Small-scale fishermen will benefit hugely from the newly increased quota for bluefin in the upcoming fishing season. Clint Camilleri, Maltese Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries...
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Minister Wants Idle Ematum Tuna Fleet To Finally Start Fishing
The Fisheries Minister of Mozambique seeks to operationalize the country’s 30-vessel longliner fleet, currently moored and inactive in the port of Maputo. The fleet has not caught a...
Tahiti Seeks Dismantling Of Wrecked Taiwanese Tuna Vessel
The Government of French Polynesia is asking for offers to remove the Sheng Long Yu 21 from an atoll in the Tuamotus. The long line tuna fishing boat ran...
BREAKING NEWS: Control Over Tri Marine To Be Taken Over By Bolton
According to information that reached Atuna yesterday but has so far not been confirmed by either of the two parties involved, Bolton Group International is about to take over the entire...
India Starts Deep Sea Project With Gill Netting Tuna
Fishermen set out for deep sea fishing from Cochin on Tuesday, one and a half months after Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami launched the deep sea fishing project. After...
Consul Denies Alleged IUU Fishing Of Chinese Vessels In Polynesia
After an online petition asking Chinese tuna boats to be banned from French Polynesian waters went viral, China's consul Shen Zhiliang issued a statement stating that none of its...
What’s The Right Price For Tuna?
Pricing will be one of the focus points during the European Tuna Conference which will be held on May 6th, 2019 in Brussels, Belgium. During the conference, price positioning of MSC...
Pacific Catalyst Partners With Uni To Improve Fisheries Management
A new website called PacificCatalyst.org was launched yesterday by the Fiji-based consortium Pacific Catalyst, in collaboration with the University of the South Pacific (USP). ...
Electronic Monitoring Reduces Misreporting By Captains, Study Finds
The Australian study about Electronic Monitoring (EM) was posted late last month in the Marine Policy journal, the leading journal of ocean policy studies. Australian fishermen are...
Indonesian Presidential Runner Focuses On “Resource Nationalism”
Two Presidential candidates in Indonesia are seeking amendments and reinforcements to the fishing regulations in order to maximize the country’s fishing resources, an...
Maldives Tuna Industry In Period of Strong Recovery
Fish purchases in the Maldives have registered a significant growth of 91 percent during the last quarter of 2018. The Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) reported the amount of tuna...
Major Tuna Business Headlines In March
Tuna prices rose in conjunction with the expected El Niño effects. Following a series of negotiations in February, more settlements in the USA were reached this month...
900 New Fiberglass Boats For Philippine Small-Scale Fishers
The Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has distributed 900 brand-new fiberglass boats to the marginalized small-scale fishermen of the province of Antique....
Spain Assumes Command Of Atalanta Ops Against Piracy In IO
Although piracy has fallen drastically compared to threats ten years ago, the Spanish tuna vessels operating in the area still maintain armed surveillance on board. The Rota Naval Base...
Volume Of Mexico’s Pacific Bluefin Tuna Catch Fixed For 2019
The annual catch volume of 2,800 tons for 2019 has been set by Mexico's Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader). The amount for 2020 is the same for bluefin tuna...
EU Starts 5-Year Marine Partnership Program In The Pacific
A large marine partnership initiative worth EUR 45 million (USD 50.63 million) to improve economic, social and environmental benefits in the Pacific states is underway. The...
Armón Shipyard Floats Third Superseiner For Albacora
The Spanish cannery Albacora’s third seiner is in the final stretch of construction. The ship, named “Galerna Lau,” is a deep-sea fishing boat with a registered tonnage of 3,700 GT. The...
Costa Rican Bill Seeks To Axe Free Tuna Licenses
The government of Costa Rica has presented a new bill that proposes to eliminate free fishing licenses and formalize the criteria for establishing the tuna catches landed in the...
Increased Tuna License Income Creates Surplus In Cook Islands
Revenues from fishing licenses and underspending of capital expenditure have caused a surplus of USD 16.34 million in Cook Islands. This represents a 54 percent rise compared to the second...
Ghana Implements 2019 Closed Fishing Season
Ghana’s Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture has announced the schedule for 2019 Closed Season. Tuna fleets had already finished their closed fishing season which began in January 1 and ended...