After 21 years of negotiations, countries have made a deal on rules to end harmful fisheries subsidies. After five days of talk, the WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference ended yesterday and...
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Artificial Intelligence Can Modernize Operations On Tuna Vessels
With the EU looking into applying artificial intelligence (AI) in various European industries, the Spanish research institute, AZTI, has released a study on utilizing AI in the fisheries...
Ammonia Explosion In Seiner Causes Two Spanish Sailors’ Deaths
An explosion caused by an ammonia leak on board Spanish purse seiner ‘Albacora Cuatro’ has resulted in the deaths of two fishers. It was moored in Seychelles’ Victoria port when the incident...
Poll: Does Stacking Of WCPO Certifications Hurt MSC’s Reputation?
Last week, a tenth WCPO tuna purse seine fishery achieved MSC certification for skipjack and yellowfin fishing on FAD sets and free school. According to the MSC website, three more similar...
Indonesia’s New Law Tightens Noose On Fishery Recruitment Agencies
Indonesian migrant tuna fishers can sigh in relief as their government has taken a major step in tightening rules which protect their labor rights on board foreign distant-water vessels....
Shocking Videos Show Pacific Seiner Collision Was Accidental
Two shocking videos have emerged providing deeper insight into what happened the night of June 8 when ‘Moamaeu’ flying the Kiribatian flag and Taiwanese-flagged ‘Viva Fafa No 707’ collided,...
All-Women Crew On Fiji Tuna Longliner A First In The Pacific
On Monday, an all-female crew set off on their first fishing trip on a longlining vessel, the ‘Seaka II’, as part of the effort to address the gender imbalance in the Pacific tuna industry....
Was Silla’s Seiner Collision Intentional?
More details about the circumstances under which the Kiribati-flagged ‘Moamaeu’ sank in PNG waters last week have emerged but it remains surrounded by mystery. Several news sites have reported...
Tuna Cities Come Together On Sustainable Management
In an upcoming UN gathering regarding ocean health, the Bermeo Tuna World Capital will be promoting the global alliance called the International Declaration for Tuna Sustainability that will...
IOTC Steps Up Increased Monitoring Of Tuna Transshipments
The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) has published the conservation and management measures that it adopted during its annual meeting in May. These include increased monitoring of...
IO Processors Demanding Seychelles Price Cuts Despite Shrunken Supply
The skipjack catch situation in the Indian Ocean (IO) has not improved and in fact has worsened in the last few weeks. Some seiners are still moored in ports and processors are playing a "who...
Longliner Grounded In Niue MPA Destroyed By Fire
The Taiwanese longliner, ‘FV Chuan I Shin’, that ran aground on a reef within the waters of Beveridge Reef in the marine protected area (MPA) close to Niue island on June 1, has been destroyed...
10,000 “Thank You” Letters Delivered To Spanish Fishers
On World Ocean Day, which was celebrated on June 8, letters from over 10,000 Spanish children were delivered to fishermen to thank them for sustainable and eco-friendly fishing. The Marine...
SKJ1.8:BKK Plunges With Filled Bangkok Skipjack Pipeline
Trade for whole round frozen skipjack has picked up in Bangkok with deals driven by higher volumes of raw material being landed in the processing hub. The price for one ton of skipjack in...
Silla Loses Kiribati-Flagged Purse Seiner
This morning, Kiribati-flagged purse seiner 'Moamaeu' sank in the waters of Papua New Guinea, about 160 nautical miles (296 km) south of Pohnpei island in Micronesia. It is unclear what caused...
Artisanal Tuna Fishers Urge Marcos Administration To Remove Fuel Tax
Tuna fishers and industrial seafood producers in General Santos have urged the Philippine government to remove specific taxes on fuel due to the current high operational costs they are facing....
First British One-By-One Caught Tuna On The Market Soon?
Recently founded The Green Fish Company (TGFG) partnering with pole-and-line artisanal fishers in the St. Helena Commercial Fishermen’s Association intends to reopen the cannery on St Helena...
Cooks Islands Signs Pact With FFA Over Air Surveillance
Cook Islands and the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MoU) for aerial surveillance services. This comes not long after China failed to reach a deal with 10...
Bumble Bee CEO Jan Tharp Leaving After Steering Firm Through Hard Times
After four years at the helm and steering the company through exceptionally difficult times, Jan Tharp, CEO of Bumble Bee Seafoods, will be leaving her position. She has worked for over 12...
Consenting Would Not Affect Purse Seine Sector
For the past year, Mexican handline fishers of Ensenada, a port city on the coast of Mexico’s Baja California, have taken to the streets and obstructed federal fishery offices to protest for...