Numerous artisanal boats flagged to Morocco are continuing to utilize illegal drfitnets in the Alboran Sea, states the new report ‘Walls of Death' released by Environmental Justice Foundation...
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EU-UK Agree On 2025 Albacore Opportunities
The EU and UK reached an agreement earlier this week on fishing for over 88 total allowable catches (TACs) in the North-East Atlantic Ocean. This deal secures fishing opportunities for the EU...
London High Court Says Privinvest Cannot Appeal Against Mozambique Lawsuit Ruling
On December 10, the High Court of London refused to allow Abu Dhabi-based shipbuilder Privinvest to appeal its decision made in July that the company must pay millions of dollars in reparation...
Mexican Seiners Increased Skipjack Catches In EPO In Q3
Mexican purse seiners caught 13 percent more tuna in the first nine months of this year compared to the last, particularly skipjack, which is not the main target species for these vessels....
StarKist Meets US Sole Source Rule Prospecting Mln Dollar Contract
StarKist Co. has been determined as the only company that is able to deliver canned tuna products processed and prepared in the US. The compay received a 'notice of intent to Sole Source' from...
Will 2025 Be A Lucky Year For Fishers In The Pacific Ocean?
Fishing fleets catching tuna in the WCPO and EPO have had a remarkable 2024 as they already landed record-high catches within the first nine months of the year. In EPO alone, seiners netted...
US Canners’ Demand For Pre-Cooked Loins Remained Stable
US canned tuna producers slightly increased their buying of frozen pre-cooked loins from January to September this year. All major suppliers expanded their business except Indonesia. The...
FFA And UK Enter New Partnership To Strengthen WCPO Monitoring
The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) recently announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Kingdom last week in the Solomon Islands to “enhance...
Thai Union Denies USD 65 Mln Debt To New Red Lobster Owner
Fortress Credit Corp., the new owner of Red Lobster, claimed to be owed USD 65 million from former shareholder Thai Union Group following the bankruptcy proceedings. On December 3, tuna-giant...
Italian Households Outpaced EU Counterparts On Spending For Fish Products In 2023
The Europeans' consumption of canned tuna and other seafood products continued to be on an upward trajectory in 2023. This was revealed in the recently published EUMOFA’s 2024 EU Fish Market...
Somalian Pirates Hijack Chinese Tuna Boat
A unknown Chinese tuna vessel was hijacked last week by pirates off the North-east coast of Puntland in Somalia. They demanded a ransom for the release of the 18 crew members, but the amount...
Readers Rightly Voted WCPFC Will Adopt EM Standards
The WCPFC 21st Regular Session concluded last week in Fiji and members reached consensus on the adoption of interim standards for electronic monitoring (EM) on longliners from 2025. This was...
Korea Takes Steps To Safeguard Tuna Fishers From Climate Change Effects
The Korean government will take measures to help tuna and other seafood fishers and also ensure a stable supply of fishery products through a comprehensive climate change plan. This was...
Japanese Tuna Fishers Use VR Experience To Attract Youngsters
The Japan Tuna Fisheries Cooperative Association is attracting high school students for a job in tuna fishing with virtual reality (VR) devices in recruitment events. It gives users a...
Post-Election Violence In Mozambique Disrupts “Tuna Bonds” Longliners’ Sale
Auctioneers are having a difficult time to sell the 21 tuna longliners amid Mozambique’s post-election violence in the past few weeks. This longline fleet along with three trawlers was...
US Pouches Imports Recovered In Q3, But Downward Trend Certain
After four years of exponential growth, US imports of pouched tuna have declined. From January to September, demand for these products fell by four percent compared to last year. Philippines...
How Tracking Data Improves Management Of EPO MPAs
Marine managers need access to data to monitor marine protected areas (MPAs) stated Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy in October. The tracking data provided by Global Fishing Watch (GFW) enables the...
Philippines NGO Urges Govt To Enforce More Fisheries Transparency
NGO Oceana Philippines has called on the government to step up its efforts in data transparency and added that the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) needs to collaborate more...
Taking Control Of Italian Distribution Worked Out For Grupo Consorcio
Revising its business model worked out for Grupo Consorcio. Ten months after taking charge of marketing and distribution in Italy, the company reported a 7.9 percent growth in this market for...
American Samoa Yet Again Implored WCPFC For US Seiner Exemptions
American Samoa once again pushed for a proposal to exempt US purse seiners, operating in the WCPO convention area, that land fish to the StarKist cannery from having fishing limits as it could...