Purse Seine

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Ninety-seven percent of the world’s total commercial tuna catch now comes from stocks at “healthy” abundance levels, according to the latest “Status of the Stocks” report from the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF).

10th February 2026

ISSF: 97% of global tuna catch comes from healthy stocks

10th February 2026

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

European fishing industry body Europêche has welcomed the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2025/1444, setting strict brine-freezing conditions for tuna purse seiners, saying it “rightly recognises and values” the high sanitary and technological standards already applied by the European tropical tuna…

13th November 2025

New EU freezing-in-brine regulation scores industry praise

13th November 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Some 675 large-scale purse-seine (LSPS) vessels were fishing for tropical tuna species as of June 2025 – an increase of 3.8% compared to last year – with a combined fish hold volume…

12th August 2025

Tropical tuna purse seine fishing fleet expands

12th August 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Purse seine fishing fleets from Spain and Portugal have jointly achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for Iberian sardines from the Atlantic coast, the first fishery to do so through such an…

8th July 2025

Iberian sardines regain MSC certification

8th July 2025

OPINION

OPINION

Simulators are playing a crucial role in training fishing crews to fish more safely, accurately and sustainably, explains Martin Reiten, VP Ship’s Bridge Simulation at Kongsberg Digital.

30th May 2024

Opinion: Enhancing fishing safety and sustainability through simulator training

30th May 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A duo of environmental NGOs is taking legal action against the French government over its alleged flouting of EU law.

29th May 2024

NGOs slam France for flouting EU fishing ban

29th May 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Kongsberg Digital has concluded a new project funded by FHF (the Norwegian Seafood Research Fund) for the development of its K-Sim Fishery simulator to incorporate a new purse seine application. The new…

17th May 2024

Enhanced simulator improves safety and prevents fish loss

17th May 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

European fishing industry body Europêche has called upon the International Commission for Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) to reinforce surveillance, monitoring and control measures to support the better management of tropical tunas.

14th November 2023

Europêche wants more ICCAT bigeye tuna, strengthened management

14th November 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Seychelles Government has chosen technology developed by Spanish company Satlink to digitally monitor the catches of its fishing fleet, with the aim of strengthening and ensuring the long-term sustainability of the sector.

2nd May 2023

Seychelles chooses catch monitoring system

2nd May 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The tuna purse-seine fishery’s existence in the Indian Ocean is now at stake following the decision taken by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) to phase out drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs),…

9th February 2023

Europêche: Fleets at risk

9th February 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Spanish technology company Satlink has launched a new circular economy programme that repurposes lost gear that has been developed for sustainable fishing.

15th December 2022

Gear second life launch

15th December 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The number of purse seine vessels has decreased slightly, according to the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF).

8th August 2022

Purse seining decreases

8th August 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Association of National Organizations of Fishing Enterprises in the EU (Europêche) insists that Europe’s control rule on margin of tolerance is incompatible with fishing operations in the tropical tuna purse seine fishery.

15th July 2022

EU tuna fleet threatened

15th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Association of Large Freezer Tuna Vessels (Asociación de Grandes Atuneros Congeladores, AGAC) has obtained Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) in the Indian Ocean after more than…

8th July 2022

Skipjack tuna eco-certified

8th July 2022