The Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) and the Pacific Community recently collaborated to hold the first Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) event. The participants discussed...
Fishing
Water Currents Impact Yellowfin Catches In Gulf Of Mexico
Yellowfin in the Gulf of Mexico represents a large value for Mexican and US fisheries. A study found that the presence of the yellowfin has a strong connection with the specific dynamics of...
Will More Processors Stop Buying From Zhejiang Ocean Family?
The accusation of 12 longliners, part of a subsidiary of Chinese seafood giant Zhejiang Ocean Family (ZOF), of IUU fishing and labor abuse in the EJF report has taken the next turn for the...
Spain Announces Its Indian Ocean 2024 Yellowfin Catch Limit
Spain recently announced that its flagged vessels have been allotted a quota of 42,903 tons to catch yellowfin in the Indian Ocean (IO) for 2024. This was the same catch limit for its flagged...
Liberia Asks To Continue As IOTC CNCP
Liberia requested the IOTC for permission to continue as a Cooperating Non-Contracting Party (CNCP) because it has reefer/carrier and support vessels flying its flag that transship tuna in the...
Philippines And PNG Make Overtures For New Tuna Deal
The Philippines and Papua New Guinea (PNG) intend to expand their tuna trade. It will be the top priority for next year's 50th anniversary celebrations of diplomatic relations between both...
Seiner Rescues Six Papua New Guineans Stuck At Sea For 37 Days
A Marshall Islands-flagged seiner ‘Lometo’ recently rescued six people who were left adrift in the Pacific Ocean after their small boat was swept away by bad weather. All of them were handed...
Korea Says Japanese Tuna Can Be Eaten Amid Fukushima Contamination Threat
Korea recently confirmed that its latest batch of imported skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye from Japan were radioactive-free. Korea, like many other fish-importing nations, has raised concerns...
American Samoa Determined To Protect Its EEZ From Chinese Tuna Boats
American Samoa recently alerted the US about Chinese vessels rampantly fishing for tuna in its EEZ. The US territory believes this is a threat because its economy relies largely on tuna,...
IO FAD Ban Will Have Long-Term Negative Effect On Seychelles’ Economy
The 72-day FAD closure in the Indian Ocean will lead to a downturn that can affect the economies of coastal states, according to a latest study by several authors from French Universities and...
Migrant Workers Lash Out At Taiwan Tuna Association Over Wi-Fi
A recent statement by a Taiwan Tuna Association (TTA) spokesperson explaining that Wi-Fi aboard tuna vessels would lead to less productivity has angered migrant workers, NGOs, and members of...
Massive Stranding Of EPO FADs In French Polynesia
A recently released Pacific Community (SPC) study shows the number of FADs stranded in Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs). The data reveals that over a thousand FADs deployed by...
FiTI Pushes Kenya For A “Transparent And Sustainable” Tuna Fishery
The Kenyan tuna sector recently held a national management workshop in Mombasa. According to the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI), which was one of the participants, Kenya’s tuna...
Major Global Highlights March 2024
In March, Bangkok bottleneck hit the processing hub after months of speculation. The NGO, Environmental Justice Foundation, released a report that accused Chinese company Zhejiang Ocean Family...
Australia Raises Questions About India’s Tuna Programs
Australia has sought details about India’s tuna fisheries programs at the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting held last week. The questions were raised after WTO members failed to get...
Pan-Pacific Fisheries Orders New Seiner In China
Marshall Islands based Pan-Pacific Fisheries has signed a contract for a new purse seiner with Chinese Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding worth USD 22.88 million. The fishing company has five seiners...
Recent Hearing Revives PNG Communities’ Fear Over Mining Project
Papua New Guinean communities feel a strong connection to the ocean and are irked now that the deep-sea mining Solwara 1 project is being discussed again, when they had hoped to have defeated...
Fire Annihilates Dongwon Purse Seiner In Indian Ocean
A Dongwon Industries-owned large-scale purse seiner, 'Adria' was destroyed completely after it caught fire while fishing for tuna in the Indian Ocean. It is unclear how the blaze started....
US Signs New Tuna Fishing Treaty With Pacific Islands
US purse seiners can continue to fish for tuna in the Pacific Island nations' EEZs, according to the latest renewed deal between the parties. The last agreement expired in June 2023. The...
European Fishing Groups Laud New Law On Forced Labor Products
The EU recently reached a provisional agreement to apply rules prohibiting products with forced labor from entering the bloc. Fishery organizations Europêche and Cepesca welcomed the news....