India’s recommendation to ban drifting FADs in the Indian Ocean has the EU fishing fleets seeing red. The Asian nation submitted its document ahead of the Special Session due to take place in...
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StarKist Rated Top Trusted Canned Seafood Brand In US
American tuna brand StarKist, with its multiple-flavored pouches and cans, secured the top spot for the most trusted canned seafood brand in the country. Marketing research firm BrandSpark...
Next Tuna Project Partners In Development Of Soft Pellet Feed
Skretting – the world’s largest producer of fish feed – has announced its collaboration with Next Tuna to provide soft-extruded pellets to feed Atlantic bluefin in the latter's upcoming farm...
CFTO & Via Océan Want MSC Logo For Atlantic Skipjack And Yellowfin
The Compagnie Française du Thon Océanique (CFTO) and Via Océan fishing companies are aiming for the MSC sustainable blue logo for their fleets' skipjack and yellowfin catches. The Announcement...
Dongwon’s Top Executive Gets New Role In Company
Dongwon Group has announced Eunhong Min is the new CEO of Dongwon Industries - the holding company of the fishing and seafood trading group. Min joined Dongwon Systems as its Vice President in...
Slow Start After Veda, But Already Lower Manta Skipjack Deals
The second EPO tuna closure ended last week and has already impacted the skipjack trading price in Manta. Seining operations are currently taking place at full capacity in the region. Although...
Kiribati Tuna Fishers Hope For Better Days Out At Sea Amidst Crises
Global warming is real and fishermen in Kiribati claim that they are reeling under its impact. They have pointed out natural and man-made disasters are affecting the peaceful lives of locals...
Shrinking US Seiner Fleet’s Skipjack Catches Hit 40 Year Bottom
US purse seine fleet captains had an abysmal fishing year in 2021 when their vessels netted rock-bottom levels of skipjack not seen in nearly 40 years, according to the latest WCPFC data. This...
TUNACONS Wants MSC Scope Extension For EPO Skipjack
The Ecuadorian fishing group TUNACONS – with 46 large purse seiners and three coastal seiners – announced that it is seeking a scope extension to reassess the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO)...
Taiwan Signs New Pact To Deploy Observers On Longliners In Seychelles’ Waters
In a strategic move, Seychelles and Taiwan's longline boat owners signed a deal for multiple fishing contracts for the Asian fleet to operate in the coastal nation's waters from the beginning...
Study Says One-Sixth Of High Seas Fishing Hours Potentially IUU
A study claims that 17 percent of the high seas fishing hours in 2021 were potentially vessels carrying out IUU fishing. It based its findings on the ten-year observation of GPS data of around...
NGOs Demand US To Put Costa Rica Under Microscope
Costa Rica has come under the spotlight for fishing violations. A coalition of over 18 marine organizations presented evidence to the US government proving the allegations – mainly for...
India Wants 5 Year Ban On DFADs In Indian Ocean
India submitted a proposal to the Special Session of the IOTC to ban all drifting FADs in the Indian Ocean, effective January 1, 2024. This follows India’s strategy against purse seine...
Equatorial Guinean Tuna Plant Stalled As Officials Pass The Buck
Plans to build a tuna processing plant in Equatorial Guinea on the island of Annobón have not yet taken off. Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, Vice-President of the Republic, demanded its...
India’s Top Court Allows Purse Seiner Operations Only Twice A Week
The Supreme Court (SC) of India granted approval to mini purse-seiner fishermen in the southern state of Tamil Nadu to fish outside its territorial waters, but under conditions including...
EU Deploys New Patrol Vessels To Crack Down On Pollution And IUU
The European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) introduced three new chartered patrol vessels last week that will strengthen EU fisheries inspection in European and international waters. They...
Jealsa’s Water Management System Helps Boiro Plant Save 2,100 m3 Daily
Jealsa’s main tuna cannery in Boiro has an excellent water management system that helps it save thousands of cubic meters of H2O each day. Water management is a key aspect of the Boiro...
Taiwanese Seiners’ 2021 WCPO Yellowfin Catches Highest In Decades
Taiwanese captains of the purse seiner fleet in the WCPO experienced excellent skipjack catches in 2021, which propelled the overall volume by 22 percent from the previous year. Yellowfin...
Food Website Ranks StarKist’s Best And Worst Tuna Flavors
Tuna -- rich in proteins, wallet-friendly, and tasty –- is one of the most sought-after seafood in the US market. The National Fisheries Institute's data shows 23 percent of Americans eat...
India’s New Deal To Expand Its Longliner Fleets
The state of Kerala in India wants to increase its tuna fishing operations. Last Thursday, it signed a tripartite agreement for the construction of 10 deep-sea tuna longliners (also equipped...
