In what was described as a shock move by Kiribati, the Pacific Island nation broke regional collaboration and announced it would only offer 300 fishing days to the US/FFA Treaty deal. The...
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Thousands Of Redundant FADs Damaging Reef And Eco-systems
The ever-growing number of issues surrounding FAD operations is now reported to include the coastal stranding of FADs, which according to recent press, are increasingly showing up on beaches...
Electronic Tracking System Urgently Needed For Bluefin
As the European Union has a 59 percent share of the Atlantic bluefin quota, Pew Charitable Trusts is prompting the EU in its governing responsibility to monitor bluefin trade and make sure...
FADs Doing The IUU Fishing – With Vessels Operating Legally?
“Are FADs IUU fishing? Are the traditional concepts of ‘fishing’ changing?” These are questions posed by Maurice Brownjohn, Commercial Manager of the PNA, at the African Tuna Conference 2014...
Doctorate Awarded To Writer Of Critical Report On ‘EII Dolphin Safe Authority’
Following allegations of “false claims” from Earth Island Institute towards the PhD study of Alice Miller of Wageningen University,the Netherlands, which explored the ‘Governance Innovation...
Italian Market Appears To Shrink
According to Eurostat data, Italy’s tuna trade with the rest of the world has had some interesting turnarounds and it appears that the ever adapting Italian market has been repositioning its...
Atlantic Yellowfin And Pacific Bigeye Sink Into The Red
It’s a grim fate for the stocks of yellowfin and bigeye tuna in some ocean regions, as both species fall into the red in the atuna.com state of the stocks update. Based on catch data collected...
Firm To Invest 100 Million In American Samoa Plant
A Filipino engineering company is set to invest millions of dollars in a fresh venture planned for American Samoa. The new plant, expected to create up to 1,000 local jobs, will likely have...
Bangkok Bottleneck Makes Skipjack Prices Plummet Further
The Bangkok skipjack market (SKJ1.8:BKK) has taken another significant hit, with whole round prices falling further. Over the past few days, a considerable weakening has emerged in an already...
Armon Delivers Second Azteca Seiner
Pesca Azteca, part of the Pinsa Group, recently had its second due purse seiner delivered from the Armon shipyard in Vigo, Spain. Pesca Azteca, the largest Mexican fleet operating in the...
Manta Skipjack Price Drops 20 Percent
There has been a declining trend on the Manta (SKJ1.8:MNT) market recently, with the whole round skipjack price falling rapidly. In just one month, the price per ton has plummeted by as much...
Anfaco Denies Requesting Higher Loins Quota
This week, various Spanish press outlets reported that Anfaco-Cecopesca, the Spanish National Association of Manufacturers of canned seafood, had issued a request for an increased duty-free...
Kiribati Forces US Seiners Out, Drops Bombshell
Just shortly after the announcement that the USA and the FFA had signed a new US Tuna Treaty, a move by Kiribati has caused shock reactions throughout the tuna industry. The nation with the...
Italian Alerts On Mercury A Non-Tariff Barrier?
Italian health officials submitted three notifications in the past month to the RASFF Portal on tuna products; all three instances alert the European Commission of unauthorized mercury levels...
Should ISSF Encourage Catching Sector Towards FAD-Free?
Just days ago, the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation’s (ISSF) BEST Working Group issued a new publication in “support of tuna sustainability”. The “‘Common Ground’ For Buyer...
Tropical Canning Shares Keep Up High 1 Yr-Return
Following bullish behavior on the Bangkok Stock Exchange in recent months, shares in Tropical Canning Thailand have sustained significant strength, giving investors a positive +63.88 percent...
ICCAT Science Committee To Support Increase Bluefin Quota
Annual fishing quotas for the Japanese fleet and other nations fishing for bluefin in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean are likely to be increased by around 10,000 M/T for next year,...
FADs In Philippines’ EEZ Steadily Rising
Within the Philippines’ 322km EEZ, there are as many as 3,000 to 5,000 FADs. This is according to statistics compiled by the Alliance of Tuna Handliners and Greenpeace. The data shows that the...
Do Longliners Target Sharks More Than Tuna? What Did You Think?
Already feared by many, a shocking fact emerged just last month, as the SPC revealed the results of a recent study – some equatorial Pacific tuna longliners were found to specifically target...
PNG Increases Days For New Domestic Ventures
In a bid to increase the domestic processing of tuna caught in PNG waters, the National Fisheries Authority has announced that fishing days for 2015 will be increased in the country’s EEZ for...