African nations can improve their economies by forming a fish cartel to ensure an increase in the access fees and protect the biodiversity of their waters. Researchers at UC Barbara Research...
Tuna Fishing News
Chinese Crew Acquitted Of Human Trafficking Charges
Four Chinese crew members of two tuna vessels accused of human trafficking and mistreatment have been found not guilty by a Namibian court. The men were detained for more than a year and the...
Tuna Boats Charred In South Indian Harbor
Ten fishing vessels, including eight mini tuna purse seiners, were destroyed in a fire mishap in Gangolli in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. The boats had been moored in the small port...
Study Throws Light On Yellowfin’s Response To Ocean Acidification
Ocean Acidification (OA) is a climate change threat that can have significant impacts on tuna and other marine species. A group of researchers from Indonesia observed the OA effects on the...
Record Tuna Catch Continues In EPO
In the first nine months of 2023, the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) fishing vessels caught a record-high volume of tuna. These good catches were hardly impacted by the first veda period. From...
Sapmer Sells 3 Purse Seiners To South American Buyer
French fishing company, Sapmer, has further reduced its tuna seiner fleet. On November 8, it revealed that it has signed an agreement with a potential buyer specialized in tuna fishing in...
EU Tuna Fishers Want ICCAT To Hear Their Concerns Over Bigeye
EU tuna fishermen have put forward their demands ahead of the ICCAT annual Commission meeting that will take place in Egypt this month. Members of the EU Long Distance Fisheries Consultative...
Second EPO Veda Begins, Over Half Of Ecuadorian Seiners Remain In Port
The second EPO veda begins today and 147 purse seiners, and a vast majority with the highest fish hold volumes (FHVs) in the various fleets, will stop fishing in the IATTC convention area for...
India’s Northwest Region Main Area For Gillnet Tuna Landings
IOTC revealed that tunas are the major fish species captured by gillnets in India and this gear accounts for nearly 34 percent of the Indian Ocean (IO) tuna catches in the country. The...
Small-Scale Indonesian Tuna Fishermen Trapped In Debt To Middlemen
Artisanal tuna fishermen in the Indonesian provinces of Papua and Maluku Islands depend on middlemen to survive when their tuna catches are low. With loans strangling them, these moneylenders...
FFA’s Unveils New User-Friendly Website
The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) launched its newly designed website, which it claims is more user-friendly, has updated content, and provides better engagement and outreach....
IO Industrial Seiners Largely Fish Around Madagascar & Seychelles
Industrial purse seine vessels flagged to the EU and other fleets have a slight variation in the areas where they fish for skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye in the Indian Ocean (IO) . The...
Vietnamese Vessels Increased IUU Fishing In The Pacific Ocean
A recent report from the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) revealed there has been a significant rise in IUU activities of the country's tuna and seafood fishing...
Spanish Seize 500 Kg Of Illegal Bluefin
The Spanish police seized illegally caught bluefins weighing over 500 kg in total at the Port of Tarifa on Tuesday. The Civil Guard Nature Protection Service (SEPRONA) intercepted a minivan...
Major Global Tuna Highlights October 2023
In October, trade for frozen whole round skipjack picked up in major trading and processing hubs. Tuna companies such as Princes Group and RD revealed major upheavals in their businesses....
OPAGAC To Replace 12 Percent Of Its Crew With Young Talent
The Spanish purse seiner fleet, grouped under OPAGAC, is looking to hire 300 “medium and high-qualified professionals” over the next five years under a program called ‘EmpleAtún,’ which...
Asian Bank Think Tank Concerned Over Tuna Overexploitation
The Vessel Day Scheme (VDS) is a well-known policy in the global tuna sector, a licensing fees scheme established by PNA nations for WCPO fleets to fish in their waters. It has been a major...
PNA Leaders Strive For Self-Reliant Tuna Industry
The leaders of the PNA concluded their Leaders’ Summit meeting in Kiritimati, Kiribati last week. They recognized that progress in sustainable tuna fisheries development is critical to...
Zunibal Invests In Tech Company To Enhance AI Tuna Fishing
Spanish satellite buoy manufacturer Zunibal has acquired a 20 percent stake in a technology company, Cambrian Intelligence, to work on enhanced solutions for sustainable tuna fishing by using...
Spanish Shipyard Launches Second Omani Seiner
The Zamakona shipyard on Saturday launched a new purse seiner ‘Adamas’ that will operate in the Indian Ocean. The vessel is the second one for Al Wusta Fisheries Industries and a copy of the...