Industry group ISSF stresses the need for increased transparency within the WCPFC, and believes that for tuna fisheries to be managed effectively and sustainably, the industry and NGOs need to...
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UK Retailer Makes Its Own “Responsible Sourcing” Scheme
UK retailer and leading frozen fish supermarket, Iceland has created its own responsible sourcing scheme in a bid to assure customers that Iceland Own Brand fish and seafood has been caught in...
Are Bigger Quotas Really Beneficial For Bluefin Fishermen?
A new study on the impact of the recent spike in Eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna catch, has shown the price of bluefin declines as its aggregate supply increases. According to the study, led by...
Sea Shepherd Detains Spanish Seiner For Undocumented Bycatch
Anti-poaching group Sea Shepherd has announced that it assisted Gabonese authorities in the detention of a Spanish owned tuna seiner for not documenting its bycatch in accordance with the law....
Total WCPO Tuna Catch Climbs Back Up
The total 2016 annual tuna catch in the WCPO has climbed back up, after 2015 figures showed the first drop in years, and now represents the second highest tonnage on record, according to...
Is Vietnam Next In Line For EU Yellow Card?
As the issue of Vietnamese blue boats in Pacific island waters is yet to be resolved, the country’s seafood industry is becoming aware that Vietnam could face penalties from the EU and...
US Fleet: One Step Closer To Bigger Fishing Grounds?
The White House has been recommended to limit or alter several marine protected monuments around US territories in the Pacific. The proposal will likely be welcomed by the US longline fleet,...
Iceland Promotes Frozen Fish Consumption With New Tuna Steaks
British supermarket chain, Iceland has launched a new marketing and PR campaign promoting its frozen fish range, which includes a new tuna steak product. Branded as the ‘UK’s number one...
PNA Transshipment Hub Sees Record Traffic
The PNA transshipment hub of Majuro has seen record traffic in recent months, in terms of purse seiners unloading their catch to carriers. However, to date, the annual total is still notably...
Chinese Pingtan Fleet Seized For IUU Near Indonesia
Police in East Timor, an island nation near Indonesia, along with activist group, Sea Shepherd, have announced the capture of a fleet of 15 vessels suspected of illegal practices. A large...
Emotional Appeal By PNG Fleet Operators As Govt. Cracks Down
Representatives of the mostly foreign-owned fishing industry operating in PNG waters, are calling on the country’s Fisheries Minister to address what they describe as the critical issues they...
Peak Catch Not Enough To Fill Latin Canners’ Production
A strong first seven months for tuna landings in the EPO has not been enough to keep some South American canners going during the purse seine closure, as packers in the region now show strong...
Italian Bluefin Firms Lose Fishing Ban Case
The European Court of Justice has dismissed a multi-million dollar compensation claim from Italian bluefin companies, after they stated they were discriminated against when Spanish seiners...
Atlantic Ocean Yellowfin Fishery Goes For MSC
A Guatemalan fishery is entering into MSC assessment for the unassociated purse seine tuna operations of its Spanish owned vessels in the Atlantic Ocean, with it expected to receive...
Oceana: EU Countries Issued Illegal African Fishing Permits
EU vessels have been unlawfully fishing in West African waters, according to a new report, which highlights the region as a prime location to fish for tuna, with many EU-flagged boats...
Malaysia Has Big Hopes For Thriving Tuna Industry
The Malaysian government is hoping to develop a lucrative tuna industry, through issuing fishing licenses to vessels that agree to deliver their catch on Malaysian soil. This goal will also be...
Controversial US Bigeye Deal Recommended To Continue
The annual bigeye catch limit of 2,000 tons each for American Samoa, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMIA), of which half is allowed to be sold to US...
EPO Quotas Could Have Cost Ecuadorian Fleet $500 Million
The Ecuadorian tuna sector could have lost up to USD 500 million if the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) had continued with catch quotas in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, one...
Juvenile Bigeye & Yellowfin: Not Target Catch
Although the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) in its latest report considers juvenile bigeye and yellowfin as target species, Atuna readers are opposing this approach,...
Pinsa Nature Reserve Intrusion Was “Communication Failure”
An incident in which a number of vessels belonging to Mexican fishing firm Pinsa, were reported to be operating unlawfully in a nature reserve off the country’s coast, was merely an issue of...