A meeting between representatives of Japan and Papua New Guinea last week resulted in plans for both nations to participate in joint future tuna fishing development projects and construct a...
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High Traffic Pacific Skipjack And Yellowfin Migration Routes Identified
Researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) have pinpointed high-traffic routes of tuna and other pelagic species in the Pacific Ocean. They found many migration routes of...
Pinsa’s Tuna Seiner Sinks After Alleged Malfunction
A purse seiner in Mazatlan sank last Friday after an alleged malfunction on the boat while it was fishing. After a call for help came from the crew of ‘Azteca 7’, 'El Duque' a seiner also...
450 Million Views For The Super Tuna Song
The Super Tuna song video by Korean singer Jin has become a huge hit on social media. It is loved worldwide and has hit number one on several music charts. Jin’s legendary funny choreography...
Drone Fishing Could Harm Ecosystem
Drones equipped to throw out a line with bait can reach fishing grounds about 850 to 900 meters away from the shore or fishing boats. That is why the UN FAO considers them dangerous as the...
Mexico Allocates Bluefin Quota For 2022
Mexico has allocated its fleet an allowable catch volume for bluefin of 3,824 M/T for 2022. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is following the recommendation of the IATTC,...
Record Q1 Yellowfin Catches In EPO
While poor fishing conditions in the EPO were given as a reason for the increase of the Manta skipjack price, IATTC catch data over Q1 2022 shows the opposite, with skipjack catches being...
FCF Adds Another WCPO MSC Certification To Its Collection
Taiwanese tuna trader FCF is now also going for MSC certification for the Nauru Skipjack, Yellowfin, and Bigeye Tuna Purse Seine Fishery. The conformity assessment body (CAB), SCS Global...
Ecuador’s Yellow Card Lifted By November?
The EU carried out an audit last week in Ecuador to verify the progress and compliance with the nation’s action plan to lift the fisheries' yellow card. Considering the response received, the...
Will IOTC Members Follow Scientific Advice And Cut Yellowfin Catches Further?
Despite having a yellowfin rebuilding plan since 2017, the stock remains overfished and subject to overfishing, according to the latest stock assessment data by the IOTC Scientific staff. They...
EU Wants No Immediate Cuts For IO Yellowfin, But Maldives Insists
The IOTC annual meeting will take place in mid-May and members have submitted their proposals on the yellowfin plan. Coastal nation Maldives is pushing for an even more ambitious reduction in...
World Tuna Day On Social Media
Yesterday, the world celebrated World Tuna Day, and a lot of posts with #WorldTunaDay were shared on social media. On this occasion, NGOs, companies, and individuals referred to the importance...
Albacora’s President Latxaga Wins Entrepreneur Of The Year Award
On April 26, Iñaki Latxaga, President and Founder of Albacora, was given the Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2021 for the northern area of Spain. Luisa Latxaga received the plaque on behalf of...
NGOs Call For Downgrading Taiwan To Tier 2
US non-profits have called on the American authorities to bump down Taiwan in the rankings of the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for forced labor issues in its distant water...
Annual Report Shows 26 Percent Of FIA’s MSC Catch Processed Locally
The Fishing Industry Association (FIA) of PNG has revealed that its members captured 123,266 M/T of MSC certified tropical tuna in 2021, according to its annual report published last week. The...
Marshall Islands Moves For Greater Transparency, Seiner Activity Now Public
The Republic of the Marshall Islands has stepped up its efforts towards more transparency for its tuna fishing fleet. It has committed to sharing its vessel monitoring system (VMS) data on the...
Spanish Seiners Invest In Reduction Of Bycatch
Spanish fishing group OPAGAC-AGAC began this year with four new projects that contribute to the sustainability of the tuna fleets fishing in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans. In the...
OPAGAC’s IO Objection Mostly Refused, Atlantic Cert Goes To Adjudication
The outcome of the objection hearing concerning the MSC certification of the Spanish fishery OPAGAC in the Indian Ocean (IO) has been published. The independent adjudicator found that most of...
Shareholders Demand Abolition Of Act That Enables Unfair Dongwon Industries Merger
A group of minority shareholders is preparing a class-action lawsuit against Dongwon Industries for an unfair merger with Dongwon Enterprise. The case has been expanded to include a demand to...
Taiwan Prosecutes Captain & Eight Others For Abuse On Longliner
Taiwanese authorities are stepping up their efforts to combat forced labor issues in its tuna fisheries. Last week, nine people including a captain and his first mate of the tuna longliner ‘Da...