SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA — Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla has ordered an investigation into charges a Venezuelan tuna seiner attacked a U.S. sportfishing boat in Costa Rican waters.
Chinchilla said Tuesday she ordered the probe after receiving details on the alleged attack outlined in a letter from the Billfish Foundation, a Miami-based anglers group. Read the rest of this entry »
The owner of a Costa Rican sports fishing boat said that a Venezuelan tuna seiner threatened to run down his boat while the commercial fishing boat’s helicopter dropped incendiary devices on all sides.
The goal was to force the sports fishing boat from an area favored by spinner dolphins, which suggests the presence of tuna below the water. Read the rest of this entry »
Due to very painful circumstances that have been raising recently, I must inform our loyal readers that as of this date, Mr. Juan Mora Cerdas who unfortunately disappointed our trust and who served as a collaborator on this site, from this moment does not maintain and will not maintain , any kind of relationship, or act on our behalf and is not representative of tunaseiners.com, it should be clear that if he has set some figure around tunaseiners.com, he made it personally on his own and not with our approval. Read the rest of this entry »
The Tuna purse seiner “Cesar V” belonging to Sanadelsa Fisheries Company, owned by the former president of the National Fisheries Chamber Cesar Rohon, sank to 8, 5 miles from Tuna Port Posorja in the area known as La Boya, around 03: Sunday 00 of May 9.
The boat 35 meters long and a load capacity of 290 MT, was anchored waiting to perform the tasks of fishing, when they noticed that something was wrong. It was a matter of minutes when the 19 crew awoke and left the sinking ship. Read the rest of this entry »
Among several environmental issues concerning tuna stocks worldwide, skipjack tuna so far claimed abundant always managed to bring some comfort for canned tuna lovers.
However, there has been a considerable drop of skipjack catches in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) during the past two years, pulling prices up and causing turmoil among companies which rely on tuna fishing in the area to find enough supply. Read the rest of this entry »
Tuna-Light Chunk
The market for skipjack raw material has firmed significantly since the beginning of the year when prices were trading below U.S. $900 per metric ton. The month of March saw pricing soar above the $1000 per ton level.
Recent transactions between the fishermen and the canners for April 2010 delivery to Bangkok have been closed at $1070 – $1080 per metric ton levels. Read the rest of this entry »
