Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Director-General Noan David Pakop stressed the need for Pacific Islands to remain united due to the importance of tuna to their economies and emphasized the need...
SUSTAINABILITY NEWS
Will Pacific Island Nations Risk Economy And Environment For Deep-Sea Mining?
Last month, Tonga signed a sponsorship agreement with Canadian-based The Metals Company (TMC) to explore deep-sea mining activities in the tuna-rich Clarion Clipperton Zone. Following that, an...
Solomon Islands & Kiribati Join Hands For Anticipated Tuna Project
The Solomon Islands and Kiribati signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) last week to collaborate on the development of the Bina Harbor tuna processing plant in Malaita (Solomon Islands)....
US Researchers Laud PSMA But Point Out Striking Gaps
A new study found that the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA) has made it difficult for vessels fishing outside their national waters to evade port inspections, but points out how domestic...
IATTC Reduces Fishing Ban Days
The IATTC 103rd annual meeting concluded last Friday and on Sunday the Commission brought out that the fishing ban for purse seiners will be reduced to 64 days from the current 72 days. "The...
NOAA Wants US Citizens’ Help To Revitalize US Tuna And Seafood Sector
The US agency NOAA is looking into ways to promote tuna and other seafood caught by American fishers among in the country. It is inviting the public to share their input on how to make this a...
Grupo Consorcio’s New Report Boasts Enhanced Sustainability Initiatives
Spanish tuna company Grupo Consorcio recently published the Sustainability Report 2024, which investigated its progress in Environmental, Social, and Governance matters. Some of the highlights...
NOAA Import Restrictions Under MMPA Impacts Tuna?
Starting next year, tuna and seafood products from fisheries on the NOAA Fisheries List of Foreign Fisheries without a comparability finding cannot be imported into the US. NOAA has published...
IATTC Discusses Shark Bycatch & Need To Fund More Research
There are many issues on the agenda for IATTC members to discuss this week. The US submitted a proposal for silky sharks and high seas boarding. The RFMO has called for funds for several...
IATTC 103rd Meeting Kicks Off Today
Harvest strategies, climate resilience, electronic monitoring, and dFAD ban in the EPO will be topics at the IATTC meeting starting today in Panama. NGOs had put forward position statements...
Major Global Highlights August 2025
Trade in Bangkok was hit with uncertainties looming around the US President Donald Trump imposed reciprocal tariffs that were announced August 1 and came into effect within a week. Low...
FCF IO Albacore Longline Fishery MSC Certified But Vessels Missing In RFMO List
Last week, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified the Indian Ocean longline albacore fishery and the Mauritius EEZ longline albacore fishery, together called the consolidated IO...
NOAA Says PCR Tool Test Helps Combat Seafood Fraud
NOAA completed the second deployment of a rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) device, which detected the false labeling of imported tuna and other tuna-like species that entered the US. The...
Concerns For Fish Welfare In Pole-And-Line Gear Rises, IPNLF Questions Study
The Carefish/catch project researches animal welfare impacts in pole-and-line fisheries. The outcomes of its recent study has been criticized by International Pole and Line Foundation...
Tuna RFMOs Have Pivotal Role In BBNJ Agreement
The complementary roles that tuna RFMOs and the BBNJ agreement can play were widely discussed at a United Nations (UN) event. Rhea Moss-Christian, Executive Director of WCPFC, explored the...
Fishing Closure Period, FADs Use Among Ecuador’s Priorities At IATTC Meeting
Ecuador, with the largest fleet in the EPO, has asked the IATTC for a reduction in the fishing closure period from 2026 to 2028. Bigeye stock sustainability and maintaining the number of FADs...
Readers: EC Will Appeal On IOTC DFAD Court Judgment
Earlier this month, the EU General Court annulled the European Commission’s (EC) refusal to review the EU’s objection to the IOTC 72-day dFAD ban. The decision came after French NGO Bloom...
Protest Mounts Against Maltese BF Farm Responsible For Slime
St.Paul’s Bay-based bluefin farm, Azzopardi Fisheries, is accused of being the origin of sea slime that has been a cause of concern for Maltese authorities and beach-goers for the past few...
Tuna Organizations And NGOs Present Asks To IATTC
NGOs and tuna organizations have submitted their position statements ahead of the 103rd Meeting of the IATTC to be held in Panama from September 1 to 5. A 100 percent observer coverage in tuna...
NGO Claims Philippines Top Court Ruling Could Jeopardize Tuna Exports
NGO Oceana recently stepped up to warn about how a ruling by the Philippines top court could affect Filipino tuna exporters' trade and impact small-scale fishers. Last August, the Supreme...