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Tuna Australia CEO David Ellis has met with the Tuvaluan Prime Minister Enele Sosene Sopoaga to discuss options for Tuna Australia to support and develop natural Tuvaluan fishermen. The meeting was part of a visit by Ellis and…
Tuna Australia, the peak-body representing the national longline tuna industry, has joined the Australian seafood industry’s call for greater security around access rights. “Resource access is one of our biggest issues as we are seeing an unprecedented erosion…
Tony’s Italian Ristorante Bar & Seafood has only been operating for two and a half years, but it’s already twice won the People’s Choice Award for Restaurant of the Year in the Milton Ulladulla Business Awards. “People love…
The Prime Minister of Tuvalu Enele Sopoaga recently visited Ulladulla to meet with three Tuvaluan workers employed through the Pacific Labour Scheme, demonstrating his full support for the program. “He came away very enthusiastic and supportive of the…
After many years the new commonwealth marine parks are welcomed by Australian longline fisheries. However, there is an urgent need for the federal government to review and address adverse impacts through the Fishing Business Assistance Package. This was…
Talimanatu Uilese from Tuvalu recently begun working as a deckhand on a commercial fishing boat in coastal NSW. He’s one of 80 Pacific Islanders who are employed in regional parts of Australia for up to three years under…
Australia’s commonwealth fisheries, like the southern bluefun tuna fishery, are some of the best managed in the world, wrote Gone Fishing columnist Al McGlashan in the Daily Telegraph on Friday 7 September 2018. This is due to the…
Few people have heard of or seen a cookiecutter shark. So when co-owner of Abbott Fisheries Todd Abbott caught one recently, he decided to hand it over to CSIRO for further research. We caught up with him to…
The first of many Pacific Island nationals have started working on Australian tuna longline fishing vessels, providing businesses with a reliable source of workers and helping to fill otherwise vacant roles. This is part of the Australian Government’s Pacific…
Today the senate confirmed that the Commonwealth marine parks introduced on 1 July this year will remain in place. This decision was well received by the tuna longline industry as it provides certainty, thereby allowing the commercial fishing…
Once again the Australian Marine Conservation Society misrepresents data on turtle and wildlife interactions in their latest media release. The facts are: All Commonwealth fisheries undertake an ecological risk assessment ensuring sustainability. The fishery is scientifically assessed on an annual…
It’s hotting up in the senate with the five disallowance motions covering each of the Commonwealth marine parks management plans being voted on this Thursday 16 August. What makes this situation interesting is commercial fishing, recreational fishing and…
