Lae-based Frabelle Fishing Corporation has big expansion plans, the company has a program of investment that will see six of its 20 PNG-flagged catcher boats replaced over the next two years...
Tuna Fishing News
Longline And Purse Seine Both Need To Sacrifice In Pacific
The WCPFC meeting in Cairns next month will see Pacific Island countries and distant water fishing nations debate tough new proposals to restrict fishing quotas. One of the major issues will...
Swiss Retailer Invests In Training Maldives Pole And Line Fishermen
Switzerland’s Migros Group’ Engagement Fund, in collaboration with the International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF), will provide funding a series of training courses (free of charge) to...
French Navy Intercepts Shanghai Fisheries Longliner
Reports from New Caledonia say the French navy has intercepted a Chinese tuna longliner that was fishing illegally in its territorial waters. The Nouvelles Caledoniennes newspaper says the...
Seiner Tows “Ghost Yacht” To Tuna Port
Captain Carlos Taiva of the Yap State owned purse seiner Yap Seagull is hoping to take under tow a “ghost yacht” found drifting in the region of Tuvalu without any crew on board and any sign...
USD 150 Million To Improve Global Tuna Sustainability
Global Environment Facility (GEF) CEO Naoko Ishii approved a project to improve the health and sustainability of tuna fisheries worldwide by reducing illegal catch and supporting related...
FFA Countries Want Eastern High Sea Pockets Closed To Tuna Fishing
Member countries of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) completed a week of intensive preparation meetings ahead of key negotiations to take place during the WCPFC meeting....
‘Spain Threatens Tuna Stocks’
Small Island states in the Pacific are trying to develop a more sustainable tuna fishery. But the European Union (read Spain) does not like the idea, they say. Spain acts like an old-fashioned...
John West Australia And WWF Partner On Conservation Projects
John West Australia, which is owned by Simplot Australia, has partnered up with World Wide Fund (WWF) to launch two new conservation projects regarding responsible seafood products in the...
ISSF Urges For 100% Observer Coverage On Atlantic Seiners
For the ICCAT’s regular meeting to be held on November 18th in Cape Town, South Africa, the ISSF urges ICCAT to extend the 100% observer coverage on large-scale purse seiners in its tropical...
Decommissioned Seiners Turned Into Luxury Yachts
Spanish shipbuilding company, Armon, is recycling old tuna vessels to make way for a new generation of seiners. Eventually boats that are no longer operational will be transformed into luxury...
U.S. Considers Cap On Accidental Bluefin Catches
“No one wants to interact with bluefin,” said Terri Beideman, executive director of the Blue Water Fishermen’s Association, which represents about 120 tuna fishing vessels, most of them...
Spain Wants 14 Percent Bigger Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Quota
Spain will be requesting a 14 percent increase on its Atlantic bluefin tuna quota at the upcoming annual ICCAT meeting, starting November 18. The Cape Town hosted discussion will see Spain ask...
Ematum, Mozambique’s New State-Owned Tuna Fishing Company
New state-owned tuna company, Ematum, yielded 8.5 percent on the sale of Mozambique’s first dollar bond of USD 500 million for a seven-year issue. The proceeds will go towards the expansion of...
Larger S-Bluefin Quotas For Japan And Taiwan
Larger catch quotas for southern bluefin tuna have been granted to Taiwan and Japan for next year. Taiwan’s Fisheries Agency announced that after two years under strict regulations under an...
Descendants Of The Bounty Mutineers To Ban Tuna Fishing
On land, nature reserves are ten a penny. About one-sixth of the earth’s land surface is protected in one way or another. Reserves at sea are much scarcer, covering, at most, 3%. But a...
Video Gives Insight In the High Tech War On IUU Tuna
Operation Kurukuru, a surveillance system operation designed to tackle illegal fishing throughout the Pacific, has produced results that could have the potential to lead to prosecution...
Could Echebastar Gain MSC For Tuna Fishery Despite FADs?
The Echebastar Indian Ocean tuna fleet is under full assessment for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification despite RFMO data revealing substantial rates of fishing on FADs in...
Purse Seine Fleets Hold “The Power”
The longline tuna fleet has become subject to increased regulations including potential cuts in its bigeye tuna fishing limit and the proposal of on board video monitoring in the Western and...
DWN’s Subsidize But Call For Reduction At Same Time
Concerns surrounding continued subsidization of tuna fishing have been raised by the Pacific Islands Tuna Industry Association (PITIA). The association believes that state grants to the...