UK retailers threaten to pull yellowfin sourcing if IOTC stalemate persists
A group of influential British buyers of Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna will review their sourcing policies if progress to rebuild stocks is not made soon
Hopes remain for a June deal to rebuild yellowfin tuna stocks
IOTC member states failed to agree on a rebuilding plan for yellowfin stocks last week; a joint agreement by the Maldives and the EU could provide the basis to build a deal
IOTC postpones key decision on yellowfin tuna to June
IOTC member states failed to agree on a rebuilding plan for yellowfin stocks at the special session last week
More than 100 groups call on IOTC to accept proposal curbing FAD use
Ahead of next week's IOTC special session, a raft of businesses and civil society groups have called for greater accountability of drift net use within the tuna industry
ISSF: 16 tuna stocks don’t meet MSC criteria
A new report commissioned by the ISSF found that 16 tuna stocks are unable to pass the MSC's sustainability criteria
Spanish tuna catchers attack proposals to assign quotas to Indian Ocean fleets using ‘illegal’ gear
The Spanish tuna fleet questioned proposals -- aimed at facilitating the yellowfin tuna population’s recovery -- that foresee assigning a quota to fleets using driftnets
Who should take the hit to save Indian Ocean’s ‘near threatened’ yellowfin tuna?
A clash of viewpoints on how to reduce yellowfin catches in the Indian Ocean could potentially lead to a failure to reach an agreement at the special session in March
Maldives, EU to clash on how to reduce IO yellowfin catches
A clash of viewpoints on how to reduce yellowfin catches in the Indian Ocean could potentially lead to a failure to reach an agreement at the session in March
EU tuna fleet urges IOTC to punish illegal use of drift nets
'It is high time to start using the stick rather than the carrot' to enforce a ban on drift net fishing, Europeche said in a press release ahead of the March IOTC meeting
Hawaii longliners offer US ideas for battling forced labor, seek temporary visas
'Providing foreign crews temporary work visas ... is an important measure that would benefit foreign workers in our fishery...' -- Eric Kingma, Hawaii Longline Association