Boats To Practice Bluefin Catching
Boats encountering orcas or killer whales in the Strait of Gibraltar have become almost commonplace. In the past five years, around 700 incidents have been reported. The endangered and...
Adjudicator Rules In Favor, PNA Recertified For Another 5 Years With FAD Sets
After a lengthy and costly battle, the world’s largest purse seine tuna fishery PNA has been allowed to display its sustainable logo for an additional five years. Last week, the independent...
Tori Lines Does Not Work For Shallow-Set Longline Fishery
The results of the tori line experiment on Hawaiian longliners to mitigate albatross bycatch were discussed in the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council’s Scientific and...
Filipino Tuna Fishers Continue Fight Against Employer For Withholding Wages
The tuna fishermen, who were abandoned by their employer in an American port, are fighting tooth and nail to receive their wages despite the many hurdles ahead in their path. The group,...
Rio Grande Do Norte Tuna Fishing Sector Is In Dire Need Of Revamp
Rio Grande Do Norte in Brazil has one of the largest tuna fishing sectors in the country. But several gaps need to be addressed so that it can thrive and generate more revenue for the national...
Spanish Tuna Vessels Seeking Foreign Crew Want Relaxation Of Rules
Spanish tuna and other fishing companies are seeking foreign crew to work on their vessels due to the current lack of manpower. Shipowner's associations and workers' commissions pointed out...
Europêche Applauds Tighter Fishing Regulations For Non-EU Nations
Europêche, the voice of the European fishing industry, has welcomed the European Commission’s (EC) proposal designed to combat unsustainable tuna and other seafood fishing practices by non-EU...
WCPO Purse Seiners Mainly Netted Medium-Sized Skipjack In 2023
Purse seiners fishing in the WCPO caught larger tuna in the eastern part of the ocean in 2023. In terms of skipjack, vessels mainly netted medium-sized fish while slightly larger fish were...
Solomon Islands Bina Harbor Project Breaking Ground?
The Solomon Islands government approved a business plan for the project that assumes a USD 202 million investment for port infrastructures and utilities such as water and power supply....
EU Pushes For Tighter Tuna Fishing Regulations For Third-World Countries
The EU Commission has proposed a revision of the tools designed to address unsustainable fishing practices by non-EU countries on tuna and other fish stocks. It aims to improve the clarity and...
Hawaiian Longliners Caught More Tuna In 2023 But Revenue Dropped
Hawaii fisheries showed a slight increase in tuna catches compared to 2022, but the ex-vessel revenue declined. The recently released Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council...
Ecuadorian Tuna Fishery Scripts History By Receiving Fair Trade Certification
A group of Ecuadorian pole-and-line fishers, the Asociacion Caneros de Manta, was awarded an international Fair Trade Certification for their tuna catches last month. It is the first...
Rio Grande Do Norte High-Quality Tuna Exports Dropped In H1
Rio Grande do Norte is the third largest tuna exporting state in Brazil. In the first six months of this year, companies in this region shipped 456.65 tons of sashimi quality products at a...
Calls For Regulation Grow As Faux Thon Crisis Deepens
Some Ivory Coast’s fishing organizations sounded the alarm last week because the faux thon sector is in a critical situation. The presidential decree to limit prices was not followed up...
American Samoa Longliners Experienced Reduced Tuna Landings In 2023
The landings of American Samoa-flagged longliner albacore catches, its main target species, witnessed a drop in 2023 thus affecting the island nation’s fishing revenue. Vessels took fewer...