Iberian sardine fishery opens
The Iberian fleet’s sardine fishery opened this week, with a 10,132-tonne quota for the Cantabrian Sea and the north-west region of Spain. The fishery is conducted by coastal purse seiners…
Senegalese tuna fishery is first in West Africa to achieve MSC certification
The tuna fishery represented by fishing companies Compagnie Africaine de Pêche au Sénégal S.A. (CAPSEN), a division of Dongwon Industries, and Senegalese-founded Grand Bleu S.A. has become the first in…
WCPFC urged to adopt stricter oversight and conservation measures
Tuna industry body ISSF is urging delegates at the upcoming Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Ccommission’s annual meeting in Fiji to improve their control over fisheries by strengthening vessel oversight…
Furuno package for new seiner
The owners of new seiner Jarle Berg, Trond and Børrge Berg, which has been built at the Larsnes Mek Verksted yard, went for a package of electronics from Furuno Norge,…
Rising to the environmental challenge
A few years ago, Skjervøy fishing company owner Svein Roger Karlsen challenged Naval Consult to come up with an outline for the most environmentally friendly fishing vessel that could be…
ISSF updates tuna purse seine fleet profile
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has updated its Snapshot of Large-Scale Tuna Purse Seine Fishing Fleets report for June 2023. The report shows that approximately 652 vessels defined as large-scale purse-seine (LSPS) vessels…
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Tuna seiner gets Marco deck hardware
A tuna seiner with a chequered career behind it has already been outfitted with deck equipment from Marco, but the vessel’s owners have opted to augment the deck layout. Win…
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…
New purse seine performs perfectly
As the Icelandic pelagic fleet switches from trawling for capelin in the early part of the season to purse seine gear as the fish gather in tight marks off the…