Despite NOAA branding bigeye tuna stocks around the US as overfished and still in crisis, the country’s fishermen increased their landings of the species with 11 percent YoY during 2015, with...
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Aussies Fined For Underpaying Foreign Crew
An Australian fishing company has been fined nearly AUD 50,000 (USD 38,000) after being found to have underpaid four Indonesian crew members that were working on two of its tuna longliners....
Eroski Increases Its ‘Buy Basque’ Tuna Focus
With nearly 1,000 outlets across Spain, Basque born supermarket chain Eroski, has marked a significant rise in its bonito del norte (Atlantic albacore) purchases, as part of its ‘Buy Basque’...
Overcapacity Means American Samoa Needs More Support
American Samoa needs more financial support in a period when the global tuna industry is at overcapacity in both fishing and processing, which according to Tri Marine International Chief...
STANDPOINT: MSC Is Too Difficult For Tuna Fisheries
Many tuna fisheries struggle to reach the level of sustainability required to achieve MSC certification, according to MSC Global Fisheries Coordinator, Jim Humphreys. Tuna fisheries also seem...
TU Shortlisted For Stop Slavery Award
Thai Union has been acknowledged for its efforts to ensure slave labor and human trafficking does not exist within its operations, and has now been nominated for a “Stop Slavery Award.” The...
A Utopia? One Single Catch Documentation Scheme
Tracing fish from the point of capture through unloading and throughout the supply chain is becoming increasingly vital in a world where sustainability and transparency is favored by both...
Small Scale Fishermen Want Quota Prioritization
European small-scale fishermen are demanding a “fair share” of the raised allowable catch for Atlantic bluefin in the run up to the ICCAT meeting next month, when the exact quota division for...
No Complaints From Foreign Crew On Hawaii’s Longliners
After conducting dozens of interviews with foreign crew members working on US flagged longliners in Hawaii, federal officials state they have not identified a single case of potential labor...
No EPO Seiner Closures Planned For 2017
The EPO is currently without a planned purse seine closure for the 2017 fishing season, after the IATTC failed to implement one at its recent meeting, despite recommendations from its...
1 Dead And 6 Missing After Pole And Line Vessel Sinks
One fisherman has died and six are still missing after a 24-crew tuna vessel capsized on the Brazilian coast after reports of unruly waters with waves up to 4.5 meter tall. “Jorge Seif Junior”...
Spain Overshoots Albacore Quota
The recent decision to suspend Spain’s Atlantic albacore (Bonito del Norte) fishery has been progressed to a permanent closure for the season, with the Spanish government finding that 16,017...
Two Mega FADs To Be Deployed
Dominica, the Caribbean nation, has been donated two ‘mega’ FADs by the Japanese government, as part of an ongoing aid agreement. The ‘mega’ FADs each have a net weight of 600 kilograms, and...
Quota Increase Despite Large Unaccounted IUU Catch
The CCSBT’s decision to increase the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) of southern bluefin tuna by 3,000 tons, “ignored clear evidence of unaccounted non-member IUU catch”, according to member...
The Extensive Action Plan With Mexican MSC
While achieving MSC certification would give the Mexican tuna purse seine fishery recognition that its methods are sustainable, it won’t be the end of the hard work. As with many MSC...
Thai Labor Reforms: “More Needs To Be Done”
The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has acknowledged the progress that the Thai government has made with regard to the law governing fisheries, but has pressed for further action that...
Cook Islands Told Not To Spend EU Seiner Deal Money
The Cook Island government is being advised not to spend any money earned from a purse seiner fishing agreement with the EU until a court case which will be held in March, as opposition is...
Crew Document The Impressive Scale Of Seiners
Bigger vessels tend to mean bigger catches, and a greater supply of tuna to the industry. As the central pride of any tuna boatowner, their immense size and capabilities are also impressing a...
Mixed Reactions To 3,000 Ton Quota Hike
The RFMO that is responsible for managing the stocks of southern bluefin tuna has increased the total allowable catch (TCA) by 3,000 M/T for the 2018-2020 fishing seasons, gaining a mixed...
No Change Likely For US Bigeye Limits
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (Wespac) has recommended that the longline caught bigeye tuna quota remains at 2,000 tons per US island territory for 2017, and that the...