Some fish are not moving as far as we used to think, notes Bruno Leroy of SPC. For this reason, he believes you can’t always “blame the others” when you see your fish stock decreasing....
Tuna Fishing News
FAD Management & Skipjack Harvest ISSF Top Priorities For IOTC
Next week has the potential to result in a concrete win for sustainable tuna and a turning point for tuna management in the Indian Ocean. The ISSF has set out its priorities for the region,...
DG MARE: Gibraltar Fishing Tuna Illegally In Our Waters
The European Commission has reiterated that Gibraltar flagged vessels fishing for tuna in EU waters, such as nearby in Spain’s EEZ, are considered to be fishing illegally, and if necessary,...
IUU Tuna Vessels Involved In Arms And Drugs Trade
The Australian Marine Police Fleet is calling for the government to negotiate agreements between nations for joint enforcement against illegal bluefin fishing, and says some vessels in the...
BFAR: Chinese Expansion Threatens Philippine Fishing Grounds
The Philippines fishing sector is gravely concerned for a significant amount of its fishing grounds, due to land reclamation activities by China in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea)....
Thailand: Quick Solution, Buyers Look Elsewhere
Thailand got a sharp wake-up call this week, as the EU branded the country with a yellow card on IUU. The nation is now looking for a quick solution to turn the situation around. It seems EU...
Philippine Green Card Good, But “We Should Not Stop Here”
While the Philippines has fleeted the possibility of a red card and been lifted of any IUU fishing status, WWF says the Asian nation should keep the momentum going. The EU announced yesterday...
Thai Yellow Card: TUF To Step Up Efforts Against IUU
On top of pressure from the world’s media in relation to labor issues, Thailand has just been hit with a yellow card status from the EU, meaning it is not doing enough to combat IUU fishing....
EU Issues Yellow Card To Thailand
The world’s largest canned tuna producing and exporting nation has been put on watch, and has been handed a yellow card on IUU fishing from the European Commission. After what has been...
Philippines Off The Hook – Gets Green From EU
Philippines moves into the green on IUU, as the European Commission announces it drops the country’s yellow card. The decision sees the Filipino tuna industry avoid a potential trade ban with...
Our European Tuna Conference Top 5
With a full house of about than 300 delegates from over 40 countries worldwide, the European Tuna Conference 2015 generated stimulating discussion from every corner of the industry. We’ve put...
WWF: “WCPFC At Risk Of Becoming Irrelevant”
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has now reached this conclusion: that the WCPFC is set to lose its relevance in tuna industry management if it does not develop ways to hold distant water fishing...
Do Anchored FADs Get An Undeserved Bad Name?
The generalization around the discussion on FADs needs to be minimized. This is the view of Emily Howgate of the International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF), who, at yesterday’s European...
What Are The Future Goals For Purse Seiner Building?
While fishing companies look to buy the best and most innovative vessels, shipbuilders are doing the legwork to meet that demand, and that comes with a number of industry challenges for them...
Why Photo E-Reporting Could Be Better Than Video Monitoring
For around two years now, Marine Instruments has been developing and implementing the use of e-reporting aboard tuna longliners and purse seiners, but with a unique spin; the technology...
Group To March In Protest Of Purse Seining
This week an anonymous group has organized a march in protest of purse seining in the Cook Islands, with the aim of raising awareness of overfishing, and the contribution of regional purse...
Phil-Owned Indonesia Processors Want PNG Tuna
Filipino owned canneries in Bitung, Indonesia, are looking to import tuna from PNG, as they claim a ban on transshipment and unloading at sea in the Indonesian EEZ has impacted their raw...
Indian Ocean Purse Seine Fishery Turning The Tables?
The IOTC will “hopefully and finally,” be discussing the idea of limiting the number of FADs deployed in the Indian Ocean. This is what Michel Goujon, the Director of Orthongel, says is...
Indonesian Fishing Firm Admits Abuse, Denies Slavery
A fishing company at the center of a recent Indonesian government crackdown, has denied slavery allegations, but admits it has abused workers. Management of the firm has even confirmed that...
FAO Report: Bycatch Mitigation On 7,500 Longliners Needs Improvement
In a new report published this week by the FAO, data reveals that there could be as many as 7,500 tuna longliners operating globally, 60 percent of which would be small scale vessels, less...