Despite slipping to a current price of USD 850 per ton, the general mood in Manta is that the whole round skipjack market (SKJ1.8:MNT) will see some rise in the coming weeks, and at this...
Tuna Fishing News
Save “Endangered” Species By Tweeting Tuna
Leveraging social media to help save vulnerable species, WWF, aided by the bluefin tuna and other wild animals, has taken to Twitter with its new fundraising campaign #EndangeredEmoji. Every...
Instagram Goes Under The Surface
The photo based media platform, Instagram, swam to the ocean depths this week as a hot range of underwater shots show tuna photographed by fishermen and divers worldwide. Seeing the beauty of...
Diego Garcia Continues To Clamp Down Tuna Intruders
The British Navy has yet again seized two Indian flagged tuna fishing vessels after they entered the waters of Diego Garcia, an autonomous state that homes a highly militarized US-UK naval...
Poll: Social Conditions Important Issue For Tuna Businesses
With allegations of slave labor and unfair work practices surrounding several countries’ fisheries sectors, the Asian region is being tailed with doubts and scrutiny as to how accountable...
Greenpeace: MSC Certification Of Echebastar Would Be “Faulty Logic”
Another player joins the team of opposition against the potential premature MSC certification of the Echebastar Indian Ocean purse seine fishery. Supporting official objections issued by WWF...
Tuna Route Again A Big Success
May is the month of tuna in south Spain, and to celebrate 2015, bars and restaurants throughout the country are once again taking part in regional tuna tapas tours. Bluefin caught fresh from...
CEO Explains Bumble Bee Supply Chain To The Public
Top US tuna canner, Bumble Bee has set out to inform the public on how its tuna is caught and processed. Via video coverage from San Diego 6, the firm explains how decades of industry progress...
Study To Build Dedicated Tuna Port In Chennai
India is planning to fish more tuna from the Bay of Bengal, by introducing a new tuna dedicated fishing harbor in Tiruvottiyur Kuppam, north of Chennai, on India's east coast. The Indian...
Now Best Market Conditions To Switch To Sustainable Tuna
Now, better than ever, is the time to switch to sustainably certified tuna, and for retailers to offer responsibly caught canned tuna on their shelves. According to Henk Brus, CEO of...
Thai PM Vows On CNN To Clamp Down On Slave Labor
Admitting that issues are “now severe,” Thailand’s Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha, has vowed in an interview with CNN, that the country is taking strong action to tackle problems regarding...
WCPFC Albacore Measures “Honored In The Breach”
Traditionally kicking off in April or May each year, the albacore season for 2015 has so far seen very variable catches. According to Charles Hufflett, member of the Fiji Tuna Boat Owners...
EU Fleet Welcomes Controversial FAD Limit
FAD limits set by the IOTC have been welcomed by the EU tuna fleet as the first management measures in the region to restrict their use. The limit has been termed “unacceptably high” by...
New Mexican Management Plan For Yellowfin
With the objective of promoting conservation, protection and the restocking of the species, a new management plan for yellowfin tuna has been launched in the Gulf of Mexico. The Secretariat of...
2nd Forum On Tuna Sustainability To Kick Off In Manta
Bringing together the tuna sector of the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the 2nd Regional Forum on Tuna Sustainability kicks off in Manta, Ecuador tomorrow, with a bursting two day agenda. Organized by...
“Aggressive Fishing” Sees S.Korea’s Tuna Exports Surge
Rising 42.1 percent year on year, the 2014 total for South Korea’s tuna exports reached a weighty 200,000 tons. The sharp increase, according to Korea Customs Service (KCS), is down to...
Giant 7 Meter Manta Ray Netted Near Peru
Photos of an enormous dead manta ray are littering global press, after the giant one-ton specimen was netter by a fisherman in northwestern Peru. According to reports, the fisherman accidently...
Vanuatu Pushes Up License Fees As Catches Drop
In a bid to increase revenue, but at the same time ensure long term sustainability of tuna resources, the license fees for the Vanuatu longline tuna fishery have been pushed up, during a...
Possible “Premature” MSC Certification Receives WWF Objection
Following what is reported to be an alleged possible “premature” MSC certification for the Echebastar Indian Ocean purse-seine tuna fishery, WWF has spoken up and issued a firm objection. The...
Protests Against Mitsui Sale Of “Endangered Tuna Species”
Objecting to the serving of “endangered species”, a group of protestors has taken to the entrance of a Taiwanese restaurant where bluefin tuna is on the menu. The aim of the stunt was to...