tuna

After a report earlier this summer found that stocks of bluefin tuna are down to less than three percent of historic levels, a meeting in Japan this week…

For the second year in a row, Hawai‘ilongline fishermen are on course to hit their annual limit for bigeye tuna. And again, it’s much earlier than…

After what were described as tortuous negotiations, the US reached agreement with 16 Pacific nations on a new Tuna Treaty last week. The agreement awaits…

US flagged tuna boats are back on the water this week, after the State Department worked out a deal with Pacific Island Nations to cover the rest of this…

After American companies refused to honor an agreement reached with Pacific Island nations, the US announced yesterday that it will withdraw from a treaty…

US tuna boats in American Samoa are said to be losing $8-thousand every day the fleet sits, tied up at the dock. As we've reported, when US operators…

Hawai‘ilongline fishermen have hit their annual limit for bigeye tuna in Pacific waters, in the Western and Central Pacific region on August 5 and more…

Talks are underway in Brisbane, Australia between the United States and 17 Pacific Island Nations on a new South Pacific Tuna Treaty. The old treaty…

The western and central Pacific ocean are the world’s largest tuna fishery, an industry worth seven billion dollars a year. The stakes were high as a…