Over the years, tuna companies have had to fight claims (including those from health authorities) about the hazardous effects of mercury in canned tuna. Spanish canners association...
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Over 11 Million Sajo Tuna Liquid Bottles Sold
Korean tuna company Sajo Daerim announced this month that the cumulative sales of its Sajo Tuna Liquid have exceeded 11.28 million bottles since its introduction in 2016. The product, one of...
Rare Appearance Of Bluefin On Canadian Coast And Other Social Media Trends
The American organization SeaDoc Society, which works towards ensuring the health of marine wildlife, recently shared videos and images of a Pacific bluefin that washed ashore from the Salish...
Mexican Tuna Vessel Rescues Sailor Shipwrecked For Three Months
The crew of Mexican-flagged tuna purse seiner ‘Maria Delia,’ listed under IATTC, rescued a man from a shipwreck who had been missing for over three months. Details about his identity and what...
New GTA Director Suddaby Determined To Shake Up RFMOs With End-Market Power
“Working with our partners in a really effective way to drive change is very critical to me,” said Daniel Suddaby, the new Executive Director of the Global Tuna Alliance (GTA). He spoke to...
Walmart Extends MSC Tuna Supply Contract With PIT
Pacific Islands Tuna (PIT) has received an extension on its contract with Walmart for another two years to deliver MSC-certified canned tuna for the retailer’s Great Value brand. According to...
Will Future Deep-Sea Mining Contaminate Tuna Populations?
This week, a research paper was published stating that future deep-sea mining projects will negatively impact tuna stocks, and most importantly, contaminate them with heavy metals from plumes...
Europêche Cries Foul Over EU ATQ Regulation
The European Commission is gearing up to propose a regulation setting the autonomous tariff quotas (ATQs) for tuna and other seafood products for 2024 and 2025. The EU fishery organization,...
Gabon Joins WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement
The World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies (AFS) is receiving more support. Tuna-rich Gabon is the latest to jump on the bandwagon. The African country confirmed that it...
Ex-Finance Minister Handed Over To FBI For Tuna Scandal
After years of languishing in a South African prison, Manuel Chang, the former Finance Minister of Mozambique, was handed over to agents of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on...
Port Lincoln’s Famous Tunarama Tradition Comes To An End
The renowned Tunarama Festival which has been held for the past six decades in Port Lincoln in Australia is coming to a close due to sponsorship woes. “After several years of COVID and other...
South Pacific Group Wants To Manage Albacore Longline Stock
The South Pacific Group (SPG) is taking a leaf out of PNA’s book because it wants a zone-based management system for its tuna. Last week, the six member states - the Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue,...
Readers Divided Over Whether WCPFC Will Take Action
One would expect the strong indication that Korean reefer carrier ‘Sun Flower 7’ was deploying FADs next to a marine protected area, which is not permitted under WCPFC rules, should lead to...
With Veda And El Niño Outlook, Manta Processors Pay More For Skipjack
After good EPO catches in the first half of the year which positioned the Manta skipjack price below that in Bangkok, processors are paying a higher price for skipjack caused by a pessimistic...
Heavy Metal Accumulation In Tuna Likely From Future Deep Sea Mining
In a race for a greener planet, we might just make the situation worse, especially with deep-sea mining. New research states that tuna in the Pacific, particularly in the Clarion Clipperton...
Fish Tales’ Optimistic Goal For The US Market
Dutch sustainable tuna company Fish Tales has hooked Walmart to place its Sea Tales branded products on its shelves. The founders, Bart van Olphen and Jan van Dijk, are confident that the US...
Will FAD Ban Exemption Increase WCPO Skipjack Supply?
The FAD ban in the WCPFC took effect July 1 and will run until October 1. The fact that purse seiners can only set on free schools significantly cuts the skipjack supply. However, over the...
Hyperinflation Makes Tuna Unaffordable for Tunisian Heavy Users
Tuna has been part of Tunisian culture for a very long time, dating back to when the country was known as Carthage, founded by Phoenicians in the first millennium BC. The tuna-obsessed nation...
Vulnerable Pacific Tuna Nations Must Develop Regional Legislation For Deep Sea Mining
The potential gains from deep-sea mining are immense with deposits containing manganese, nickel, cobalt, gold, silver, and copper. It includes rare earth metals needed to make batteries for...
International Shipping Net Zero Emissions Needs Rethinking Says EU Tuna Sector
The international shipping sector will become climate neutral “on or around” 2050, said the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting that was held in London last week. The 175...
