A potential record breaking Pacific bluefin tuna has been caught by Kiwi angler, Kevin Baker, in the last hours of a fishing trip. The possible IGFA All-Tackle record catch was hooked off the...
Tuna Fishing News
Getting Educated About “Tunanomics”
Journalists from around the Pacific are gathering in New Caledonia this week for a two day meeting on “Tunanomics.” But what is it? The term is used to explain the economic dimensions of...
West Africans Told To Intensify Oversight On Dongwon
West African governments have been told by Greenpeace to intensify their oversight on Dongwon Industries after it was charged with defrauding the United States government. The South Korean...
How China Keeps US Albacore Fishers Closer To Home
The United States albacore tuna fleet is being forced to focus on catching close to shore as drastically low tuna prices make it less economical for them to buy fuel in order to make long...
Is Palau Able To Enforce Its 100 Percent Closure?
Palau’s waters will become a marine sanctuary where no commercial fishing will take place. The country’s president, Tommy Remengesau, has said that the 200 nautical mile exclusive economic...
Top Exec Leaves Fiji Fish For New Tri Marine Venture
It has been announced that Russell Dunham has joined Tri Marine as Director of Fresh and “Ultra Low Temperature” (ULT) Frozen Tuna Operations for the Central and Western Pacific Region. As the...
EU Invests Heavily In Combatting IUU – But Is It Enough?
Since 2010, around 230 controls to combat illegal fishing in all EU Member States have been made by the European Union’s European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA). During the past four years,...
Access 34 EU Tuna Vessels To Mauritius EEZ OK-ed
The European Union Council of Ministers has ratified Protocol between the European Union and the Republic of Mauritius at its ECOFIN session. This is part of definitive endorsement of its...
The Faith Of The Former Tuna Capital Of the World
During commercial fishing’s heyday in the Port of Los Angeles, 16 tuna and sardine canneries operated across the harbor on Terminal Island. From 1912 till 1972, it was considered the...
EU Refuses To Accept VDS For Its Tuna Vessels
The European Union has refused to accept the Vessel Day Scheme (VDS) of the PNA countries for its tuna seiners fishing in the Pacific Ocean. Pacific Island leaders have said they are critical...
Sapmer’s 2013 Fiscal Year Impacted By Yen Devaluation
Sapmer has announced that the 2013 fiscal year was impacted by a “difficult Japanese market” with low prices due to the devaluation of the Yen. This negative impact was especially felt in its...
“Foreign Tuna Fleets Can Move Elsewhere, Local Fleets Cannot”
In a debate over the subsidization of foreign tuna fishing fleets, PNA Commercial Manager, Maurice Brownjohn, has concluded that foreign fleets could move onto other grounds, other EEZ’s, even...
Tuna Season In Vietnam Started
The Vietnam tuna fishing season has begun early and ships full of the fresh fish have been entering the wharf of Sa Huynh in Duc Pho District. Since early this year it has been said that tuna...
Results Released On “Dolphin Safe” Label Consumer Poll
Results have been released on the Campaign for Eco-Safe Tuna’s recent online consumer poll about the “Dolphin Safe” logo on tuna products. The campaign group, claiming to be committed to a...
Bloomberg Invests Millions In Saving The Ocean
Former New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, has announced a plan to spend USD 53 million on restoring the number of fish left in the ocean. More than three quarters of the world’s fisheries...
Ecuador 2013 Catch Hits A Seven Year High
Ecuador has retained its leading position as the Eastern Pacific Ocean’s (EPO) largest tuna catching nation. The South American country topped the charts once again in 2013 with a seven year...
“Fishery Officials Are Not Businessmen”
Pacific Island governments have a responsibility to control tuna fishing in their waters, and should be giving preference to local fishing fleets instead of granting more licenses to foreign...
Hamby: Catches Should Be Landed And Processed Locally
Joe Hamby of Tri Marine believes that American Samoa canneries need security of fish and tuna catches should be landed and processed locally. The Chief Operating Officer says that smaller...
FOS Commercials Target Italian And Swiss Consumers
Friend of the Sea (FOS) has launched a new TV Campaign that is targeting the Italian and Swiss seafood consumers. The commercial broadcasting started in Italy on February 2 on major TV channel...
Dongwon Also Accused Of Illegal Waste Dumping
As part of a pending case in the USA on fraud allegations against Korean fishing company, Dongwon Industries, the firm has also been accused of illegally dumping waste at sea. Plaintiff...