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Nets, Lines, And FADs Contributing To Plastic Pollution
In the last decade, plastic pollution in the oceans has become one of the most debated environmental issues. This is especially important since plastics...
Trip Length For EPO Seiners Substantially Longer
At a time when prices of frozen tuna are plunging all over the world and boat owners are struggling to cover their operational costs, purse seiners fishing in the Eastern...
Navimon To Receive Last 3 Tuna Longliners By End Of Year
New Caledonia-based tuna vessel operator, Navimon, will receive its last three new longliners by the end of this year. In October 2017, the company, which is a subsidiary...
Large Scale Seiners Could Lead To Overcapacity
There is a growing awareness of overcapacity and how large scale seiners actually partially contribute to this issue. Purse seiners catch 65 percent of annual global tuna catches,...
Tuna Record Catch By Newport Sport Fishers
This week, Newport Landing reported its largest catch ever on its sport fishing trips. The ‘Thunderbird’ boat caught a 174 kg bluefin off the Southern California coast. According to...
Calvo Looking To Expand Its Business In Gabon
The Spanish fishing and processing company, Grupo Calvo, wants to establish a long-term relationship with the Central African nation of Gabon. Hence,...
Ecuador’s Former-Minister: EU Yellow Card Extremely Serious
Last week, the second-largest tuna exporter in the world, Ecuador, was handed a yellow card from the EU for its poor job of fighting IUU fishing. The warning does not...
Omani Yellowfin Catches Show Strong Recovery
This year’s increase in yellowfin landings marks a good fishing season for Oman. The abundance of the species in the Omani waters makes it one of the main exported species to the markets...
Captain Of Australian Tuna Industry Nominated For Award
Australian tuna industry leader, Dr. Hagen Stehr, is one of the nominees for the 2020 Senior Australian of the Year. The former fisherman from Port Lincoln has been...
Ex-CEO Of PNA Appointed Solomon Islands’ UN Representative
The former CEO of the PNA, Dr. Transform Aqorau, has been named Solomon Islands’ new permanent representative to the UN in New York City. He was the Chief...
New Developments On Mozambican Tuna Fraud Scandal
In the Mozambican tuna fraud case against Privinvest’s key salesman Jean Boustani, the jury was served up a trove of emails by the DOJ detailing the bribes paid to...
33 Caught For IUU Fishing In Sarangani Bay
On October 31, authorities arrested 33 fishermen who were fishing illegally using prohibited methods within the municipal waters in Alabel town, Sarangani province,...
When Will Malaysia Use Its Tuna Potential?
Malaysia wants to utilize its tuna potential around the deep waters surrounding Labuan and Sabah. Labuan’s MP Datuk Rozman Isli has said there is a possibility to generate up to...
Sino-Van To Take Over Majority Vanuatu Fleet
The new Vanuatu plant has commenced operations and the local government has already revealed the production plan. Moses Amos, Director General of the Ministry of...
John West UK Cleared Of IUU Charges
John West UK, a subsidiary of Thai Union Group, has been acquitted on all charges brought against the company by the UK’s Crown Prosecution Services (CPS) for doing business directly connected...
Spain’s Yellowfin Quota Reduced Due To Excessive Fishing
Spanish boat owners are being forced by the European Commission to reduced their 2019 yellowfin catch in the Indian Ocean (IO). In 2017, Spanish seiners overfished their yellowfin quota...
Possible Underwater Container Responsible For French Seiner Sinking
French seiner ‘Avel Vor' sank last Tuesday in the Atlantic Ocean, 170 nautical miles off the Liberian coast after hitting an unidentified floating object. Auke van de Kerk, CEO at Companie...
French Purse Seiner Sinks Into Atlantic Ocean
Earlier today, the French purse seiner 'Avel Vor' sank in the Atlantic Ocean, about 170 nautical miles off the Liberian coast, in West Africa. The incident happened on the...
Ocean Family To Expand To China’s Fishing City
New headquarters and new processing plants will be built for one of China’s largest tuna fishing companies, Zhejian Ocean Family. The new facilities will be located at the Zhoushan...