By Matilde Mereghetti

IPNLF has urged ICCAT to adopt precautionary TAC limits and harvest control rules for Atlantic bigeye and yellowfin tuna stocks in line with the scientific advice

Eight members, including Japan and the EU, will reduce their catches of bigeye tuna by 1% to 18% under new quotas set for 2024 and 2025

By María Feijóo

Peru saw its seafood landings rise year-on-year to 203,600 metric tons in March, up 46.1% in volume and 36.1% in value

NOAA's latest 'Status of Stocks' report, which is presented to Congress annually, provides a snapshot of more than 490 stocks

By Louis Harkell

Lotus Seafoods, a San Diego, US-based importer and distributor of frozen seafood, is investing $10 million in a tuna plant in Indonesia which uses proprietary antioxidant treatment to preserve raw tuna's 'natural red and pink' colors

By María Feijóo

Peru's fisheries sector saw its seafood landings rise year-on-year to 687,200 metric tons worth PEN 468.4 million in January, up by 135.4% in volume and 33% in value

Of the total commercial tuna catch worldwide, 85% is sourced from stocks at healthy levels; in addition, 11% came from overfished stocks and 4% from stocks at an intermediate level of abundance

The Parties to the Nauru Agreement purse seine skipjack, yellowfin and bigeye fishery will now be assessed against the new MSC standard, including freeschool and FAD

Spanish tuna fishing firm Pevasa has sold its stake in processor Atunlo to its two other former joint venture partners

By María Feijóo

'The EU has become increasingly restrictive with its own fleet catches while the indiscriminate importation of tuna, and all kinds of seafood, from third countries whose practices are more than questionable, continues to be a reality' - Javier Garat, president of Cepesca and Europeche