Shanghai Kaichuang Marine International Co. Ltd. (SKMI) has announced that it will be extending the construction period for its tuna processing plant by seven months due to the global...
Tuna Fishing News
Iran Accused Of Massively Plundering Somalia’s Tuna Stock
The Somalian government has revealed that a massive number of unauthorized Iran-flagged vessels have been fishing illegally in the African country’s tuna-rich waters and evidence shows that it...
NGO-Driven Study Does Not Consider Major Tuna Initiatives
A recently released seafood report by the David and Lucille Packard Foundation says that tuna fisheries have seen improving management through various NGO initiatives in the supply chain...
50% Of IO Spanish Seiners Anchored Due To COVID-19
The COVID-19 cases among the fishermen in the Spanish fleets operating in Seychelles keep growing. As a result of this, multiple purse seiners have been forced to stop fishing and are...
Pesca Azteca Bought Three Herdez Tuna Vessels
Last week, Mexican tuna fishing and processing firm, Pesca Azteca, announced that it has acquired part of the tuna division of Herdez Group. This included the acquisition of the boats --...
Search For Kidnapped Korean Seiner Crew Continues
The search for the five South Koreans and one Ghanaian kidnapped last week from the tuna purse seiner ‘Panofi Frontier’ is still ongoing. On June 24, at about 1400 hours, the...
Virus Infected Crew Members Arrived In Seychelles
During the crew rotation for the Spanish tuna companies operating in Seychelles, nine COVID-19 infected fishermen arrived in the island country. And according to President Danny Faure, these...
Dancing Tuna & More Trends On Social Media
The Atuna team spotted some fantastic tuna trends on social media. The COVID-19 pandemic is relaxing in some parts of the world and World Oceans Day was celebrated on June 8. An amazing...
Captain & Crew Kidnapped From Seiner Off Nigerian Coast
At about 2pm on Wednesday, the Ghanaian-flagged tuna purse seiner, ‘Panofi Frontier’, was hijacked by suspected Nigerian pirates and five fishers and the captain were kidnapped. The attack...
Request For Feds To Check If CO Treated Tuna Coming Into US
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC) said it will ask the federal Seafood Trade Task Force to evaluate all impacts of foreign-sourced fishery products on...
COVID-19 Measures New Normal For Ecuadorian Tuna Industry
One of the biggest challenges that the Ecuadorian tuna industry is facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic is the uncertainty of what is to become of the world’s markets to which it exports its...
Maldivian Govt Has Exclusivity In P&L FADs
The Maldives pole-and-line skipjack fishery can be an excellent example for other coastal states looking to develop and support their domestic small-scale markets, according to the latest...
CLS To Test Prototype Beacons To Locate Lost Gear
CLS, a French satellite systems operator, will test prototype beacons on fishing gears this summer to help track them. These devices will be connected to the company’s satellite location and...
Nauru Explosively Increasing Fleet With Re-Flagged Seiners
The Pacific island nation of Nauru has been sharply increasing its tuna purse seiner fleet in the last couple of years, many of them coming from PNG. The tiny country is known for its...
Basque Tuna Companies In Seychelles To Rotate Fishers
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, changing crew members on board purse seiners has been a challenge for many boat owners. The Spanish tuna fishing companies operating in Seychelles' waters will be...
Number Of Large Tropical Tuna Seiners Keeps Rising
The number of purse seine vessels operating in the waters across the globe fell by over 100 this year, according to tuna RFMO vessel register data collected in a report by the International...
Solomon Islands Arranges For Observers To Return Home
Since Pacific Island nations closed their borders and restricted flights in order to prevent COVID-19 from spreading, many tuna fisheries observers have been stranded outside their countries....
Malaysia Keeps Dreaming Of Becoming Tuna Hub
Authorities in Malaysia continue to argue the potential that the Penang Port has for the tuna industry, and hope that one day it becomes a hub for the sector in the region. In 2019, 101,627...
Accident On Board Spanish Seiner Costs A Life
A tragic accident on board the purse seiner 'Txori Gorri', owned by Spanish fishing company INPESCA, has cost the life of an African crew member. At least one other fisher suffered minor...
Indonesia Detains 47 Poaching Vessels In Just 9 Months
Indonesian officials continue their attempts to fight IUU fishing in their waters. Recently, patrol vessels of the Directorate General of Marine and Fisheries Resources Surveillance (PSDKP),...