Spanish company Nauterra (formerly known as Grupo Calvo), reported a turnover of EUR 697 million in 2023, a modest three percent rise from the previous year. The canned tuna and seafood group...
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Tuna-Rich Islands Come Together At SIDS4 To Discuss Pivotal Issues
The UN is holding an event for the welfare of Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The 4th International Conference on SIDS (SIDS4) is ongoing in Antigua and Barbuda from May 27 and will...
Thai Canned Tuna Trade To Oceania Remained Stable In Q1 2024
The exports of Thai canned tuna to markets in the Oceania remained stable in the first quarter of this year. There was a slight dip in shipments to Australia, Thai processor's main market in...
TUNACONS Launches Initiative To Fight Plastic Pollution
The Eastern Pacific Ocean Tropical tuna (TUNACONS) purse seine fishery recently launched the ‘MaresLimpios.EC Platform’ to fight plastic pollution in the Gulf of Guayaquil and nearby...
Thai Union Shoots Down Red Lobster’s Claims
Thai Union Group has called US restaurant chain Red Lobster’s allegations “meritless.” The former Thai Union subsidiary filed for a Chapter 11 in a US Florida bankruptcy Court and accused its...
Ecuadorian Seiners Netted Massive Skipjack Volumes In Q1
The Ecuadorian purse seine fleet netted 27 percent more whole round tuna in the first quarter of this year, driven by huge volumes of skipjack. From January to March, fleets fishing in the EPO...
WTO To Tighten Grip On Illicit Tuna & Seafood Fraud
Annually billions of dollars are lost in world trade due to food fraud and illegal practices, according to the World Trade Organization (WTO). On Tuesday, it released the ‘Illicit Trade in...
Grupomar Cannery Workers Resume Operations After Meeting With Management
The production activities at processing plant Nanomar, a subsidiary of Grupomar, resumed the next day after a meeting with company's officials. A group of workers went on a one-day strike on...
How Effective Are RFMO Measures When Technology Creep Threatens Stocks?
-Viewpoint- Is technology creep impacting tuna stocks across various oceans? Technological advances should have made vessels more efficient and increased their daily catch, but there is little...
Bluefin Farmers Begin Fishing Season In Atlantic Ocean
Spanish bluefin companies Ricardo Fuentes and Grupo Balfegó have started catching bluefins in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. Ricardo Fuentes and Balfegó will catch 4,700 tons and...
Persistently Poor Catch Worries IO Seiner Owners And Drives Skipjack Price
The continuous too-low catch levels for months now and the voluntary fishing closure in Mauritius’s EEZ boosted the skipjack and yellowfin price in the Indian Ocean. The high surface water...
Actemsa Staring Down The Barrel Of Bankruptcy
Spanish tuna loins producer Actemsa will most probably be forced to go bankrupt. Creditors submitted a request to the Galician Commercial Court for “necessary bankruptcy” of Actemsa. The loins...
Spanish Researchers & Tuna Fleets Testing New Bio-Based FAD Platforms
Spanish marine technology company Zunibal has led the design of a new industrialized floating platform, which is part of a drifting FAD, using a compostable bio-based material. The firm is...
Demand For MSC Tuna In US Is Growing Dramatically
Americans’ preference for MSC tuna hit a five-year peak in 2024/25 with over 250 products, with the blue tick, being sold in US retail stores. The most MSC tuna (98 percent) consumed in the US...
Senegal Slapped With EU Yellow Card
The European Commission issued a yellow card to Senegal on Monday because it has found the African nation's work to combat IUU fishing is insufficient. European regulators pointed out...
Chinese Top Fisheries Official Accused Of Corruption
The Chinese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tang Renjian, is being investigated for making illegal deals. Renjian, who has been overlooking China’s tuna and other seafood sector...
Study Looks At Tuna Movement In Indian And Pacific Oceans
A group of researchers from Indonesia and Japan conducted a study to analyze the movement of skipjack, yellowfin, albacore, and bigeye, in the waters around Indonesia. The result of the paper...
Lucrative Thai Pet Food Exports Rose Sharply In Q1
Thai pet food sales picked up by three-fourths in the first three months of 2024. After a collapse last year, it returned to 2022 levels at an average price higher than what was invoiced for...
Ecuador And Cook Islands Enter Into New Tuna Fisheries Agreement
Ecuador signed a new deal to establish diplomatic relations with Cook Islands, including inking a new fisheries agreement. This is expected to improve Ecuador’s tuna fishing activities in the...
Princes Group Inching Closer To Acquisition By Italian Company
Princes Group announced today that Italian-based food manufacturer Newlat Food S.p.A “intends” to acquire the entire Group from Mitsubishi Corporation for a whopping GBP 700 million (USD 892...
