Bigeye stocks in both the Eastern and Western Central Pacific have improved in the latest stock assessments by RFMOs, which is now being reflected in the newest State of the Stocks report by...
Tuna Fishing News
More Free School Sets Drove Purse Seine Catch Recovery
A significant increase in free school sets made by seiners in the WCPO saw the tonnage of yellowfin landings from the region surge last year. This in turn drove a solid recovery in the total...
China Accused Of Stalling WTO Talks On Fleet Subsidies
China’s offer on curbing government subsidized fishing has been considered as inadequate in talks among major fishing nations. The Asian nation is being said to stall the discussions as a way...
Thailand Traceability System Under EU’s Microscope
Thailand is expecting a visit from an EU delegation later this month to review its system for tracing fisheries products through the supply chain. The leading tuna canning country claims it...
Philippines Inks Partnership To Rebuild Critical Stocks
As 70 percent of the Philippines’ EEZ resource is considered overfished, the government has announced plans to establish vital reforms for the country’s major commercial fisheries. With the...
Vanuatu Brings EMS On Board To Protect Observers
Vanuatu’s Fisheries Department has started trialing Electronic Monitoring Systems (EMS) as a way of overseeing vessel activity. The implementation of the scheme means that observers can stay...
China’s Ocean Family Launches 2 New Seiners
Chinese tuna firm, Zhejiang Ocean Family, the parent company of Ningbo Fengsheng, has added two new purse seine vessels to its fleet this month. Zeng Yue Xiang, the General Manager of Ocean...
Bad Catch Sees Bigeye Replaced With Bluefin In Japan
Substantially higher prices are being paid for bigeye tuna in Japan, caused by a slump in volumes caught in the Pacific Ocean, and the impact is being felt among both buyers and consumers in...
Marquesas Longline Fishery Expansion Protests “Unjustified”
An investor in a fishing project in the Marquesas Islands, a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, is defending the establishment of a tuna longline fleet in the archipelago and...
Greenpeace USA Wants Firms To Be “Comprehensively Responsible”
In its latest ranking of US foodservice firms in relation to their sustainable seafood policies, NGO Greenpeace USA states that “flawed” eco-certifications like MSC do not guarantee that a...
US Seiner Fleet “Under Siege” From PNA And WCPFC
The US tuna purse seine fleet has been described as “under siege” from regional groups due to the management of Pacific waters, by an American Samoa fisheries official. As a result, he is...
Concerned IO Canners Push For Extra Derogation From EU
Although the EU has not yet responded to the request, there is a continued push from Mauritius-based tuna canners to gain an enhanced trade benefit with the bloc, considering the supply...
Taiwanese Seiner Detained In Pacific IUU Sweep
A Taiwanese purse seiner has been seized by maritime police and fisheries authorities in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) for suspected IUU fishing. The vessel, which has not been...
Vietnam Starts Quest To Meet EU’s IUU Demands
Shortly following Vietnam’s yellow card warning issued by EU officials earlier this week, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed in the country to improve the nation’s fishing...
Slight Supply Gains Soften Bangkok SKJ Price
After climbing to an extremely strong peak, the Bangkok skipjack price has softened somewhat, caused by signs of modest growth in supply heading to the capital. With the latest deals concluded...
Japan’s First Tuna FIP To Save Struggling Albacore Fishery
Japan’s first tuna Fisheries Improvement Project (FIP) was launched yesterday as an attempt to move towards more sustainable fishing practices amid worries over the “potential decline” of this...
Longline Joint Venture Improves Solomon Exports
A fairly recent partnership between a Taiwanese longline fishing firm and local processor in the Solomon Islands has significantly benefitted the nation’s economy, with ports reportedly...
US Bigeye Fleet Back In Action
The US longline fleet will now be able to resume its bigeye fishing operations, as it has secured a quota agreement with the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), giving a major chunk of US...
Are Pacific Islands Benefitting From Expanding Chinese Fleet?
As the Chinese fleet expands as a consequence of generous government subsidies, there have been talks in the industry on what this means for the Pacific Island nations, which control some of...
Majority Anticipate Dent In Global Tuna Catch
The majority of Atuna readers have predicted the total global tuna catch for this year will be lower than 2016. We asked our readers for their opinion on the following standpoint: “Total 2017...