The price for whole round frozen skipjack has increased in the Bangkok processing hub. Thai packers are paying slightly more for one ton of skipjack given the drop in the volumes of raw...
Tuna Fishing News
Spanish Contest Looks For Next Tuna Value Chain IUU Innovation
In Spain, an initiative looking to minimize the presence of IUU fishing has been launched by Bermeo Tuna World Capital. The contest, named InnovaTUNA, calls for ideas for new "business...
Adjudicator To Intervene In OPAGAC MSC Objection Process After Dialogue Failed
Parties have not been able to find a common ground during the consultation period regarding the objection against the OPAGAC WCPO MSC certification. Thus, the MSC independent adjudicator in...
Tuna Vessel Rescues Six Sailors From Sunken Fuel Carrier
An Indonesian tuna vessel with six sailors on board that it rescued on December 12, arrived at port this weekend. The ‘KMN Hasil Tuna’ found the men drifting at sea after the fuel carrier...
Costa Rica Launches New Eco-Label For Sustainable Seafood
The Costa Rican government has launched a new eco-label for sustainable seafood. The ‘Pura Vida’ Costa Rican Seafood & Aquaculture collective mark looks to help consumers differentiate...
Looking Forward To Trini The Tuna’s Return For Christmas
Every December, Trini the tuna visits the port of L'Escala in Spain where locals welcome it with open arms. The event has even become a tourist attraction and many look out for its arrival. In...
EJF Investigation Leads To ICCAT Banning Illegal Tuna Longliners
The international NGO, Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), has said that ICCAT has blacklisted a fleet of longliners for illegally catching and transshipping tuna. However, it expressed...
ATUNEC Helps With Logistic Of Vaccination Event In Port Of Manta
A new vaccination center in the Port of Manta has been set up to give the first or second doses to children aged five to 11, reported El Diario Ecuador. The jabs are free of charge. The...
Are High WCPO Yellowfin Catches Caused By La Niña?
The chances that the La Niña phenomenon will continue in the Pacific through the winter months until approximately April 2022 is almost certain. Although no guaranteed influence on tuna...
Environmentalists: “Shell’s Seismic Survey Will Harm Marine Life”
Environmental groups and local experts in South Africa have filed motions in the nation’s High Court against Shell’s start of seismic surveys to explore for petroleum systems off the Eastern...
Filipino Artists Hold Concert To Raise Money For Tuna Fishing Communities
Well-known Filipino artists have teamed up with WWF Philippines for a three-night virtual concert, “Holiday Serenade”, to raise money for 21 tuna fishing communities in Lagonoy Gulf and...
Most IUU Fishing In WCPO Due To Seiners’ Captains Misreporting
The annual volume of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) tuna in the WCPO has dropped over the past decade, according to the latest Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) report....
EU Operation In Somalia Tackling IUU Fishing After Anti-Piracy Success
As the piracy problem in the Horn of Africa is well under control thanks to the EU NavFor Operation Atalanta project, the initiative can now place more resources into putting a stop to IUU...
Global NGO Gets USD 1.9 Mil To Improve Sustainable Tuna Work In Northeast Asia
International non-profit Ocean Outcomes has received a three-year USD 1.9 million investment to scale up its sustainable tuna longlining initiatives across Northeast Asia. It had previously...
Stagnant Trade Causes Seychelles Prices To Remain Fixed
The tuna trade in Seychelles has come to a temporary standstill. All commercial vessels have stopped fishing and only a few Spanish-flagged seiners will resume operations at the end of...
OPAGAC Close To Resolving WCPO Objection, But Got Another One In Atlantic
The consultation period for the objection submitted against the OPAGAC MSC assessment in the WCPO was scheduled to end last week. However, the independent adjudicator has extended it until...
WCPFC Extends At-Sea Transshipments Measure Until March 2022
The WCPFC will be extending the provisional measures temporarily allowing at-sea transshipments for purse seiners and the suspension of observer coverage for these vessels until March 15,...
Maldivian Fishermen Demand Better Yellowfin Prices
Last week, the Maldives fishermen from the Bodu Kanneli Masverige Union (BKMU) held a rally to voice their concerns about yellowfin fishing in the country. They are asking for better value for...
Cocos MPA Expansion Going Ahead Despite Fishers’ Opposition
The expansion of the Cocos Marine Conservation Area (ACMC) in the Costa Rican EEZ is moving forward despite strong opposition from the tuna fishing sector. In early November, the Ministry of...
US Tuna Fishers Want Homeland Security To Get More Involved With Pacific Islands
The outcome of negotiations at last week's WCPFC meeting was a great disappointment for US tuna fishing companies. Now they are urging the US government to embrace a new geopolitical strategy...