ICCAT misses an opportunity, says European industry
Despite the serious efforts and sacrifices made by European purse seiner operators to restore the bigeye tuna stock, this week's discussions at ICCAT did not lead to the TAC increase…
Pushing for better tuna stock protections and stronger FAD management
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has set out its list of critical asks in a position statement ahead of this month’s ICCAT annual meeting. ISSF is pushing for bigeye and yellowfin stocks to be maintained at…
Pushing for better tuna stock protections and stronger FAD management
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has set out its list of critical asks in a position statement ahead of this month’s ICCAT annual meeting. ISSF is pushing for bigeye and yellowfin stocks to be maintained at…
ICCAT decisions disappointing for European industry
In spite the numerous requests from the EU on all countries to take proportional effort and responsibility towards the good management and full recovery of bigeye tuna, according to European…
Fishing opportunities for bigeye tuna are reduced by 21% over the next two years for the European purse seine fleet. Image: NOAA Fisheries
No guarantee of level playing field as ICCAT meeting ends
Recognising that the recovery of the bigeye tuna stock requires balanced efforts and sacrifices by vessels using all fishing gears, the European purse seiners are fully assuming their share of…
