Indian Ocean bigeye is overfished according to the latest scientific data. The 2023 catches were above the recommended total allowable catch (TAC). IOTC scientists said that achieving the...
SUSTAINABILITY NEWS
New Law To Speed Disaster Relief For US Tuna Fishers
US President Joe Biden recently signed the FISHES Act into law thus making it easier for tuna and other seafood fishers to obtain financial aid amidst disaster without hassle. This is good...
IOTC Raises 2025 Yellowfin Quotas By Small Margin
The IOTC has slightly increased the volumes of yellowfin that fishing fleets can catch in the Indian Ocean for 2025. This news comes on the heels that the scientists declared that IO yellowfin...
EU To Tighten Shark Trade Monitoring After Citizen Initiative
The European Commission is taking an EU citizen's initiative to stop the shark fin trade seriously. The Commission announced yesterday that the monitoring of shark products entering and...
Study Says That PMNM MPA Does Not Benefit Bigeye & Yellowfin Fisheries
Do marine protected areas (MPAs) benefit fisheries as assumed? It is a pertinent question given that many governments worldwide are working on achieving the UN 30 X 30 goal, to designate 30...
Experts Warn Of Adverse Climate Impacts On Bluefins
The effects of climate change are evident on the planet and its impact on fisheries is inevitable. Several studies have asserted how this phenomena impacts bluefin fisheries. According to...
Pacific Fisheries Council Reminds Why MPA Expansion Could Be Fatal For Fishers
The expansion of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) could have a drastic effect on Pacific Islands’ small-scale fishers pushing them into high seas competition. This sentiment was yet again...
EJF Investigation Reveals Moroccan Boats’ Illegal Driftnet Fishing In Alboran Sea
Numerous artisanal boats flagged to Morocco are continuing to utilize illegal drfitnets in the Alboran Sea, states the new report ‘Walls of Death' released by Environmental Justice Foundation...
How Tracking Data Improves Management Of EPO MPAs
Marine managers need access to data to monitor marine protected areas (MPAs) stated Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy in October. The tracking data provided by Global Fishing Watch (GFW) enables the...
ISSF Report Says Global Tuna Stocks’ Health Improved
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) recently released its second biannual report on the status of 23 tuna stocks. It revealed that 88 percent of the total tuna catches...
ISSF Lauds Most WCPFC Meeting Outcomes, Criticizes Lack Of South Pacific Albacore MP
More information is coming from the WCPFC annual meeting that ended earlier this week. The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) praised the RFMO’s work on several positive...
WCPFC Agrees To Japan’s Demand For Increased Pacific Bluefin Catches
The WCPFC 21st Regular Sessions concluded yesterday but the RFMO is yet to announce all the adoptions made at the meeting. Among them was the decision to expand Japan’s Pacific bluefin quota...
8th European Tuna Conference To Take Place In Barcelona On May 5
Atuna is proud to announce that it will be organizing the 8th European Tuna Conference on Monday, May 5, 2025, for the very first time in Barcelona, Spain. The event will take place one day...
WCPFC Adopts Historic Crew Welfare Standards At Annual Meeting
The WCPFC 21st Regular Session concluded today in Fiji with the Commission adopting a landmark binding measure to improve labor and crew welfare and interim standards for electronic monitoring...
WCPFC Makes Progress But Keeps Adoptions For The Last Day
The WCPFC meeting will conclude tomorrow and over the weekend, progress was made on the interim management of South Pacific albacore and dolphin bycatch. No adoptions have been announced yet....
WCPFC Meeting Begins With Strong Emphasis On Crew Rights & Climate Change
The WCPFC kicked off its 21st annual meeting in Suva, Fiji, today with key figures in the industry pointing out several critical issues that the Commission needs to address such as harvest...
Galapagos Artisanal Fishers Say “Balanced Tuna Fishing Approach” Critical
A group of artisanal fishers from Galapagos in Ecuador have come together to ask authorities to address the challenges that they face in the sector. They requested Inés Manzano, the Minister...
Will Fiji Become First Pacific Island Nation To Partake In FiTI?
The Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) has shown its interest towards working with Fiji. Its representatives recently participated in a WWF-organized tuna and seafood transparency...
Orthongel Executive Reveals Ways To Valorise Purse Seine Tuna Catch
Michel Goujon, Director of Orthongel, the group representing the French fishing fleet, recently spoke to MSC about the different ways to add value to sustainable tuna, the impact of climate...
ISSF Report Shows Meager Improvement In Conservation Measures By Companies
The recently published ‘Annual Conservation Measures and Proactive Vessel Register Compliant Report’ showed that companies have improved 0.15 percent from the June 2024 report. The audit of...