A Japanese-flagged tuna purse seiner reportedly caught fire whilst fishing south of Kosrae, an island in the Federated States of Micronesia. The cause of the fire is unknown and those on board...
Tuna Fishing News
New Seiners To Strengthen Dongwon’s Leading Fleet
Two new purse seiners will be joining the already more than 40 vessel strong tuna fishing fleet operating under the Dongwon Industries umbrella, with the company hoping to boost its potential...
“ICCAT Should Not Return To Bad Habits Of The Past”
A potential increase in the catch quota for Atlantic bluefin is one of the main points on the agenda of the imminent ICCAT meeting in Marrakesh. Although scientists are recommending a...
Duterte Protests PNG’s Domestic Tuna Processing Plans
President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte is asking the Papua New Guinea government to backtrack on a rule that would hinder PNG sourced tuna to be processed in his country. As part of...
Walmart Joins Forces With SFP To Increase Transparency
One of the world’s largest tuna buyers, US-based retailer, Walmart, has joined a Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) project in a bid to become increasingly transparent on the seafood...
IO Catch Quotas Not Reducing But Incentivizing FAD Use
Catch quotas for purse seine caught yellowfin in the Indian Ocean were implemented this year to reduce pressure on the stock, however boatowners state that they have incentivized FAD fishing...
Fears Overfishing Will Destroy Philippines’ Tuna Industry
A Filipino politician has made calls for the nation’s tuna industry to strengthen its efforts to combat IUU fishing with the help of the government. She has asked for the Philippines’ National...
IO Prices Soften Despite Spanish Fleet Tie-Up
All Spanish flagged purse seiners operating in the Indian Ocean have now returned to port, in order to tie up at the request of their national government. While some still have small chunks of...
Industry & Environmentalists Agree On FADs Ahead Of ICCAT
As the 25th Regular Meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) fast approaches, industry and environmental groups agree on several priority points,...
US Tuna Treaty Halt Had Big Impact On Catch
With total 2016 tuna landings for the US fleet now revealed, it’s clear that previous disruptions to the US Tuna Treaty had a marked impact on purse seine landings last year, contributing to...
The Tuna Harvest Strategy Setting The Example
The Australian southern bluefin industry has expressed the benefits that applying a harvest strategy has had for its fishery, at a time when major RMFOs are increasingly looked upon to...
US Fleet Defends Hiring Foreign Crew
The US longline tuna fleet operating out of Hawaii is defending its practice of hiring foreign workers, in response to a lawsuit filed by a Hawaiian fisherman calling for an end to this kind...
Mexican Fleet Reduces YF & Shifts More To Free-School SKJ
While yellowfin still commands the dominant share of Mexico’s catch, seiners flagged to the nation have increasingly turned their attention to skipjack, with record tonnages for this species...
Calls For Fiji To Lower “Tuna Tax” To Boost Albacore Processing
A call has been made for the Fijian government to provide incentives for longliners to land their catch in the nation and supply raw material albacore tuna to PAFCO, Fiji’s major processor....
Hawaii Longliner Crash Sparks Labor Conditions Concern
The longliner that ran aground off Honolulu, Hawaii, earlier this month is again raising concerns over the safety and conditions for foreign workers who are employed onboard vessels within the...
Ecuador’s Seiners Kept Up Strong Catch During Closure
Seiners flagged to Ecuador continued to land substantial catch volumes during the first EPO closure, the latest data reveals, with strong supply still coming in from part of the fleet. Most...
Bill Introduced To Close US Longline Fleet Legal Loophole
A bill has been introduced to US congress that would close a legal loophole existing in the Hawaiian tuna longline fleet, which has been affecting foreign crew members for years. In late 2016...
Should US Seiners Be Given Access To Other High Seas Areas?
An American Samoa fisheries official suggested the only possible solution to stop the decline in the US purse seine effort in the Western Pacific region is for high seas areas to be opened up...
Most Industry Members Believe Pacific Island Nations Are Being Robbed
Following a debatable standpoint Atuna posed to our readers, the majority of voters disagreed with the possibility that Pacific Island nations could be benefitting from the heavily subsidized...
Why Vietnam’s Yellow Card Doesn’t Concern Major Buyers
Importers in Germany, one of the biggest EU canned tuna markets, aren’t too concerned by the yellow card warning recently handed to Vietnam, despite a significant amount of their supply coming...