Indonesia claimed that its abundant tuna resources contribute to much of the world’s total tuna production. The country’s tuna production reached 1.49 million tons in 2022 with an export value...
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EU Soon To Begin Evaluation Of Common Fisheries Policy
The European Commission has begun a consultation to assess the effectiveness of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). It will examine in depth how the CFP has achieved its objectives since 2013....
OPAGAC And Satlink Join Hands To Make Tuna Fisheries More Selective
Technology firm Satlink is all set to deliver 1,500 smart buoys to the 'SelecTuna Project' in three oceans – the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic – to optimize the selectivity of catches of...
Will WCPFC Members Initiate Investigation Into Korean Carriers’ Movements?
Atuna revealed this month the suspicious sailing patterns of Korean-flagged reefer carriers Lake Aurora, Lake Dream, and Lake Win in the WCPO which could imply the deployment of FADs. All are...
Frabelle Newest Seiner Put Into Use
The new seiner ‘Red Robin 88’ is going to bolster Frabelle’s fishing capacity in the Western Central Pacific Ocean and will mainly deliver to processing plants in the Philippines. This is the...
EM Has Limitations And Cannot Replace Human Observers
Electronic monitoring in Hawaii tuna longline fisheries has been a topic for years. Since 2009, vessels have voluntarily participated in EM projects. Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center...
Readers Convinced PNA Will Get Re-Certified This Year
The PNA again went into MSC reassessment early this year after its previous attempts were objected by the Coalition for Transparent Tuna Fisheries (CTTF) which again claimed that PNA does not...
Japanese Researchers Record Rare Bluefin Spawning
A group of researchers from the Japanese Fisheries Agency filmed the spawning of bluefin near the Ryukyu Islands in southwestern Japan. The scientists, aboard the agency’s vessel ‘Kaiyo...
PNG Reported High Transshipment Volumes In May
Transshipments in PNA ports dropped in May despite catches being on the higher side. The most activity was carried out in Papua New Guinea ports. A total of 81,837 tons were transshipped in...
Bermeo Tuna World Capital’s New Director Has A Mission
Maitane Leizaola is appointed as the new Director of the Bermeo Tuna World Capital (BTWC). A law and economics graduate, Leizaola has several plans lined up for BTWC, including eliminating...
WCPO Catches Remain High In May, Change Is Expected
Despite a decline in the daily catch rate, the total WCPO tuna catches rose in May due to more fishing days. Skipjack catches remained high and large yellowfin fell even further from last...
Woman Criticizes Quality Of US Tuna Brands And Other Social Media Stories
TikTok user Amanda is a regular buyer of Chicken of the Sea and Bumble Bee canned tuna. But lately, she has been noticing their quality is dropping and the "texture of the fish is no longer...
Government Directs Inspection Of Nicaraguan-Flagged Seiner
The Nicaraguan government recently conducted an inspection of the purse seiner ‘Capt. Joe Jorge' operating in the EPO to ensure it complies with international fishing regulations. On June 7, a...
Fast End Of Almadraba Indicates Bluefin Recovery
Within two months, the four Almadraba traps in Cadiz, Spain, have netted their quota of 1,643 tons. They were able to enlarge to catch more by purchasing volumes from the Basque fisheries. The...
Pole-And-Line Yellowfin Processing Not In The Pipeline For MIFCO
The Maldivian pole-and-line yellowfin fishermen recently held a protest to demand that MIFCO, the state-owned cannery, must buy their yellowfin. Ilyas Hanees, the company's Chief Financial...
Madagascar Increases Number Of EU Tuna Seiners In Its Waters
Madagascar increased the number of EU vessels permitted to fish tuna in its EEZ. The Ministry of Fisheries and the Blue Economy announced that 41 vessels, mainly Spanish and French, will be...
Global Tuna Exports Value Rising, States UN Report
The export value of different commercial tuna species reached USD 17 billion in 2022 – a 14 percent jump from two years ago – accounting for nine percent of the total worth of fish and seafood...
Philippines Vessels Landed 30% More Skipjack In Q1 2024
Philippines-flagged vessels had a successful fishing season between January and March this year, discharging massively high volumes of skipjack and frigate. The country’s ports oversaw 115,906...
Korean Tuna Fishers Eyeing On African Expansion
Korean tuna fishermen want to expand their tuna fishing operations in African countries. Korea is inching closer to multiple deals with African nations with tuna-rich waters, but...
Are South Korean Reefer Carriers Once Again Deploying FADs In WCPO?
Three reefer carriers belonging to South Korean Ji Sung Shipping Company have made suspicious sailing patterns in the WCPO and EPO, similar to those made last year by the ‘Sun Flower 7’, owned...