Harbors in the WCPO saw a sharp rise in transshipped tuna frozen whole round volumes in June after months of very low activity. Last month, 60,541 tons of tuna were discharged into carriers in...
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Excellent Haul Of Large Yellowfin Puts An End To WCPO Fishing Slump After Months
After months of poor catches in the WCPO, purse seiners operating in this region managed to net a lot more tuna in June compared to May. This sharp rise in catches was driven by higher volumes...
Cook Islands Small-Scale Tuna Fishers Accuse Govt Of Turning Its Back On Them
Small-scale fishermen in Cook Islands are having a rough time. According to them, foreign tuna vessels fishing in the country's waters, low fuel subsidies, climate change, and even El Niño...
How Much Effort Creep Is There Among WCPO Seiners?
The increase in the efficiency and fishing capacity of tuna vessels is popularly known as “effort creep” but this is a very simple definition. Researchers say this phenomenon is difficult to...
EPO Seiners Caught 15% More Yellowfin In 2022
In 2022, EPO purse seiners caught the third-highest level of yellowfin in two decades. Nearly all fleets increased their volumes year on year, especially Mexico largely with dolphin sets....
Fiji Albacore, Yellowfin, Bigeye Longline Fishery Retains MSC Logo
The Fiji Fishing Industry Association, with longliners flagged to island nation, has been MSC re-certified for its fleet’s albacore, bigeye, and yellowfin catches. The 45 vessels operate...
Taiwanese Seiner Disrupts Internet In Parts Of Solomon Islands
The domestic internet services in the Solomon Islands are disrupted after a Taiwanese purse seiner damaged the underwater cable. A spokesperson from the Solomon Islands Submarine Cable Company...
EPO Seiner Skipjack Catches Fell By 10% In 2022
Purse seine EPO catches of skipjack in 2022 declined by nearly 10 percent compared to the previous year. Last year, seiners netted 297,511 tons of this tuna species, almost all caught on FAD...
PNG Opposition Claims Foreign Firms Leaving Tuna Cannery Workers Jobless
The crisis unfolding in Papua New Guinea (PNG) tuna canneries has raised the ire of local politicians who have demanded the government take action to save the jobs of thousands of cannery...
Philippines Fishermen Hope New Tuna Vessels Can Boost Production
A group of fishermen in the Philippines' Eastern Samar province can enhance their tuna fishing and production thanks to the efforts of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. The...
Can Ghana Get Africans To Buy And Eat Canned Tuna?
The African continent has many tuna-rich waters, but most of the fish is raw material for canneries that supply the EU market. Richster Nii Amarh Amarfio, Secretary of the National Fisheries...
Spanish Government Increases Aid To Tuna Fisheries
The Spanish government supported over 3,000 tuna and other boat owners to deal with the consequences of the Russian-Ukraine war. A total of EUR 48.35 million in aid has already been granted...
Basque Union Criticizes “Colonial Systems” Used To Exploit Tuna Crew
The death of a 44-year-old sailor working for the Basque company Inpesca has sent shock waves across the tuna industry. The victim, who reportedly died last week from “non-traumatic” causes,...
EU-Morocco Fisheries Deal Ends With Uncertainty Over Renewal
The EU fisheries agreement with Morocco came to an end on Monday. But now there are doubts if it will be renewed. It depends on the EU Court of Justice's future ruling since the EU had...
EPO Potential Seiner Fish Hold Volumes Remain At Peak
The EPO purse seiner fleet's potential capacity remains at a peak and is close to being fully realized, according to the latest data from the IATTC. Last year, vessels in this region landed...
RD Group And PNG Govt Investigating Joint Venture On Fishing And Processing
Philippine-based RD Fishing Group (RDFG) which has been in trouble over its halted operations has now started talks with the Papua New Guinea (PNG) government to begin investigations into...
WCPO Tuna DNA Barcode On Atuna Species Guide Page
The DNA barcodes for Thunnus Albacares and Katsuwonus Pelamis from the Western and Central Pacific Ocean are listed in the FDA Seafood List and on the tuna species guide page on Atuna. The...
Mexico Seizes Seiner That Abandoned Net
Mexican officials suspect that the Mexican-flagged ‘Maria Guadalupe' abandoned the seiner net near the Marine Protected Area (MPA) of the Gulf of California. Last month, the Mexican...
Seiners Seen Fishing Again Close To Mexican MPA
Artisanal fishermen are fuming that purse seiners are operating close to a marine protected zone, the Las Ánimas area in Baja California, Mexico. This comes a few weeks after an abandoned net...
Rare Appearance Of Bluefin On Canadian Coast And Other Social Media Trends
The American organization SeaDoc Society, which works towards ensuring the health of marine wildlife, recently shared videos and images of a Pacific bluefin that washed ashore from the Salish...