The purse seine fleet of TUNACONs in Ecuador has announced that by the end of this year, it will replace 20 percent of its traditional FADs with EcoFads. The move aims to strengthen the...
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Company Stops Fishing In Palau Due To Marine Sanctuary
As of January 1, the Palau National Marine Sanctuary (PNMS) closed 80 percent of Palau’s EEZ to any form of fishing. The fishing company Palau International Traders Corporation (PITI) is...
Full Cotton The Best Biodegradable Rope Material For FADs
The results of a study of biodegradable ropes for FADs concluded that 100 percent cotton ropes should be utilized with fish aggregating devices as an alternative to the submerged nets...
Albatrosses Fitted With Sensors Pick Up On IUU Fishing
A group of scientists have decided to equip hundreds of albatrosses with sensors to detect vessels conducting illegal fishing. Some 169 wandering and Amsterdam albatrosses were fitted with the...
Is The Tuna Industry Prepared For A Long Price Depression?
The present overcapacity of the global purse seiner fleet and the conservation measures in place might lead us to a new longer-lasting depression as the current skipjack prices in Manta and...
Spanish Vessel Targeting Bluefin Possibly Sank In Atlantic Ocean
Fears that a handliner targeting bluefin in the Atlantic has sunk along with its crew might have been confirmed today after two closed life rafts were found near a coastal town in Cádiz,...
IATTC Current Yellowfin Assessment Not Reliable For Management Advice
The results of the EPO yellowfin stock assessment for 2019 showed this tuna at a red level, which means that the target reference points (TRPs) are estimated to have been exceeded. The...
All Atlantic Albacore Stocks Are Doing Well
Atlantic albacore is not overfished according to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). The RFMO's scientific report states that the stocks in the North...
NZ: High Underreporting For Non-Observer Longliner Trips
Fishers on non-observed longliner fishing trips targeting migratory species such as tuna appear to be failing to report non-fish bycatch. This is according to the Annual Review Report for...
Tuna Rooms Found In Archaeological Remains In Spain
In Spain, two archaeological excavations carried out in the town of Estepona, in the province of Málaga, have revealed the remains of rooms used to process tuna from about 2,000 years ago. The...
Townspeople Cut Up Balfegó Bluefin Washed Up On Shore
One farm belonging to Spanish bluefin company Balfegó was hit by the Gloria storm, which also has claimed the lives of at least five people since it started last Sunday. The affected facility...
Port Lincoln To Celebrate Tuna Fishery In Australia
Port Lincoln is gearing up for this year’s Tunarama Festival, which will run for four days starting January 24. Some of the highlights of the festival include the World Championship Tuna Toss,...
EPO Veda Prevents Harvesting Potentially Over 100,000 M/T Of Tuna
This week the 148 purse seiners that took part in the second veda in the EPO left port to resume their tuna fishing activities after the closure period ended on January 19. The ban was...
EU Parliament Approves Fisheries Agreement Acts With Guinea-Bissau
On January 21, the EU Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries recommended approving the legislative acts on the conclusion of the new fisheries agreement between the EU and Guinea-Bissau,...
Navimon Receives 3 New Tuna Longliners
New Caledonia-based tuna vessel operator, Navimon, has received its three new 21-meter longliners from French shipbuilder, PIROU. The boats ‘IAAI’, ‘NENGONE’, and ‘PAICI-CEMUHI’ were unloaded...
Main Asia Pacific Importers Drop Canned Tuna Volume In 2019
Japan and Australia are the leading countries in the Asia Pacific (APAC) for importing canned tuna in 2019. In total, these two nations hold 65 percent of the market share in the region....
148 Purse Seiners Back To EPO After Veda Ends
The IATTC’s second purse-seine fishery closure of 2019 in the eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) ended this week and vessels are now allowed to resume their fishing activities. A total of 57.8...
EU Fleet Told To Temporarily Stop Fishing In Seychelles EEZ
The EU fleet with access to Seychelles’ EEZ has stopped fishing for tuna as of January 17 due to a slight delay in the application of the new fisheries agreement between the two...
Maltese Bluefin Documentary Wins Multiple Awards
An English-language documentary by Maltese filmmakers that examines the importance of bluefin to people throughout the ages has picked up numerous international awards. Titled ‘The Giant Deep...
Vietnamese Fishermen Concerned Over Low Tuna Prices
After a month of fishing, Vietnamese fishermen have returned to Tuy Hoa City port with good tuna catches, landing an average catch of 1.7 M/T per handliner. However, the earnings were...