Canadian Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) secured funds to build and deploy gear to survey and monitor tuna biomass as well as other biomasses in deeper parts of the oceans. The aquatic...
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UN Discussing Partial Closure Of High Seas
On August 15 in New York, the UN member states gathered for the Intergovernmental Conference on an international legally binding instrument, an Ocean Treaty, to discuss a...
Some Progress At WCPFC Science Dialogue, But Will It Help?
Although comprehensive discussions took place at the WCPFC’s first Science Management Dialogue, the tuna industry has to wait and see if this meeting contributed to member countries agreeing...
CAB Insists To Adjudicator PNA FAD Fishery Be MSC Certified
The Certification Assessment Body (CAB) for the world’s largest tuna fishery, the PNA, has said that the passing scores it gave for harvest control rules (HCRs) and habitat strategy...
Jealsa Researches What Drives Spanish Consumers’ Buying Decisions
Market analysis shows that 62 percent of Spaniards practice a more environmentally-friendly consumption pattern after the Covid 19 pandemic, whereas 22 percent confirmed that they bought...
Protecting The Thermal Dome, One Of World’s Tuna HotSpots
Costa Rica’s latest legislation to recover tuna wealth focuses on the protection of the "Thermal Dome." It will safeguard an area that is considered a vital tuna hotspot within the EPO. The...
Two-Thirds Of Calvo’s Tuna Sourcing Sustainable
The Spanish tuna firm Grupo Calvo is leaving no stone unturned in its goal to source 100 percent of its tuna from responsible or sustainable fisheries by 2025. Although work still has to be...
MSC New Ghost Gear Standard Will Directly Impact FAD Fisheries
More insights collected over the last decade not only the impacts but also the design of ghost gear have made the MSC change its standard. The latest MSC standard will have more robust and...
China Obstructs Any IATTC Progress On Longlining And SP Albacore
One of the most pressing issues at this year’s annual IATTC gathering was strengthening measures for the EPO longline fishery. Comprehensive proposals involving topics such as observers and...
Hawaiian Longline Fishery Fails EPO Bigeye But Passes In WCPO
Certifying body Control Union (UK) Limited has determined that a Hawaiian longline yellowfin and bigeye fishery should be MSC certified in the WCPO but not for Thunnus obesus in the EPO. It...
ISSF: Green Rating Once Again For EPO Skipjack
The level of tuna stocks around the world is healthy according to the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF). Tuna species in the biggest fishing area, the WCPO, remain in the...
IATTC To Elect New Director Today As Meeting Is Set To Kick Off
Today, one of the most important happenings during this week's IATTC annual meeting will take place. Delegates will elect a new Director in an extraordinary session after almost two years...
EU Pushes For Strict Measures On EPO Tuna Longliners
One of the main topics at next week’s annual meeting of the IATTC will be regulating longliners. The EU and Ecuador especially want member countries to get serious about imposing control over...
Will EPO Seiners Soon Be Forced To Switch To BioFADs?
Biodegradable FADs are high on the agenda of the 100th IATTC meeting which will start next week - in person for the first time in two years. Several organizations, NGOs, and groups have...
New MSC Standard Provides Certified Fisheries A Parachute On HCRs
The new MSC Fisheries Standard includes requirements for certifications to incentivize the adoption of harvest control rules (HCRs) across all RFMOs they are involved with. One of the main...
Updated GSA RFVS Has Zero Tolerance On Human Rights Offenses
A new and improved Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard (RFVS) has been released just two years after the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) adopted the first version of the certification. Under the...
Japanese Pole & Line Fishery Goes For MSC In WCPO
A small Japanese fishery is aiming to get the MSC sustainable logo for its tuna catches. The assessment body, Control Union (UK) Limited, recently published the Announcement Comment Draft...
Two Tri Marine MSC Certifications Pass WCPO Bigeye Scope
Not long after the PNA MSC certification failed its bigeye scope extension after adjudication, purse seine and longline certifications belonging to Tri Marine have been given passing scores...
Deep Sea Mining Noise Could Travel 500 Km
Sound can travel easier in the air, but moves much faster in the water. This can be dangerous to tuna when deep sea mining is in force, states the latest research. It explained that the...
Adjudicator Failing PNA On Bigeye Does Not Set Precedent Says MSC
This week, the independent adjudicator (IA) who failed the world’s largest MSC-certified fishery, the PNA, by blocking its bigeye scope extension has kicked over the hornet’s nest. He remanded...