The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) has agreed to adopt more sustainable tuna fishing practices—a decision that is long overdue as it comes a decade after most other world fishery management...
Adding even greater urgency to the call for closure of the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery, WWF and Greenpeace denounce new indications of illegal fishing
Italy, France, Japan and Spain are guilty of the biggest violations of international quotas for bluefin tuna fishing, a report claimed on Wednesday.
Countries are assigned fishing quotas by the...
Fishhooks meant to catch tuna in the southern Pacific and Indian Oceans are killing endangered seabirds, as well as sharks and turtles, the WWF conservation group said on Thursday.
It estimated...
Fishermen like Diego Crespo have trapped the giant tuna swarming into the warm Mediterranean for over 3,000 years, but he says this year may be one of his last.
Japanese demand for its fatty...
Palau Assistant Attorney General Christopher Hale this week filed a 150-count civil complaint against Palau International Traders Incorporated (PITI), a Taiwan-owned fishing company based in Palau....
The European Commission on Wednesday banned bluefin tuna fishing in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean for the rest of the year because of over-fishing and dwindling stocks.
The decision...
Malta has not been affected by the European Commission's decision on Wednesday to ban bluefin tuna fishing in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean for the rest of the year because of...
