World Tuna Day (WTD) is celebrated annually on May 2nd to raise awareness about the importance of tuna and promote sustainable fishing practices. The inception… Read More »Happy World Tuna Day – 2nd May

Drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (dFADs) are a major fishing mode for tropical tuna purse seine fisheries worldwide. However, the extent of dFAD use remains poorly… Read More »Quantifying drifting Fish Aggregating Device use by the world’s largest tuna fishery

A regional fishing body representing eight Pacific tuna nations has questioned the sponsorship behind a new report on observer deaths, that was financed by a… Read More »Fisheries group allege smear campaign behind new observer report

I am grateful to my former colleague Maurice Brownjohn who provided me with valuable comments and corrections on the various chapters.

Maurice Brownjohn OBE was born in England on September 4, 1959. Growing up in the UK inshore fishing industry. With an Honours degree in fishery science, he moved to PNG in 1981, to work in community fisheries… Read More »Americas Tuna Conference 2020 – Speaker Maurice Brownjohn

Understanding the impact of modern fishing techniques is critical to ensure the sustainability of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) tuna fishery — the… Read More »Safeguarding the world’s largest tuna fishery

In an effort to increase purse seine fishing efficiency for tropical tunas, over 30,000 drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (dFADs) are deployed every year by fishers… Read More »Environmental versus operational drivers of drifting FAD beaching in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean

Parties to the Nauru Agreement’s (PNA’s) CEO Ludwig Kumoru and PNA Commercial Manager Maurice Brownjohn met with PII CEO Jerry Kramer last week for a… Read More »PNA HQ moves forward

US – Bumble Bee Seafoods, North Americas premium seafood company, has signed an agreement with Pacifical to purchase and promote MSC (Marine Stewardship Council) certified… Read More »Bumble Bee and Pacifical Make Sustainable Seafood Commitment

AUSTRIA, FRIDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2013: Pacifical, a partnership between the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) which manages the world’s largest sustainable tuna purse seine… Read More »MSC-certified skipjack tuna to SPAR and into the European market