(cogitasia.com) Tuna is the largest economic interest shared by the United States and the Pacific Islands, consequently the 1988 South Pacific Tuna Treaty has served as the cornerstone of US-Pacific relations.

(timesofmalta.com) Capture-based tuna farming will contribute about €73 million to the economy and account for over 1,000 jobs in 2025, according to a strategy on the aquaculture industry.

(rnzi.com) There will be a push for greater measures to stop the over-fishing of tuna and better protection of whitetip sharks and whale sharks at the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission’s annual meeting.

(philstar.com) Philippines - Greenpeace today said the government should crack down on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and abandon its "environmentally harmful" call to lift the ban on fishing using fish aggregating devices (FAD) or the Philippines may lose the lucrative tuna market.

(Port Lincoln Times) Tuna fishers have nearly caught their quota for the season despite only being out on the water every one in seven days.

(atuna.com) The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) called for foreign fishing nations to stop their overfishing of bigeye tuna by taking action at the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) meeting next week.

(atuna.com) Shipments from six tuna manufacturers have been detained at U.S. ports within the last five months, according to the FDA. One major canned tuna exporter is being affected. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found tuna products from processors in Indonesia, the Philippines, South Korea, and Panama did not meet U.S. food and safety regulations.

(TheFishSite News Desk) Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala is hoping the government of Papua New Guinea will allow Philippine fishing vessels to catch tuna in its waters.

(seafood.com) Supply of sashimi tunas in Japan in 2011 was estimated to have aggregated 277,000 tons, further falling below the 292,000 tons in 2010 when the supply came under 300,000 tons, according to an expert panel on tuna supply and demand.

(atuna) Retailers are beginning to adopt FAD-free tuna fishing methods and if more follow suit, the switch could change the tuna sector forever.

(Post Courier) PNG’s tuna export is the leading commodity in the fisheries sector with a whooping 32,335 metric tons exported in 2010, according to the National Fisheries Authority (NFA).

(La Tribune) The volume of tuna catches in Algeria have significantly declined from 2010 to 2011, in the range of 34.77%. This was highlighted in the report of the Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, which was presented last Thursday during an evaluation meeting of the fishery sector.

(IntraFish) Thailand’s canned tuna producers are developing strategies that will allow to them to rely less on tuna in order to cope with rising production costs due to high skipjack and fuel prices.

(The Suisan Keizai) In the Mid-West Pacific Ocean, where 60% of the world’s skipjack tuna stocks are harvested it is now clear that use of small and mid-size long-liners has increased dramatically in recent years. Small and mid-size long-liners (50-150tons) equipped with super-refrigerated storage capacity, targeting albacore, are increasingly prevalent.

(IntraFish) What is the stock status of key tuna species? That is one of many questions up for discussion when the largest tuna management agency in the world holds its meeting March 26-30 in Guam.