The world’s biggest longline fleet by vessel count sails under Taiwan’s flag, but China dominates in Fish Hold Volume (FHV), according to a recent ISSF report. The Foundation outlined a set of...
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New Zealand’s Fisheries Role Emerges In Tokelau’s VDS Dispute
The termination of Tokelau’s participation in the PNA Vessel Day Scheme (VDS) has rattled the island nation’s tuna-fishing-based economy. A PNA spokesperson attributed the move to New...
Europeans Eating Less Seafood But Tuna Gains Ground
Overall European consumption of fishery and aquaculture products has fallen over the last decade, and in 2023, per capita consumption dropped to its lowest level at 22.9 kg per capita....
Ricardo Fuentes Group Restructures Board Following Bluefin Controversy
The Ricardo Fuentes Group, the Cartagena-based bluefin company, has restructured its leadership, removing top executives José and Juan Pedro Fuentes following their convictions for illicit...
Thai Demand For Asian Whole Round Tuna Slumps
Thai processors’ frozen whole round tuna purchases from their largest Asian suppliers fell from January to March this year, primarily due to a supply shortage of fish in the WCPO, with prices...
Warming Seas Threaten Livelihoods Of Solomon Islands Tuna Fishers
Small-scale fishers in the Solomon Islands say ocean warming is disrupting tuna catches and impacting their livelihoods, with skipjack and yellowfin, their main catches, increasingly shifting...
ISSF Report Finds Fishhold Capacity Heavily Concentrated In Large Longliners
Large-scale longline vessels (above 24 meters) represent only 31 percent of the registered global longline fleet with tuna RFMOs, but concentrate over 86 percent of estimated fishhold...
Nearly Half Of Ecuadorian Fleet Opts For Veda
Nearly 38 percent of the EPO tuna fleet has opted to pause operations during the first phase of purse seine fishery closure from August 6 to October 8. Nearly half of the Ecuadorian fleet has...
Argentina Combats IUU Landings By Ratifying Port State Measures
Argentina's approval of a law to accede to the FAO’s Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) on July 17 marks a significant step in IUU fishing in the southwest Atlantic, a region with...
Shanghai Kaichuang Predicts Net Loss Due To Poor Tuna Operations
Chinese tuna fishing company Shanghai Kaichuang Marine International has forecasted a net loss for the first half of this year due to lower tuna catches and high operating costs. On July 14,...
Global Shark Fin Trade: Markets, Suppliers & Role in Tuna Longline Economics
The global shark fin trade remains one of the most valuable seafood by-product markets, despite tighter regulations and declining demand in some traditional consuming countries. This has...
European Groups Push EU For Tighter Fishing Crew Safety And Training Standards
A group of European fishing industry employers and workers’ representatives urged the EU to make international fishing crew training standards legally binding across all of its member states....
Trump Defies Pacific Opposition With First Deep-Sea Mining Lease Sale
The US government recently announced a proposed deep-sea mining lease sale in waters near American Samoa, marking the world’s first attempt to mine the deep sea commercially. If approved, the...
Spanish Seafood Processors Gear Up For Updated Labeling Rules
Canned tuna and seafood producers in Spain will have to comply with new labeling rules from this year, as processors must provide better information about species, sizes, and presentation....
Human Rights Groups Call For US Investigation Into Missing Ecuadorian Fishers
Six months after the Ecuadorian-flagged tuna longliner ‘Fiorella’ and most of its crew went missing, major human rights groups have called upon the US Congress to investigate the incident. Two...
OPAGAC Sets Stage For Biennial National Tuna Congress
The future competitiveness of the European tuna fleet amid mounting regulatory pressure will dominate discussions at OPAGAC's seventh biennial National Tuna Congress, which will be held in...
Tuvalu Seizes Chinese Longliner In Rampant IUU Fishing Probe
The Tuvalu Police operating from a Sea Shepherd patrol vessel detained a Chinese longliner over multiple alleged fisheries violations and suspected IUU fishing. Experts pointed out that the...
Poland Consumers’ Preference For MSC Tuna Growing
Consumer demand for MSC-certified tuna in Poland surged in 2025/26 compared to the previous five years, boosted by increasing availability of sustainable products. Lidl's Nixe brand dominates...
Tuna Fisher Pingtai Rong To Invest USD 77 Million In Angolan Port
Chinese tuna fishing company Pingtai Rong Ocean Fishery Co., which operates a fleet of more than 40 longliners targeting tuna in the Pacific Ocean, plans to invest CNY 520 million (USD 77...
Dakar Port Gateway For Shark Fin Trade By Asian Longliners
The port controls in Dakar, Senegal, are failing as fishers reported increasing shark finning landings by distant-water tuna fishing vessels, according to the Environmental Justice Foundation...