Lindsay Dines has been watching dead mutton birds wash in at Teewah for more than a month. He knows death is part of their migratory fate. Their long, figure eight of the Pacific that starts...
Tuna Fishing News
Philippine Handliners Want Pocket #1 Closed
Philippine tuna handliners have expressed the wish to have the High Seas Pocket 1 closed to the Philippine purse seine tuna fleet. A declaration was signed last week calling on the WCPFC and...
Mozambique Buys 26 Tuna Vessels From France
Mozambique has acquired 26 vessels from France that will be used for catching tuna and coastal patrols. The country’s government intends to renegotiate its fishing agreement with the European...
‘Tuna Is Caught By Other Countries When Left Unharvested’
Complaints of low catch from the sea are not uncommon among Indian fishermen. To ensure more catch from shallow waters throughout the year, the Fishery Survey of India (FSI) has suggested...
Sri Lanka And Chinese To Compete With EU Tuna Fleet In IO
Sri Lanka’s Fisheries Ministry said last week that with the support of China’s big vessels, it was ready to compete with Europe in harvesting the Indian Ocean’s fish resources. Fisheries and...
Hatchery No Competition For Wild Reared Bluefin
Malta has doubled the amount of bluefin tuna it is breading in captivity. Large international fishing companies fish for tuna close to the south of Malta and Libya during the tuna season. The...
SIDS Ready To Defend Joint Position On Tuna
The FFA governing council has decided to renew efforts to ensure that the WCPFC’s founding commitments to Small Islands and Developing States (SIDS), and the sustainable management of tuna...
Fighting IUU To Protect The “Blue Gold”
EU member states were encouraged to take stronger actions against illegal fishing as part of an Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) event in Brussels on November 5th. The meeting was of...
Ghana Seeking Regional Coop To Avoid Being Locked Out Of EU Market
Ghanaian Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Nayon Bilijo, says he is taking steps to avert a looming European Union (EU) sanction on the country’s fishing industry. He said his Ministry is...
PNA Wants Compensation From Foreign Nations For Tuna Monitoring
The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) say foreign fishing nations must financially compensate them for their work managing sustainable tuna fisheries. The head of the PNA, Dr. Transform...
Gov’t Justifies Mega Tuna Fleet Investments
Mozambican Prime Minister Alberto Vaquina has justified the purchase of a tuna fishing fleet by the company Mozambique Tuna Company (EMATUM) as part of “a development strategy based on the...
USA Blocks Mexico’s Appeal On Dolphin Safe Conflict
A new attempt by Mexico to get the World Trade Organization (WTO) to solve a long-standing tuna-dolphin dispute has allegedly been blocked by the United States. According to a report by AFP,...
US, UK, Germany Called To Invest In Philippine Tuna Management
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is calling for the USA, the UK and Germany to invest in the Philippines after government data has shown exports to these countries threatens the future of the...
Namibian Tuna Catch Plunges On Oil Exploration
Namibia’s tuna catch has been slashed after oil and gas exploration took place in the nation’s southern waters. According to a study commissioned by the government, Namibia’s tuna harvest...
South Korea Risks IUU Status In EU
South Korea could face IUU fishing status in the European Union after the European Commission has criticized the country for failing to cooperate with the EU in the fight against illegal,...
South Africa Holds 10 Foreign Vessels On Poaching
Anti-poaching interventions in South Africa are expected to have led to the decline of illegal fishing activities in the country since October this year. The Portfolio Committee on...
Seismic Survey To Avoid Tuna Migration Path
A seismic survey, set to take place at the start of next year, is expected with confidence to avoid the migration path of southern bluefin tuna. The research in the Great Australian Bight is...
Spanish Tuna Fishers Raise Complaint Against Commissioner Damanaki
The Spanish tuna fishing fleet has raised a complaint against European Commissioner, Maria Damanaki for “shameful” attitude in supporting a halt on the increase of the Atlantic bluefin tuna...
Sapmer Opens New Tuna Processing Plant
Major French fishing company, Sapmer, has opened a new tuna processing plant in Port Louis, Mauritius. ‘Indian Ocean Tuna Processing Services Limited’ will increase Sapmer’s total annual tuna...
Hefty Penalties For Illegal Fishing In Australia
Australian authorities are taking stronger measures to combat illegal fishing and have made increased convictions with hefty penalties. The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has...