The WCPFC Scientific Committee (SC) meeting is taking place with scientists, fisheries managers, and other stakeholders holding a debate over the world’s biggest tuna fisheries in the WCPO...
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Century Pacific Goes The Extra Mile In Plastic Neutrality
The Philippines' leading processor of canned tuna reasserted its commitment to achieving plastic neutrality. Century Pacific recently stated that in 2024, it recovered close to 2,900 M/T of...
Atlantic Bluefins In Gulf Of Maine Show Major Change In Prey
A group of researchers from the University of Maine conducted a study to analyse changes in the diet of Atlantic bluefin in the Gulf of Maine, amid the population decline of Atlantic herring,...
US And Cook Islands To Study Deep-Sea Mining Possibilities
The US recently announced that it will cooperate with the Cook Islands, which has a tuna-rich EEZ, “to advance scientific research and the responsible development of seabed mineral resources.”...
Readers: MMPA Could Be Overhauled Or Kept Intact
US legislators are considering overhauling the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), which has been a vital law to protect and safeguard cetaceans, whales, seals, and other marine species....
Little Tuna Founder Bets On Aussies’ Love For Sustainable Fish To Grow
Little Tuna is an Australian tuna brand that markets its products as “100 percent Australian-sourced tuna” as the fish is caught within the nation’s EEZ, by longliners owned by the firm, and...
Will WCPFC Scientific Meeting Have Consensus On Skipjack MP?
The WCPFC is all set to kick-start its annual scientific meeting in Tonga next week. Management procedures for skipjack, bigeye, and South Pacific albacore will be among the main topics that...
Marshall Islands Holds Event With Focus On Need For Tuna Conservation
The Marshall Islands hosted a three-day National Ocean Symposium on ocean dialogue and action to protect and sustainably manage the ocean. The event kicked off on August 5 and concluded today....
Fishers, NGOs Call Out Taiwan Longliner Owners’ Apathy
Last month, news organization CNN published a report on the plight of migrant workers on board Taiwanese longliners. One of the topics highlighted in it was the lack of WiFi on vessels, which...
Most Tuvaluans Wants To Flee Island Amid Climate Change
Last month, 8,750 applications were submitted by Tuvaluans for permanent Australian residency, as part of a Tuvalu-Aussie program. Under the initiative, 280 Tuvaluans would be given permanent...
EU Court Pushes European Commission To Review IOTC FAD Ban Objection
Two weeks back, the EU General Court annulled the European Commission’s refusal to review the EU's objection to an IOTC Resolution on drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (dFADs), mainly a 72-day...
Malaysia Increases Efforts To Combat IUU Fishing By Foreign Boats
Malaysia has introduced a new system to enhance its oversight of foreign tuna and other vessels to combat IUU fishing. The Electronic Port State Measures (e-PSM) system was launched last week...
FiTI Claims Indonesia Needs To Address Critical Tuna Fisheries’ Matters
Indonesia recently took its first Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) Taking Stock assessment to investigate the online transparency of its tuna and other marine fisheries management....
Italian Soil Experts Turn Tuna Waste Into New Value-Added Product
Tuna processing waste has been utilized effectively in many industries. A group of Italian researchers have found out how to produce a plant fertilizer from tuna sludge. Adele Muscolo, the...
Will US Amend The Marine Mammal Protection Act?
US legislators are pushing for major changes to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), which NGOs and conservation groups say would substantially roll back protections for cetaceans, whales,...
NGO Highlights Threats Looming Around Filipino Tuna Fisheries
The Philippines' tuna sector is grappling with IUU fishing, and authorities are being urged to take stronger action. NGO Oceana, in its recently released report, stated that the Philippines’...
US Legislators Looking To Overhaul Marine Mammal Protection Act
Earlier this week, US legislators met to consider an unpopular proposal to overhaul Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), a decades-old environmental law designed to protect cetaceans, whales,...
Pacific Islands Reach Milestone Agreement On SP Albacore
Pacific Islands' ministers arrived at a consensus on the long-standing issue of South Pacific Albacore (SPA) allocation within EEZs at a critical meeting this week. Climate change, the East...
Maldivian Govt Claims More FADs Add To Productive Fishing Grounds
The Maldives Ministry of Fisheries and Ocean Resources recently confirmed that 22 FADs were installed over a period of two years for its pole-and-line fisheries. Out of these, 12 were placed...
Grupomar Clinches Award For Tuna Fleet Modernization
Grupomar was awarded second place in Mexico's 2025 Sustainable Fishing and Aquaculture Award given on Saturday. The National Chamber of the Fishing Industry (Conapesca) of the Ministry of...