Tuna stock status and harvest control rules (HCRs) in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans still need improvement, according to an ISSF assessment which used MSC criteria. The analysis found that...
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EU Must Include Tuna & Seafood As Part Of Protein Action Plan
The European Commission recently published the Protein Action Plan to increase the share of protein from oilseeds and protein crops produced in the EU and to reduce the dependency on imported...
INFOFISH Announces Speakers For World Tuna 2026
The organizer of the World Tuna Trade Conference in Bangkok has started revealing the names of the speakers who will contribute to the three-day event starting on September 14. INFOFISH...
Documentary On Tuna Fishers’ Lives Wins Spanish Award
OPAGAC’s documentary, ‘1,17,’ which portrayed the hardships of tuna fishers, recently won an award in the ‘Communication’ category of the Spanish Fisheries Ministry-organized ‘Extraordinary...
European Tuna Fishers Renew Alarm Over Tuna Inclusion In Indonesia Deal
The EU’s decision to include tuna products, especially frozen tuna fillets, in its proposed EU-Indonesia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) has surprised Europêche, which...
WCPFC Weighs Mandatory Biodegradable FADs As Jelly-FAD Trials Show Promise
Tuna RFMOs increasingly require non-entangling and biodegradable FAD designs to be used by purse seine fishing fleets. This year, WCPFC has to decide on the implementation of mandatory...
Pacific Islands Gain Millions Of Dollars Under Latest US Tuna Deal
The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) on Monday finalized the second distribution of funds for 2026 under the South Pacific Tuna Treaty (SPTT), amounting to USD 50.42 million, for...
Murder Of Ecuadorian Prosecutor Investigating US Boat Attacks Sparkes Outrage
Prosecutor Alexandra Bravo investigated the testimonies by survivors of the recent US strikes on three Ecuadorian tuna fishing boats. Her assassination has caused a shock in the country and...
Amazon Faces US Lawsuit Over Tuna Greenwashing Claims
A class-action lawsuit filed last week in a Seattle federal court accuses Amazon of misleading consumers with environmental and sustainability claims on labels of tuna and other seafood...
Major Global Highlights July 2026
The price of raw materials in the main Bangkok and Manta processing hubs continued to remain high. Asian processors fret over the latest round of US tariffs. The PP Group makes its presence in...
Fatal Accident Leaves Two Fishers Dead Aboard Panamanian Seiner
Two fishermen working aboard a Panamanian-flagged seiner died last week in an accident at sea, prompting Ecuadorian judicial authorities to open an investigation into the circumstances...
GFW Updates Detection Tools & Reveals A Data Upgrade
Digital vessel tracking platform Global Fishing Watch (GFW) has extended its performance to track the movements of small tuna vessels in coastal waters. It has launched a new IUU fishing risk...
Spain’s Supreme Court Rules Against Compensation For ‘Txori Urdin’ Sinking
Belize-flagged ‘Txori Urdin’ sank in the Gulf of Guinea due to an unknown leak in 2015. After a decade of litigation, Spain’s Supreme Court has dismissed millions in compensation claims from...
Weaker Skipjack Harvest Drags Down 2025 WCPO Tuna Catches
Total tuna catches in the WCPFC convention area dropped in 2025, pulled down by lower skipjack hauls. Overall landings were 15 percent down from the extraordinary year of 2024 when vessels...
WCPO Seiners’ Fishing Efforts Shift During July
The tuna purse seiners operating in the WCPO have shifted their fishing locations in July and have moved away from the central region of the ocean. In the first half of July, the vessels...
Umios Corporation Splits Fisheries Entity TAFCO
Japan’s Umios Corporation (formerly Maruha Nichiro) will take over the bluefin aquaculture and processed-food operations of its subsidiary Taiyo A&F Co. (TAFCO) through a company split,...
Court To Probe Sinking Of Venezuelan Tuna Seiner
The Venezuelan Maritime Court is set to begin proceedings over a 2024 collision between two tuna seiners that left a marine biologist dead and resulted in the sinking of one of the vessels....
CFTO & SAPMER Seiners’ IO Catches Get MSC Certified
CFTO and SAPMER seiners in the Indian Ocean have received the MSC certification for their skipjack and yellowfin catches. A Korean longline fishery recently applied for the sustainability...
Orthongel Welcomes New EU-Seychelles Fisheries Deal
French purse seine and tuna producers organization, Orthongel, has welcomed the new EU-Seychelles fisheries agreement, stating that it “brings an end to several months of uncertainty” for...
PP Group Deepens Global Tuna Footprint With New Acquisition
In a strategic move, Dutch fishing and seafood processing giant Parlevliet & Van der Plas (PP Group) has taken over 100 percent ownership of the Thunnus Overseas Group (TOG), a major...