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Nine Arrested Using Recreational Fishing As Cover For Illegal Bluefin
The Spanish Civil Guard has arrested nine people accused of illegally fishing bluefin tuna from recreational vessels on the coast of Almeria, Spain. Three others were also investigated...
Who Are The G16?
Since 2011, several coastal states of the Indian Ocean (IO) have been part of a group of nations that call themselves the G16. They aim to achieve a fairer allocation of the tuna catches in...
Costa Rica Pushing Out Seiners Improved Stocks
Though it is at an early stage, research shows that tuna stocks are improving in areas where purse seiners are prohibited in Costa Rica. The Central American country issued a Tuna...
Fair Allocation And Rebuilding Yellowfin Top Issues At IOTC Meeting
The coastal countries of the Indian Ocean (IO) have emphasized their points of views on the first day of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) meeting in...
Balfegó To Rebuild Its Plant After Last Year’s Fire
Spanish bluefin tuna company Balfegó is planning to invest EUR 16 million (USD 17,9 million) to construct a new processing facility after a fire in 2018 destroyed its...
Fear Over BKK Skipjack Breaking Through Price Barrier
The price for whole round skipjack SKJ1.8:BKK is unclear at the moment but there are indications that it is somewhere between USD 1000 – USD 1050 CFR Bangkok per...
Vietnamese Boat Fined For llegal Fishing In Taiwan
A Vietnamese fishing vessel was fined USD 31,718 (NT 1 million) for fishing illegally in Taiwan’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The boat, which was forced out of Taiwanese waters...
New PNG Fisheries Minister Wants To Diversify Away From Tuna
Tuna is by far the most important wild seafood resource for Papua New Guinea’s fishery industry. The new Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister, Dr. Lino Tom, wants to diversify this sector...
The Kochi Sustainable Skipjack Association (KSSA) Joins IPNLF
In their aim to preserve the local Kochi pole-and-line tuna fishery, the KSSA has joined the International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF). The Japanese association’s primary goal is to...
Federal Judge Wants StarKist To Explore Sale Of Techpack To Pay Penalty
In a court hearing, a US federal judge has demanded that StarKist look into the sale of Techpack Solutions, so that it may be able to pay its fine from the canned tuna...
Domestic Canners Cause Thai Exports To Oceania To Drop
Although Oceania has the largest resource of tuna within the Western Pacific Ocean, the countries import most of their canned tuna from Thailand. ...
Bolivia Opens Satellite Vessel Monitoring Center
In the new National Center for Satellite Monitoring of Vessels and Fishing Bolivia monitors Ecuadorian flagged vessel Florentino every two hours a day at real-time....
The Almadraba Season Ends With 1,891 Tons Of Bluefin Caught
The Spanish region of Cádiz finished its bluefin fishing season after meeting its tuna quota of 1,891 M/T. The allocation for the area was previously...
Focus On Labour Conditions At FSM Ministerial Fisheries Forum
The labour conditions of crews on board of purse seiners and longliners will be one of the focus points of the Ministerial Forum Fisheries meeting starting tomorrow in Pohnpei,...
New Zealand Helping Marshall Islands Revise Tuna Plan
The strategic and tuna management plan of the Marshall Islands is being updated by their Marine Resources Authority (MIMRA). Representatives of Fisheries New Zealand are assisting with...
US Territories WCPO Bigeye Quota To Be Divided
The scientists of the Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) from the Pacific will meet between June 18-20 in Honolulu to discuss longliners' bigeye quota for the US...
Warming Oceans Endanger PNG’s Tuna Resource
Ocean warming is posing a great risk to tuna in Papua New Guinea (PNG), warned the country’s leading environmental scientist. Professor Chalapan Kaluwin presented during...
Supreme Court Rules Calvo To Pay EUR 9.7 Mil In Duties
Spanish tuna leader, Grupo Calvo, has to pay EUR 9.7 million in tariffs for the import of raw material from El Salvador. The Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the Galician...
Ecuador To Introduce National Sustainable Tuna Brand
“The Sustainable Tuna of Ecuador” brand will be introduced this week, on the first day of the IV Regional Tuna Forum, which will take place from June 20 to 21 in the city of Manta,...