An AZTI report looked into the design and implementation of less invasive fishing methods using FADs with biodegradable materials. The authors concluded that BIOFADs have an efficient tuna...
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Almadrabas Successful Despite COVID-19
After much uncertainty due to the strict COVID-19 measures in Spain, the Almadraba season went on as scheduled. In fact, by the end of the fishing period, these fishermen had harvested the...
Indo Crew Survivor Talks About Deadly Ordeal On Chinese Longliner
The account of the final days of the deceased Indonesian crew members on board Chinese tuna longliners, one of which was carrying out IUU fishing, presents a horrifying insight into the...
Building Of New Calvo Seiner Completed
The construction of the latest Calvo tuna purse seiner has been completed by the Vigo-based company, Construcciones Navales Paulino Freire (Freire Shipyard). The delivery of the boat is...
Supreme Court Annuls Rule Favoring Large Bluefin Cos
The Spanish Supreme Court has declared that a section of the Royal Decree published in 2019 that regulates bluefin fisheries in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea is...
Old Mauritania-EU Fishing Agreement Extended Once More
While talks to reach a new fishing protocol between the EU and Mauritania are still ongoing, both parties have agreed to extend the current treaty until November 15, 2021. This will allow the...
World Wise Foods CEO Says Report Funding Had “No Strings Attached”
The CEO of World Wise Foods, John Burton, has denied that the funding for a recent report by the non-profit Human Rights At Sea (HRAS) aimed at MSC and PNA over Pacific observer deaths had any...
Ecuadorian Packers And Fishers Worry About COVID-19 Fallout
Tuna producing countries are still uncertain of the extent of the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic that has hit the world for the better part of 2020. In terms of the market, low demand and...
Taiwan’s 2019 Skipjack Catches Second-Highest On Record
The Taiwanese purse seiner fleet achieved the second-highest ever skipjack catches in the WCPO in 2019. This was just slightly lower than their highest peak 17 years ago. According to WCPFC...
FAD Ban Without Observers. What Do You Think?
The FAD ban in the WCPO started on July 1, but some parties are worried that it will not be effective without observer coverage to check if vessel operators are following the prohibition...
EU Indian Ocean Fleet Unlikely To Fill 2020 Yellowfin Quotas
On Wednesday, the quarantine period due to the coronavirus infection among the crew from African countries will end for the tuna vessels moored in Port Victoria, Seychelles. However, cheers...
Report Says Tuvalu Waters Best To Minimize FAD Bigeye Bycatch
Recent research has revealed that potentially the best EEZ to fish for skipjack while avoiding high levels of juvenile bigeye bycatch resulting from FAD sets in the Pacific is the island...
Will WCPFC FAD Ban Function Without Observers?
The FAD ban began on July 1 in the Western Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) and purse seiners are prohibited from fishing on such devices. But currently, there are almost no observers on board...
EU Alert: Poor Temperature In Seychelles Shipments
During June, seven tuna-related incidents were reported to the EU Regulatory Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF). They were dominated by issues associated with histamine levels in the...
Cocaine Smuggled In Tuna Container Seized In Dutch Port
In the Netherlands, authorities at the Port of Rotterdam seized and destroyed a massive cargo of cocaine that was hidden in a container with canned tuna. The discovery involved 493...
Chinese Owner Gets Millions In Insurance Money For Burned Reefer
In December 2019, the 125-meter long tuna carrier 'Sea Mark' caught fire while sailing in the Pacific region, 160 miles from the Japanese island of Iwo Jima. Its owner, Chinese Shandong...
VDS Only Safe Source Of Income For Pacific Island Countries
The global pandemic has impacted island nations in the Pacific - with tourism and trade being heavily affected. Despite this, the income from tuna licenses remains a very stable source of...
EU Appoints New Director-General For DG Mare
The office of the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG Mare) of the European Commission (EC) has a new Director-General. Since June 1, the Bulgarian Charlina Vitcheva has taken on the position,...
Solomon Islands’ P+L Fleet Disappearing
The Solomon Islands’ pole-and-line tuna fishery has massively shrunk over the past few decades, both in the number of vessels and in volume harvested. As a matter of fact, in 2019, these boats...
How Will WCPO FAD Ban Affect SKJ1.8:BKK?
The FAD ban for the tropical purse seine fishery in the EEZs and the high seas of the WCPO region began today and it will last until September 30. This prohibition usually causes the supply of...