Spanish technology specialist Marine Instruments and Furuno Electric have struck an agreement to strengthen collaboration in both know-how and product marketing, with Furuno becoming the official distributor of Marine Instruments’…
A series of nine new resolutions have been adopted at the 27th session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission last week, relating notably to bigeye tuna, electronic monitoring system and…
The Tuna Bites campaign, launched by the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) and the Pacific Community (SPC), celebrates the UN World Tuna Day and Pacific Tuna Month. The campaign,…
The Annual Conservation Measures & Commitments Compliance Report, released by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF), indicates a 99.75% rate of compliance during 2022 by 25 participating companies with all of the 33 ISSF conservation…
The NGO Tuna Forum has recently published guidance on workers' rights for companies engaged in the tuna industry, following an intervention by Human Rights at Sea. Tuna are fished in more…
European purse seine operators have committed to supporting initiatives for artisanal fisheries in West Africa. The Europêche Tuna Group and COMHAFAT, which represents articanal and other fisheries in 22 African…
The European Union has joined the group of nations lodging formal objections with the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission to Resolution 23/02 on the management of drifting FADs. Objecting nations are…
The PNA has started the process of MSC recertification for its entire purse seine fishery, which will now be assessed against the new MSC standard (V2.01). The reassessment includes freeschool…
A Pacific Community (SPC) led NZ$25 million regional partnership aimed at enabling Pacific nations to adapt their tuna fisheries to the impacts of climate change has been announced by the…
Reefer vessel Sunflower 7, with 4000 tonnes of frozen tuna on board, has been turned away by the authorities when docking in Thailand to discharge its catch. Sunflower 7 has…