US canned tuna imports were largely stable at the start of 2023, and the trade amounted to USD 143.75 million. Thai processors managed to keep their trade at almost the same level as in Q1...
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Togo Passes Bill To Join ICCAT
Last week, the Togolese National Assembly adopted a bill allowing the country to become a member of ICCAT. The government expects that joining the RFMO will develop the nation’s tuna industry...
Dongwon Skipjack IO Purse Seine Fishery Goes For MSC Certification
The Korean seafood company Dongwon is aiming for MSC certification for its purse seine caught skipjack in the Indian Ocean for free school and FAD sets. The certification assessment body,...
Philippine Ocean’s Best Tuna Scrutinized For Foul Odor
Philippines Ocean’s Best Tuna brand has drawn flak after the country’s Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) ordered an immediate recall of thousands of cans of tuna. Samples of...
Tuna-Shaped Weathervane A Feast For Tourists’ Eyes
The Spanish province of Cadiz, home to bluefin farms and famous for the Almadraba, has close ties with the fish since the it plays a crucial role to the economy and is an integral part of the...
Pinsa Workers Strike For Fair Profit Sharing
Hundreds of workers at Grupo Pinsa’s Mazatlan processing facility are protesting (since last Thursday) to achieve a fair distribution of profits. They claim the tuna company wants to cut their...
Greenpeace’s Praise For Hy-Vee Over Tuna Traceability Too Much?
Hy-Vee, the US-based supermarket chain, recently published a report on its tuna supply chain for its private label, for the second consecutive year. Greenpeace has praised the retailer for...
EPO Tuna Catch Starts With A Bang, Highest In Ten Years
The Eastern Pacific Ocean tuna fleets have not had such a good start in years. In the first three months of 2023, twelve percent more tuna were caught, mainly driven by increased skipjack...
IOTC Meeting Kicked Off In Mauritius
The 27th IOTC session began today, chaired by Jung Re Kim. Some of the vital topics the commission will touch upon are conservation and management measures for yellowfin, including allocation...
Spanish Study Asserts Selenium Makes Tuna Healthier Than Previously Thought
A study by Spanish researchers underlines that the presence of selenium in tuna can counteract human health risks resulting from metals and metalloids such as mercury, cadmium, and arsenic in...
SolTuna Official Canned Tuna Supplier To Pacific Games
The Pacific Games has designated SolTuna as the official supplier of canned tuna for its upcoming edition. The USD 60,000 deal, for approximately 1,400 cartons of tuna, was signed last week by...
Washington Supreme Court Refuses To Review StarKist Tuna Price-Fixing Ruling
On Tuesday, Washington Supreme Court judges declared they will not review a decision made by an appeals court that potentially freed StarKist from being “jointly and severally liable for the...
How Data Sharing In Tuna Fishing Should Go Along With Confidentiality
Last summer, representatives of tuna boat owners and processors, academics, and experts from longline, purse seine, and squid fisheries across the Pacific Ocean gathered at a workshop to talk...
Canning Operations Continuing Despite Seiner Sale By RD Fleet
The raw material supply situation is bad and RD's fishing fleet is still moored due to restructuring in its financing. Furthermore, two of its seiners have also been sold, according to Roland...
Tuna Fishers Await Good Catch As NOAA Issues “El Niño Watch”
In its latest report, NOAA issued an “El Niño Watch” for the ENSO Alert System Status, implying that conditions are favorable for El Niño in the next six months. According to NOAA’s report --...
EU Rapid Alert: Spain Reports Mislabeled Canned Tuna From Ecuador
April was a comparatively calm month for the EU Regulatory Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) regarding tuna-related incidents. According to the online system, only one alert was...
Solomon Islands University In Talks With China For Tuna Research Center
Solomon Islands is looking forward to setting up a new Pacific research center at the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) in Kukum. Transform Aqorau, Vice Chancellor of SINU and former...
Slight Relief For Thai Union, Ailing Red Lobster Turns A Profit
For the first time in 12 months, Red Lobster has not reported a loss, earning it a reprieve. In the latest figures by Thai Union Group on its subsidiary, in the first quarter of the year, the...
Poll: Should Members Be Able To Opt Out Of RFMO Decisions?
Over the past few months, there has been a lot of debate about several countries in the IOTC objecting to the 72-day FAD ban in the Indian Ocean (IO) that would come into force in 2024. They...
Seven Tuna Cities Ink Deal For Sustainable Management At Bilbao Forum
The first edition of the Bilbao Tuna Forum was organized for May 2, coinciding with World Tuna Day, in the Spanish region of Basque Country. Seven cities with tuna businesses as the backbone...
