Increasing supply of bigeye tuna is pushing prices down, and a gradual decline has seen recent market values drop by 3.5 percent month on month. As concern for the bigeye stock status rises...
Tuna Fishing News
Coastal Tuna Business Discussed By Industry & Retailer
With increasing attention given to fisheries management in the last decade, Bali, Indonesia, is set to host the 4th annual International Coastal Tuna Business Forum (ICTBF) this week, in...
PNA On Collision Course With USA
The PNA is charging at the US fleet head on, as both nations contentiously collide at treaty negotiations. According to the headline of a recent PNA newsletter, CEO Transform Aqorau stressed...
Green Light For US Samoa Longliner Prohibited Area
Despite a number of opposing votes, American Samoa’s domestic longline fleet will now be allowed to fish tuna in the Large Vessel Prohibited Area (LVPA) of the nation’s EEZ, thus contributing...
Local Fishermen Protest Against Foreign IUU
The capital of Somalia was taken over by an anti-IUU rally last week, as local fishermen protest against illegal fishing in Somaliland waters. Mogadishu was on fire with dissent last week, as...
Movie Star Welcomes Plans For World’s Biggest Marine Reserve
An 834,000 km square patch of the Pacific Ocean is set to become the world’s largest marine reserve, as the UK’s government goes ahead with plans to fence off the marine protected area (MPA)...
Could Vessel Penalties Reduce Bigeye Bycatch?
Remarks made at the recent PNA meeting in Yap, FSM, brought up the possibility of introducing a management measure capable of reducing the bycatch of bigeye in tuna fisheries. This idea...
Bumble Bee Reacts To Demands For Traceability
After a drastically low ranking in a recent tuna shopping guide, Bumble Bee seems to be upping its sustainability game, reacting to consumer demand for increased traceability. On target for...
Poll Vote Clear: Fishing Stop Within The Next Month?
Last week the PNA decided to take no initiative whatsoever on a possible fishing closure in the Pacific, but is due to meet with seiner operators to discuss the eventuality of a one or two...
Contrasting Opinions On MSC Eligibility For Cook Islands Longliners
After reporting on the MSC assessment for the albacore longline fishery in the Cook Islands last week, a source known to atuna.com contacted us to clarify some matters and give his opinion on...
The Effect Of Two Month Bite Out Of Bangkok Supply
The conclusion on how long a possible fishing closure could be in the WCPO is still completely unsure at this time. However, atuna.com has calculated what the effect of a two-month stop would...
US Fleet Fights To Keep Pacific Tuna Treaty Intact
The US fleet is fighting to cling on to fishing days this week, as the South Pacific Tuna Treaty takes center stage at Auckland-based talks. If Pacific nations choose to reduce the guaranteed...
Indonesia Starts Foreign Vessel Force Out
A possible end to foreign vessels plying Indonesia’s territorial waters is likely to spell trouble for some distant water fleets, especially those supplying General Santos, Philippines....
Tuna Are Being Caught And Studied In Scotland
Bluefin tuna made it once again to the world stage today, and not for overfishing issues, but because a team in Scotland is tracking the movements of north swimming bluefin, and says the study...
Boatowners And PNA To Meet Over 2 Month Closure
Tuna resource owners are passing the buck to the fleet operators, as they stress that boatowners are the ones that need to take full responsibility to initiate a fishery closure. However, a...
Entire Crew Missing As Tuna Vessel Is Swept Away In Cyclone
Nine fishermen have gone missing after a tuna longliner was violently swept away by Cyclone Bavi in Marshall Islands’ waters last week. A seven vessel search for the missing crewmembers began...
Cook Islands Ready To Sell More Tuna Fishing Days
The Cook Islands’ could be seeing a boost in fishing day trade, and therefore skipjack catch, as its Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) has been given approval to head up a second round of...
WWF: “MSC Not Perfect But We Share Common Ground”
At the Seafood Expo North America last weekend, Bill Fox, the Vice President of Fisheries Conservation at WWF US, iterated the NGO’s support for the MSC eco-label and the common grounds they...
Disappointment With PNA On Calls For Closure
Hope for a potential kick-start for the tuna industry to crawl out of its current price crisis has likely been dampened, as PNA officials show what many boatowners will see as a disappointing...
Details On US’ Action Plan Against IUU Revealed
After announcing a plan for enforcement against IUU in December, the US ‘Presidential Task Force on IUU Fishing and Seafood Fraud’ has now released a report detailing the goals, the action...