A large number of WCPO tuna fleets will be subject to an extended period of no FAD fishing this year, as the WCPFC adds an extra month to the closure period. In previous years the commission...
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El Niño Forecast To Be A “Strong Event”
As NOAA predicts a greater than 90 percent chance of El Niño continuing through the Northern Hemisphere throughout this year, expectations are that the weather condition will be a “strong...
Indo P&L Fishers Want To Go For MSC On Short Term
With a goal of ensuring long-term viability of the country’s fishing communities and improving market access for responsibly caught tuna, the Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and...
ACP Finds Brussels Attitude On Pacific EPA Unacceptable
A decision by the European Union to defer the conclusion of an EPA with the Pacific by three years has been labelled “unacceptable” yet again, this time by the African, Caribbean and Pacific...
EU Bluefin Season Closed
Drawing to an early end, for 99 percent of European purse seiners, this year’s bluefin tuna season in the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic has closed. Due to run from May 26th to June 24th,...
PNA Sets A Penalty On FAD Sets
As part of a “free school initiative”, seiners fishing on FADs will now have to pay USD 1,000 extra per fishing day in the EEZs of the PNA nations. During its Ministerial Meeting in the...
Tuvalu Won’t Sell Days To Uncooperative Nations
Nations that have blocked initiatives to develop and sustain the Tuvalu fishery have riled the nation’s Fisheries Minister, Pita Elisala, who said the country has refused to sell fishing days...
New WCPFC CEO: Voting Might Have To Replace Consensus
Following the failure of DWFNs to agree on important measures at last year’s annual meeting of the WCPFC, the commission’s new CEO, Feleti Teo has proposed an idea that could be revolutionary....
Founder’s Son To Become Jealsa President
Following in the footsteps of his father, Jesús Alonso Escurís will be taking the position of President of Spanish tuna producer, Jealsa Rianxeira. He will be succeeding his father, Jesús...
New Record Price Paid For PNA Fishing Day
Despite a current low market value for raw material skipjack tuna, high demand for access to the world’s richest tuna ground has sent VDS prices soaring, with a new record price of USD...
Protestors Against Industrial Tuna Zone Get Restraining Order
Several individuals involved in recent protests against the Chinese government funded Pacific Marine Industrial Zone (PMIZ) to be built in Madang, PNG, have been served with a National court...
Weak Q1 Imports Of Canned Tuna Into EU
After annual EU canned tuna imports climbed to a five year high last year, it seems for 2015, purchases of the product have got off to a slow start. Year on year, imports of canned tuna by...
PNA Ministers To Discuss Possible Increase VDS benchmark
Kicking off yesterday, and now into its final hours, the PNA Ministerial Meeting in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) has been the talking place of some key industry issues. FSM...
World’s Largest Tuna Transshipment Nation Should Can Its Own Tuna
The Marshall Islands government has fisheries resources that can be leveraged to generate more jobs, import replacement, food security, tax revenues and income for the local economy. These are...
Low Prices Push Tuna Fishers To Alternatives
Even though the tuna fishing season has entered its peak, and many fishermen in Vietnam are landing higher volumes than the previous year, low prices for raw material are turning them off...
Extensive Mission Reveals No IUU
An extensive FFA-led monitoring and surveillance mission has revealed zero cases of IUU in the central and south Pacific. Operation TUI MOANA, one of an annual series of four missions aimed at...
Aldi Gets MSC Retailer Award
As the discount retailers continue to firm their grip on the UK market, it’s Aldi that has recently taken the limelight. Awarded the MSC UK Convenience Retailer of the Year 2015 title, the...
Another Record Tuna Catch In Western Pacific
Hitting as high as the 2.8 million ton mark for the first time in history, the WCPO total tuna catch for 2014, just released, sets another record. This volume of tuna landings represents more...
Indonesian Ground Tuna Related To Salmonella
As US authorities intensify investigations into raw tuna products, some samples of frozen ground tuna imported from Indonesia have been found to contain two types of salmonella. Since a recent...
Bangkok Skipjack Price Creeps Up
After the first signs of the Bangkok skipjack price (SKJ1.8:BKK) inching up in April, a further modest climb has been witnessed in the market. Sources state that demand is still weak, but has...