Taiwanese captains of the purse seiner fleet in the WCPO experienced excellent skipjack catches in 2021, which propelled the overall volume by 22 percent from the previous year. Yellowfin...
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India’s New Deal To Expand Its Longliner Fleets
The state of Kerala in India wants to increase its tuna fishing operations. Last Thursday, it signed a tripartite agreement for the construction of 10 deep-sea tuna longliners (also equipped...
EU Pledges EUR 1 Million For WTO Agreement On Fisheries Subsidies
Last Friday, the EU pledged EUR 1 million (USD 1.08 million) to the World Trade Organization's Fisheries Funding Mechanism aimed at supporting sustainability and combating IUU fishing. This...
Thai Union Makes Some Progress In Longliner E-Monitoring Project
Thai Union (TU) just published its progress report for the first year of a project in partnership with the American NGO The Nature Conservancy (TNC). It stated that it has completed part of...
Commotion Over Yellowfin Loins Imports: EU Rule Explained
The article Atuna published on January 16 on Spanish processors accusing Ecuadorian packers of not following the EU rules evoked a lot of reactions from our readers. The regulations regarding...
ISSF Wants Tougher IOTC FAD Management Rules
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) is urging the IOTC to implement stricter rules on FAD management, as the RFMO's measures for these devices have been moving at a...
Korean Seiners Caught Lowest Volume Of Skipjack In A Decade
The Korean purse seiner fleet had one of the worst catch years with skipjack volumes in 2021 plunging to the lowest level in a decade. The vessels supply large quantities of whole round frozen...
Atlantic Yellowfin Catches Nose Dived In 2021
The recently published ICCAT data has revealed that tuna vessels operating in the Atlantic have seen their catches decline over the past years. Seiners were especially affected with a massive...
Tamil Nadu Seiner Fishers Ask Court To Allow Them To Operate
Mini-purse seining fishermen in the southern state of India, Tamil Nadu, have asked the top court to allow them to operate, despite this gear being prohibited, as the tuna fishing season has...
Next Tuna Nearing Opening “Half-Closed Cycle” Farm In Spanish Port
Identifying the potential of the Atlantic bluefin, German initiative Next Tuna is looking to create a large, sustainable tuna hatchery at the southern dock of the Spanish port in Castellón La...
Europêche President Says EU Fishing Deals Are Transparent
The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPAs) between tuna-rich countries and the EU are transparent and form a big part of the blue economy, Javier Garat, President of Europêche...
Hawaiian Fisherman Missing After Tuna Pulls Him Into Depths
A tuna recreational fishing trip went terribly wrong for 63-year-old Mark Knittle. He was hooking a yellowfin when it pulled him into the depths of the water off Honaunau (Big Island) in...
Olen’s Innovative Smart Brine Viewer To Revolutionize Freezing In Seiners
French fisheries company Olen -- set up by tuna industry veterans Gildas and Cyrille Bodilis – has vast experience working with vessels by offering seawater and brine solutions for their...
Pacific Islands Insist Japan Delay Nuclear Water Discharge
The Japanese government is convinced that one million tons of water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant can be safely released into the ocean this spring or summer. The Pacific Islands...
BLOOM’s Claim Of EU Tuna Lobbying In IOTC Shows “Profound Misunderstanding”
Controversial French NGO, BLOOM, has once again pointed to a supposed scandal in the EU tuna industry. This time saying that there is an “overwhelming power of industrial tuna lobbies at the...
Europêche Signs MoU With Tech Firm Innomar For Smart Buoys
Europêche, the trade body representing the fishing industry in Europe, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Norwegian technology company, Innomar, to explore innovative ways...
Bermeo Tuna Capital Wants Sustainability And Economic Growth
Bermeo, located in Spanish Basque country, intends to further explore possibilities of its tuna vessels by going beyond geographical limits. The Bermeo Tuna World Capital (BTWC) Group is...
Seychelles Marine Spatial Plan Expands To Safeguard Its Blue Economy
The long-awaited Seychelles Marine Spatial Plan (SMSP), which supports its Blue Economy, is likely to be implemented this year as final work is nearing completion. The plan encompasses 1.35...
Petition Against EU Shark Finning Surpasses 1 Million Supporters
The petition ‘Stop Finning – Stop the Trade’, a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), has received over 1.1 million statements of support from EU citizens as of January 11. ECI claims that the...
Taiwan Works On Stricter Labor Standards For Longline Vessels
The rising number of allegations over poor labor conditions and IUU fishing had put Taiwanese vessels in the international spotlight. Taiwan owns the world’s second-largest fishing fleet. Chih...