A San Diego fisherman has been killed in a freak accident on board a Tri Marine purse seiner. The 26 year old man was a crew member on board the vessel that had embarked on a tuna fishing trip...
Tuna Fishing News
Japan Plans To Slash Catches By Half
Japan is planning to slash its juvenile bluefin tuna catch in the Northern Pacific Ocean by as much as half by 2015. This is according to a source from the Fisheries Agency who said the...
Cost Of Keeping Tuna Vessels Out: USD 15 Million
Palau’s President believes that the country’s economy will continue to grow even if its waters will be closed to commercial tuna fishing. He states that Palau’s economic potential lies in...
Mexican Grupomar: Import Less – Catch More
Mexican Maritime Industrial Group, Grupomar, has invested USD 75 million into the purchase of three tuna purse seiners to increase domestic catch of the fish and cut the nation’s tuna imports....
Media Battle Rages Between Greenpeace And Tesco
Greenpeace believes it is close to winning its fight and in just five simple ways can get “dodgy tuna” off Tesco’s shelves. Retail giant, Tesco, UK #1 supermarket with a 30% market share,...
PNA To Make Crucial Decisions On Pacific Catches
PNA Officials will make crucial decisions on the future of Pacific tuna as part of the current negotiations in the Solomon Islands. In Honiara, until March 14th, discussions will attempt to...
Financial Penalties On Breaking WCPFC FAD Ban
Financial penalties will be issued by the Philippine government to fishing companies and individuals caught using unauthorized nets during a three-month FAD ban to be implemented from July...
8 Ways To Divide USD 93 Million In Tuna Fees?
How to divide USD 93 million in tuna fees between the eight PNA countries will be at the forefront of discussions at the meeting of island officials in Honiara, Solomon Islands over the coming...
Oil State Invests One Billion USD In Indian Ocean Fishing
Oman is set to invest over USD 1.3 billion into fishing in the Indian Ocean. The development strategy adopted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries will see major projects executed from...
One Rescued, 3 Dead In Tuna Boat Fire
One man has been rescued and three others found dead after Japanese tuna longliner No. 8 Kaisei-maru set on fire last weekend. An Indonesian fisherman was rescued floating in the Pacific 24...
Could USA Pose Sanctions On Thai Tuna?
The US State Department is due to make a decision on the government’s stance on Thailand’s human trafficking issues this June. The position of Thailand on this Watch List ranking system can...
Pokajam: “Sacking Politically Motivated”
Sylvester Pokajam has said in an interview that he believes his “sacking was politically motivated” and will be missing -for the first time since 2008- as members of the PNA (Parties to the...
High-Tech Researcher Uncovers Marvels Of Tuna
Tunas have, by design, the best countercurrent heat-exchange system that warmed the whole body. Kenneth Brower writes in the National Geographic magazine about his experiences working with...
Australia Wants To Involve Chile More In South Pacific
Australia supports maintaining the prosperity of the region mainly through thePacific Patrol Boat Program, (twenty two boats donated to 12 island countries and administered through Defense.)...
Seven Missing As Tuna Longliner Catches Fire
A Japanese coastguard plane spotted the tuna longliner No. 8 Kaisei-maru this weekend emitting orange flames and thick black smoke some 400 kilometers south of Kochi prefecture. The 409 gross...
Influx Of 100 Tuna Boats Could Cause Port Congestion
The tuna port of Chennai is expected to get congested after about 100 additional fishing boats have been acquired by fishermen active from Kasimedu. The boats have been bought from their...
Bumble Bee Partners With Sapmer
Bumble Bee Foods, one of the Big Three US canned tuna companies, today has announced an exclusive partnership with tuna catcher and processor, Sapmer, the France-based company...
WWF 2014 Smart Gear Competition To Reduce Bycatch
WWF is launching the 2014 International Smart Gear Competition, which seeks and supports innovative solutions to address fisheries bycatch, the unintentional catch of fish and other marine...
The Cost Of Responsible Tuna Fishing
With the quest for securing a sustainable future at the forefront of the tuna industry, the cost of such responsible fishing becomes an important calculation for vessel owners and operators....
Big Indian Catches Sends Price Diving
Recent high volumes of large yellowfin catches being offloaded in Indian ports has sent the price of the tuna species diving from around USD 4,030 to just USD 830 per MT. Fishermen from...