An American researcher, David Wells, is voicing the importance of knowing about bluefin travel habits and breeding grounds. Recently, Biology Letters published a study on the matter conducted...
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Talks Over Including Climate Change In Magnuson-Stevens Act
In a panel discussion last week in Honolulu, members of Congress, conservationists and fishing industry leaders came together to discuss improving a federal law on fishing management to...
Wespac Points At China’s Aggression In Pacific
In its latest newsletter, Wespac not only praised the efforts made by the US coast guard against IUU fishing but also highlighted that the increased catches of Chinese vessels in the Pacific...
FisheryProgress Updates FIP Guidelines
The leading platform for tracking the progress of fishery improvement projects (FIPs) worldwide, FisheryProgress has updated its FIP Review Guidelines Document. The text provides detailed...
Migrant Workers In Thai Fisheries Demand More Rights
Foreign workers employed by the fishing industry in Thailand are pushing for better labor conditions. Last week, dozens of Cambodian migrant fisher leaders gathered in Khlong Yai in the Trat...
How Are Southern Bluefin Tuna Tagged?
For those who wonder how southern bluefin are tagged, a new video was recently released showing the whole process, from the capture of the fish to its release back into the ocean. The bluefin...
EPO Seiners Growth Seems Unstoppable
In the IATTC region, the main reason to increase and strengthen conservation measures has been the constant increase in the fleets’ fishing capacity. This was stated by the Director of the...
EU Parliament Recommends Cape Verde Fishing Deal
The European Parliament Committee on Fisheries has recommended approving a new fisheries agreement between the EU and Cape Verde. The previous protocol to the deal expired in December 2018 and...
EU-Seychelles Finally Reach Fishing Agreement
The new fishing agreement between the EU and Seychelles was adopted at the end of last week, informed the African country’s Fisheries Ministry. This is over a month after the previous one...
Second Study Claims MPA Cuts Hawaii Fishers’ Profits
A study published in mid-February stated that the expansion of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (PMNM) led to the loss of revenue for commercial longlining fishers in...
Fisherman Shares Record Bluefin Catch With Community
A Virginia Beach captain, Jake Hiles, gave away his 708 pound (321 kg) state record bluefin to the people in his community. The fish had a 1.96 m girth and measured around 2.89m in length. The...
Ecuador Fights EU Yellow Card With New Fishing Bill
The General Assembly of Ecuador has unanimously approved a new fishing bill that the South American country expects will aid in the task of getting rid of the EU yellow card it currently...
Marine Monuments Do Not Cause Economic Harm To Hawaii Tuna Vessels
A newly published study has revealed that the expansion of two US marine monuments – Pacific Remote Islands (PRI) and the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monuments (PMNM) – have not caused...
Warnings Over Declining Size Of EPO Skipjack And Yellowfin
In all the Eastern Pacific Ocean’s (EPO) regions, the average size of tuna has declined considerably over the past decade. This is according to the Director of the IATTC, Guillermo Compeán,...
Canary Islands Bluefin Season 2020 To Start
The 2020 bluefin fishing season in the Canary Islands will start this week, on February 20, and will conclude on December 31 or until the quota is exhausted, which for the...
EPO Seiner Fleet Needs Renovation, Vessels Up To 78 Years Old
The average age of tuna purse seiners in the EPO is between 36 to 45 years old, claimed the Director of the IATTC Guillermo Compeán during the Americas Tuna Conference in Panama. He...
Tuna Super Seiner ‘Albacora Seis’ Sinks In Atlantic Ocean
The tuna super seiner ‘Albacora Seis’ sank in the Atlantic Ocean last Saturday night. The vessel was flagged to Curaçao and was based in Vigo, Spain. According to the Spanish media, the...
IATTC Fleets Increase 2019 EPO Tuna Catches
The majority of the fleets fishing tuna from the EPO increased their annual catches in 2019, resulting in record-high volumes, according to the latest figures from the Inter-American Tropical...
EPO Tuna Catches Hit Record High In 2019
Tuna caught in the EPO in 2019 reached its highest volume in over 14 years, according to the latest figures from the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC). The surge occurred thanks...
TunaDrone To Revolutionize Free School Fishing
In recent years, pressure from different organizations to reduce the number of FADs within the tuna industry has been on the rise. However, the reality is that technological developments such...