The IOTC annual meeting has been underway since Monday and several issues have already been debated. The EU has proposed a month fishing closure for all gears to help rebuild the yellowfin...
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Chinese Launch AI On Tuna Vessels To Boost Transparency
The Chinese have developed a new first-of-its-kind tuna fishing forecasting system. The ‘Haiying AI system,’ released earlier this month, applies artificial intelligence (AI) and fisheries...
Seychelles Eyeing To Expand Domestic Tuna Value-Added Market?
Over the past few years, there has been a rising demand for value-added fishery products in the Seychelles. Items such as burgers and fillets have been selling like hotcakes. Margaret Ally,...
Food Vlogger’s Coffee With Tuna Goes Viral & Other Social Media Stories
Tuna is an ideal combination with several food items, but lately, social media influencers have been trying some bizarre combinations to gain attention. Singaporean food vlogger Calvin Lee,...
Pacific Nations Want Zone-Based Limits For South Pacific Albacore
Fisheries authorities from the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), RFMO observers, and NGOs recently finished their discussions on Pacific tuna fisheries. They gathered at the Forum...
Atunlo Declares Voluntary Bankruptcy
After more than a year of financial struggle, tuna loins processor Atunlo presented a voluntary request for bankruptcy today with the Commercial Court in Pontevedra in Vigo, according to...
Chinese Fisheries Expo All Set To Commence This Week
The gathering of the Chinese tuna sector is nearing. The Shenzhen Fisheries Expo (SFE) will run from May 17 to 19 and is expected to bring stakeholders from all over the country and worldwide...
Infofish Announces Speakers For TUNA 2024
Organizer Infofish is setting the stage for the 37 speakers of the 18th World Tuna Trade Conference & Exhibition in Bangkok, also called TUNA 2024. The theme for this year is ‘Advancing...
EU Eases Origin Rules For Cape Verde Tuna
The EU has yet again granted Cape Verde a temporary derogation on the origin rules for tuna considering the African nation’s “recurrent economic difficulties and the absence of alternative...
Founder Of ParleVliet & Van Der Plas Passed Away At 97
Dirk Parlevliet, founder of Dutch ParleVliet & Van Der Plas (P&P) fishing company, died on April 17 at the age of 97. He started the trading firm in 1949 with his brothers-in-law Jan...
Trade Picks Up Sharply For Thai Canners In Q1
Thai processors sold more canned tuna in the first quarter of 2024 than the same period in the past three years. The Arabic markets are becoming increasingly important for their business. In...
The Curtain Rises For IOTC Annual Meeting
The 28th Session of the Commission started today in Bangkok. Some of the main topics on the table were United Kingdom’s membership status in the IOTC, management of dFADs, rebuilding yellowfin...
EU Clears Stand On Tuna Fishing Agreement With Senegal
The EU and Senegal will continue their ongoing tuna fishing agreement. This was confirmed by Jean-Marc Pisani, the EU ambassador to Senegal, amid reports that the African nation is evaluating...
Ramirez Remembers Former Leader In Innovative Way
Portuguese tuna brand Ramirez is honoring its former leader Manuel Guerreiro Ramirez with a new image on the label of its Algarvian Roasted Tuna. Ramirez passed away in 2022 and was the...
Second Omani Seiner Close To Start IO Operations
Spain’s Zamakona Shipyard successfully conducted the sea trial of purse seiner ‘Adamas’ last week. The vessel, ordered by Fisheries Development Oman, was launched in October 2023 and will be...
John West Appoints New Commercial Director To Guide Innovative Packaging
Kate Willoughby has been promoted to Commercial Director at UK-based John West. She succeeds Mark Doherty, who previously held that position and became Managing Director at the company last...
Dongwon Launches Easy-To-Eat Rice Meals In Tuna Flavor
Dongwon Food & Beverage has launched a new concept BibiMedBap in tuna and kimchi, meat, and black bean sauce flavors under the the Yangban brand. The new line is meant to attract consumers...
Vietnamese Tuna Export Earnings Surged In Q1
Revenue from Vietnamese tuna exports rose in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2023. The nation made USD 215 million in revenue by selling frozen tuna loins,...
Orthongel Hits Back At French NGO Bloom’s “False Claims”
This week French NGO Bloom published two reports accusing the EU tuna fishing industry of opaque and misleading practices and operating polluting fishing practices using drifting FADs (dFADs)....
How Likely Will IOTC Decide On A FAD Ban?
The annual meeting of the IOTC will start next week in Bangkok and many member states, organizations, and NGOs submitted their proposal and recommendations. There are many issues to be...
