Despite a decline in the daily catch rate, the total WCPO tuna catches rose in May due to more fishing days. Skipjack catches remained high and large yellowfin fell even further from last...
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Woman Criticizes Quality Of US Tuna Brands And Other Social Media Stories
TikTok user Amanda is a regular buyer of Chicken of the Sea and Bumble Bee canned tuna. But lately, she has been noticing their quality is dropping and the "texture of the fish is no longer...
Government Directs Inspection Of Nicaraguan-Flagged Seiner
The Nicaraguan government recently conducted an inspection of the purse seiner ‘Capt. Joe Jorge' operating in the EPO to ensure it complies with international fishing regulations. On June 7, a...
Fast End Of Almadraba Indicates Bluefin Recovery
Within two months, the four Almadraba traps in Cadiz, Spain, have netted their quota of 1,643 tons. They were able to enlarge to catch more by purchasing volumes from the Basque fisheries. The...
Pole-And-Line Yellowfin Processing Not In The Pipeline For MIFCO
The Maldivian pole-and-line yellowfin fishermen recently held a protest to demand that MIFCO, the state-owned cannery, must buy their yellowfin. Ilyas Hanees, the company's Chief Financial...
Madagascar Increases Number Of EU Tuna Seiners In Its Waters
Madagascar increased the number of EU vessels permitted to fish tuna in its EEZ. The Ministry of Fisheries and the Blue Economy announced that 41 vessels, mainly Spanish and French, will be...
Global Tuna Exports Value Rising, States UN Report
The export value of different commercial tuna species reached USD 17 billion in 2022 – a 14 percent jump from two years ago – accounting for nine percent of the total worth of fish and seafood...
Philippines Vessels Landed 30% More Skipjack In Q1 2024
Philippines-flagged vessels had a successful fishing season between January and March this year, discharging massively high volumes of skipjack and frigate. The country’s ports oversaw 115,906...
Korean Tuna Fishers Eyeing On African Expansion
Korean tuna fishermen want to expand their tuna fishing operations in African countries. Korea is inching closer to multiple deals with African nations with tuna-rich waters, but...
Are South Korean Reefer Carriers Once Again Deploying FADs In WCPO?
Three reefer carriers belonging to South Korean Ji Sung Shipping Company have made suspicious sailing patterns in the WCPO and EPO, similar to those made last year by the ‘Sun Flower 7’, owned...
Europêche Wants New Commissioner To Balance Fishers’ Needs With Sustainability
Fisheries organization, Europêche, has welcomed the news of a full-time Fisheries Commissioner. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced her commitment for the...
Tuna Is The World’s Most Eaten Fish
Commercial tuna and tuna-like species not only make up the largest wild fishery in the world, skipjack and yellowfin combined continue to be the most consumed seafood by people across the...
Marine Instruments’ New Tech Enhances Accuracy In Tuna Identification
Marine Instruments, the Spanish maritime technology company, has introduced a new functionality for more accurate identification of tuna during fishing. The ‘Dawn Sounding Detail,’ launched...
Indonesia’s Long Road To Harvest Strategy
Indonesia is working on a long-term harvest strategy (HS) launched last year for the three commercial tuna species, skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye. Being one of the largest tuna producers in...
Indonesia Teams Up With FiTI For Transparent Fisheries
Indonesia is taking a step forward in making its tuna and other fisheries transparent. The nation, one of the largest producers of tuna, has begun the initiative ‘Taking Stock – Online...
Can Ocean Warming Shrink Tuna Size?
Climate change is affecting tuna stocks in multiple ways and it is important to closely monitor it to ensure good catches. This was revealed by Australian fisheries expert John Morrongiello at...
GFW And African Nations Join Hands To Fight IUU Fishing
Global Fishing Watch (GFW) collaborates with African countries, that are part of the Gulf of Guinea Regional Fisheries Commission (COREP), in a new partnership that aims to bring down the...
FFA Determined To Level-Up In International Fisheries Discussions
The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) wants to ensure that officials from the Pacific, in the fisheries, foreign service, and law, are equipped with the highest level of negotiation...
First ‘Super Alia’ Advanced Catamaran For Tuna Fishing Delivered
American Samoa’s new aluminum catamaran, ‘Tautai Mua’, will soon start catching yellowfin, albacore, and bigeye. This is the first vessel launched under the government's 'Super Alia'...
Taiwan Bans Bluefin Fishing Starting June 12
Taiwan's Ministry of Agriculture announced on June 9 that all Taiwanese fleets must stop catching bluefin at midnight on June 12 as the cumulative total catch has reached 90 percent of the...