Omani Al Wusta Fisheries Industries has signed a contract for the construction of two purse seiners with the Spanish shipyard, Zamakona. The vessels are expected to be delivered in 2023 and it...
Tuna Fishing News
Labor Standards For Tuna Crews A Hard Nut To Crack For WCPFC?
Forced labor on board fishing vessels has come under global scrutiny lately, especially after several Indonesian crew members died on board the Chinese Dalian Ocean Fishing company’s tuna...
Fisherman’s Foot Amputated By Accident On Board Seiner
An accident on board the tuna vessel ‘Azteca 1’ in Mazatlán, Mexico, resulted in the amputation of a crew member’s foot, as reported by La Sirena. According to witnesses, the incident...
Harvest Strategies Among Top Issues At WCPFC Meeting
The global tuna sector is eagerly awaiting the WCPFC 18th Annual Meeting which starts tomorrow. Feleti Teo, Executive Director of the Commission, highlighted in a letter last week that a new...
FFA Experts Urge Priority For Tropical Tuna Measures At WCPFC18
Before the WCPFC annual meeting on Wednesday, the Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) and representatives of the fisheries administrations of FSM and Kiribati talked about the need for...
Panama Could Get Rid Of EU Yellow Card Soon
This week, officials from the EU will be visiting Panama to check the country’s progress on its efforts to get rid of its yellow card, said The Secretary-General of the Aquatic Resources...
Falling Marine Gas Oil Costs Compensating For Low Catch Volumes
Fuel prices for purse seiners have fallen following market worry over Omicron variant of COVID-19. This must come as welcome news by seiner operators who have been experiencing slow catches in...
Two Deaths During Mexican Seiner’s Maintenance
Two Mexicans died last week while they were doing maintenance work on board the tuna purse seiner, 'Constanza', at the port of Ensenada. The cause of death was fuel intoxication while the men...
Readers Think HCRs For WCPFC Remain Uncertain
With the WCPFC Regular meeting in sight, Atuna asked its readers their opinion on whether they think the 26 members of the RFMO will agree on harvest control rules for tropical tuna. HCRs have...
Malaysian Fishermen Oppose Tuna Project In Penang
The Penang Fishermen's Association in Malaysia is opposing a private company buying seven acres (28,328 square meters) of land from the state’s Fisheries Development Board (LKIM) including a...
Indonesian Govt To Allow Foreign Fleets To Fish Tuna In Its EEZ
In order to boost the fisheries sector and overall economic development, the Indonesian government is planning to offer IDR 110.2 trillion (USD 7.71 billion) worth of commercial fishing rights...
Mexican Purse Seiner Catches Fire In Mazatlan Harbor
This Tuesday morning, a purse seiner belonging to Pesca Azteca caught fire in Mexico's Mazatlan port. Firefighters managed to put out the blaze. The incident was reported to the emergency...
Slight Improvement After Collapse In PNA Zone Catches
Despite being able to set on FADs again, WCPO purse seiners’ October catches remained low, although this was a slight improvement compared to September's tonnage. Higher amounts of baby...
Critics Say Kiribati’s Move To Open PIPA Will Not Generate Income
Kiribati’s government’s move to open the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) for commercial fishing has not gone down well with several parties, with critics arguing that it will not...
ICCAT Meeting Concludes With Relaxed Bigeye Measures
The ICCAT annual meeting ended on Tuesday after over a week of discussions. The RFMO seems to have taken a step backward when it comes to conservation of the Atlantic bigeye stock but made...
Malaysia Wants More Boat Owners To Apply For Tuna Permits
The Malaysian Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries (MAFI) wants the country to take the opportunity as a member of the IOTC to send more vessels to catch tuna in the Indian Ocean (IO)....
Taiwan To Fight Forced Labor With CCTV, Is It Enough?
A new program has been initiated in Taiwan to fight and put a stop to labor abuses on board tuna fishing vessels. It is a trial that will bring electronic monitoring to the boats developed by...
Engineer Testifies That Mozambique Tuna Vessels Had Serious Defects
An experienced naval engineering inspector, Abilio Tomé, said in court that the longline vessels belonging to the Mozambique Tuna Company (EMATUM) were found to have defects and many of them...
Forced Early Christmas Break Drives Seychelles Skipjack Pricing
Tuna catching activity in the Indian Ocean (IO) has almost ceased for 2021. Only a few seiners flagged to France, Spain, and Seychelles are still operating and they are expected to stop...
US & China Fighting Over Forced Labor Issues In WTO
US and China are once again at each other’s throats regarding forced labor issues as interim talks are taking place in the World Trade Organization (WTO) over harmful fishing subsidies. Given...