A new ecolabel has been launched by Friend of the Sea which will certify freight and cruise companies that prevent their ships from colliding with whales. The project is called ‘Whale-Safe’...
Tuna Fishing News
IOTC Tuna Allocation Meeting Taking Place In Late June
The IOTC will be holding its Technical Committee on Allocation Criteria (TCAC) meeting one week later than originally announced. It will now take place via Zoom from June 28 to July 1 starting...
Panama Fines Boat USD 250,000 For 1 Ton Of IUU Catch
Panamanian fisheries officials have fined the owners of the Costa Rican-flagged vessel, ‘Kembly III’, USD 250,000 for fishing around 2,286 pounds (about one ton) of prohibited species in the...
US & EU Want Atlantic Tuna Fisheries To Stamp Out IUU Issue
IUU fishing comes at a great cost to the billion-dollar tuna industry and RFMOs have been working to eradicate this problem. This week, ICCAT is holding an inter-sessional meeting of the...
PNG To Revive Tuna Production Zone Project After 15 Years
The Papua New Guinean government wants to breathe life back into the Pacific Marine Industrial Zone (PMIZ) initiative after it has been dormant for more than a decade stating that it is “a...
Tri Marine Latest FAD Fishery MSC Certified In WCPO
Tri Marine’s purse seine and pole-and-line fisheries in Solomon Islands have been re-certified with the MSC sustainability logo. The new accreditation also includes the drifting FAD...
Governor Gives In To Protesting Mexican Handline Fishers
After 10 days of a sit-in protest by Mexican handline tuna fishers, Governor Jaime Bonilla Valdez of Baja, California, gave in to their demands and granted them permits to continue fishing in...
IOTC Meeting Ends With Yellowfin Cuts But Confusion Remains
One step forward and two steps back is what could be said about the outcome of the IOTC meeting which ended last Friday. The countries got down to intense negotiations last week with the...
High Freight Costs Depressing Bangkok Skipjack Activity
Trading for skipjack raw material in Bangkok is being hampered by the strongly increasing ocean freight costs for finished products. Canned tuna buyers holding back due to this factor have...
No Objections To FCF’s MSC Certification On FADs In WCPO
FCF’s FAD catches in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean have been officially deemed to meet MSC sustainable standards. The decision was made this week after SCS Global Services, the...
Hopes For Conservations Measures Shattered As IATTC Meeting Ends Empty-Handed
Yesterday, the IATTC extraordinary meeting, which was scheduled to finalize the works for new conservation measures for tropical tuna in the EPO, came to an end. While it was taking place,...
WWF Red Score For EPO Skipjack Puzzles Fishery’s Stakeholders
Stakeholders in the EPO fishery are puzzled over the red listing by several European WWF offices of the eastern Pacific skipjack in their country’s sustainable seafood guide for consumers....
Ecuadorian Tuna Brands Extending Range To Cater To Demand
Ecuadorian tuna consumers have been demanding more varieties in their tuna products and local brands have been trying to expand their lines to keep up with this need. Tuna is one of the most...
Transshipments Hit Peak In Majuro After Long Slump
After an extended period of low carrier activity at the Majuro tuna transshipment hub, operations surged in May, say authorities in Marshall Islands. The latest data from the Marshall Islands...
Will WWF Red Status For EPO Skipjack Impact Business?
Atuna recently reported on many European WWFoffices listing EPO skipjack as red in their country’s sustainable seafood guide. The status involves purse seine skipjack caught on both free...
Maersk & Spanish Tuna Sector Want Military Intervention In Gulf Of Guinea
The pirate problem in the most dangerous fishing area for tuna vessels, the Gulf of Guinea, is not lessening. The Spanish fishing sector and Danish container company, Maersk, want...
Hopes Rising For An IATTC Decision On FAD Limits For Seiners
The IATTC meeting is well underway and member countries are adamant about reaching a consensus on conservation measures for tropical tuna. The virtual gathering started this past Monday and...
Shortage Of Large Yellowfin Hampers Asian Steak Production
There is a supply shortage of large yellowfin in various parts of the world and this might prove to be a great challenge for tuna processors in Asia and the Indian Ocean regions. There are...
Mauritius Wants UK Removed From IOTC
Mauritius and the UK are at each other’s throats again over the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean (IO). The island nation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional...
Coastal States Feel They Are The Victims In IO Yellowfin Drama
Since Monday, members of the IOTC have been arguing over rebuilding plans for tuna stocks in the Indian Ocean (IO), especially yellowfin. The RFMO is holding its annual meeting this week,...