The members of the Commission looking after the world’s largest tuna fishery are set to meet on November 28. Rhea Moss-Christian, Executive Director, said in her annual report that the WCPFC...
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Readers Predicted ICCAT Will Adopt Skipjack Harvest Strategy
The annual ICCAT meeting concluded last week with agreements on the much-anticipated harvest strategy, also known as management procedure, for western skipjack. The Scientific Committee report...
Tuna Sustainability And Labor Rights Priorities On World Fisheries Day
World Fisheries Day is celebrated on November 21 annually. It highlights the importance of sustainable tuna and other fish stocks, strengthening human rights for small-scale fishing...
Taiwan Tuna Longline Association Launches Pacific FIP
The Taiwan Tuna Longline Association (TTLA) and international NGO Ocean Outcomes have announced the launch of their joint Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) for 41 TTLA vessels. Both...
Stormy Weather Ahead In Tuna Markets, But Sustainability Is Still A Beacon
-VIEWPOINT- International tuna markets are heading for some difficult years. The red flag can be raised since the US elections resulted in Donald Trump being elected as President. While...
Orthongel Welcomes 45-Day FAD Ban But Says More Monitoring Needed In Atlantic
Orthongel, the group representing the French fishing fleet has praised the ICCAT Commission for its latest decisions, including reducing the FAD ban period from 72 days to 45 days. The fleet...
Senegalese Fishery First In West Africa To Receive MSC Certification
A Senegalese purse seine fishery recently received the blue logo for its free school and FAD set caught skipjack and yellowfin in the Atlantic Ocean, thus becoming the first fishery in West...
ICCAT Meeting Ends With HS For Skipjack & FAD Reduction
The annual ICCAT meeting that wrapped up November 18 had 15 new recommendations and two resolutions to cover relevant issues on Atlantic tuna and tuna-like species. Some of the major...
NOAA Draws Out New Roadmap To Improve Critical SIMP
After one year of lengthy and comprehensive consultations with stakeholders, NOAA Fisheries announced it has charted a roadmap to improve the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) for tuna...
Dolphin Bycatch, Harvest Strategy & EM Standards Should Be Top Priority At WCPFC Meet
NGOs and tuna organizations have started submitting their position statements ahead of the WCPFC 21st annual meeting from November 28 to December 3 in Fiji. Some of the common concerns tabled...
Measures On Sharks & Observers Discussed At ICCAT Meeting
Several draft recommendations were submitted about sharks before the ICCAT annual meeting which is currently ongoing. Numerous member states today published a joint statement asking for...
New Zealand Clears Air Over NGO Demand For Observer Status At WCPFC Meeting
US NGO Accountability.Fish recently requested New Zealand to push WCPFC to allow an unconditional observer status for it in the upcoming WCPFC General Meeting to be held later this month. But...
Will ICCAT Make Progress In Western Skipjack Management?
The ICCAT annual meeting is taking place this week until November 18. There are numerous major topics on the table for member states to discuss and reach consensus on. One critical issue is...
ICCAT Discusses Management Procedures & Stock Status
The ICCAT annual meeting began on Monday and several critical issues are under discussion, especially management strategy evaluation (MSE) for western skipjack and harvest strategy for...
Greenpeace Executive Wants Tuna Companies To Show More Transparency
Shark finning is among the common IUU fishing activities carried out by several Asian tuna longliners in the WCPO. Mohammad Arifsyah, Senior Regional Oceans Campaign Strategist for...
Cyprus Hosts 24th ICCAT Special Meeting Starting Today
ICCAT kicked off its annual Commission Meeting today at Limassol, Cyprus, which will last until November 18. Adoption of harvest strategy (HS) for the western skipjack stock is scheduled and...
Migrant Workers Denied Rights Due To Govt Apathy Says Greenpeace Executive
The systemic abuse of Indonesian fishers on board tuna longliners made international headlines when an Environmental Justice Foundation investigation came out in 2021. The plight of these...
Costas Kadis Steps Into Role Of EU Commissioner For Oceans And Fisheries
Cypriot Costas Kadis was officially appointed the new EU Commissioner for Oceans and Fisheries earlier this week. 57-year-old Kadis, a conservation biologist, will work towards promoting a...
Sustainability Formed Core Of Costas Kadis Hearing At European Parliament
The European Fisheries Committee questioned Costas Kadis, the new Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans, in a confirmation hearing yesterday. The focus of his speech was based on the...
Australian NGO Says MSC Tuna Not Sustainable Enough
The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) has published its first GoodFish canned tuna sustainability guide. SAFCOL No Net Tuna canned tuna line, which uses pole-and-line caught fish,...