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Tuna Fishing News
Fishermen Protest Against Oil Spillages
The presence of hydrocarbons in the Gulf of Mexico in recent years is causing serious ecological damage and a 60 percent decline in catches, according to a fishery cooperative...
Costa Rica To Ramp Up Satellite Surveillance Against IUU
The Costa Rican government will partner with Global Fishing Watch to improve its satellite control and monitoring to deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing....
Data Analysis A Challenge For Ghana’s Electronic Monitoring Project
The government of Ghana has recently reported a successful experience in conducting trials on the use of the Electronic Monitoring Systems (EMS) as a tool for Monitoring, Control and...
Boat Hits Tuna Trap
A Portuguese flagged tuna fishing boat with five Spanish crew members on board stranded off the Southern coast of Portugal after running into a tuna trap.The Rescue Center of Lisbon...
5 Crew Members Missing After Vessel Caught Fire
Five crew members of a Taiwan-flagged fishing boat have gone missing after a fire broke out on their vessel in the waters off the Falkland Islands on Monday. The five missing...
Japan Asked To Invest In Indonesia’s New Tuna Hub
The Indonesian government seeks out Japanese authorities and firms to be its trading partners as plans of a new tuna hub are underway. Particularly, Fisheries director Rifky...
Japanese Allowed Fishing In Palau
The Palau government will allow Japanese fishermen to continue catching skipjack in the Pacific nation’s water amid talks of closing its waters by 2020. Japanese Okinawa fishermen rely on...
Tragedy At Sea: Crew Members Forced To Jump Overboard
A verbal confrontation escalated into a deadly brawl forcing 10 crew members to jump overboard at knifepoint from a Taiwanese longliner called Wen Peng. Two Filipino crew...
No Expansion Of Fishing Grounds For Senegal’s Fleet
The Senegalese tuna fleet might not get access to the additional fishing grounds that they are desperately looking for. This week the Liberian Plenary of the House of Representatives has...
India’s Blue Revolution: 27 Shipyards To Build 800 New Deep-Sea Vessels
To encourage fishermen to take up deep-sea fishing, 27 shipyards across India will build around 800 new vessels in the next years. Most of them are mini-longliners or gillnet...
Skipjack Catch In EPO Dropped Substantially
Overall tuna catches in the Eastern Pacific Ocean dropped by 3 percent, according to the latest statistics from the Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC). The cut amounted...
Mozambican Fishing Port Expansion Underway
The Mozambican government has invested USD 120 million in the renovation of the Beira’s fishing port. It has a capacity to accommodate 16 fishing boats (particularly tuna vessels) at the same...
Ecuador’s 2018 EPO Tuna Catch Slumps
Latest statistics from the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) revealed a 5 percent drop in the overall catches of tuna by Ecuador in the Eastern Pacific Ocean...
EU Commissioner Condemns Infringements By Fishery Official
The European Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Karmenu Vella said that the malpractice reported in the Spanish media in connection to the dismissal of the...
36 EU Vessels Allowed To Catch 5,000 Tons In Côte d’Ivoire Waters
The European Parliament has approved a new six-year protocol that allows 36 EU vessels to fish up to 5,000 tons in Côte d’Ivoire’s EEZ. This deal provides fishing opportunities for 28...
Purse Seine Boats To Continue Fishing Using Metal Halide Lights
Mini purse seine fishermen in Malpe coast, India insisted that they are not using LED but metal halide lights for fishing. The court has directed the authorities to continue fishing...
Tuna Vessel Rescued After Distress Call
Tuna fishing vessel Grete has been rescued at Kangaroo Island, Australia after breaking down on Saturday, Feb. 9. The distress signal was sent just before 1 p.m. with reports from the crew...
SPC Director: PNA Could Reach USD 1 Billion Income From Tuna
The Pacific Community (SPC) Director General Colin Tukuitonga said that tuna fisheries are on track to return up to USD 1 billion to the region in a year. The SPC is a scientific organization...
Largest Fiber Tuna Purse Seiner Surpassed By One Meter
An Algerian fleet owner has commissioned Astilleros del Ulla, a Spanish shipyard located in the province of Pontevedra, to build a new fiber tuna purse seiner for...