The Dutch consumer information program ‘Alles op Tafel’ recently discussed whether one can eat canned tuna responsibly. It was a well-meant show that busted the myth that bluefin is the only...
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Albacora Workers Attacked In Guayaquil Demand To Return Home
Around 30 Spanish employees of Albacora have been holed up in a hotel in Posorja, Ecuador for two days after their bus was shot at earlier this week. They were returning from the shipyard in...
PNG Impending Joint Venture With RD Fishing For PMIZ Project Take-Off
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is pushing forward the Pacific Marine Industrial Zone (PMIZ) in Madang Province and it will be done in two phases. After months of negotiations, the island state has...
Major Global Highlights July 2024
July was filled with news over changes in the global tuna industry. A Spanish federal court brought charges against 12 companies and individuals for illegal bluefin smuggling which included...
Will Thailand Get To Fish Tuna In The Indian Ocean?
The Thailand government is working on a ‘Fisheries Policy and Management Plan’ to chalk out different fisheries policies for the future. Operating outside its EEZ and increasing its fleet are...
IO Boat Owners Take Risks As Skipjack Catches Show No Progress
Skipjack catches in the Indian Ocean have not improved this month and remained at too-low a level as it has been for months. Some higher volumes of big yellowfin were netted but purse seiners...
Thailand Opts To Expand Its Fleet In New Fisheries Policy
The Thai government has prepared a draft ‘Fisheries Policy and Management Plan’ a framework that can drive its fisheries in the future. One of the five areas it is focusing on is fishing...
FFA Appoints First Papua New Guinean as Director General
The Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) appointed Noan Pakop as its incoming Director-General. Pakop will be the first Papua New Guinean to spearhead the FFA since its formation in 1979. He was...
Neritic Tuna Species Kawakawa Most Caught With Gillnets In Indian Ocean
Mackerel tuna catches in the Indian Ocean (IO) have substantially increased over the past seven decades. Gillnets are the most commonly used gear used to capture this fish. Indonesian,...
ISSF: RFMOs Improved In Well-Defined HCRs But Still A Long Way To Go
Harvest control rules (HCRs) and management systems to ensure tuna fisheries adhere to national and international laws still need improving, according to ISSF scientists. They compared how the...
Study Reveals Factors That Help Tuna Thrive In Java-Bali Waters
Daily oceanography parameters play a vital role in the characteristics of yellowfin, albacore, and bigeye in the Eastern Indian Ocean off Java-Bali waters, according to a group of Indonesian...
Starlink’s High-Speed Internet Offers Game-Changing Communication For Tuna Vessels
The subsidiary of American SpaceX launched its 1000th satellite in space this year. Starlink is well on its way to creating high-speed worldwide internet coverage at very affordable costs....
Pacific Island Leaders Put Their Foot Down On Labor Abuse In Tuna Fisheries
Leaders from Pacific Island states are leaving no stone unturned to combat labor abuses in their tuna fisheries. Government officials and industry stakeholders participated in an event, held...
Mazatlan Port Handles Highest Tuna Tonnage In Recent Times
The fishing operations in Mazatlan, Mexico, have been good for fishermen and port workers who unloaded a historic 14,000 tons of tuna over the last six months. Port staff claimed that this is...
New EU Citizen Campaign Wants To Stop Fake Food Labels
The European Commission has registered two European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), one of which is a call for transparent information on food labels entering the Union. Canned tuna products...
World’s Most Populous Nation Charts Out Deep-Sea Fishing Ambitions
India has listed a set of initiatives that will be introduced for its deep-sea tuna and other seafood fishing industry. The two key areas to work on are the adoption of new technologies and...
Safeguarding Tuna Stocks Top Priority, Conclude Pacific Ministers
Setting zone-based limits on albacore fishing and Fiji signing the memorandum of understanding (MoU) as part of the US Tuna Treaty were some of the main highlights at the two Pacific regional...
FISH4ACP Program Helps Fund New Tuna Loader For Majuro Dockside Loadings
The Marshall Islands has expressed interest in increasing dockside loadings and containerization at the Majuro Port to raise revenue. The UN FAO, under the EU-supported FISH4ACP program, is...
EU Vessels Can Fish In Cape Verde’s EEZ Under New Tuna Fisheries Partnership
The European Union has renewed its Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) with Cape Verde after a short interruption since May this year when the deal expired. It allows 56 EU...
Indonesia Purse Seiners Caught The Most Bullet Tuna In IO
Bullet tuna catches in the Indian Ocean (IO) have increased substantially in the last six years. Global fleets caught 22,000 tons of Auxis Rochei in this ocean between 2018 to 2022...