Dongwon Group announced yesterday that the English version of its founder and Chairman Kim Jae–chul’s autobiography ‘Sailing Through Life's Storms’ is out. It was first launched in Korean...
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Tuna Organizations And NGOs Present Asks To IATTC
NGOs and tuna organizations have submitted their position statements ahead of the 103rd Meeting of the IATTC to be held in Panama from September 1 to 5. A 100 percent observer coverage in tuna...
NGO Claims Philippines Top Court Ruling Could Jeopardize Tuna Exports
NGO Oceana recently stepped up to warn about how a ruling by the Philippines top court could affect Filipino tuna exporters' trade and impact small-scale fishers. Last August, the Supreme...
Skipjack Purse Seine Catch Per Unit Effort In WCPO Rising
The total catch per unit effort (CPUE) in 2024 for purse seine skipjack was higher compared to the rates in 2023, according to a recent report from the WCPFC. The ‘Overview of Tuna Fisheries...
TUNA VIGO 2025: Last Chance To Register For The World’s Leading Tuna Conference
- Sponsored content - The countdown has begun: in just a few days, the global tuna industry will gather in Vigo, Spain, for the XII ANFACO World Tuna Conference, from September 11–12 under the...
Filipino Fishers Experience Sluggish Skipjack Season
The Philippines-flagged vessels' tuna and tuna-like species catches dropped substantially from January to June this year, driven largely by low volumes of skipjack. The Philippines Statistics...
Micronesia Improves Port States Procedures To Combat IUU Fishing
The Federated States of Micronesia is strengthening its efforts in fighting IUU fishing operations and IUU-caught tuna landed in the country through better Port State Measures (PSM). It not...
Indonesia Seizes Illegal Fishing Philippines Seiner
Indonesia has seized a Philippine-flagged purse seiner on suspicion of illegal tuna fishing in northern Papua waters, according to the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries on Tuesday....
EPO Seiners Experience Massive Drop In Skipjack Catches
Skipjack catches were going downhill in the EPO from the beginning of this year, and this continued in the second quarter as well, leading to an overall drop in catches in H1 2025. Meanwhile,...
Spanish Tuna Company Initiates Crew Training Program For Seychellois
Spanish company Albacora is providing crew training to Seychellois youth aspiring to a career in the fishing industry. Last week, the first cadet joined a Seychelles-flagged purse seiner,...
Tuna Vigo 2025 Speakers & Program Announced
The 12th edition of the Anfaco World Tuna Conference will start in Vigo, Spain, on September 11. The organizer expects around 400 participants from the tuna industry to attend the two-day...
WCPFC Scientists Prepare Stock Recommendations
The WCPFC Scientific Committee (SC) meeting is taking place with scientists, fisheries managers, and other stakeholders holding a debate over the world’s biggest tuna fisheries in the WCPO...
WCPO Purse Seiners Smashed Skipjack Catch Record In 2024
Purse seine fleets in the WCPO captured unprecedented levels of tropical tuna, the highest on record since the 1970s, boosted by decades-high skipjack volumes. The provisional catch was...
Maltese Environmental Watchdog Pushes Bluefin Farms To Clean Up Slime
Maltese environmental authorities instructed tuna fattening farms to carry out cleaning-up operations on the coast after beachgoers complained about slime in the waters, which prevented them...
Tuna Company Execs Sentenced To Prison For Scam
Seven defendants in the controversial illegal bluefin scam in Spain have agreed to close to two years in prison. Among them are José and Juan Pedro, former directors of the Cartagena-based...
Nauru Seiners Made A Five-Year Low Performance
The number of Nauru-flagged purse seiners dropped in 2024, and so did their catches, which stood at a five-year low last year. Nauru provided information about its purse seine operations,...
Atlantic Bluefins In Gulf Of Maine Show Major Change In Prey
A group of researchers from the University of Maine conducted a study to analyse changes in the diet of Atlantic bluefin in the Gulf of Maine, amid the population decline of Atlantic herring,...
US And Cook Islands To Study Deep-Sea Mining Possibilities
The US recently announced that it will cooperate with the Cook Islands, which has a tuna-rich EEZ, “to advance scientific research and the responsible development of seabed mineral resources.”...
Decades-Old Charlie-Shaped Radio Grabs Attention And Other Social Media Stories
A transistor radio in the shape of StarKist's mascot Charlie was popular in the 1970s, and is back in the spotlight more than five decades later. MSC released a new video on FADs to correct...
Sharp Dip In June WCPO Transshipments
The WCPO purse seine catches in June were low, leading to a 15 percent drop in transshipped volumes via ports in the PNA region. Papua New Guinea's ports had been overseeing the most...