Approximately one in three seafood imports that make their way to the US are fished illegally. This is according to a new report by the American environmental non-profit Natural Resources...
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Chinese Longliner Runs Aground In Mauritius Waters
A Chinese tuna longliner, 'Lu Rong Yuan Yu 588', ran aground on Mauritius reef waters on March 7. Initial reports claimed that the event occurred after the boat was caught in rough seas and...
All-Women Tuna Crew In South Australia Making A Splash
Tuna fishing crews are almost exclusively comprised of men but in South Australia a handful of women are turning this tradition on its head. The ladies were on a two-day voyage from February 5...
Is The French IO Seiner Fleet Unnecessarily Penalized By The Anti-FAD Lobby?
The IOTC Special Session on yellowfin stock began today and one of the major topics that is being debated is the impact of FADs on this tuna. The EU fleet which comprises mainly of Spanish and...
Silla’s Stock Shows First Signs Of Recovery
The price per share of the Korean fishing company Silla held quite steady during 2020. Like many other tuna firms last year it was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic last March in particular, which...
US West Coast Ports Will Suffer Container Carrier Bottleneck Till Mid-Summer
Ports on the US West Coast, which are of major importance to the Trans-Pacific trade route, have been facing a bottleneck for months. The pandemic-induced massive demand from American...
WCPO’s Mature Yellowfin Catches Hit Record Low
Purse seiners’ catches of large mature yellowfin in the WCPO went from one of their highest levels in two years to the absolute lowest in January 2021. Meanwhile, even though juvenile...
Former Seychelles Official Blames EU Of “Neocolonialism” In IO
With debate heating up over Indian Ocean yellowfin, several coastal states have expressed their disappointment in the EU – particularly the French and Spanish fleets – for refusing to...
UK Reaffirms Sovereignty Over IO Yellowfin-Rich Grounds
In a letter addressed to the IOTC, the UK has reaffirmed its sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, restating its membership in the RFMO. However, it said that it is...
NGOs & Pole-And-Line Fishing Firms Want DFADs Cut In IO
Over the past few weeks, NGOs and other stakeholders have been hurriedly pushing forward their recommendations for the IOTC to consider in the Special Session for the yellowfin rebuilding...
Tuna-Rich PNG Waters Contributed Half Of January’s WCPO Volumes
WCPO seiners made the most effort in the west in PNG waters at the beginning of this year where they also caught the highest volume of skipjack. This boosted carrier activity in the country’s...
Near-Dead Foodservice Business Hits Most EU Supplying Nations Hard
The influx of canned tuna in the EU during the latter part of 2020 was severely hampered by the effects of the COVID-19 crisis. Even though each and every supplier lowered their prices it did...
Mauritius Says Higher IO Yellowfin Purse Seine Cuts Disaster For Economy
Just days before the special IOTC session to discuss the rebuilding plan for the yellowfin stock, Mauritius has come forward to say that if quota cuts are increased for seiners, it will impact...
INFOFISH TUNA 2021 Focus On Global Sector During Pandemic
INFOFISH has revealed the theme of its TUNA 2021 World Tuna Conference & Exhibition – The Global Tuna Industry: Trailblazing through tough times. The event will take place online from May...
Is Gabon’s Tuna Sector Not Benefiting Locals?
Tuna caught in Gabonese waters and the final product derived from them are too expensive for locals and the country does not benefit very much from the industry, said the local media....
The Nature Conservancy Taking Center Stage In the Global Tuna Sector?
NGOs Greenpeace and WWF have been playing a dominant role in the tuna sector for the last two to three decades, but now there is a new kid on the block. Another US-based non-profit – The...
Thai Union Partners With Nature Conservancy For 100% Transparency Pledge
Thai Union has pledged its commitment to 100 percent transparency for its entire international tuna supply chain by 2025. To achieve this goal, the tuna giant has partnered with non-profit The...
EU Demand Brutally Collapsed In Q4 2020
The canned tuna demand from EU buyers was robust at the beginning of last year, but by the end of 2020 showed a totally opposite situation. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, retailers' sales...
Should IOTC Ban All Driftnets?
The use of driftnets in the tuna industry is controversial and lately, this issue keeps being addressed in terms of Indian Ocean fisheries. At the beginning of this year, IOTC reminded members...
China’s Status Might Impact WTO’s Goal To Curb Fishing Subsidies
The new Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has announced her interest for the talks to continue on eliminating harmful global fishing subsidies. Negotiators failed to...