Atunsa and Pevasa, part of ANABAC, are inching closer to getting an MSC certification for the Indian Ocean skipjack catches of their Spanish- and Seychelles-flagged seiners. The Public Comment...
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Danish Sailboat Crew Rescued By Ecuadorian Seiner After Whale Collision
Ecuadorian purse seiner 'Lizi' rescued eight Danish castaways who survived two days in the Pacific Ocean after their sailboat 'Lulu' capsized. They set sail from the Galapagos Islands and...
El Nino Makes WCPO Catch Shifts East, But Still Disappointing
The fishing effort and total catch by purse seiners in the WCPO again declined in May. The slight increase in April brought some hope to the vessels and canning industries that the dire...
Equal Access Principles Spearhead Criticizes WCPFC Operations
The global Equal Access Principles (EAP) campaign, started in January 2022, to expand access to the international fisheries decision-making process, is gaining momentum. Ryan Orgera, Global...
Presidential Candidate Accuses Ecuadorian Tuna Boat Owners Of Fraud With Subsidized Fuel
The Ecuadorian presidential elections are nearing, and one of the candidates' promises is to regulate fuel subsidies for the tuna and shrimp industry, which he accused of reselling subsidized...
Galician Parliament Says EU-Thai FTA “Would Be A Lethal Blow”
The EU-Thailand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is sending shivers down the spines of tuna canners in Galicia, an autonomous region in Spain. The Galician parliament wants the local and central...
Employees Clean Beaches To Support TU’s Pledge Of Protecting Marine Environment
Tuna giant Thai Union (TU) stated that 380 people, including its employees and volunteers, collected 1,809 kg of trash in Samut Sakhon, Genova, and Tema in Thailand, Italy, and Ghana, where TU...
Boat Owners Get USD 38 Million Annual Support After Record Catching In PNG Waters
The government of Papua New Guinea has recently reduced the daily fishing fee for tuna seiners (VDS) by USD 38 million annually to stimulate tuna landings at its domestic canneries as catch...
TUNACONS A Step Closer Towards MSC Skipjack
The Eastern Pacific Ocean tropical tuna - purse seine (TUNACONS) fishery should be certified for its MSC scope extension for EPO skipjack. In the Final Draft Report (FDR) published on June 16,...
Bolton Sources Massive Volume Of Tuna Still Only 24% Is MSC
The Italian tuna powerhouse company Bolton Group states that close to 90 percent of the 616,000 M/T of tuna used in its operations is coming from responsible fishing practices. Most of this...
Indonesia Seeks Reducing Tuna Catch For Sustainable Fisheries
The Indonesian government has announced it will cut down the annual tuna catch by one-tenth to secure the future of the fisheries. In a recently published report on harvest strategies, the...
PNA Ministers Closed Meeting With Higher Observer Salaries
The chair of the Parties of the Nauru Agreement (PNA) Ministerial Meeting held last week concluded that “significant decisions” were made. A communique with 14 key points has been issued....
Seychelles Q1 Output Heavily Reduced in Shrinking EU Market
Lower canned tuna deliveries in Q1 to EU importers and retailers were a blow to most overseas processors. Ecuador remained the main supplier but is struggling to compete with the low prices at...
Majestic Seafood Cannery Shuts Down, Thousands Left Jobless
The news that the Majestic Seafood cannery stopped its production caused a shock wave in the community of Lae, Papua New Guinea. High tuna prices and the shortfall in supply forced the company...
Poll: Will WCPFC Take Action Against Carriers Deploying FADs?
The Korean reefer carrier ‘Sun Flower 7’, previouslly accused of illegal fishing activities, has again shown suspicious movements in the WCPO. The vessel and nine other carriers flying the...
2022 Imports: Ecuadorian Packers Turned Their Back On Chinese Loins
Ecuadorian canner's imports of pre-cooked loins during 2022 considerably shrank. The sharp rise in prices (specifically from China) made purchasing foreign-produced loins significantly less...
Half-Closed Cycle Tuna Project Stalled
German firm Next Tuna’s efforts to begin a half-closed cycle sustainable Atlantic bluefin hatchery at the Southern dock of the Spanish port in Castellón La Plana have been delayed. The...
Mysterious Gathering Of Carriers In Eastern WCPO Port
Why are ten reefer carriers anchored close to Kiritimati, the most eastern island and transshipment port in the WCPO and Kiribati’s EEZ? Six of them, including the ‘Sun Flower 7', fly the...
Brazilian Tuna Boat Hit By Cyclone, Six Rescued Two Missing
The Brazilian Navy has rescued six fishermen after their tuna vessel was hit by a severe cyclone Friday night. The search is on for two crew members of the boat that sank off the coast of...
Readers Convinced US Canned Tuna Consumption Will Recover From 2021 Drop
The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) recently published a report showing statistics on US seafood consumption in 2021. The demand for canned tuna dropped, making it only the third-most eaten...