The second IATCC veda will begin on November 9. This will place even more pressure on the Manta trading price in the near future given the fishing fleets have been complaining about poor...
Tuna Fishing News
Bonito Del Norte Stopped The Olympic Fishing Itself
Although the few Bonito del Norte delivered at a Spanish fish market weighed 12 to 18 kg, double the average size in summer, they cannot fill the 1,400 M/T gap in the country’s albacore quota....
Bizarre Bites In Tuna And More Social Media Trends
Australian angler Jason Moyce - popularly known as Trapman Bermagui on social media - posted something interesting on October 29. The photo of a tuna with huge chunks of flesh bitten off its...
Study Reveals 100,000 Die Annually Across Global Fishing Sector
More than 100,000 fishing-related deaths occur every year, according to recent research from the Fish Safety Foundation (FSF). The study was commissioned by the Pew Charitable Trusts....
Madagascar Not Fully Happy With Signed EU Agreement
After four years of negotiation, Madagascar and the EU agreed on a new tuna fishing agreement. The main changes to the previous 2014 deal are the reduction in catch volume and the number of...
Chinese Tuna Longliners In The Spotlight For Illegal Shark Finning
Longliners from China's Dalian Ocean Fishing (DOF) are actively engaged in rampant shark finning. Crew members who previously worked for the company confirmed that its longliners were involved...
EU Inspection Says Vietnam Made Progress With IUU Issues
An EU team visited Vietnam on October 28 to check the nation’s progress in combating IUU fishing. It observed that the Asian nation had taken more steps to improve the situation, but European...
IPNLF And DFW Partner To Safeguard Livelihood Of Indonesian Fishermen
The IPNLF and Destructive Fishing Watch (DFW) recently signed an MoU to support one-by-one tuna fisheries in Indonesia. It will help Indonesian small-scale fishermen become an active part of...
China’s Road To Ocean And Tuna Power
China aims to develop itself as a strong ocean state and enlarge its tuna industry, as expressed in its 14th Five-Year Plan adopted on March 12, 2021. Since then, the Shandong province has...
Depressed Transshipment Volumes Spell Low Supply To Bangkok
Following a drop in catches, a lot less free school tuna was transshipped through PNA ports in September. The bulk of the operations was carried out in Micronesian harbors mainly due to high...
Forged Documents Supplied To Set Up Canneries In Costa Rica
Promises made by Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves Robles about two new tuna canneries to be set up in his country appear not to be materializing. Two foreign tuna companies, supposedly...
Peak In FSM Catches Pulling PNA Volumes Back Up
Purse seine operators were successful with their free school fishing in the WCPO and netted more volume in September than the previous month. These higher catches were propelled by intensive...
Scientists Discover New Tuna Attracting Ecosystem Near Maldives
The ‘Nekton Maldives Mission’ has discovered a new ecosystem under the Indian Ocean (IO) which is now named “The Trapping Zone.” The Maldives government is all praise for the researchers from...
Updated Fishery Act A Rubik’s Cube For US Senate
The US Magnuson-Stevens Act is undergoing a comprehensive revision, the first in 16 years, but it remains to be seen if it is passed by the Senate. Parties like the Hawaii Longline Association...
When Will Retailers Adopt GDST Standard?
Pacifical is the first seafood company in the world to have passed the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST’s) Capability Test, meaning its data demonstrates that the tuna in its...
Vietnam Progresses On Digitizing Tuna Tracing
Vietnam is taking further steps to regulate its tuna and other seafood fleets and combat IUU fishing. One of the actions is digitizing the work for tracing tuna and other fishery products. It...
US Marine Mammal Protection Act Celebrates 50 Years
Fifty years ago, on October 21, the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) was established by the US Congress, addressing the American public's concern for these threatened species and calling...
First Taiwanese Longliner Compliant With ILO Working Conditions
Taiwanese company Yi-ting Tsjeng is the first to add a longliner that complies with International Labor Organization (ILO) standards to its fleet. Today, the ‘Chien Yuan Ming No. 88’ made its...
Maldivian Tuna Exports Historical Low In July
The latest statistics by the Maldivian government show July exports of tuna products were historically low. In that month, only 929 M/T of fresh, chilled, and frozen tuna was delivered to...
Study: Tuna Combines Low Carbon Output With High Nutrition Density
Increasingly, consumers are not only looking towards sustainability but also the climate impact of their meal choices. A new research study has once again confirmed tuna and other seafood are...