The Philippines and Papua New Guinea (PNG) are looking into a new bilateral labor deal between the two countries, including cooperation in the fisheries sector to create more opportunities for...
Tuna Fishing News
Dongwon Industries Launches Modern Large Scale Seiner ‘Danuri’ In Pacific
Dongwon Industries has launched ‘Danuri’, a large-scale purse seiner to operate in the South Pacific. The company invested more than KRW 50 billion (USD 37.4 million) in the vessel, which...
Orthongel Demands ICCAT Set Yellowfin Allocation
Atlantic Ocean yellowfin catches will be a point of contention for the ICCAT member states in the coming Commission meeting in November in Portugal. Catch allocation was already a point of...
Rio Mare And Princes Win MSC Awards For Certified Tuna Products
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) recently lauded tuna brands Rio Mare and Princes for meeting consumer demand for affordable, healthy, and convenient seafood sourced from MSC-certified...
Spain’s Fishing Industry Presses Government For Fuel Relief As Costs Climb
Spanish tuna fishers have renewed calls for more diesel subsidies as rising fuel prices drive up operating costs. Industry group Cepesca is urging the government to address the issue before...
Thai Processors Face Shrinking Canned Tuna Business
Thailand’s canned tuna processors' sales in the global market continue to lag this year, with shipments down slightly between January and September 2026. Exports to the main destination, the...
Washington Pushes For “US Caught Seafood Label” Under New Seafood Strategy
US President Donald Trump unveiled the ‘America First Seafood Strategy’ last week, outlining his administration’s plans for the country’s seafood industry. The proposals include a voluntary...
How Are Silky Shark Catch Rates In EPO Tuna Fisheries?
A14-year study of silky shark catch-rate data from a commercial longline fishery in the EPO gives a comprehensive look into these marine mammals abundance. Silky sharks have frequent...
Tuna Longliners Continue To Flout WCPFC At-Sea Transshipments Rule
Over 40 percent of tuna longliners and carriers conducting at-sea transshipments in the WCPFC convention area do not qualify under the impracticability exemption of the RFMO, according to a...
Rio Mare Highlights Tuna Sourcing Progress At WWF Event
Italian tuna brand Rio Mare said 99.7 percent of its tuna was sourced from responsible fisheries in 2024, up from 50.8 percent in 2017. The company highlighted the progress at an WWF event...
Marshall Islands Seeks Lessons From Seychelles’ Tuna Sector
A delegation from the Marshall Islands visited Seychelles to study the African nation’s experience in developing its tuna fisheries sector, port infrastructure, and successful public-private...
MSC-Labelled Tuna Sales Grow Across Global Markets
Tuna ranks as the third most important species in MSC fisheries engagement, with sales of MSC-labelled tuna growing substantially across several global markets. Nicolas Guichoux, Chief Program...
Bangkok Skipjack Price Eases After Hitting Peak
Bangkok skipjack price is moving lower after months of gains, as fishing conditions in the WCPO show marginal improvement. Supply remains tight, however, Thai processors are awaiting further...
Global Nature Metrics Framework Tested On PNG Tuna Fleet
An international group of organizations is backing a global framework to establish common, science-based indicators for measuring the state of marine ecosystems. The State of Nature Indicators...
CNFC Expands Tuna Fleet With New Orders
CNFC Overseas Fisheries announced on October 22 that it has made a deal to invest in two ultra-low-temperature (ULT) tuna longline fishing vessels, expanding its fleet capacity and renewal....
CNFC Reports Higher Nine-Month Revenue
China National Fisheries Corporation (CNFC) Overseas Fisheries reported higher revenue and sharply increased net profit for the first nine months of 2026, supported in part by higher...
Major Transshipment Activity In Majuro Port
Raw material supply to the Bangkok processing hub could soon be picking up, easing pressure on the skipjack trading price, which is currently at a record level. A high level of vessel activity...
Vietnam Flags 5,100 Fishing Boats Over Lost VMS Connections
A Vietnamese government inspection found that more than 5,100 fishing vessels, including tuna boats, lost vessel monitoring system (VMS) connections in Ca Mau province between May 2019 and...
Operation Kurukuru Identifies High-Risk Vessels In WCPO In Brief
The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) recently concluded its annual regional fisheries surveillance, ‘Operation Kurukuru,’ held in the tuna-rich WCPO to crack down on IUU fishing....
SAFET Outlines Hurdles To Technology Adoption In Tuna Fisheries
Small and large-scale tuna fishers continue to face hindrances in fully adopting traceability technologies. Inga Wise, Executive Director of Seafood and Fisheries Emerging Technology (SAFET),...