The use of electronic video monitoring on 3,000 Pacific longline tuna vessels could become an alternative to on-board observers. With a substantial portion of the longline tuna fleet lacking...
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EII: The Emperor Really Has No Clothes….Not Even A Hat
The Campaign for Eco-Safe Tuna, an international effort committed to a more sustainable approach to tuna fishing, wrote the following blog post on its website on October 22: The Earth Island...
ISSF Commits To Resolution On Dongwon IUU By End 2013
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has confirmed that it will have a final resolution to an ongoing investigation into Dongwon IUU fishing allegations by the end of...
7 African Countries Get Together On Battling IUU Fishing
Seven African countries are joining forces to battle IUU fishing off the eastern coast of the continent, particularly surrounding the Horn of Africa. The taskforce for sustainable fisheries...
Canadian Albacore Loins In Future To Go Duty Free Into EU
Canadian albacore tuna loins will have their export duty cut and in seven years the product will enjoy duty free trade to the EU. The current 24 percent tax on frozen tuna loins shipped from...
“What’s The Catch?” Online Gaming For Tuna Captains
New online game, “What’s the Catch?”, allows players to captain their own vessel and experience the ups and downs of commercial fishing. By-catch avoidance, market price fluctuation and...
Brazilians Expected To Eat 1 Kilo More Of Tuna By 2021
New figures have revealed that Brazilian fish consumption has taken a significant rise in the past few years. This growth is only expected to continue, and by 2021 it is predicted that fish...
New Tuna Plant To Be Opened In Gabon
Next month will see the opening of a new tuna processing plant in Gabon, Africa. Thon des Mascareignes, a tuna production company with a tuna loining plant already in Mauritius, has reached an...
“US Should Not Accept Proposed 45 Pct Cut On Bigeye”
The United States is being urged not to accept a proposed 45 percent cut in the bigeye tuna limit for the Hawaii longline fishery. The Hawaiian based Western Pacific Regional Fishery...
Thai Union To Carry Blue Ribbon On Human And Ocean Well-being
Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF) will be the first Thai-owned company to become part of a global strategy for aligning ocean health and human well-being. TUF President, Mr. Thirapong...
GE Sells High Power Purse seiner Engines To Dongwon
GE Marine has announced the sale of two 16V250 marine diesel engines to Korean based Dongwon Industries, one of the world’s largest tuna fishing companies. The sale was made at the Kormarine...
“Stop Scaring Women Who Want To Have Kids”
Written by Lauren Enriquez USA Today opinion columnist Carrie Lukas, who is the managing director of the Independent Women’s Forum and a mother of four, issued a poignant reminder to the...
Tuna Seiner Auxiliary “Explorer Tres” Rescues 10 Crew From Sinking Vessel
Tuna seiner auxiliary, ‘Explorer Tres’ has rescued ten crew members from the longline vessel ‘Rías Baixas Un’ that began to sink around 700 miles of the coast of Dakar, Senegal. The...
ICCAT Scientists Recommend No Increase On Bluefin In Western Atlantic
Future catch limits for bluefin tuna fisheries in the western Atlantic Ocean will be negotiated by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) at a meeting in...
Cheers And Protests Over Increased Southern Bluefin Quota
Increased quotas for Southern bluefin announced last week were received with cheers by the fishing industry but have riled major conservation groups. The Commission for the Conservation of...
“US Should Not Accept Proposed 45 Pct Cut On Bigeye”
The United States is being urged not to accept a proposed 45 percent cut in the bigeye tuna limit for the Hawaii longline fishery. The Hawaiian based Western Pacific Regional Fishery...
“Albacora And OPAGAC Should Come Clean On IUU Incidents”
Greenpeace is demanding that tuna vessel owner Albacora S.A. and its fishing association OPAGAC come clean on IUU incidents and settlements that they have been involved in. The environmental...
Sapmer Slow To Recover From Share Price Dip
Sapmer closed last Friday with a share price of 18.55 euros. October has shown little fluctuation so far in the value of shares for the major French fishing company, with a low of 17.77 euros...
John Kerry Praises Anova’s Tuna Sustainability Project
United States-based Anova Foods has been praised last week for its efforts to promote sustainable fishing practices. US Secretary of State, John Kerry, toured some of the company’s operations...
Today’s “Record Tuna Prices”, Still 50 % Below 1980 Level
“Record European tuna prices” are actually around 50 percent lower than at the beginning of the industrial tuna fishing in 1980. As inflation in Spain has rocketed around 275 percent...