Data from e-monitoring system trials on tuna longliner vessels is soon to be complete and is now being analyzed. The trials began in March on two Chinese Taipei flagged longliner vessels in...
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PNG Cuts Its USD 80,000 Histamine Bill
PNG has managed to cut down its yearly bill for overseas tuna histamine testing, and begin conducting domestic sampling. In the past, the island nation has spent over USD 80,000 annually to...
Tuna Access Fees 50% Of Kiribati’ Gov’t Revenue
Tuna access fees have been reported as contributing to 50 percent of Kiribati’ government revenue and 25 percent of its GDP by a new WorldFish report. In a WorldFish report titled ‘Fish for...
Better Supply Chain To Get More Value Out Of Vietnamese Tuna
Vietnam is putting a strong focus and significant investments into improving the living standards of its local fishermen and getting more value out of its tuna. Together with the Government’s...
WCPFC Skipjack Catch Higher Than Ever
Skipjack catches in the WCPO have broken previous record levels of 2009, and reached the highest ever annual volume for the region. Reported this week by the WCPFC in its “Overview of...
Unions Urge International Support For Philippines Tuna Workers
International labor unions IUF and ITF have been calling for support on local campaigns to re-employ workers made redundant by Filipino tuna processing company, Citra Mina. The...
Bigeye Going Same Way As Bluefin?
The 10th meeting of the WCPFC Scientific Committee this week revealed figures suggesting that bigeye tuna is in a similar over-fished state as bluefin, and Greenpeace has called for further...
Greenpeace Launches Tuna Guide App For Shoppers
Shopping for canned sustainable caught tuna in Canada just got a lot more hi-tech. Consumers can now, with the touch a button, have access to a wide array of information about the products...
FAVs: The Next Revolution In Tuna Fishing?
The latest global revolution in commercial tuna fishing has been the introduction of solar powered – satellite connected sonar buoys, which has drastically changed the effectiveness of Fish...
Drones To Replace Planes And Helicopters In Tuna Spotting?
Helicopters and airplanes are being used all across the world’s waters, hovering above sea to spot schools of tuna or populated FADs for seiners to set their nets on. But now, following the...
Most Of The Ocean’s Mercury Is At The Bottom
Researchers have found that significant amounts of mercury have been embedded in the deeper, colder depths of the ocean, which in turn has proven there is a lower amount of mercury in the...
Japan Wants To Develop Exports Of Bluefin Tuna Hatchlings
An agreement has been signed in Japan to promote the production of bluefin tuna hatchlings. The Toyota Tsusho Corporation and Kinki University have created a plan that includes exploring...
Seven Seas Swimmer Raises Awareness For Falling Fish Stocks
This weekend, the ‘Human Polar Bear’, also known as swimming adventurer, Lewis Pugh, will take to the water to highlight the troubles of the world’s oceans; falling fish stocks. Tackling the...
Philippine Tuna Shares Lack Bite
Alliance Select, FOOD:PM, Philippine Stock Exchange Alliance Select’s 11 percent rise on the Philippine Stock Exchange on August 1st is already showing signs of crashing back to lower levels....
Bluefin Moving As Far North As Greenland
Three bluefin tuna were reported found off the east coast in Greenland by Danish scientists in August 2012, a place that is normally absent of this species. DTU Aqua, which conducts research...
The Collapse Of Namibia’s Tuna Catch
Last year, the Namibia Fisheries and Marine Resources Ministry recorded a tuna harvest of 650 tons in November; a sharp fall from 1,800 tons in 2012 and 4,046 tons in 2011. A collapse in the...
Thai Tuna Vessels Associated With Slave Labor Concerns
Thai vessels involved in the exchange and use of forced workers, have been confirmed by a social justice organization as also targeting tuna. A Campaigner from the Environmental Justice...
Good Spanish Catches Slow Demand For US Albacore
The US west coast is currently witnessing an unstable market for albacore tuna. This is vastly due to a regional oversupply of catch, part of which usually makes its way to Spain. Wayne...
SMS And Email To Enable Consumers To Buy Directly Ex-Vessel
For years now, a German fishing project, ‘Fisch vom Kutter’ (Fish from Boats), has been boosting the local economy by selling catches directly to consumers at port. This is something that...
EII Says University Study On Its “Authority” Is A Fraud
It’s quite remarkable that an organization that claims to effectively monitor as much as 90 percent of the global tuna business would consider self-certification superior in objectivity to...