Leaders at the recently held G20 Agriculture Ministers Meeting in Brazil acknowledged the need to prioritize the role of tuna and other fisheries and aquaculture in global nutrition and...
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Solomon Islands Bina Harbor Project Breaking Ground?
The Solomon Islands government approved a business plan for the project that assumes a USD 202 million investment for port infrastructures and utilities such as water and power supply....
French Seafood Group Sells Majority Stake To Investor
Processor Réunimer - Pêcherie de Sud has found a financier in French Hivest Capital Partners to accelerate its external growth and develop the company’s position. The investment gives the...
EU Pushes For Tighter Tuna Fishing Regulations For Third-World Countries
The EU Commission has proposed a revision of the tools designed to address unsustainable fishing practices by non-EU countries on tuna and other fish stocks. It aims to improve the clarity and...
John West UK Rolls Out Its Patented Ecotwist Cans
John West UK’s eco-friendly ‘Ecotwist’ cans launched earlier this year are now available in major UK retail stores. The products, launched in June, were initially only available with retailer...
Hawaiian Longliners Caught More Tuna In 2023 But Revenue Dropped
Hawaii fisheries showed a slight increase in tuna catches compared to 2022, but the ex-vessel revenue declined. The recently released Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council...
Ecuadorian Tuna Fishery Scripts History By Receiving Fair Trade Certification
A group of Ecuadorian pole-and-line fishers, the Asociacion Caneros de Manta, was awarded an international Fair Trade Certification for their tuna catches last month. It is the first...
Rio Grande Do Norte High-Quality Tuna Exports Dropped In H1
Rio Grande do Norte is the third largest tuna exporting state in Brazil. In the first six months of this year, companies in this region shipped 456.65 tons of sashimi quality products at a...
Calls For Regulation Grow As Faux Thon Crisis Deepens
Some Ivory Coast’s fishing organizations sounded the alarm last week because the faux thon sector is in a critical situation. The presidential decree to limit prices was not followed up...
Bangkok Skipjack Price Climbs Slightly
Has the Bangkok skipjack price bottomed out? With high supply and fair demand, tuna value has been continuously falling for the past four months. Now, it appears that Thai processors are...
American Samoa Longliners Experienced Reduced Tuna Landings In 2023
The landings of American Samoa-flagged longliner albacore catches, its main target species, witnessed a drop in 2023 thus affecting the island nation’s fishing revenue. Vessels took fewer...
Determined Mako Shark Sticks To Tuna And Other Social Media Stories
The video of a mako shark biting into a tuna and not letting it go while fishers try to bring it onboard is turning heads on YouTube. The incident that happened off the coast of San Diego was...
Skipjack Price In Manta Rises As Fishing Slows Down
Upward pressure in the market has driven the skipjack price in the Manta processing hub. Tuna supply to plants remains steady. Sources have confirmed that contracts for skipjack raw material...
New Japanese Inshore Tuna Seiner Launched
A newly built inshore purse seiner in Japan, the ‘Daihachi Koyo Maru’ departed from the port of Sakaiminato City last week. It has improved hull stability and speed compared to an older vessel...
Spanish, French, And Korean Fisheries Get MSC Certified
The Spanish North Atlantic albacore fishery scope extension to add vessels of the French association OP Pecheurs D'Aquitaine received MSC certification. Korean Dae Hae yellowfin, bigeye, and...
NOAA Puts Forth Expansion Plan For US Tuna Fisheries Electronic Reporting
US federal agency NOAA announced a fisheries proposal on electronic reporting last week which could be introduced at the beginning of next year in the Greater Atlantic and Southeast regions of...
Anfaco Meets New Spanish Lawmaker For Stricter Regulations On Vegan Tuna
Executives from Spanish canning association Anfaco met the newly elected Secretary General for Consumption and Gaming Andrés Barragán this week to reiterate their demand to ban the use of tuna...
American Samoa Wants More Clarity On ELAPS Seiner Rule Change
American Samoa has once again expressed the economic impact of the updated Effort Limit Area for Purse Seine (ELAPS) rule for the US seiner fleet. Taotasi Archie Soliai, the Director of Marine...
EPO Seiner Fleets Pass Record 2023 Skipjack Catches Already In July
Purse seiners fishing in the EPO have caught extraordinary volumes of skipjack. By July, they had already surpassed the entire 2023 volume. This is astonishing as last year these vessels...
Will Anfaco’s Plea Result In A Level Playing Field For Processors?
The EU has different sustainable standards and regulations for canned tuna produced in third-world countries and those made within the bloc. This creates unequal competition in price and...
