-VIEWPOINT – When the Scientific Committee (SC) of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) meets this week, it will consider updated analysis and advice from the...
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Former CFTO Seiners Renamed, Questions Over Omani Buyer Director
The Omani company Rawanq Al Salam International has renamed the three seiners it bought from CFTO to ‘Layla’, ‘Hawwa’, and ‘Nour’, flying the Omani banner. The vessels sailed previously under...
How Will EC Respond To Court Ruling On EU FAD Ban Objection?
The General Court of the European Union has invalidated the European Commission's (EC) refusal to review the EU's objection to an IOTC resolution on drifting fish aggregating devices (dFADs),...
WCPO 2024 Tuna Catches Reached Unprecedented Level
Tuna catches in the WCPO exceeded 3 million tons in 2024, the highest ever in this oceanic area, driven by incredible volumes of skipjack netted by purse seine fleets. This was revealed in the...
Dakartuna Frustrated With Obstacles For P&L Fleet Moored In Senegal
There is no light at the end of the tunnel for the Spanish pole-and-line fleet under Dakartuna. The four vessels have been moored for more than nine months in Dakar Port in Senegal since...
Low Skipjack Levels Pushed WCPO Catch Rates Down In June
The total catches in the WCPO in June decreased, and so did the daily catch rate that month. The highest rates were reported in the EEZs of Papua New Guinea (PNG) Nauru, and Palau. Atuna...
US To Pay The Promised USD 60 Million To Pacific Islands
The US will release USD 60 million to the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) under the South Pacific Tuna Treaty. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau announced it earlier...
US Judge Orders Commercial Fishing To Stop In Pacific Monument
A federal district court judge in Honolulu ruled last Friday that commercial fishing cannot legally continue in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument, which is located to the...
Lower Supply Of Tuna From WCPO In June
Fishing effort by purse seiners and consequently their catches in the WCPO declined in June. Most of the tunas were captured in the western zones of the PNA. During that month, there was a...
Readers: MMPA Could Be Overhauled Or Kept Intact
US legislators are considering overhauling the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), which has been a vital law to protect and safeguard cetaceans, whales, seals, and other marine species....
Little Tuna Founder Bets On Aussies’ Love For Sustainable Fish To Grow
Little Tuna is an Australian tuna brand that markets its products as “100 percent Australian-sourced tuna” as the fish is caught within the nation’s EEZ, by longliners owned by the firm, and...
Inpesca Recovers From Atunlo Disaster
Spanish tuna fishing company Inpesca closed its last financial year, 2024, with a turnover of over EUR 68 million. Inpesca was one of the shareholders of the liquidated firm Atunlo and lost...
Lower WCPO Skipjack Catches A Blow To Thai Canneries
Thai canneries’ buying of frozen whole round skipjack plummeted in H1 2025, mainly owing to the low catches in the WCPO this year. Most fleets delivered fewer tonnage when compared to H1 2024...
Excellent Albacore Season For Spanish Fishermen
Basque coastal fishers have caught 7,100 tons of Bonito del Norte (northern albacore) since the fishing season began at the end of May, according to data from the Basque government's fisheries...
Venezuelan Ministry Applauds Tuna Landings Boosting Local Production
The first landing of EPO caught tuna in a long time was praised by the Venezuelan Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture through its social media channels. Locally flagged purse seiner, the...
Will WCPFC Scientific Meeting Have Consensus On Skipjack MP?
The WCPFC is all set to kick-start its annual scientific meeting in Tonga next week. Management procedures for skipjack, bigeye, and South Pacific albacore will be among the main topics that...
Micronesian Longliners Hooked Notably Large Volumes Of Tuna
Micronesian longliner catches made a noteworthy uptick in 2024, owing to the increase in the number of vessels compared to the previous year, and good catches in the WCPO. The captures were at...
Marshall Islands Holds Event With Focus On Need For Tuna Conservation
The Marshall Islands hosted a three-day National Ocean Symposium on ocean dialogue and action to protect and sustainably manage the ocean. The event kicked off on August 5 and concluded today....
Fishers, NGOs Call Out Taiwan Longliner Owners’ Apathy
Last month, news organization CNN published a report on the plight of migrant workers on board Taiwanese longliners. One of the topics highlighted in it was the lack of WiFi on vessels, which...
Most Tuvaluans Wants To Flee Island Amid Climate Change
Last month, 8,750 applications were submitted by Tuvaluans for permanent Australian residency, as part of a Tuvalu-Aussie program. Under the initiative, 280 Tuvaluans would be given permanent...