As the 29th session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) opens today in La Réunion the Europêche Tuna Group (ETG) is urging contracting parties to adopt concrete measures to…
The European Commission is kicking off a week of negotiations on the draft free trade agreement (FTA) between the European Union and Thailand. This highlights one of the paradoxes of…
Overfished stocks account for only 2% of global tuna catches, according to the latest Status of the Stocks report by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF), while 87% of tuna catches are from…
Spanish tuna company Ablacora has celebrated its fiftieth anniversary by adding to its fleet. The 2200 cubic metre tuna seiner Beti Aurerra will operate in the Indian Ocean under the…
A deal approved by the EU Parliament will enable 56 EU vessels will be able to fish tuna and related species during the next five years in Cabo Verde’s waters,…
A gathering of fisheries managers, scientists, industry and civil society representatives over three days in Rome to develop a blueprint for implementation of an ecosystem approach by RFMOs with a…
Scientists from the Pacific Community (SPC) in Noumea and the University of New South Wales in Sydney Australia (UNSW) have rolled out a programme in Papua New Guinea to collect…
Almost three decades of experience in specialised systems have gone into Zunibal’s tuna buoy operation and management system, which has become an essential item in any tuna seiner’s wheelhouse. The…
As French tuna operator CFTO finalises the sale of three purse seiners, Drennec, Glenan and Trevigon, to Omani company Rawanq Al Salam International, it has also embarked on a new…
In partnership with AFNOR, French tuna operators’ industry body Orthongel has developed a responsible tuna fishing standard designed to provided a harmonised framework for tropical tuna seine fishing practices. Orrthongel’s…
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