The 13th session of the Working Group on Collaboration and Cooperation in Tuna Fisheries of the Southwest Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission (SWIOFC) kicked- off this morning at the Aanari Hotel, Flic ...

A recent study reveals that drifting fish aggregating devices (dFADs), widely used in tuna fishing, have spread to more than a third of the world’s oceans. These devices harm ocean life and ...

Residents of small Pacific island nations rely on tuna for local jobs and foreign fishing fees, which fund education, ...

which calls for better labeling of dFADs so that any damage they cause can be traced back to a fishing vessel or company. In 2026, the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission will be the first RFMO to ...

Avoid fish from the Indian Ocean, where fishing rules are poorly enforced, Dr. Boustany said. If your primary concern is mercury, the tuna’s species matters even more. Bluefin and bigeye tend to ...

But landing deep-sea fish like bluefin tuna there is unheard of. Bluefin don’t typically show up 1,000 feet from the sand. But someone apparently forgot to tell the fish that. For more than a week now ...

That could stave off some of the worst effects of climate change, including the warmer ocean waters that are driving tuna away while killing the coral reefs that are foundational to fishing.

More than 90 per cent of some tuna species are not yet mature when caught because smaller fish are more likely to seek shelter under the raft. In many cases, devices are abandoned at sea. (Guy Stevens ...