Spanish technology firm Satlink and Somali non-profit MARCOD have signed an agreement to roll out Project ReCon in Somalia, aiming to recover and reuse echosounder buoys used in tuna fisheries...
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ISSF Says Global Tuna Sustainability Hits New High
Nearly 97 percent of the global tuna catches in 2024 came from stocks considered to be at healthy levels, with four out of the 23 stocks showing improvement over the previous assessment,...
What Is the Impact of Increasing Digital Demands on the Tuna Trade?
New EU regulations now require seafood exporters and importers to provide granular digital data for every tuna shipment. This shift raises a critical question: How will these mandates reshape...
Solutions To Help Mitigate FADs Threat To Galapagos Marine Life
The Galapagos National Park wants measures to ban the threat of abandoned dFADs from tuna purse seiners to the marine life in the Galapagos Marine Reserve. By mapping the ocean currents, a...
Philippines Fisheries Face Imminent Collapse, Says An NGO Report
The Marcos government has to take urgent measures to implement the Fisheries Code of 2015 and hold officials accountable to reverse the crisis in its fish stocks, which are 88 percent...
NOAA Funds Ocean Research Projects To Boost US Tuna And Fish Sustainability
A NOAA-backed initiative will finance seven new ocean research projects, including work in the tuna-rich Pacific Ocean, aimed at improving the sustainability and economic performance of US...
Tuna Fisheries Are At Most Risk From Climate Change
Fisheries focusing on migratory species like tunas face the greatest risks from climate change effects, such as changing stock distributions and declining fish populations in marine...
Pacific Data Hub Makes WCPO Tuna Stock Assessment Info User-Friendly
The Pacific Data Hub now provides the stock status of WCPO yellowfin, albacore, and bigeye. The Pacific Community (SPC), the principal scientific and technical organization in the Pacific...
The Future of Tuna: Digitalization & the Health-Conscious Consumer
Demand for protein-rich food is exploding among young adults. But how do you translate this trend into a winning marketing strategy? Find out on Monday, April 20, in Barcelona at the ninth...
ISSF Tightens Labor Audits For Tuna Processing Plants
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has strengthened its social and labor commitments. This week, the industry-led organization introduced a new measure for conducting...
Readers: Banning Transshipments At Sea Is Feasible
A recent study titled “An Expanded Evaluation of Global Fisheries Management Organizations on the High Seas” stated that prohibiting at-sea transshipment would strengthen the long-term...
Ecuador’s Novel Tuna Gummies To Fight Child Malnutrition
The Ecuadorian government recently partnered with NGO World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to develop fish gummies, made from tuna and other marine species, which they assert would “help to combat...
Datafish Expands Monitoring Services On Tuna Vessels
Data collection and monitoring are essential for sustainable fishing operations. Technology solutions company Datafish collaborates with the Spanish fleet for monitoring. It has also joined...
FiTI Says Seychelles’ Tuna Management Plan Crucial But Underlines Shortcomings
Seychelles has made significant progress in ensuring the monitoring of its purse seine and longline catches over the past year and worked on the crucial Tuna Fisheries Management Plan. The...
Major Global Highlights January 2026
The opening weeks of 2026 brought several noteworthy developments for the global tuna industry. Trading in major processing hubs, Bangkok, Seychelles, and Manta, remained almost the same as in...
Irish Supermarkets Accelerate Shift To MSC-Certified Tuna
Aldi, Lidl, and Tesco expanded their MSC certified seafood range and were the top suppliers of sustainable tuna to Irish consumers last year. Last week, MSC published its ‘UK and Ireland...
IOTC To Launch Test Phase Of Electronic DFAD Register
The IOTC will launch an electronic DFAD (e-DFAD) Register mandatory testing phase on February 2, following the Commission’s bid to monitor such devices in the Indian Ocean convention area. The...
Preference In Ready Meals Shifts From Prawns To Skipjack In UK
Ready meals and food-to-go are growing categories in the UK market. For many years, products under these segments comprised largely Northern prawns but this trend has shifted. In 2024/25, the...
MSC Stakeholders Survey Shows Discontent With Chain Of Custody
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) recently published a Global Stakeholder Engagement Survey 2025 of stakeholders from the tuna and seafood industries. Overfishing, pollution, and the...
EU Firms Utilizing ‘Flags Of Convenience’ Undermine Tackling IUU Fishing Efforts
EU citizens and companies own tuna and other fishing vessels that operate under non-EU flags, often called flags of convenience, (FoCs) allowing economic profits from potentially...