A tuna vessel, owned by Ghanaian company, Panofi, capsized at Tema port in the African country on Wednesday. A witness from the Maritime Authority reported to the Master of the vessel, Kim...
Tuna Fishing News
Acoustic Survey: 30 Times More Fish In The Oceans
A new study by an international group of 400 marine scientists, one of the largest ever done, has suggested that the biomass of fish across the world is as much as 30 times more than...
2013 Was Excellent Albacore Season In USA
Albacore tuna fishermen of Oregon, United States, have reason to celebrate after having their second best catching season on record last year. The state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife has...
Seven New Tuna Seiners For Mexican Fleet
Seven new tuna purse seine vessels are being added to the Mexican fishing fleet and will contribute to increasing food production and economic development of the country. New jobs will also be...
ICCAT Limit Spurs Trading In Tuna Quotas
The decision by the ICCAT late last year to maintain its limit for bluefin tuna fishing for four almadraba fisheries of Cadiz, in Spain, has spurred trading in tuna quotas. In preparation for...
Shortest Tuna Season “One Of The Best In History”
This year’s southern bluefin tuna fishing season is being described by the South Australian tuna industry as one of the best it has seen in decades and one of its shortest. Tuna fishing has...
“Albacore Crisis Spreads Thru Entire Pacific Region”
As the albacore tuna crisis spreads, the Samoan government is being called upon to take action at a regional level to stop foreign vessels “plundering” the entire Pacific’s stock of this...
USD Millions Sought To Upgrade GenSan Fleet
The General Santos City local government hopes for the modernization of the city’s thriving fishing industry, by pushing for the release of a national state government grant of USD 4.48...
Marine Reserve Putting Tuna Fishermen Out Of Business
Great Barrier Reef Tuna Director, Annie Lamason, has said that the introduction of the million square kilometer Coral Sea Marine Reserve set for this year will only cause harm to the local...
Possible Merger Between Princes And TDM?
A rumor is going around the tuna market of the potential of a merger or possible take-over involving two Mauritius based tuna plants. Princes Mauritius and Thon des Mascareignes could possibly...
NOAA Urged Not To Walk Away From Bigeye Commitment
NOAA is being urged by environmental group, Pew Charitable Trusts, not to walk away on its commitment to reduce the catch of bigeye tuna in order to prevent further overfishing of the...
SIDS Becoming The BOSS Of Tuna
“The Small Island Developing States (SIDS), or ‘Big Ocean Sovereignty States (BOSS)’ as I like to call them, have a choice before them.” This is the perspective from Alfred 'Bubba' Cook, WWF’s...
Pole And Line Nation Develops Longline To Battle IUU
Primarily known as a pole and line tuna fishing nation, the Fisheries Ministry of the Maldives has launched a program to teach longline fishing to young people in the country, a scheme in...
FAD With “Zero By-Catch Mortality” Does Not Exist
What looked like a breakthrough in the sustainability chain has turned out to be a miscommunication. Spanish fishing company, Albacora S.A., contacted atuna.com to inform that the information...
Lowest Tuna Catch Reported In Last 5 Years
Samoa’s tuna catch for January has dropped to a dramatic five year low after monitoring from the country’s Fisheries Division has confirmed the landed volume. Several local fishing companies...
The Pacific Squad Of “Tuna Detectives”
Fisheries Inspectors, investigators and enforcement officers from across the Pacific are heading home following the fifth Pacific Islands Fisheries Evidence and Investigation Training Course...
Kenya To Step Up Surveillance On Its Tuna Resources
The Kenyan Government has made plans to step-up the surveillance of its waters. Fisheries stakeholders are pleased with the decision that will see the construction of the Kenyan Oceans and...
Woman With Muscle: Catches A 411kg Bluefin
After a nearly five-hour struggle, Auckland woman Donna Pascoe, landed a huge 411kg bluefin tuna, a potential world record, which requires a lot of power and endurance from the angler....
Indonesia: A Lot Of Tuna, But Little Overview
Seen as the world’s country with the highest tuna potential, Indonesia’s annual tuna production total in 2012 was 613,557 tons according to the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries. Being...
“Governor Has No Interest In American Samoa Tuna Industry”
Apparently, American Samoa’s Governor, Lolo Moliga, seems to have no interest in the biggest and only industry in the territory, the tuna industry. This is according to Tautai O Samoa Longline...