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Tuna Fishing News
Tunisia Adds Another Tuna Vessel To Its Fleet
Despite the obstacles posed by COVID-19, the largest tuna fishing vessel ever built in the city of Mahdia, Tunisia, was finished this week. The shipyard in charge of the task was Art Naval, an...
Tuna Seiners Among Least Sulfur Polluters
It has been five months since the sulfur cap limit under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) came...
Mexican Tuna Seiners Crew Suspected Of COVID-19
Two tuna vessels with suspected COVID-19 crew arrived last week in the port of Mazatlan, Mexico. The test results performed on all the fishermen on board the vessels are expected today. So...
EU Gives Malta 4 Months To Comply With Fishing Regulations
In a letter of formal notice sent to Malta, the European Commission (EC) has given the country a deadline of four months to address any shortcomings in order to comply with fishing control,...
Last Communication Of Alleged Murdered Observer Revealed
The last communication between Kiribati observer, Eritara Aati Kaierua – who was found dead aboard the Taiwanese seiner ‘Win Far 636’ – and his family has been revealed. “I love you all and...
Friend Of The Sea Certifies Australian Southern Bluefin Association
All the brands associated with the Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association (ASBTIA) can now display the Friend of the Sea logo on their products as the accreditation entity...
Aussie Tuna Industry Asks Govt To Quit Pestering China
Tuna exporters in South Australia have criticized the rhetoric of their country’s politicians against China stating that it will hurt their business with the Asian economic giant. Australian...
China Building Three New Tuna Longliners
The construction of three Chinese tuna longliners is moving forward, as the hulls of the boats were closed a couple of weeks ago. They are expected to be completed in October. The vessels are...
EU Parliament Approves ICCAT’s Broadened Scope On Sharks
On May 13, the European Parliament approved a protocol to amend and broaden the scope of the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). A major change will be the...
EPO Q1 Tuna Catch Highest In Decades
Tuna catches in the EPO are better than ever. IATTC data for the first quarter of 2020 revealed record-high volumes since the RFMO started posting this information online in 2007. Fleets in...
Solomon Islands’ Longliners Battle IUU Fishing With E-Monitoring
The government of Solomon Islands is working with the Spanish engineering firm, Satlink, for a new project to better monitor and manage its tuna longline fishery electronically. Through this...
New Isolation Area For COVID-19 Fishermen In Manta
To better cope with the number of COVID-19 patients in Manta, a new isolation area has been built. Twenty fishermen, currently in quarantine on board their respective fishing vessels three...
Fishermen With COVID-19 Symptoms Dock In Galápagos Islands
In Ecuador - one of the countries hardest-hit by the COVID-19 virus in South America - fishermen on board tuna vessels have been reported to have symptoms related to the virus. Last week, a...
Atuna Poll: Can US Importers Verify Non-IUU Caught Tuna?
In 2018, NOAA established the US Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) to prevent IUU caught fish from entering the American market. This measure comprises compliance for 13 fish species...
Spanish Govt Organizes Change Of Tuna Crew In Seychelles
Due to COVID-19 preventive and control measures, tuna fishermen on board purse seiners have had to extend their fishing trips by as much as twice the usual time. This is due to governments...
China Wants To Boost Domestic Tuna Consumption
China is pushing to raise its domestic consumption for tuna and other seafood caught by its distant water fleet. For years, the country has been cracking down on domestic fishing in order to...
Indonesian Govt Requests Explanations Over Fishers’ Deaths
Earlier this week, a report linked the deaths of four Indonesian fishers to one Chinese tuna longliner, which docked in South Korea. The deceased crew’s government said yesterday that is...
Results Of Atuna’s World Tuna Day Quiz
Atuna celebrated this year's World Tuna Day with a bit of fun tuna knowledge. Last week we sent all of our readers a quiz, and we promised a copy of Steven Adolf's book, Tuna Wars, to the...
French Territory In Pacific Counting Washed Up FADs
For months, Wallis and Futuna islands in the Pacific have been counting the number of lost and stranded drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (dFADs) washing up on their shores. This is due to a...