PACIFIC TUNA & CLIMATE: TRENDS & FORECASTS
Most models to assess tuna populations have been largely based on catch report data notwithstanding the fact that climate change also affects the stock and its location. With a new method developed by scientists at Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS), working with the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), it is now possible to forecast changes in stocks as well as simulate fishing effort scenarios based on the latest climate and oceanography data. This article explains how, using the method, the impact of global warming on tuna can be predicted, and asserts that some tuna species can adapt to climate change provided fishing efforts are kept within sustainable levels.
PERU : This week the implementation of the international cooperation project "Coastal Fisheries Initiative (CFI) in Latin America" was launched, with an impact on Piura and Tumbes on the Peruvian side, and on the coastal south of Ecuador.
PHILIPPINES: Members of the Asia-Pacific Fisheries Commission (APFIC) have expressed their intention to ensure that fisheries and aquaculture are managed in a responsible and sustainable manner by focusing on resilience and sustainable blue growth.
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM: Singaporean fish farming firm Barramundi Asia plans to invest BND 300 million (USD 223.8 million) to rear barramundi, or Asian sea bass, in large cages in Brunei’s open seas, with technology that has been adopted in Norway for salmon farming.
VIET NAM : In the first four months of the year, Vietnamese aquaculture production increased 6 per cent in volume compared to the same period in 2017, to 1 million tonnes, according to the Directorate of Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
MALDIVES : A new fisheries association based on Gemanafushi, an island in the Maldives, has joined non-profit association International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) so as to support its goal to create awareness in the local community and encourage younger generations to become part of a sustainable pole-and-line industry.
INDONESIA: 
SPAIN: The Undersecretariat of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development of the autonomous government of Andalusia has opened this year a second call for aid to support marine aquaculture projects in Andalusia.
A new tuna processing factory that is being built in Vila Nova de Cerveira, in the north of Portugal, with an investment of EUR 6 million from Galician businesspeople, would start operating in July.
