French NGO Bloom asked in a letter to the IOTC to grant observer status to stay informed on the RFMO decision-making process. In the note dated May 9, Bloom also made several accusations...
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Halla Foods Engages 73-Year-Old Actress To Celebrate Sales Of 100 Mil Tuna Liquid Bottles
The Korean seafood company Halla Foods is celebrating the cumulative sales of more than 100 million bottles of its Tuna Liquid product within a year. 73-year-old actress Kim Soo-mi is...
Dongwon Awarded MSC ‘Best Enterprise Of The Year’
Dongwon Industries won the ‘Best Enterprise of the Year’ award from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Korea for a second consecutive time. The Korean seafood company received the grant,...
Will Commercial Interests Kill IOTC Collaboration?
Orthongel represents the French purse seiner operators and its President, Xavier Leduc, talked with Atuna at the Seafood Expo in Barcelona concerning the current challenges the EU seiner fleet...
Seiner Fuel Lowest Level In 2023 But Operators Affected By Poor Fishing
International crude prices have declined and this has pulled down marine fuel costs for purse seiners to one of the lowest levels this year. However, vessel operators are facing a headwind...
Blue Bonds Pave Way For Conservation Funding
Ecuador's debt conversion through the Galapagos Bonds provides sustainable financing needed to support the implementation and management of marine conservation measures in the world’s most...
Sajo Daelim Expands Premium Line Of Products
Korean food company Sajo Daelim has launched a new range of products under the ‘Premium Tuna Collection Gift Set’ with two cans of each variation: yellowfin, mara, truffle, and albacore. The...
Greenpeace Lauds Asian Leader’s Decision To Combat Forced Labor On Longliners
Greenpeace USA welcomed the recently adopted 'Declaration on the Placement and Protection of Migrant Fishers' at the 42nd ASEAN summit held in Indonesia. The leaders, representing ten...
IOTC Re-Elects Jung-re Riley Kim As Its Chairperson
The Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced last week that Jung-re Riley Kim has been re-elected as the President of IOTC. Kim, unanimously elected by the council members for a...
Tuna Buyers Say Lion Capital Supported Price-Fixing While Owning Bumble Bee
Not long after Lion Capital LLP and its subsidiary Big Catch Cayman (two former Bumble Bee owners) stated they did not sell a single can of tuna, US consumers have urged a Californian federal...
High Operational Costs Shrinks Sajo’s Profit
Sajo Industries reported a decrease in sales and profit for the first three months of this year. Its share value declined by 9.5 percent. On May 15, Sajo Industries (based in South Korea)...
Stanford Researchers Startled By Bluefin In Shark Jaws And Other Social Media Trends
A group of Stanford researchers was in for a surprise during one of their ocean expeditions. Andrew Huberman, a neuroscientist, was out with his group to collect images of great white sharks...
US Tuna Pouches Q1 Imports Hit Peak
Demand for tuna pouches in the first quarter of the year has been off to a great start in the US with retailers and traders importing 21 percent more product compared to Q1 2022. The business...
Century Pacific Ropes In Former Superbods To Boost Sustainability Campaign
Philippines brand Century Tuna is not leaving any stone unturned to promote its 'Saving Our Seas' (SOS) sustainability campaign. It recently hosted a beach clean-up drive which turned out to...
Chris Shearlock Is The New Thai Union Sustainability Director For Europe
Last Thursday, Thai Union (TU) appointed Chris Shearlock as its new Sustainability Director for Europe. Before joining TU, Shearlock was working with the Princes Group from 2017 to 2023. He...
Albo Turns To Sunflower Oil To Weather Inflation
Premium tuna brand Albo, renowned for using only olive oil in its products, is expanding to sunflower oil. By adding the item, the company aims to support consumers that face inflation. Albo,...
Galician Tuna Sector Worried About EU Free Trade Agreement With Thailand
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between EU and Thailand are likely to begin soon. This is a cause of concern for the Spanish Galician tuna sector, home to tuna canneries like...
IOTC 72-Day FAD Ban Remains In Place, EU Proposal Fails
The IOTC annual meeting ended on Friday, May 12, with several resolutions adopted. The key debate over the management of dFADs remains unsolved. The proposed plans by the EU and South Korea...
Ocean Stewardship Funds For Tuna Bycatch Research
The MSC Ocean Stewardship Fund (OSF) awarded USD 934,430 to 26 sustainable fishing projects including some in the tuna-rich waters of PNG and Ecuador. This year's grants are primarily for...
Senegalese Purse Seine Fishery Wants MSC For Atlantic Skipjack And Yellowfin
Dongwon-owned CAPSEN and fishing company Grand Bleu S.A are aiming for an MSC blue logo for their Atlantic Ocean purse seine skipjack and yellowfin in the high seas and EEZs of Sierra Leone,...
