When the owners of Skjervøy fishing company Arnøytind AS started looking at the options for a new vessel to replace their 20-year old boat with a hybrid newbuild, they handed…
Marco is to supply a new PB-64 power block to the Marpesca Group, one of Panama's fishing largest companies. This power block, to be installed on board tuna purse seiner…
An initiative to make use of lost, abandoned or end-of-life fishing gear brings together the Bermeo Tuna World Capital Association in collaboration with fishing company Echebastar, the AZTI technology centre…
Tuna company Pacifical PNA has announced the death of observer Eritara Aati Kaierua from Kiribati, while working on board of Taiwanese purse seiner Win Far No. 636. ‘On news of…
The island nation of Nauru now has twelve tuna purse-seiners fishing under its flag as it moves away from leasing fishing rights to foreign vessels to having a fleet operating…
Marco has supplied new equipment for fishing vessels in Taiwan and China as the company continues to expand into the Asian market. A Powerdavit SK-230 purse seine davit has been…
Marco has supplied a full package of deck equipment for Dongwon’s new purse seiner Bonami, delivered by the Daesun yard at Busan in Korea. As in previous installations carried out…
Twenty years after its last new vessel, Montelucia, was delivered Spanish tuna vessel operator Calvo Group is building a new tuna vessel at the Freire yard in Vigo. TH Company…
Aimed at fishermen, RFMOs, governments and vessel owners, the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has published a best-practices guide – based on years of ISSF scientific research and fleet collaboration…
The total number of large purse seine vessels, calculated based on data from the five tuna RFMOs, has dropped from 1871 in 2018 to 1843 today, mainly due to the removal…