The Taiwanese vessel ‘Hsun Hu No. 9’ returned on Sunday to Kaohsiung Port after over a month of patrolling the high seas in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) to combat IUU fishing....
Tuna Fishing News
Dropping Number Of Fisheries Workers In The EU
As the global fisheries and aquaculture sectors have grown over the years, so has the number of people employed in it. According to UN figures, in nearly the 25 years since 1995, it has...
Indian Fishermen Threaten Suicide Over Seiner Net Ban
Fishermen in the coastal communities of the State of Tamil Nadu in South India have staged protests this week demanding that authorities withdraw the ban on the use of purse seine nets. The...
Indonesia Taking Action Against Chinese Abuses
Indonesian authorities have started to take action on human rights violations at sea occurring on board Chinese vessels. This week, a squid trawler captain, Song Chuanyun, was taken into...
How Has COVID-19 Impacted The Global Tuna Catch Volume?
News over the last two months about infections among the crew on board seiners around the world, especially in the Indian Ocean (IO) and the EPO, has made the tuna sector very jittery....
IOTC’s Budget Riddled With Outstanding Contributions
The newly released IOTC 2020 mid-term financial report states that the situation with outstanding contributions from member states is not sustainable. Approximately 71 percent of the 2020...
Fiji Tuna Industry In Need Of Govt Assistance
In Fiji, COVID-19 has heavily impacted canned tuna production and this situation is not so different in its fresh fish sector. Sealand Fish Limited and Fiji Fish Marketing Group Limited have...
FIPs Are Concerned Over Costs On Implementing Human Rights Policy
Despite FIPs supporting human rights at sea, they are also concerned about the costs of implementing a social policy that will include this, according to global platform for fishery...
Entire WCPFC FAD Ban Without Observers?
There is a high chance that observers might not resume work during the ongoing WCPFC FAD ban as the PNA is intending to extend their temporary suspension in the WCPO region by another three...
Spanish Fisheries Exec & Family Linked To Drug Trafficking
Earlier this week, a Spanish investigation aiming to dismantle the networks smuggling hashish into the Strait of Gibraltar led to the arrest of fisheries executive, Pedro Maza. Until that...
Good Catches Leading To Early Closure Of Spanish Albacore Fishery
Early this week, the largest bulk of bonito del norte, albacore, of the current fishing season was offloaded in the port of Avilés, Spain. This cargo comprises 40 percent of the quota for this...
Tagging Program Shows Extensive Tuna Migration Pattern
The ICCAT Atlantic Ocean Tropical Tuna Tagging Programme (AOTTP) has been a great success with the RFMO revealing that it has not only recovered more than 120,000 tropical tuna tags but...
Fisheries Observers Need To Look For New Jobs?
The global pandemic and lockdowns are causing a big challenge to fisheries observers’ employment. These people’s work is offered on a trip by trip contract basis but now that most of them have...
Greenpeace Involves UN In Observer’s Death Probe
After the alleged murder of a Kiribati observer on board a Taiwanese purse seiner, Greenpeace USA and the Association for Professional Observers (APO) have submitted a formal complaint to the...
IOTC Starts Rescheduling Postponed Meetings
The IOTC informed its members that this year’s Total Allowable Catch (TAC) allocation meeting will be conducted through video conferencing via Zoom on September 15 and 16. Like many other RFMO...
Pacific Fisheries Observers Sent Home After Long Trip
Nine fisheries observers from several Pacific nations have finally reached home after a long journey due to COVID-19 measures preventing ease of flights between countries. They belong to the...
Fair Trade Indonesian Yellowfin Caught By Using Kites
Indonesia is one of the main producers of tuna globally. Its yellowfin handline sector is made up of many small-scale fisheries and this type of fishing is a major source of income for coastal...
New EU Project Aims To Reduce Seiners’ Fuel Consumption
Fuel represents around half of the operational costs for a tuna purse seiner. It not only leaves a hole in the wallet of boat owners but it is also costly for the environment as the global...
Three Navimon’s Longliners Launched From Vietnamese Shipyard
Piriou Vietnam has delivered the last three vessels of the eight tuna longliners that it was contracted to build for New Caledonia-based fishing vessel operator, Navimon. Three of the vessels...
29-Year Old Southern Bluefin Captured In Australia
A 29-year old Southern bluefin has been captured in the waters of Narooma, Australia. It was tagged back in 1994 by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)....