A Marshall Islands-flagged seiner ‘Lometo’ recently rescued six people who were left adrift in the Pacific Ocean after their small boat was swept away by bad weather. All of them were handed...
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Korea Says Japanese Tuna Can Be Eaten Amid Fukushima Contamination Threat
Korea recently confirmed that its latest batch of imported skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye from Japan were radioactive-free. Korea, like many other fish-importing nations, has raised concerns...
American Samoa Determined To Protect Its EEZ From Chinese Tuna Boats
American Samoa recently alerted the US about Chinese vessels rampantly fishing for tuna in its EEZ. The US territory believes this is a threat because its economy relies largely on tuna,...
Andrew Choe Bumble Bee’s New CEO
Bumble Bee Seafoods announced Tuesday that Andrew Choe has been appointed CEO of the company effective April 1. He takes over the role from Bumble Bee Chair of the Board, Jerry Chou, who...
IO FAD Ban Will Have Long-Term Negative Effect On Seychelles’ Economy
The 72-day FAD closure in the Indian Ocean will lead to a downturn that can affect the economies of coastal states, according to a latest study by several authors from French Universities and...
Migrant Workers Lash Out At Taiwan Tuna Association Over Wi-Fi
A recent statement by a Taiwan Tuna Association (TTA) spokesperson explaining that Wi-Fi aboard tuna vessels would lead to less productivity has angered migrant workers, NGOs, and members of...
Massive Stranding Of EPO FADs In French Polynesia
A recently released Pacific Community (SPC) study shows the number of FADs stranded in Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs). The data reveals that over a thousand FADs deployed by...
EU Alerts Show High Histamine Cases
The EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) reported five tuna-related incidents from Italy and the Netherlands in March, mostly related to histamine. On March 13, Italian officials...
FiTI Pushes Kenya For A “Transparent And Sustainable” Tuna Fishery
The Kenyan tuna sector recently held a national management workshop in Mombasa. According to the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI), which was one of the participants, Kenya’s tuna...
Dongwon Innovates Business With Own AI GPT Platform
Dongwon Group announced today that it has embraced the AI chatbot technology and introduced its own ‘Dongwon GPT’ platform, to greatly improve the work productivity of its executives and...
EU Canners’ Demand For Skipjack & Yellowfin WR Dropped Massively In 2023
EU canneries massively reduced their buying of frozen whole-round tuna in 2023. Spanish canners especially cut back on their skipjack, while there was an overall drop in imports of...
Argentinians Queue At Border To Stockpile Cheap Chilean Tuna
Thousands of Argentinians crossed the border to Chile last weekend to buy tuna cans and other products at cheaper rates. Some waited more than 10 hours. Canned tuna is extremely expensive in...
Major Global Highlights March 2024
In March, Bangkok bottleneck hit the processing hub after months of speculation. The NGO, Environmental Justice Foundation, released a report that accused Chinese company Zhejiang Ocean Family...
Australia Raises Questions About India’s Tuna Programs
Australia has sought details about India’s tuna fisheries programs at the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting held last week. The questions were raised after WTO members failed to get...
Pan-Pacific Fisheries Orders New Seiner In China
Marshall Islands based Pan-Pacific Fisheries has signed a contract for a new purse seiner with Chinese Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding worth USD 22.88 million. The fishing company has five seiners...
A Look Behind Dongwon’s Canned Tuna Production
Dongwon F&B Changwon factory began operations in 1986 and it is the largest cannery in Korea at 49,500 square meters. It has been producing the country’s leading Dongwon canned tuna brand...
Recent Hearing Revives PNG Communities’ Fear Over Mining Project
Papua New Guinean communities feel a strong connection to the ocean and are irked now that the deep-sea mining Solwara 1 project is being discussed again, when they had hoped to have defeated...
CNFC’s Sluggish 2023 Tuna Sales Led To Net Loss
CNFC Overseas Fisheries revealed in its 2023 annual report earlier this week that it experienced a net loss due to poor tuna catches and sales as well as higher operating expenses. The...
Ocean Rebellion Demands Tesco & John West Stop Selling DFAD Tuna
Environmental action group, Ocean Rebellion, staged a protest over tuna caught on drifting FADs (dFADs) on Tuesday in front of a Tesco hypermarket in London. A giant John West tuna can...
Fire Annihilates Dongwon Purse Seiner In Indian Ocean
A Dongwon Industries-owned large-scale purse seiner, 'Adria' was destroyed completely after it caught fire while fishing for tuna in the Indian Ocean. It is unclear how the blaze started....
