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OPAGAC announces global standard for tuna fishing at Our Ocean conference

Post published:06/10/2017
Post category:Fish Species

The Organisation of Associated Producers of Large Freezer Tuna Freezers (OPAGAC) has announced that it will develop a global standard to guarantee responsible fishing and the sustainability of the tropical tuna fishery. The organisation has launched this commitment during the Our Ocean conference, held this week in Malta, and pointed out that the standard will integrate both environmental and social sustainability, two inseparable pillars of ensuring the future of this resource on a global scale.

NZ skipjack tuna purse seine fishery gets MSC label

Post published:22/08/2017
Post category:Fish Species Fishing

The Talley’s New Zealand skipjack tuna purse seine fishery, operated by Talley’s Group Limited, has been certified as sustainable. This is the eighth MSC certification in New Zealand and tips the scale, putting more than 50% of the country’s commercial catch under the MSC label

Tuna sustainability and IUU

Post published:03/07/2017
Post category:Fish Species

Sustainability and the fight against IUU fishing are today’s buzzwords, in distant waters such as as Equatorial Guinea, the Cook Islands and the Seychelles, where the Spanish tuna fleet operates, keeping track of vessel activity in real time has been boosted. The Organisation of Associated Producers of Large Freezer Tuna Vessels (OPAGAC) in conjunction with Satlink, recently presented the technology used on board their vessels at the headquarters of the Permanent Representation of Spain (REPER) in Brussels.

Smooth bluefin season

Post published:30/06/2017
Post category:Fish Species

The Bluefin tuna fishing season in the Western and Central Mediterranean Sea and in the Adriatic Sea came to a close at 0800 on the 21st June for purse seiners, three days before the official closure on 24th June, after the season had been open since 26th May. Catch limits for bluefin tuna season were increased in 2017, as the stock showed continued signs of recovery.

Le Drezen builds on Pacific breakthrough

Post published:16/06/2017
Post category:Fish Species

US fishing company Trimarine has confirmed its confidence in French fishing gear supplier Le Drezen by placing an order for a second tuna purse seine.

Europêche welcomes EU-Mauritius agreement, with reservations

Post published:18/05/2017
Post category:Administration Fish Species

Last month the European Union and the Republic of Mauritius signed a new Protocol to implement the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement in place, setting the legal conditions to allow EU tuna fishing vessels to fish in Mauritius waters for the next four years.

NMFS to analyse impacts of Western Pacific tuna longline fisheries

Post published:05/03/2017
Post category:Fish Species

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has announced its intent to prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) to analyse the environmental impacts of US Pacific Island deep-set tuna longline fisheries managed under the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific (Pelagic FEP) and other applicable laws.

Eleven years and still waiting

Post published:28/02/2017
Post category:Fish Species

According to Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE), Spain has once again turned its back on historic injustices by denying small scale Mediterranean fishermen access to bluefin tuna.

Tri Marine flags seiner to Solomon Islands

Post published:24/02/2017
Post category:Fish Species

US tuna operator Tri Marine has flagged one of its fleet to the Solomon Islands, following an extensive refit that was carried out at Port Moresby in PNG and at National Fisheries Developments’ (NFD) base at Noro in the Solomon Islands.

Fire wrecks new tuna seiner

Post published:10/01/2017
Post category:Fish Species

A fire that broke out at the Martinez shipyard in Saint-Cyprien in southern France has had devastating consequences, resulting in the destruction of a part-built 35 metre purse seiner.

OPAGAC announces global standard for tuna fishing at Our Ocean conference

NZ skipjack tuna purse seine fishery gets MSC label

Tuna sustainability and IUU

Smooth bluefin season

Le Drezen builds on Pacific breakthrough

Europêche welcomes EU-Mauritius agreement, with reservations

NMFS to analyse impacts of Western Pacific tuna longline fisheries

Eleven years and still waiting

Tri Marine flags seiner to Solomon Islands

Fire wrecks new tuna seiner

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