Five years ago managing the PNA fisheries was mostly done with a calculator and pencil, and with data sent by fax or email. Today, the fishery that is generating US$400 million a year to nine Pacific islands is managed by the Parties to the Nauru Agreement’s Fisheries Information Management System (FIMS) that allows managers to know what is taking place in their fishing zone with a tap of their computer keyboards.
It’s a bad month for tuna employees working in American Samoa with the double whammy announcements of suspensions of operation by both Starkist and Trimarine-owned Samoa Tuna Processors (STP).
The Association in Defence of Mediterranean Artisanal Fisheries (ADPAM), the Regional Federation of Canary Island Fishing Cofradias, the Gaia Oceans Association, the Tarragona Fishing Cofradia and the Low Impact Fishers of Europe (LIFE) met in Tarragona last weekend to agree on the next steps of their campaign, following the Castellón meeting that took place in May. They affirmed that they will now focus on getting their voices heard in Madrid, to call for the injustices of recent years to be ended.
The International Pole & Line Foundation and Furuno USA have come together to partner on trial of bird-tracking radar technology in sustainable tuna fisheries.
A first order from a US company is a testament to the expertise of Le Drezen, the Brittany-based purse seine specialist.
Three new participating companies have joined the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF), the coalition of industry, science and environmental advocacy.
Vietnamese fisherman Bui Mong started at the bottom as the cook on a squid boat and worked his way up to owning his own fishing vessel, overcoming disaster and personal tragedy on the way. He has now taken delivery of a new 24 metre GRP boat for fishing tuna and other species.
The acquisition of French tuna operator Compagnie Française du Thon Océanique (CFTO) by Dutch fisheries group Parlevliet en van der Plas (P&P) was finalised yesterday with the formal change of ownership dated 1st July, following a process of negotiation and pre-auditing since the agreement to negotiate a sale was announced in May.
The scandal around three companies in Mozambique that were able to accrue massive debts is being in investigated by the country’s Attorney-General’s office.
With management of the tuna industry in the Indian Ocean set to become more regulated, Concarneau marine electronics company ISI-Fish has responded with technical innovations that allow skippers more information to differentiate between species.