A grave lack of regulations hinders sustainable management of the world’s oversized longline tuna fishery fleets, Greenpeace International warned as it released a new report today. The report,...
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South Korea Seen As Main IUU Nation In African Waters
Following a string of incidents, South Korea has been branded as a main IUU tuna fishing nation in African waters, costing the continent millions of dollars a year. Activist and environmental...
Ecuador’s Exports Heading For USD 2 Billion
Ecuador’s tuna exports for 2013 have already reached USD 1.8 billion according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, William Moran. The numbers reveal that the world’s second...
South Africa Intends To Board IUU Tuna Vessels On The High Seas
South African fishing patrol vessels are likely to start boarding and inspecting suspected IUU tuna fishing vessels on the high seas in order to help in international tuna conservation...
Pacific Nations Left Uneasy After PNG EPA Drop-Out
Pacific nations are feeling uneasy after Papua New Guinea (PNG) chose to drop out of the joint negotiations on the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union on tuna exports...
Pacifical’s Austrian MSC Launch Start Of European Roll-Out
The launch of Pacifical MSC canned tuna in the Austrian market lays the path for the sustainable product to roll-out through Europe. As collaboration between the Netherlands based tuna market...
Spain: “No Excuses For Not Increasing Bluefin Quota”
The Spanish tuna industry is defying scientific recommendations to ICCAT, and leading attempts to win a considerable rise in the bluefin tuna quota. Spanish Fisheries Minister, Miguel Arias...
Japanese Expect Slight Increase In ICCAT Bluefin Quota
Japanese fishing industry officials are expecting that the annual ICCAT meeting will result in raised bluefin tuna catch quotas for member countries. Commencing today, the yearly meeting takes...
Seychelles Seiners Licensed To Fish In EU Waters
Seychelles flagged tuna seiners have been granted permission to continue to fish in the waters of Mayotte, an Indian Ocean island region that will become part of the EU next year. The decision...
ICCAT Meeting Starting Today In South Africa
The importance of the ICCAT annual meeting, kick-started today, has been hugely emphasized by the attendance of European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. The European...
Plant-Based Sashimi As Replacement For Wild Bluefin?
A Japanese company has introduced a fake sashimi product, hoping to take on some of the popularity of bluefin tuna. The plant-based version, which has been described as a rubbery jelly made...
No Cuts On Purse Seiners Within WCPFC For 2014?
The Pacific purse seine tuna fleet could face no additional cuts within the WCPFC for 2014. Reports have emerged that the current proposal of WCPFC members for the December annual meeting in...
Fishermen’s Worries Over Chinese Tuna Fishing Licenses Tempered
Local Guyana fishermen are breathing a sigh of relief after Leslie Ramsammy, Agricultural Minister, has announced that no fishing licenses have been granted to requesting Chinese nationals....
Pacifical MSC Tuna Hits The Shelves For The First Time
Pacifical, a partnership between the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA), which manages the world’s largest sustainable tuna purse seine fishery, and Sustunable, an EU based sustainable...
EU Tuna Super Seiner Fined USD 1 Million For IUU Fishing In Nauru
The Nauru District Court has fined a European Union fishing vessel licensed to fish in Kiribati, USD 1 million for illegally fishing in Nauru waters. ‘Albacora Uno’, a super seiner with a...
Pacific Tuna Stock Faces Growing Crisis Of Inaction
A showdown that could decide the sustainability of the USD 7 billion Pacific tuna industry is expected at the annual meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) in...
WWF Welcomes First MSC-certified Skipjack Tuna Products From The Pacific In Europe
Today marks the first ever delivery of certified, sustainably-managed tuna from the Pacific islands to the European marketplace. SPAR Austria is the first retailer to offer canned skipjack...
Spanish Boat Owners Want More Say In Global Fisheries Negotiations
Representatives from the Basque region of Spain have participated in a seminar in Brussels on EU fisheries agreements, and stressed their desire to have more say in fisheries negotiations....
Thailand Tuna Association Collaborates To Stop Illegal Labor
Eight Thai industry associations in tuna production, aquaculture and fisheries have come together with an aim of stopping illegal labor in the fishing industry and improving the country’s...
Ecuador Hosts First Forum On Tuna Sustainability In EPO
The Ecuadorian tuna industry convenes today for its first sustainable tuna conference. The Regional Forum On Tuna Sustainability will hold a two day agenda, with industry speakers approaching...