Despite a recent stock assessment of Pacific bluefin tuna showing a modest increase from 2.6 to 3.3 percent of original population size, Japan’s proposal for an increase in its fishing quota...
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INTERPOL Gets Involved In Efforts To Combat IUU Fishing
A joint operation against IUU fishing in the Pacific saw the involvement of INTERPOL. The four-week exercise, called Operation Nasse, highlights the global coordinated effort to combat illegal...
Alfonso Miranda Reappointed As IATTC Vice President
The President of the Peruvian Chamber of Tuna, Alfonso Miranda Eyzaguirre, has been reelected as Vice President of the IATTC. Miranda has described his appointment for the second term as...
Influx Of Recreational Fishing In Northern Pacific
Washington’s Westport Marina attracts droves of commercial fishing boats and recreational trawlers by the hundreds each year, during the summer months when abundant schools of North Pacific...
Japan’s Quota Proposal Talks Underway
The WCPFC’s Northern Committee has kicked off talks on whether or not to increase the catch quota for Pacific bluefin tuna, as proposed by the Japanese government. The suggestion to increase...
Peru Wants To Process 100,000 M/T By 2021
As part of its 2021 Bicentennial Plan, Peru seeks to expand its tuna processing capacity to 100,000 metric tons. The weighty figure might seem an ambitious reach, considering that the local...
High Value Yellowfin Boosts GenSan’s Business
Region 12 of the Philippines, which includes its ‘tuna capital’ General Santos, has retained its top position in terms of value of commercial seafood production. Tuna continues to play a...
OPAGAC & Tunacons Sign MOU On IATTC Cooperation
Tunacons and the Producers’ Organization of Large Tuna Fishing Freezer Vessels (OPAGAC) have taken a step towards formalizing a collaboration that will prioritize activities and facilitate the...
Main FAD Buoy Supplier: We’ll Retrieve Our Buoys To Clean Oceans
Following the announcement of its partnership with The Ocean Cleanup project, Spanish firm Marine Instruments has revealed further details on how it plans to help extract plastic waste from...
Britain Vs France: Fishing War Amplifies As French Net Tuna
British fishermen, who were recently attacked by French scallop fishers, have been left “fuming” after vessels flagged to France caught bluefin tuna from UK waters. They have claimed the...
China Visa Row Sparks Controversy At PIF Summit
The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) summit began on a dramatic note as China, attending the event as a “dialogue partner”, threatened to pull-out amid a visa row with host nation Nauru. The...
China Visa Row Sparks Controversy At PIF Summit
The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) summit began on a dramatic note as China, attending the event as a “dialogue partner”, threatened to pull-out amid a visa row with host nation Nauru. The...
Russian Scientists Take On The Tuna Robot
Scientists from a Russian university have carried out laboratory tests on the ‘Tunets’, which is a tuna-like robot intended for underwater research. The project is still in the initial stages,...
Spanish Canners: We Need Duty Free Loins To Stay Competitive
Anfaco, the organization that represents Spain’s canning industry, has said the tuna sector needs a greater pre-cooked loin quota “to be competitive and maintain its industrial activity”. The...
SKJ1.8: BKK Price Sees An Uptick
The price of whole round skipjack in Bangkok has seen an uptick, however, the increase is not as steep as expected. While the record low catch rates that have been reported during the ongoing...
Main Global Tuna Developments In August
August marked an eventful month for the global tuna industry, with the full impact of the annual FAD ban in the WCPO now visible. Industry participants also continued to weigh the impact of...
EPO Purse Seine Closure Boosts Employment
The ongoing purse seine closure in the EPO, the first of the two annual shutdowns, has boosted employment in the Ecuadorian provinces of Guayas, Santa Elena and Manabi. The first closure has...
The Problem Of Ghost Gear: Is Enough Being Done?
The recent incident in Mexico where an abandoned tuna net led to the death of more than 300 turtles has once again thrown light upon the issue of discarded fishing gears or ghost gear as they...
China Moves Six New Seiners Into Indian Ocean
Six new Chinese flagged purse seiners have set sail in the Indian Ocean to carry out tuna fishing. The new vessels are the first purse seiners that will join China’s IO fleet, which is...
Longline Fleet Is Becoming A Liability, Say Majority
The longline vessels within the tuna sector are becoming a liability, according to more than 60 percent of Atuna readers. Despite purse seine fishing making up the majority of the global tuna...