The Mozambique government has denied granting British multinational, Lonrho, exclusive rights to fish for tuna in its waters for the next five years. This follows claims by Lonrho that its...
Tuna Fishing News
Best Tuna Season In 20 Years
The Australian bluefin tuna season for 2014 is set to be the strongest in over 20 years. This is according to Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association chief executive, Brian...
Why The Current Skipjack Price-Drop? What Did You Think?
Most voters saw a lack of demand as the main reason for the current skipjack price drop on our most recent atuna.com homepage poll. As many as 39 percent of our readers chose this response....
16 Months At Sea Leaves Castaway Unrecognizable
It’s difficult to recognize this man who claims that he set off from Mexico on a fishing trip in a small boat and washed up on Marshall Islands. He’s re-calculated his time at sea, and says...
Dongwon: USA Declined To Intervene On Allegations
According to the defendant lawyers in a fraud case filed against Dongwon Industries by plaintiff lawyers Moore and Company in the US District Court of Delaware, the US Government has declined...
Atunsa Launches New Spanish 2200 M/T Vessel
Construction of the shell of a new tuna purse seiner for Spanish fishing company, Atunsa, located in Bermeo, has been completed and the vessel has taken to water. Built at the Astilleros de...
38 Indian Fishermen Arrested Two Days After Talks
As many as 38 Indian fishermen on six tuna fishing vessels were taken into custody by the Sri Lankan Navy last week for illegally entering the country’s waters, just two days after bilateral...
Mexican Washes Up In Boat After 16 Months At Sea
A Mexican man, that has claimed to have been drifting at sea for 16 months, has been found washed up in a boat on Marshall Islands, more than 12,500 kilometers from where he set off in Mexico....
Loining Plant To Be Investigated Over Lack Of Dividend
An investigation is to be undertaken on a tuna loining plant in Wewak, Papua New Guinea, for its failure to pay-out dividends to its shareholders. This is according to news site, Papua New...
Dongwon Accused Of Fraud On US Flag Seiners
A court case has been filed in the US District Court of Delaware for fraud allegations against Korean owned fishing company Dongwon, regarding US flagged tuna purse seiners. The action has...
Millions To Be Invested In Seafood Hub Mauritius
Russian, South Korean and Chinese investors are injecting millions of dollars into the Indian Ocean Seafood Hub Mauritius, an initiative for the trading, storing, processing and export of...
Massive Airguns Could Disrupt Bluefin Migration
The use of huge “airguns” in seismic oil projects in the Mediterranean could be a threat to the migration of bluefin tuna in the region. This high value species could be affected by the noise...
EU Subsidies For Modernization Of Large Seiners
Large European flagged tuna seiners above the length of 18 meters will receive government subsidies for the installation of new engines that will reduce power by 30 percent. This comes after...
Pokajam Leaves PNG Tuna Authority
Sylvester Pokajam, long-serving Papua New Guinea Fisheries Chief, is expected to step down this week from his position. He has been recognized for his work in “transforming fisheries” in his...
Confusion Over Reduction/Increase Fiji Albacore Licenses
Confusion has arisen over whether licenses for albacore tuna fishing vessels in Fiji have been reduced or increased. According to the Fiji Village news site again today, January 31, the...
Bio Robots Launched In Indian Ocean To Study Its “Interior Biology”
Bio robots are to be released into the Indian Ocean to “revolutionize” knowledge of the marine environment in the waters. Diving to different depths and reporting back via satellite, the...
Small Philippine Fishermen Oppose To Trade Deal With EU
Small fishermen in the Philippines are agreeing, with an active fisherfolk alliance, in opposing a trade deal with the European Union. They believe a new free trade pact would flood the local...
Seized Longliners Escape From Port
Two foreign tuna fishing vessels are still on the run after they escaped from custody in Cape Town harbor. South Africa has requested Interpol, international police organization, to issue a...
New Seiner ‘Gijon’ Ready To Sail For Mexico
Construction of the Mexican tuna seiner, “Gijon”, has been completed and the vessel is ready to start fishing in the Eastern Pacific Ocean for the North American country. The seiner was...
Fiji Albacore Licenses To Be Reduced
Yesterday, atuna.com published the article “Fiji Government Makes First Steps On Solving Albacore Crisis”, which contained a piece of inaccurate information about an increase in Fiji fishing...