Over the last year, BirdLife International and Global Fishing Watch have been monitoring longline tuna vessels to ensure compliance to albatross mitigation measures, and now have...
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FSM Gov’t To Fishing Firms: No Proof Of Investment, No VDS Discounts
Assurance first. The President of Federated States of Micronesia demands a review of the current tuna fishing rules in granting concessions to fishing investors. According to...
Senegal Allowed To Fish In Liberian Waters
A five-year agreement was inked on Jan. 22, 2019 between fish-depleted Senegal and Liberia, allowing Senegal to fish in Liberia’s EEZ in exchange for training and support to its...
Japanese Bluefin Catches Slump
Bluefin tuna catches off the coast of Japan have been sluggish in the current fishing season. From July 2018 to March this year, many fishermen have reportedly been forced to curb...
Can FIPs Do For Longline What ISSF Could Not?
With its business relying mostly on albacore and yellowfin supply, the stakes are high for Bumble Bee in ensuring healthy stocks of tuna. Bumble Bee is one of the...
Russian Shipyards Build Wave Of Multi-Purpose Purse Seiners
For the first time in two decades, a Russian purse seine fishing vessel is being built for a Russian operator at a domestic shipyard, according to a report posted on Fisker Forum....
China Implements New Tuna Measures
The Agriculture and Rural Affairs Department of Shandong Province has implemented the International Management Measures for tuna. Any unregistered fishing vessels...
Madang Government To Manage PMIZ
A few weeks after the government of Papua New Guinea announced the USD 8.9 million financial aid for the Pacific Marine Industrial Zone (PMIZ), the national government has now decided to...
Brazilian Tuna Landings Increase 550 Percent
Vessels from Ilhéus, on the eastern coast of Brazil have seen a 550 percent increase in tuna landings, according to Bahia Pesca. Since the end of 2018, vessels have landed more...
Basque Tuna Industry Looks To Next Generation
Generational continuity has been chosen as the key topic at this year’s Eurofishing congress. A panel will be held featuring prominent figures in the Basque tuna industry...
Explosives Found On Board Tuna Vessel
The Customs Office of Paita, Peru has intervened with a foreign tuna vessel with a cargo of hydrobiological products and cartridges of explosives. The Ecuadorian flagged vessel,...
Coast Guard Cutter Back On Duty In South Pacific
The Coast Guard Cutter Melon (WHEC 717) continues patrolling the South Pacific in its mission to curb illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing, following a stop in Fiji in...
EU Preps Help For Its Fishermen If Hit By No-Deal Brexit
The European Commission proposed two contingency plans to mitigate the impacts of a possible “no deal” Brexit on EU fisheries. The first proposal allows fishermen and operators from...
Plans For Joint Fishing Agency In Vigo, Manta Proposed
The President of Central American Parliament has begun discussions with the intent to establish an Ibero-American fishing agency. President Irma Amaya met with...
PNA Announces VDS Expansion
Members of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) have outlined a list of significant developments they plan to implement in the next few years. The eight members alongside...
PNG’s Rabaul Tuna Hub Set To Be Built By 2021
Talks about a tuna facility project in Rabaul, New Guinea Islands (NGI) Region in Papua New Guinea are being revived again as the five-year fisheries development plan nears its projected...
EU Tuna Vessels Secure Continued Access To Cote D’Ivoire EEZ
The Fisheries Partnership Agreement between Cote d’Ivoire and the EU have been approved by the European Parliaments’ Committee on Fisheries. The decision to...
2019 EPO Tuna Fishing Season Commences
Over 270 vessels listed in the IATTC active purse seine database are due to begin fishing this week. These vessels belong to 10 countries in the IATTC including a number of cooperating...
Philippine Tuna Catches Continue To Drop
Tuna catches by Philippine flag seiners are following a trend of decline according to latest WCPFC observer reports. In 2016, onboard observers reported a catch...
Namibia: Local investors Prioritized To Fish Albacore
Successful fishing rights applicants will be announced within the next two months, according to the Namibia fisheries ministry. Permanent Fisheries Secretary Moses Maurihungirire...