Chinese stock-listed tuna and seafood fishing company Shanghai Kaichuang Marine International expects a loss for the first half of the year driven by poor tuna fishing and an increase in raw...
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Dongwon Eyeing Acquisition Of Leading Korean Shipping Company
Dongwon Group is a possible buyer of the number one Korean container transportation and shipping company HMM, formerly known as Hyundai Merchant Marine. Acquiring HMM would have a massive...
Hagoromo’s Newly Launched Products Will Not Have Tuna
Japanese company Hagoromo Foods Corporation has been traditionally selling canned tuna under the brand 'Sea Chicken' for nearly a decade. It will now be utilizing a different fish for its new...
Fishermen In South Indian State Strike Against Illegal Seiner Nets
A group of fishermen from 21 coastal hamlets in the southern state of Tamil Nadu in India are urging the regional government to curb the illegal use of purse seiner nets in its territorial...
Small-Scale Philippines Fishers Pin High Hopes On New FADs
A group of small-scale fishermen in the Philippines Northern Samar region hope to boost their tuna production with new deep-sea tuna fishing nets and FAD sets from the Bureau of Fisheries and...
Thai Union Reduced MSC Tuna Intake In 2022
Thai Union Group reduced its MSC tuna sourcing but increased the volumes from fishery improvement projects (FIPs), according to its latest Sustainability Report 2022. The information comes on...
North And South Pacific Albacore Harvest Strategies Priority At IATTC Meet
The IATTC annual meeting will begin within a week. One of the main demands put on the table by stakeholders from the tuna industry and NGOs is to include harvest control rules (HCRs) for North...
Global Transshipment Operations Mainly Carried Out By Panama & Taiwan Carriers
Global tuna commissions have strict rules regarding at-sea transshipments but they differ between the RFMOs. A new study says that carriers flagged to a small group of countries are carrying...
Mozambique President Allegedly Took USD 11 M In Bribes In Tuna Scam
The lawsuits revolving around USD 2 billion “hidden debts” scandal, which includes USD 850 million in tuna bonds, in Mozambique appear to be never-ending. This conspiracy tanked the country’s...
EU Alerts: Eight People Poisoned By Histamine In Frozen Tuna
Only three tuna-related incidents were reported in the EU Regulatory Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) in July. On July 5, frozen tuna from Colombia, Italy, and Spain were placed...
Workers Exposed To Ammonia Leak In Costa Rican Tuna Factory
Three people were given urgent medical care after they inhaled Ammonia gas while working in a tuna factory in Coyol de Alajuela, a province in Costa Rica. Details of the victims and name of...
Thai Canned Tuna To Smaller Destinations Declined In H1, UK Shipments Jump By 160%
Thai producers’ canned tuna trade with smaller destinations fell by a small margin in the first half of this year. However, retailers and traders in the UK and Kuwait increased their imports...
Indonesian Minister Condemn EU’s “Inconsistent Environmental Policies”
The EU and Indonesia have strong trade relations and the Asian country is one of the largest exporters of frozen pre-cooked loins into the bloc. Indonesian Trade Minister Zulkifi Hasan...
Grupomar’s ‘Maria Delia’ Sold After Heroic Rescue
Grupomar announced the sale of its Mexican-flagged seiner ‘Maria Delia’. The vessel has been in the news lately for the heroic rescue in July of Australian shipwrecked sailor Timothy Shaddock...
Australia & US To Keep A Close Eye On IUU Fishing In Pacific Ocean
The Australian government has partnered with US-based company HawkEye 360 Inc. to provide “greater maritime domain awareness” in the Pacific Ocean. The initiative, claiming to support the...
US Longliner Migrant Crew Keep Fingers Crossed For Visa Permit
Crew members of US-flagged tuna longliners are denied visas to enter the US though they are allowed to work in its fleet. This system has raised the ire of several vessel operators and human...
AGAC Joins Hands With SIOTI To Collect Lost FADs In Seychelles
On Monday, the Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA), the Sustainable Indian Ocean Tuna Initiative (SIOTI) and the Spanish Association of Tuna Freezers (AGAC) signed a deal to manage drifting...
Major Global Highlights July
July was full of interesting and worrisome news for the global tuna sector. From skipjack supply issues across the globe to Ecuadorian tuna fishery to TUNACONS receiving skipjack MSC...
Atunlo’s Value-Added Business Flourishing, Worries Over Future WR Supply
Spanish processor Atunlo is going strong in its value-added segment and launched new products during the Barcelona Seafood Expo. Jose Pernas, the firm's CEO talked with Atuna about how...
Frinsa & Tri Marine Leading Identified Buyers Of Ecuadorian Tuna In 2022
Ecuador’s global tuna exports reached USD 1 billion in 2022, and more than one-third of this revenue was generated from the top 10 importing companies which includes Frinsa and Tri Marine...
