The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report blaming the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) system for the NOAA Fisheries’ failure to inspect tuna and other...
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USD 256 Million Short Bid Makes Mitsubishi Suspend Princes Group Sale
The Japanese owner of the Princes Group, which markets the canned tuna brand Princes, has paused bidding for its UK-based subsidiary. There was speculation in January that the company was for...
Indian Longliner Fishermen Cry Foul Over Government Scheme
A group of tuna fishermen from Tamil Nadu, a southern state in India, is facing pressure to repay loans that they took out to buy tuna longliners under a scheme that is part of the...
Frinsa Calls Off US Expansion
Spanish tuna canner Frinsa has pulled back from its US expansion plan due to the significant cost increase to build a new facility with an initial USD 20 million investment. The Lakeland,...
Dongwon Longline Fishery MSC Certified
The DFC/HEC Western and Central Pacific longline bigeye, yellowfin, and albacore tuna fishery has received an MSC certification. The Public Certification Report was recently published on the...
US Not Listening To Pacific Islands Will Bury American Samoa Tuna Sector
The tuna sector in the US territories is still at loggerheads with the American administration over the expansion plan for the tuna-rich Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument...
Chilean Police Recovers Part Of Stolen Tuna Cans
The Chile police arrested three people in connection with the theft of 7,740 Robinson Crusoe tuna cans, worth CLP 9 million (USD 11,191) from a container in San Antonio, US. The accused stole...
Continuous Poor IO Catches Worrying Tuna Sector
Boat owners and processors in the Indian Ocean (IO) are concerned because skipjack catches did not pick up in June and the strong monsoon season is not a promising outlook for vessel operators...
Pure Cravings On A Mission To Protect Cats From Mercury In Tuna
US cat owners can treat their pets with a new canned wet cat food line called Minced Tuna that has “undergone mercury testing.” California-based Pure Cravings says the novel range is...
Think Tank Says Deep-Sea Mining In Tuna-Rich Pacific Should Not Be Financed
Deep-sea mining is a controversial topic eliciting discussions from different parties. Environmentalists lament over the great impact it will have on the ocean environment including tuna...
CAB Agrees American Samoa EEZ Longline Fishery Can Be MSC Certified
The South Pacific albacore and WCPO yellowfin, skipjack, and bigeye catches in the American Samoa EEZ longline fishery can continue to have the MSC logo. The assessment body, Control Union...
European Commission Will Take Action On Shark Fin Trade
The EU has agreed to come down hard on the practice of shark finning. The European Commission (EC) responded to the EU Citizen’s Initiative (ECI) – Stop finning, Stop the trade – to put an end...
Tanzanian Government To Penalize Blast Fishers
The Tanzanian government is ensuring it will leave no stone unturned to ban blast or dynamite fishing in its waters. The illegal practice has led to the killing of thousands of tunas and other...
Philippines Inching Closer To Retaining GSP+ Tax Privilege For Tuna
The European Commission (EC) has proposed renewing Philippines’ tax privileges for canned tuna and thousands of other goods from the country to the EU under the Generalized Scheme of...
Tuna Sector Critic NGO Bloom Accused Of Having Ties With Oil & Gas Industry
Controversial French NGO, Bloom, is once again in the spotlight but not for its umpteenth attempt in criticizing the European tuna seiner fleet’s operations, but because of the organization’s...
Echebastar Goes For IO Skipjack MSC Reassessment
Spanish fishing company Echebastar wants an MSC reassessment for its Indian Ocean (IO) skipjack catches. The CAB, Bureau Veritas, published the Announcement Comment Draft Report (ACDR) in June...
EU-Madagascar Tuna Deal Enters Into Force
The sustainable fishing partnership agreement between the EU and Madagascar took effect on July 1. The follow-up to an expired tuna pact was not widely welcomed in Madagascar as they had hoped...
Major Reflagging Of Large Seiners To Developing Nations
Over several decades, many large-scale purse seiners (LSPS) flying the banner of developed nations have reflagged to developing and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). These states enjoy...
Taiwan Claims Record Bluefin Catch In 20 Years
Fishers in Yilan County in northern Taiwan are rejoicing over record-breaking exceptional bluefin catches they made this year. Almost 3,900 tunas were caught, the highest number in 20 years. A...
Italians Scale Back Yellowfin Loins’ Import In Q1
The purchase of frozen pre-cooked yellowfin loins dropped by one-fifth in the first three months of the year. Italian canners bought less from Asian countries. However, Indonesian traders, the...
