Spanish tuna grouping goes for full certification
Spanish tuna operators within OPAGAC are making a €7 million investment over the coming couple of years to ensure that the group’s entire 380,000 tonne annual catch will be MSC certified. With…
Scientists debate tropical tuna fishery’s future with purse seine operators
Scientists from French and Spanish institutes have met European tuna operators to discuss at a European level challenges facing stakeholders. Representatives of Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) in…
Spanish tuna crews take part in stage two of telemedicine system
More than 400 crew members on twelve Spanish tuna fleet vessels operating in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, are participating in the second stage of the first pilot project…
MSC certification for Indian Ocean skipjack fishery
After a two-year assessment, the MSC has awarded OPAGAC certification for its fishery for skipjack tuna in the Indian Ocean. This applies to skipjack caught by the group’s 14 purse…
Seychelles partnership to recycle end-of-life fishing gear
Tuna purse seiner organisations OPAGAC and ORTHONGEL have launched a joint net recycling project with Brikole Ltd, a new local start-up managed by the NGO Sustainability for Seychelles. The Department…
The Spanish tuna fleet invests to optimise sustainability
The Spanish tuna industry group OPAGAC-AGAC has undertaken 28 research projects in the last four years, directly or in collaboration with third parties, to minimise the impacts of the tuna purse seine fishery on the…
The Spanish tuna fleet is developing biodegradeable FADs with research across three ocean areas. Image: OPAGAC
Spanish tuna fleet leads the way with biodegradeable FADs
The Spanish tuna fleet is spearheading research and development work in biodegradable FADs on a worldwide scale. A pilot project was started this year in the Atlantic makes his fleet…
Spanish label certifies responsibly sourced tuna
Italian and US consumers can now find tuna on their supermarket shelves carrying the AENOR Tuna from Responsible Fishing (or APR Standard) label promoted by Spanish tuna operators’ body OPAGAC,…
Spanish fishing operators have joined a growing movement asking for anti-piracy measures for the Gulf of Guinea. Image: OPAGAC
Spanish operators ask for Gulf of Guinea military presence
Spanish tuna operators have added their voices to the growing calls for the deployment of military forces to combat piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. The Spanish tuna fleet represented…
European tuna operators are resisting calls for a further reduction or a ban on the use of FADs in Indian Ocean tuna fisheries
European tuna operators stand together
Tuna operators’ organisations ORTHONGEL, representing three French tuna companies, and Spanish tuna industry bodies OPAGAC and ANBAC, are adamant that their fleet sector is sticking to its commitments, as NGOs…