China is taking steps to improve its food supply chain for its people. There are projects underway not only to increase the amount of tuna and other seafood to the country but ultra-low...
Tuna Fishing News
Portuguese Islands’ Tuna Fishery Receives Millions In Aid
The bluefin tuna catching season for the Portuguese fleet of Madeira and the Azores officially started on April 1 and, as every year, will last until October. About 30 tuna fishing vessels and...
PNG Projects 325% Growth Of GDP Contribution From Tuna
Tuna plays a crucial role in the economy of Papua New Guinea (PNG), an important reason for the development of the ambitious 10-year strategic fisheries plan by the National Fisheries...
Machine Learning Can Help With Tuna Classification
Machine learning can be used to identify and classify parts of tuna to make it easier for the processing industry, according to the latest paper by Indian fishery scientists.Test results...
OPAGAC Is Heading Towards Adjudication Over AO Certification
The consultation period after objections to OPAGAC’s Atlantic Ocean fishery's recommendation for MSC certification has not resulted in any agreement between the parties and is now heading for...
La Niña Expected To Continue Into Summer
Scientists are predicting that the La Niña phenomenon will continue in the coming months, even into summer. The latest report by the Ecuadorian National Chamber of Fisheries (CNP)...
How Much Progress Did GTA Partners Make On Their Tuna Sourcing Pledges?
The Global Tuna Alliance (GTA) has published the first annual review of its 5-year tuna commitment strategy analyzing the progress made by its partners. On average, they had the highest...
Major Global Tuna Highlights March 2022
In March, the Russian-Ukraine war further exacerbated disruptions in the global supply chains. The higher fuel costs not only forced boat owners to enforce higher prices for their tuna catches...
Jealsa Installed Hopper To Reduce Shark Mortality
The Spanish fleet has been working on innovations that reduce its activities' impact on the environment and increase its sustainability. Boiro-based tuna fishing and processing company,...
Bumble Bee Says It Is Rigorously Pushing For Worker Protection
Bumble Bee Seafoods was recently hit with a lawsuit over its marketing claims about the “fair and safe supply chain” for its tuna, and was challenged regarding human rights and labor issues....
30 Of FSF’s Taiwanese Longliners Start Route Towards Sustainability
Taiwanese food service company Fue Shin Fishery Ltd.(FSF) and the NGO Ocean Outcomes (O2) are jointly starting two fishery improvements projects (FIPs) to improve the environmental oversight...
Japan Reprimands IOTC For Disclosing Confidential Information
The Japanese government was not amused that the IOTC Secretariat provided confidential information on transshipments involving the country's flagged vessels to an NGO without its consent or...
Bumble Bee Faces Lawsuit Over Forced Labor Claims
Bumble Bee Seafood has been hit yet again with another lawsuit but this time for false and deceptive marketing claims that the company sources its tuna through a “fair and safe supply chain”....
Tuna Vessel Caught Fire During Maintenance
On March 24, a tuna vessel caught fire during maintenance at a shipyard in Busan, South Korea. The ten people working on deck and the one worker inside the vessel came out all unharmed. The...
Seiner Captain’s Income Breaks USD 1 Million Barrier
Korean purse seine captain, Jeong Hwan-seok, last year earned a record high KRW 1.3 billion (USD 1.07 million) breaking the million-dollar barrier for the first time, so far as known. He...
Filipino Seiners’ Catches Dropped In 2021
Philippine-flagged vessels netted nearly 12 percent less tuna and tuna-like species in 2021, indicating a downward trend in the catches of these fishes in the past three years, according to...
Echebastar’s Super-Frozen Tuna Production Keeps Growing
Over the years, the Spanish fishing company, Echebastar, has managed to increase its super-frozen yellowfin production. In 2021, it reached 3,000 M/T and this volume is expected to rise to...
NOAA Investigated Climate Change Impact On Albacore Fishing
NOAA, the US national science agency, is working with scientists to explore the potential impacts of climate change on West Coast fisheries, which includes albacore, in the Future Seas...
Indonesia Seizes Local Vessels For IUU Fishing
One foreign-flagged boat and 21 Indonesian-flagged vessels were seized for IUU fishing by the Indonesian Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. This came about from the surveillance...
Oman Objects To Its Vessels Being On IOTC’s IUU List
After ICCAT blacklisted three Omani-flagged longliners in December for illegal fishing, these vessels have ended up on the IOTC IUU list. This week, Omani authorities sent a letter to the...