US canned tuna brand, Starkist has made a USD 100,000 contribution to the charity Feed the Children and will donate tuna and other seafood products to its community events. Starkist stated...
Tuna Fishing News
Vietnam Takes IUU Focus Away From Blue Boats
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Vietnam has ordered for GPS devices to be taken off small fishing boats and instead be installed on larger, offshore vessels. This...
ICCAT Warned: Radical Measures Needed To Save Bigeye
The management of Atlantic bigeye tuna stocks are again under review, with two meetings taking place to discuss the future of the species’ population and exploitation. Bigeye stocks are...
Chinese Destroy Vessels To Counter IUU
In the fight against IUU activity, Chinese authorities have employed an audacious approach to deterring illegal fishing. A dozen vessels caught partaking in IUU have been confiscated and...
US Seiners More Focused On WCPO, Less Ocean Switching
With US flagged purse seiners registered to fish in both the WCPO and EPO, their fishing activity has been spread across both of these ocean regions for the last few years. This year however...
IN BRIEF: Stranded Crew Saved After Vessel Explosion
Fishermen saved the lives of four crew members stranded 20 miles off the coast of Ocean City, Maryland, after their boat exploded, and were pulled through the tuna door. According to the...
IN BRIEF: Kiribati-Flagged Purse Seiner Adrift in WCPO
A 1,500 ton Kiribati-flagged purse seiner, the Mamautari, went adrift in the Western Central Pacific due to engine trouble on the 15th of July. The vessel belongs to Kiribati & Sajo...
EU Fleet Blocked From Morocco EEZ As Agreement Expires
The EU fleet is currently unable to fish in Morocco’s waters following the expiration of a fishery agreement between the two parties. Although the blockage is likely to be temporary, it is...
Tuna Exempt From Ghana’s Emergency Fishing Ban
Ghana has imposed a closed season on the fishing of all species in its waters, except tuna. The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Elizabeth Naa Afoley Quaye, said the ban was...
Major Chinese Firm Invests $62 Million In New Seiners
One of China’s biggest fishing and processing companies Shanghai Kaichuang has announced the purchase of three new tuna purse seiners by its wholly-owned subsidiary. This comes shortly after...
NZ Authorities Examine Fishing Industry Workers’ Rights
The New Zealand Labor Inspectoriate has called for the seafood industry to “start looking at itself”, following the persecution of a Japanese tuna longliner in New Zealand waters, that was...
Costa Rican Shrimp Fishermen To Switch To Tuna
The Costa Rican government has announced plans to promote “sustainable” tuna fishing and get local fishermen previously involved in shrimp trawling to catch tuna. A number of tuna fishing...
Purse Seine Helicopter Crash Kills Two
Two men have died in a helicopter crash near PNA nation Nauru. The incident is still under investigation, as the cause is not yet known. The helicopter, which works alongside a Taiwanese purse...
EU Criticized Over Hypocrisy On Battling IUU
A report on IUU activity in the European Union has revealed that the Mediterranean may be subject to worrying amounts of illegal fishing. Non-profit organization Oceana Europe has released a...
Industry Projects 2018 SKJ Peak Price At $1,800 Or Higher
The industry has shown there are very mixed views on where exactly the Bangkok skipjack price will hit a peak during the WCPO FAD ban, in the latest Atuna poll. However some have shown they...
Fleets Split More Evenly For Looming EPO Closures
This year there is more of an even split of purse seiners between the two separate fishery closure periods in the EPO, after last year saw the first instance of a strong majority choosing for...
US Albacore Expected To Bounce Back From 2017 Slump
As the West Coast albacore season continues, vessels are hoping to bring in plentiful catches after a disappointing 2017. The season is active between June and October, with averages of 11,500...
Slower Growth In Global Purse Seine Fleet
The global purse seine fleet has continued to grow over the last year, according to a report from the International Sustainable Seafood Foundation (ISSF). However the increase of three percent...
Small Chinese Food Processor Buys Up Major Longline Fleet
Chinese condiment brand Jiajia Food Group has engulfed one of the nation’s largest tuna fishing firms, Dalian Ocean Fishing Company (DOF), in a move towards product diversification. Jiajia is...
Sea Shepherd Busts Vessels In Atlantic IUU Crackdown
Sea Shepherd’s Operation Albacore III has led to the arrest of three fishing vessels, all of which were found illegally operating in Gabon’s waters in the Atlantic Ocean. The operation is a...