Taiwanese officials are greatly concerned about the vessel Sheng Feng No. 128 that went missing on Saturday. The longliner stopped transmitting signals at 2 am when it was 414 nautical miles...
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Grupomar Bags Mexican Recognition In Two Categories
Mexican tuna fishing company Grupomar received awards for "promoting the development and quality of life of employees" and "contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals," according to...
Thai Union Hits Record Sales In 2022, Ambient Up 13%
Thai Union has released its financial results showing that it experienced record-high revenue of THB 155.6 billion (USD 4.49 billion) in 2022. Sales grew 10.3 percent year-on-year, driven by...
Spanish Seiner Shipyard Ordered To Compensate Deceased Worker’s Kin
The Supreme Court of Spain has ordered Astilleros Armón and Inprebal to compensate the family of a 24-year-old contract worker who died of asphyxiation while working in the seiner ‘Paco...
Ecuador Seiners Netted Low Volumes Of Skipjack In 2022
In 2022, EPO fleets caught the most volume of main commercial tuna species on record, largely driven by high numbers of yellowfin. The largest purse seiner fleet operating in this ocean,...
Fijian And New Caledonian Longlining Sector Collaborate On Tuna Jurisdictional Project
French territory New Caledonia and Fiji are collaborating with the US-based NGO Conservation International (CI) for a tuna Jurisdictional Approach (JA) initiative. The parties signed a...
Ecuador Has Fingers Crossed As EU Yellow Card Audit Nears
The EU Carding Scheme introduced in 2010 has been efficient in curbing IUU fishing and Ecuador received a yellow card in 2019 for not undertaking sufficient work to combat it. Officials hope...
Callipo Ranked In The Top Hundred By Forbes Italy
Italian tuna processing company Callipo has been selected by Forbes Italy as one of the top hundred firms in the country. The establishment was founded in 1913 by Giacinto Callipo. It...
EPO 2022 Catches Show Peak Might Have Been Reached
The Eastern Pacific Ocean tuna catches slightly increased - by 1,521 M/T in 2022. The data provided by IATTC asserts what the industry experts have been saying throughout the year. It...
Upcoming Sino-Van Cannery Eyes Domestic Market
After years of speculations and setbacks, the joint venture between the Vanuatu government and China National Fisheries Corporation (CNFC) opened the Sino-Van processing plant in the island...
Philippines Urging EU To Resume Talks On Tuna Free Trade
The Philippines has once again expressed its desire to continue free trade relations with the EU, especially since the current Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) scheme will expire...
Australia’s First Female Tuna Boss
Dinko Seafoods is one of the top Australian tuna companies founded by Dinko Lukin in 1966 at Port Lincoln. Once millions in debt, the company has now grown to become one of the highest-value...
Canary Pole And Liners Suffering Due To Lack Of Licenses
Fishing for 18 artisanal handline and pole and line vessels in the Spanish archipelago Canary Islands is a distant dream. The crew members have been unable to catch tuna for the past four...
Media Hype Over Misleading Consumer Study On Mercury In Tuna
A recent study from the US-based Consumer Report (CR) on mercury in canned tuna has raised the ire of The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) and the tuna sector after it claimed that tuna is...
Mexican Fishery Pursues Dolphin Study To Get MSC Suspension Lifted
The Pacific Alliance for Sustainable Tuna (PAST) will (after suspension of its MSC certification) participate in the In-Transition to MSC (ITM) Program. This will continue until it can...
SKJ1.8:BKK Trading Remains Sluggish For 5 Consecutive Weeks
Trading for skipjack whole rounds continues to be sluggish in Bangkok due to soft demand and supply in the world’s largest processing hub. Most deals are taking place at USD 1,700 per ton for...
Spanish Technology To Make Bluefin Transfer Into Hatcheries Economical
Two Spanish seafood pioneers have developed a new and advanced system that facilitates identifying accurate sea conditions and thus helps transfer the specimens to a hatchery. Spanish...
Japanese Fishery Wants WCPO Skipjack & Yellowfin MSC Cert
The Kyowa-Meiho Purse Seine fishery is aiming for MSC certification for its purse seine caught skipjack and yellowfin in the waters of PNA and the high seas. The certification assessment body,...
GrupoMar Invests USD 30 Million For New Seiner
Mexican tuna fishing company GrupoMar is continuing to expand its purse seine fleet. With a USD 30 million investment, the new vessel will arrive at Manzanillo port in September. Antonio...
Newly Developed Technique To Revolutionize Tuna Canning Sector
The canning industry will undergo some exciting changes, thanks to the impetus of the Spanish processors' association Anfaco-Cecopesca's technology center with the support of other tuna...
