Tuna catches in the Indian Ocean continue to remain poor. Purse seiners are not netting sufficient volumes to keep them commercially viable. The situation can be described as turbulent. The...
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Rio Mare’s Latest Ad ‘The Critic’ Is Turning Heads
Bolton-owned Rio Mare has introduced a new global advertising campaign ‘The Critic’ to promote its tuna products in numerous markets. The 30-second video was launched in June and has been...
FCF Kick-Starts Program To Mitigate Seabird Bycatch In Longline Fishery
Taiwanese tuna trader FCF began collaborating with two NGOs earlier in August to reduce seabird bycatch within its longline fishing fleet. The country has the second largest longliner fleet in...
Thai Pet Food Business Will Continue To Grow In 2024
Thailand exponentially expanded its pet food business in the first half of 2024, a five-year high, as it traded 80,459 tons to markets worldwide. Consumers in the US and several Asian nations...
Spanish Fishing Nets Find Way To Automotive Industry
The “Redes de España” (nets of Spain) project has been created to collect, transport, and recover fishing gear and nets at the end of their useful life to reuse in the automotive and...
Taiwan And Marshall Islands Tighten Ties With Sister Port Deal
Government authorities of the Marshall Islands and Taiwan, both playing an important role in the tuna fishing industry, signed a sister port relationship between Majuro and Kaohsiung. The...
Thai Canners Imported Record High WR Skipjack In H1
Thai processors imported 101,585 M/T more whole round skipjack from January to June this year, a whopping 41 percent increase when compared to the same period in 2023. Korean vessels and purse...
Lower Transshipments Concentrated In Western PNA Ports In July
Transshipments in PNA ports declined in July due to lower catches in the WCPO during the WCPFC FAD ban which lasted for a month and a half. Most activity was reported in the ports of Papua New...
Seychelles Extends Moratorium On Longliner Fleet Expansion
Seychelles Cabinet approved the extension of the moratorium imposed on the importation and chartering of longliners until mid-2026. The decision had been ratified last week after a detailed...
Jealsa To Integrate Loining Activities After Three Years
The Jealsa Group is working on returning all tuna loining operations to its main Bodión plant three years after the building was mostly incinerated. When the factory caught fire in 2021, the...
Daily July Skipjack Rates High Despite FAD Ban
Purse seiners fishing in the WCPO netted 20 percent less daily in July, which eventually drove down the overall tonnages for the month. However, the WCPFC FAD moratorium hardly made an impact...
MIFCO Ceases Operations In Its Yellowfin Packing Facility
State-run Maldives Industrial Fishing Company (MIFCO) has shut down its yellowfin packing in Kan'du Oiy Giri fisheries complex on Kaafu Atoll. The Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Resources,...
Dongwon Celebrates Thanksgiving Spirit By Launching Tuna Gift Sets
Dongwon F&B announced that it has introduced 100 types of ‘Dongwon Gift Sets’ ahead of the Korean Thanksgiving Day (Chuseok) in September, one of the most celebrated festivals in the...
Study Sheds Light On Distribution Of Deactivated FADs By French Seiners In IO
French researchers conducted a study to identify the position of FADs, including those whose buoys have been remotely deactivated by the French tuna fleet in the Indian Ocean (IO). The...
Ocean Temperature Impacted Yellowfin Catches In Seychelles In 2023
Vessels fishing for tuna in the Seychelles EEZ did not reach their yellowfin quota in 2023, according to a spokesperson from the Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA). This was determined after...
Pacific Islands WCPO Seiner Fleet Continues To Expand
The purse seine fishery accounted for 70 percent of tuna caught in the WCPO last year. Out of the five main seiner fleets – Pacific Islands, Japan, Korea, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), and the US –...
WCPO July Seiner Catches Down With Lower Skipjack Yield
Purse seine catches in the WCPO declined in July due to the FAD moratorium but netted volumes were still much higher than in the previous year in the same period, promising a continued high...
Americans Want Next President To Stand Firm On Seafood Traceability
Americans will vote for a Presidential candidate who can address issues such as better transparency in the supply chain of tuna and other seafood and combating illegal fishing. The results of...
EU And Fiji Renew Economic Partnership To Boost Tuna Trade
The EU and Fiji renewed its interim Economic Partnership Agreement (IEPA) which gives the Pacific Island nation preferential tariffs for its tuna and other seafood exports to the bloc. The EU...
FisheryProgress To Test Human Rights Policy With New FIPs
FisheryProgress recently announced a pilot project for new Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) which will deepen the impact of its Human Rights and Social Responsibility (HRSR) Policy through...
