A delay in seasonal tuna harvest, which was expected last May, has kept fishermen busy this month in the ports of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands- attributed to shifting currents and irregular...
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US West Coast Albacore “Worst Season In 15 years”
Oregon and Washington commercial tuna fishermen have been facing a second year of difficulties. Reports around the area have indicated scattered schools and undersized albacore. According to...
IN BRIEF: Philippine Yellowfin Catches Plummet
Yellowfin tuna landings are reported to have declined by almost 15 percent, as shown in latest PSA data. Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is planning to implement...
Bumpy Ride For 2019 Food Prices Expected, Says Rabobank
A dangerous combo of trade wars, disease, and El Niño is threatening global food price stability, based on a research conducted by Rabobank, world's leading food and agribusiness bank. While...
Continued Worries On Effects Of Seismic Surveys On Tuna Migration
Representatives from the Australian tuna farming industry are calling for an inquiry into the environmentally disruptive aspects of seismic testing, despite having had appeals rejected twice...
Balfego: No To “Carry-Over” Bluefin Bans
Spanish fishing business Grupo Balfego has urged the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) not to push limits or prohibitions on the so-called “carry-over” of...
Europêche: No Data, No Quota For Bigeye
Claiming “proportional effort and responsibility”, European fishing body Europêche proposed a "no data, no quota" allocation policy during the International Commission for the Conservation of...
Peru Considers Fuel Tax Cuts To Boost Canneries’ Competiveness
A proposal for subsidized taxes on fuel costs related to tuna exports has been put forward by the Peruvian Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture. Exports of Peruvian-caught tuna grew by 105...
IN BRIEF: UK Bluefin Preservation Program Launched
Following increased bluefin sightings, the University of Exeter with CEFA have launched an electronic tagging program. The two-year initiative is the first step in bluefin conservation in...
Ticos Call For Stringent Tuna Policies
Lining each stretch of highway leading to and from Costa Rica’s international airport is a sequence of conspicuous billboards, styled in the likeness of those featured in award-winning film...
Spain Shuts Down Bigeye Fishery For Seiner Fleet
Time is up for the Spanish fleet as the General Secretariat of Fisheries ordered a temporary closure of the bigeye fishery in the Atlantic. The measures, which applies to longliners and purse...
IN BRIEF: 8 NGOs Petition EU For Stronger Bluefin Measures
A group of 8 NGOs have jointly issued a statement addressed to EU Fisheries Commissioner, Karmenu Vella, urging him to “oppose any new provision [at the upcoming ICCAT meeting] that might...
EPO Skipjack Catch Falls Back Sharply
The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) has reported a 7 percent decrease in the total catch by the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) fleets in the third quarter of the year. A sum of...
Philippine Fishers Sign Fair Trade Deal With Coop Swiss
Philippine fishing province Occidental Mindoro has recently entered into a Fair Trade deal at the Tuna Fishers Leader’s Convention last November 12. “It is important to improve not only the...
Tuna Bond Banks Under Investigation For Massive Debt Scam
In lieu of a drawn out multi-billion-dollar debt racking the Mozambican economy, Credit Suisse and Russian bank VTB are being investigated in multiple countries for involvement in over USD 2...
53 Seiners On Anchor For Second IATTC Ban
Just five weeks after the first closure, Ecuador’s second annual 72-day ban on tuna purse seine fishing commenced last Friday, November 9. The closed fishing season will be carried out...
OPAGAC Qualms On Bigeye Quota Reduction
As talks of revising quota for bigeye are underway, the Organization of Producers of Frozen Tuna (OPAGAC) which represents part of the Spanish seiner fleet, expresses concerns on the adoption...
IN BRIEF: Atún Herdez Makes Clean Beach Pledge
Mexican tuna brand Atún Herdez has pledged money to a “beach cleaning” program in Mexico. The initiative will involve volunteers cleaning beaches and attending talks on waste management.
Search For Missing Philippine Tuna Boat With 8-Man Crew
A tuna fishing boat operating in the Celebes Sea was reported by the Philippine Coastguard (PCG) to have gone missing since late last month. The eight-member crew aboard the vessel F/B SAPB II...
The Sweetest Catch Of The Day On Instagram
Before they’re cooked, flaked, canned, and shelved, tuna are sleek and glassy-skinned, unbridled stewards of open water. An Instagram user proudly posted this image on the social media site,...