This week, some truly monstrous tuna have been making noise on online image sharing platform Instagram, where fishermen have been boldly celebrating their incredible catches, from the good,...
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More Power Behind Joint African IUU Fight
Somalia has become the latest addition to the FISH-i Africa Task Force, made up of a group of African nations dedicated to ending illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the...
Little Confidence On Maldives MSC Yellowfin
While concerns mount over the potential for the Maldivian pole and line tuna fishery to lose its MSC certification for yellowfin tuna, the industry seems more relaxed over the fate of...
Australia Records Bumper Yellowfin Season
The Australian yellowfin tuna fishery has seen its best season in over a decade, with catches up as much as 20 percent in the Commonwealth Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (ETBF) compared to...
What Does FAD-Free Really Mean?
FADs or no FADs; that’s the debate facing the global tuna industry as firms weigh up the pros and cons of both methods, and assess market demand from consumers. In some nations, pole and line...
Atlantic Bluefin Not As Threatened As First Thought?
Recent research has found evidence of bluefin tuna spawning activity off the US northeastern coast.The study points towards a third, previously unknown, spawning site in the Atlantic ocean,...
Mark Your Calendars: Sustainable Seafood Day Celebrations
Amongst preparations for World Tuna Day which is also just around the corner, MSC has another big event in the pipeline first; Sustainable Seafood Day, an initiative celebrated in Australia to...
Why Pinsa Is Focusing More On Frozen Yellowfin
Beside its already long-running canned tuna production in Mazatlan, Mexico, Pinsa Group has stepped up the processing of its frozen tuna range, after noticing significant potential for the...
Major US Players React To Tuna Treaty Solution
Both the Pacific Island nations and the US tuna fleet received the welcome news this week that the stalemate was over and that a solution to the abandoned South Pacific Tuna Treaty had been...
130 Seiners And Counting Fishing For PNA MSC
With more market demand expected to arise in the coming months for free-school caught yellowfin tuna from the waters of the PNA, the fishery and its marketing branch Pacifical are working to...
600 TU Suppliers Sign Strict New Code Of Conduct
Keeping up the momentum in its mission to improve standards in its supply chain, eliminate human rights violations and supply sustainable seafood, Thai Union has held a special event in...
US Wants More Power Over Nations That Don’t Care
Following the introduction of a Bill to give the US tuna fleet more strength in WCPFC decision making, wiping out politics and replacing it with science, the ATA Chairman has headed to...
Rippler, Shiner, Splasher: The Language Of Tuna Fishermen
Unassociated sets, more commonly known as Free School fishing, are synonymous with the industry, having made up around 40 percent of global purse seine tuna catches in 2013. Not so familiar...
FFA Knocks $23 Million Off US Treaty Price
The FFA has announced that US tuna seiners can resume fishing operations in the region, and has thanked the extraordinary efforts of Pacific Island nations in being able to find a...
How Reliable Is AIS Satellite Data?
Originally designed with the intention of revolutionizing vessel monitoring technology, Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) are widely perceived as one of the best global sources of...
Why The EU Won’t Take Labor Conditions Into IUU Decisions
While strong calls go out to the European Commission to take human rights into account when assessing Thailand’s seafood sector, it's more than likely that a stream of accusations over poor...
Confirmed: US Seiners Can Head Back Out
After enduring more than a two month tie-up, United States flagged tuna seiners will now be able to head back out to fish, with an agreement having been finalized over the South Pacific Tuna...
Undercover Agents Infiltrate Tuna Operation
Working undercover and posing as customers, Canadian federal fisheries officers have caught three men red-handed as they joined a tuna catch-and-release angling trip, where the men were...
Seven Somalis Sentenced To 16.5 Years For Piracy
The Supreme Court of Spain has sentenced six Somali nationals to 16 and a half years in jail after being found guilty of maritime piracy – including a seventh member under the age of 16. The...
US Wholesaler Arrested For Evading Fishing Quotas
Arrested on charges of conspiracy and submitting falsified records to federal government, the owner of a leading US seafood wholesaler, along with his bookkeeper, have been accused of evading...