The Ecuadorian fishing group TUNACONS – with 46 large purse seiners and three coastal seiners – announced that it is seeking a scope extension to reassess the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO)...
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India Wants 5 Year Ban On DFADs In Indian Ocean
India submitted a proposal to the Special Session of the IOTC to ban all drifting FADs in the Indian Ocean, effective January 1, 2024. This follows India’s strategy against purse seine...
Study: PIPA & Large MPAs Only Modestly Effective For Tuna Conservation
Numerous governments around the world have taken up the UN pledge of 30 by 30, which is to protect 30 percent of the world’s oceans by creating marine protected areas (MPAs). One latest study,...
GSA Promotes Responsible Fishing Vision At Global Annual Seafood Event
The Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) promotes responsible seafood practices (not only in operations but also crew safety) worldwide through education and advocacy and has announced the renaming...
Greenlabeling – The Most Pervasive Form Of Greenwashing
Planet Tracker, a financial think tank, has said that corporate greenwashing comes in different forms and that more global scrutiny is needed. With tuna companies and firms trading and...
Tuna Has Major Role To Play In Future EU Food Security
EU authorities are looking into the drivers of food security for the region's people. An in-depth analysis shows that although the availability of food is currently not at stake in Europe, the...
Tuna Longliner Tests Wind Propulsion “eSAIL” System For Fuel Savings
Fuel makes up a large part of operating expenses for tuna fishing companies and other vessel operators but what if there is a solution to reducing costs as well as making the fishing activity...
Major Global Highlights December 2022
In December, the global tuna industry experienced some major developments. The WCPFC adopted a skipjack management procedure and Nasdaq for the first time halted the trading of a listed...
MSC Praises Skipjack Harvest Strategy Adoption In WCPO
The WCPO accounts for 54 percent of the world’s tuna catches. For this major resource, members of the WCPFC made the landmark decision to implement a management procedure (MP) for...
EPO Ecuador Seiner Fishery Gets MSC Certified
A small Ecuadorian fishery in the EPO has received the MSC sustainable logo for its free school and FAD-caught yellowfin. The certification assessment body (CAB), LRQA, announced this in...
How Will COP15 Affect The Future Global Tuna Industry?
The recently concluded Global Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP15) in which fifteen countries participated decided to protect one-third of the planet by 2030. This aims to safeguard...
MSC Fisheries Standard Good Indicator On Achieving UN Biodiversity Goals
The Marine Stewardship Council certifications have been acknowledged by the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) as a way to scientifically measure efforts to reverse the alarming decline in the...
Readers: NGO Contribution To Tuna Conservation Is Impactful
Several NGOs have been pushing for tuna conservation measures for years, but are they achieving a movement? The majority of Atuna readers have the impression that the interference of...
PNA Nations Relieved With Adoption Of Skipjack Management Procedure
The skipjack management procedure adopted by WCPFC members last Saturday has been welcomed by the PNA countries. The decision means that the MSC certification for its fishery, the largest in...
Are NGOs Still Focused On Global Sustainable Tuna Conservation?
Over the years, the number of NGOs has increased and there is a lot of money being donated. A platform analyzing the NGO sector questions how these organizations can claim to represent the...
Readers Slightly Sceptical On WCPFC Adopting HS For Skipjack And Yellowfin
Readers were not fully convinced that the WCPFC would adopt management procedures for skipjack and yellowfin. Nevertheless, almost two-thirds of the respondents were confident this would...
WCPFC Adopted Skipjack Management Procedure With Non-Binding Clause
On the fourth and last day of the Commission’s meeting, the prevailing good vibe continued resulting in agreements on some key topics. A management procedure for skipjack was adopted, but is...
Do Global NGOs Contribute More To Economies Than Their Goals?
The number of global NGOs and charities has increased over the years, and the latest data shows that their market size was valued at about USD 329 billion in 2020. It is expected to grow to...
WCPFC Meeting Making Good Progress Says Chair
On day three of the WCPFC meeting, the Commission lifted the temporary suspension of 100 percent observer coverage on purse seiners. Also, crew welfare and the skipjack management procedure...
ICCAT Bigeye TAC Disappoints EU Seiner Operators
European purse seine operators are disappointed that the ICCAT meeting failed to agree on an increase in the bigeye total allowable catch (TAC) while they made efforts and sacrifices to...