The UN General Assembly declared June 5 as the International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing. This illicit practice has been harming not only tuna...
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MSC Promotes Sustainable Tuna Week In Spain
In Spain, the Marine Stewardship Council is celebrating the ‘IV Seas Forever Week’ from June 3 to June 9, in conjunction with World Oceans Day. A series of activities are focused on showing...
EU Tuna Fleets Reducing Emissions, Tighter Laws Needed In Future
The EU tuna and other fishing fleets have become fuel-efficient over the past decade, but the rising fuel costs are negatively impacting their efficiency. Processing and export of tuna can...
Major Global Highlights May 2024
In May, skipjack price and trade picked up in Bangkok. The IOTC annual meeting concluded with critical progress on skipjack and IUU fishing. Global tuna stakeholders gathered in Bangkok for...
Tanzania Takes Initiative To Enhance Vessel Transparency To Boost US Trade
Tanzania is working towards an increase in transparency of its tuna vessels to improve trade prospects with the US. The Tanzania Deep Sea Fishing Authority (DSFA) and fishing company Biostar...
Tuna-Rich Islands Come Together At SIDS4 To Discuss Pivotal Issues
The UN is holding an event for the welfare of Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The 4th International Conference on SIDS (SIDS4) is ongoing in Antigua and Barbuda from May 27 and will...
TUNACONS Launches Initiative To Fight Plastic Pollution
The Eastern Pacific Ocean Tropical tuna (TUNACONS) purse seine fishery recently launched the ‘MaresLimpios.EC Platform’ to fight plastic pollution in the Gulf of Guayaquil and nearby...
Spanish Researchers & Tuna Fleets Testing New Bio-Based FAD Platforms
Spanish marine technology company Zunibal has led the design of a new industrialized floating platform, which is part of a drifting FAD, using a compostable bio-based material. The firm is...
Senegal Slapped With EU Yellow Card
The European Commission issued a yellow card to Senegal on Monday because it has found the African nation's work to combat IUU fishing is insufficient. European regulators pointed out...
Sustainability Needs Accountability – Why It Is Time For The Equal Access Principles
- Sponsored Content - Seafood marketers, processors, and suppliers face ever-increasing pressure to provide sustainable seafood to their consumers. However, global fisheries management systems...
OPAGAC Implements Improved Vessel Activities’ Transparency
The Spanish purse seiners, grouped under OPAGAC, has adopted blockchain technology to enhance the transparency of their tuna catches. It will help the vessels' owners to trace the catches,...
Start-Up Unveils Its First Premium Cell-Based Bluefin
Israeli company Wanda Fish produced its first cultivated 'toro sashimi' made from the underbelly of the bluefin. The product is created from the cellular mass of muscle and fat from bluefin...
IOTC DFAD Measures Not Well-Received By All Involved
Paul de Bruyn, IOTC Executive Secretary, said last week's annual meeting was held in a good atmosphere and cooperation. The agreement on dFAD measures was welcomed by NGOs but not by the...
John West Australia And Pacifical Collaborate In Historical Sustainability Data Exchange
With the historic move to exchange data using GDST, John West Australia and Pacifical, have set a new standard for transparency and sustainability in the tuna industry. Global Dialogue on...
Bangkok Tuna Conference Opens With Fanfare
The 2024 Bangkok Tuna Conference started off on Monday. Experts at the opening ceremony said that the global tuna sector has an important role in blue transformation. They mainly talked about...
FAO Study Warns Of Drop In Tuna Catches In Pacific Islands Due To Climate Change
The revenues of the Pacific Islands are at stake as climate change can cause tuna to move farther away from their EEZs towards the high seas. This was revealed recently by the FAO from the...
EU Proposes One Month Fishing Ban In Indian Ocean For All Vessels
The IOTC annual meeting has been underway since Monday and several issues have already been debated. The EU has proposed a month fishing closure for all gears to help rebuild the yellowfin...
Pacific Nations Want Zone-Based Limits For South Pacific Albacore
Fisheries authorities from the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), RFMO observers, and NGOs recently finished their discussions on Pacific tuna fisheries. They gathered at the Forum...
The Curtain Rises For IOTC Annual Meeting
The 28th Session of the Commission started today in Bangkok. Some of the main topics on the table were United Kingdom’s membership status in the IOTC, management of dFADs, rebuilding yellowfin...
How Likely Will IOTC Decide On A FAD Ban?
The annual meeting of the IOTC will start next week in Bangkok and many member states, organizations, and NGOs submitted their proposal and recommendations. There are many issues to be...