The Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) has shown its interest towards working with Fiji. Its representatives recently participated in a WWF-organized tuna and seafood transparency...
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Orthongel Executive Reveals Ways To Valorise Purse Seine Tuna Catch
Michel Goujon, Director of Orthongel, the group representing the French fishing fleet, recently spoke to MSC about the different ways to add value to sustainable tuna, the impact of climate...
Insight Into Beneficial Owners Can Improve Reefer Transshipment Operations
“Better insight into the beneficial ownership of vessels involved in transshipment and their operational patterns could lead to more effective management,” stated a new research paper on...
Is Azores Pole and Line Fleet In Dire Straits?
Azores pole-and-line fishers in Portugal have been hard hit by bigeye quota, purse seine fishing, and lower prices for their catches. The documentary titled ‘Is this the end of Portugal’s tuna...
Euphoria Over Improved IO Catches Overshadowed By Low Price
Purse seine skipjack catches have improved in the Indian Ocean since the end of October. This is good news for fleets and canneries in the region after months of low volumes. However, the fish...
EU Annual Economic Report Sees Improvement For Tuna Fleet
The EU fleet showed a substantial improvement in economic performance in tuna fishing in 2022 with predicted rising gross profits for 2023 and 2024, but not in all oceans. The European...
Will WCPFC Decide On Electronic Monitoring At Upcoming Annual Meeting?
The WCPFC 21st annual meeting is around the corner. There are numerous proposals on the table and this year, improving electronic monitoring (EM) standards on longliners from 2025 is on the...
Madeira Tuna Fishers Demand Removal Of Fishing Ban In MPA Region
Fish producers' organization, Coopescamadeira, is urging the government of Madeira to lift the ban on catching tuna beyond two miles in the Selvagens Islands, a marine protected area (MPA)....
ISSF Report Shows Meager Improvement In Conservation Measures By Companies
The recently published ‘Annual Conservation Measures and Proactive Vessel Register Compliant Report’ showed that companies have improved 0.15 percent from the June 2024 report. The audit of...
WCPFC Director Reports Progress & Future Priorities
The members of the Commission looking after the world’s largest tuna fishery are set to meet on November 28. Rhea Moss-Christian, Executive Director, said in her annual report that the WCPFC...
EU Inks Deal For Tuna Fishing In Ivory Coast EEZ
The EU and Ivory Coast renewed their fishing partnership agreement in Abidjan yesterday for the 2024-2028 period. This deal would allow 32 EU vessels, including 25 seiners and 7 longliners, to...
Readers Predicted ICCAT Will Adopt Skipjack Harvest Strategy
The annual ICCAT meeting concluded last week with agreements on the much-anticipated harvest strategy, also known as management procedure, for western skipjack. The Scientific Committee report...
Tuna Sustainability And Labor Rights Priorities On World Fisheries Day
World Fisheries Day is celebrated on November 21 annually. It highlights the importance of sustainable tuna and other fish stocks, strengthening human rights for small-scale fishing...
Better Bangkok Price Made WCPO Seiners Transship More In October
The transshipped tuna volume in the WCPO rose by one-tenth in October, while the total catch dropped by 18 percent that month. Captains preferred to sell the tuna to foreign processors at...
Orthongel Welcomes 45-Day FAD Ban But Says More Monitoring Needed In Atlantic
Orthongel, the group representing the French fishing fleet has praised the ICCAT Commission for its latest decisions, including reducing the FAD ban period from 72 days to 45 days. The fleet...
Senegalese Fishery First In West Africa To Receive MSC Certification
A Senegalese purse seine fishery recently received the blue logo for its free school and FAD set caught skipjack and yellowfin in the Atlantic Ocean, thus becoming the first fishery in West...
Helicopter Falls From Seiner During Test Flight
A helicopter crashed into the dock from a purse seiner moored in Port Posorja in Ecuador during a test flight. The pilot was injured and treated by emergency personnel. During testing the...
WCPO Skipjack Catch Rate In October At Annual Low
The overall daily catch rate in the WCPO in October declined by 23 percent compared to the previous month. Skipjack catch fell by 29 percent to the lowest average daily level this year. Purse...
ICCAT Meeting Ends With HS For Skipjack & FAD Reduction
The annual ICCAT meeting that wrapped up November 18 had 15 new recommendations and two resolutions to cover relevant issues on Atlantic tuna and tuna-like species. Some of the major...
NOAA Draws Out New Roadmap To Improve Critical SIMP
After one year of lengthy and comprehensive consultations with stakeholders, NOAA Fisheries announced it has charted a roadmap to improve the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) for tuna...