The Campaign For Eco-Safe Tuna website published the following article in October last year. The text addresses the issue of a lack of transparency in the financial situation of the...
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Barreras In Mexico To Conclude Additional Orders For New Seiners
The president of one of Spain’s major shipyards, Barreras, has travelled to Mexico to finalize the signing of a contract for the order of two new tuna purse seiners vessels with Mexican tuna...
Peru Auctions 2014 Tuna Fishing Licenses
The Ministry of Production in Peru has launched an auction to sell tuna fishing licenses to give shared access to the Peruvian Tropical Sea. The signing of the contracts for national flagged...
The Earth Island Labeling Scheme: Is Anyone Watching?
Written by Campaign Eco-Safe Tuna Widespread consumer confusion about who oversees the “dolphin safe” label is understandable. We expect consumer labels to be overseen with impartiality. Many...
NatGeo Extends Great Success Of “Wicked Tuna”
The National Geographic Channel is building a franchise around one of its highest-rated series, Wicked Tuna. Wicked Tuna: North vs. South has been given the go-ahead by the cable network as a...
ATUNA Reacts To Intimidation Campaign By EII
On Jan 8th, the Earth Island Institute sent out emails and faxes to companies in the global tuna industry, which from start to finish are full of vicious lies, false accusations, and...
ISSF Celebrates Positive Steps Of 2013
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has said that it is important to celebrate the positive steps taken in 2013 and remind ourselves that continuous improvement is...
Composite Longliner Promises 70 Percent Profit Hike
A builder of a new composite longliner design promises he could reduce the number of tuna needed for profitability by as much as 70 percent. The higher profit from fewer fish result of the...
Crew Rescued After Found And Abandoned By Japanese Ship
The United States Coast Guard has rescued four Panamanian crew members who were lost at sea on the tuna vessel “Apache”. According to PanamaAmerica.com the fishermen said they were found...
Seismic Survey Makes Australian Bluefin Season Start Earlier
The Australian bluefin tuna season started earlier than usual this time around due to seismic research planned in the Great Australian Bight. Brian Jeffriess, Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna...
Tuna Stock Status Estimates Are Just “Best Guesses”
Inaccuracy of global tuna catch statistics has been highlighted as a major issue affecting the ability for scientists to carry out proper assessment of the stocks of our oceans’ tuna. Without...
“Net Loss” Marine Mammals Scarcely Related To Tuna
Described by the New York Times as “One of the nation’s most powerful environmental groups,” US based, NRDC (National Resources Defense Council) has released a report this month focusing on...
Oregon Fishers Point To “Loopholes” In Canadian Albacore Vessel Registration
The amount of albacore tuna landed by the small number of Canadian fishing boats in 2013 has been said by some Oregon fishermen and fishery managers to point to underlying issues concerning...
How Obama Can Get Bluefin Tuna Off The (Wrong) Hook
Published on the New York Times opinion page, by Andrew C. Revkin Lee Crockett, who directs the U.S. Oceans program of The Pew Charitable Trusts, sent a compelling “Your Dot” piece on...
Jaccar Sells Remaining Shares In Piriou Shipbuilding
French business group, Jaccar Holdings, shareholder in the Sapmer tuna fishing group has sold all of its remaining shares in the Piriou shipyard in France. Its 19.8 percent stake in the...
India Detains 15 Crew And Taiwanese Longliner On IUU
A Taiwanese longliner has been found undertaking illegal tuna fishing operations in the waters of the Andaman Islands in the Indian exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The vessel was reported to be...
More Pacifical MSC Tuna Expected To Hit Europe’s Shelves
The PNA countries have expectations of larger volumes of free school skipjack being sold in the European market this year. Dr. Transform Aqorau, Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) Director...
US Fleet “Unjustly Cast As The Villain”
Subject to tuna fishing restrictions following the WCPFC meeting in Cairns last month, the USA’s Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council has said that the US fleet was “unjustly...
Tri Marine Backs American Samoa’s Longliner Fishing Fleet
Written by Fili Sagapolutele, Samoa NewsTri Marine International, parent company of Samoa Tuna Processors, Inc. (STP), is putting its full support behind the local longline fishing fleet in...
Governor: Drops In Tuna Prices Helps Canneries
A drop in tuna prices is helping tuna canneries according to American Samoa Governor, Lolo Moliga. He said, the drop in the price of fish helps canneries which, along with associated...