The UN is holding an event for the welfare of Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The 4th International Conference on SIDS (SIDS4) is ongoing in Antigua and Barbuda from May 27 and will...
Tuna Fishing News
Ecuadorian Seiners Netted Massive Skipjack Volumes In Q1
The Ecuadorian purse seine fleet netted 27 percent more whole round tuna in the first quarter of this year, driven by huge volumes of skipjack. From January to March, fleets fishing in the EPO...
How Effective Are RFMO Measures When Technology Creep Threatens Stocks?
-Viewpoint- Is technology creep impacting tuna stocks across various oceans? Technological advances should have made vessels more efficient and increased their daily catch, but there is little...
Persistently Poor Catch Worries IO Seiner Owners And Drives Skipjack Price
The continuous too-low catch levels for months now and the voluntary fishing closure in Mauritius’s EEZ boosted the skipjack and yellowfin price in the Indian Ocean. The high surface water...
Spanish Researchers & Tuna Fleets Testing New Bio-Based FAD Platforms
Spanish marine technology company Zunibal has led the design of a new industrialized floating platform, which is part of a drifting FAD, using a compostable bio-based material. The firm is...
Senegal Slapped With EU Yellow Card
The European Commission issued a yellow card to Senegal on Monday because it has found the African nation's work to combat IUU fishing is insufficient. European regulators pointed out...
Chinese Top Fisheries Official Accused Of Corruption
The Chinese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tang Renjian, is being investigated for making illegal deals. Renjian, who has been overlooking China’s tuna and other seafood sector...
Study Looks At Tuna Movement In Indian And Pacific Oceans
A group of researchers from Indonesia and Japan conducted a study to analyze the movement of skipjack, yellowfin, albacore, and bigeye, in the waters around Indonesia. The result of the paper...
Ecuador And Cook Islands Enter Into New Tuna Fisheries Agreement
Ecuador signed a new deal to establish diplomatic relations with Cook Islands, including inking a new fisheries agreement. This is expected to improve Ecuador’s tuna fishing activities in the...
EU Welcomes IOTC Measures To Improve Sustainability
The European Commission stated that the 11 conservation and management measures agreed upon in the latest IOTC meeting will make tuna fisheries in the Indian Ocean more sustainable. The...
Pacific Fisheries Surveillance Brings Illegal Activities Of Ten Vessels To Light
The FFA-led monitoring and surveillance mission ‘Tui Moana’ identified ten vessels that commited potential infringements, including non-compliance with national controls and WCPFC conservation...
Astonishing EPO Skipjack Catch Reported In Q1
Tuna fishing vessels had a good start in the first three months of this year as nearly a quarter more fish was landed in EPO ports, compared to last year's Q1. This can be credited to the...
Mauritius Formally Agrees To Cut Harmful Subsidies
Mauritius has decided not to provide subsidies to harmful fisheries by joining the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies. It deposited its “instrument of...
OPAGAC Implements Improved Vessel Activities’ Transparency
The Spanish purse seiners, grouped under OPAGAC, has adopted blockchain technology to enhance the transparency of their tuna catches. It will help the vessels' owners to trace the catches,...
CFTO Workers Put Their Foot Down On Pay Cut Proposal
The sailors working on CFTO's seiners asserted that a 30 percent cut in their salaries is not negotiable. This was revealed at the general meeting held on May 17 between the workers and the...
Dramatic Low WCPO Yellowfin Catch Killing For Industry?
The daily catch rate of large yellowfin in April has dropped to nearly zero in the WCPO. Supply to the canning industry is at a worrisome point because the catch of small species has also been...
WCPO Large Yellowfin Catch Sank To Rock Bottom In April
WCPO tuna catch slightly declined in April with skipjack remaining at the same level but the decrease in large and small yellowfin volumes is dramatic. The fishing moved northwards in the...
Senegal Releases List Of Vessels Authorized To Fish In Its EEZ
Senegal recently published the list of tuna and other seafood fishing vessels that have permission to operate in its EEZ to improve fisheries transparency. A total of 151 vessels – 132...
Migrant Workers’ Coalition Pushes For Better Labor Standards
A group of Indonesian and Taiwanese organizations has formed a new coalition to protect the rights of Indonesian migrant workers onboard tuna vessels and ensure them better working conditions....
Readers Predict IOTC’s Stand On FAD Ban
The annual meeting of the IOTC concluded in Bangkok last week. The RFMO made no decision on whether it would implement the controversial 72-day dFAD ban, first adopted in 2023. NGOs such as...