On November 22, the first blue bond in the Latin American region was issued by Ecuador. World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) reported the placement through the Ecuadorian Banco...
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New Ammonia Plant At Sinaloa To Put Its Tuna At Risk
Plans for constructing an ammonia plant at Ohuira Bay in the Mexican state of Sinaloa are facing objections from many sides. The Swiss-German company, Proma, had announced its installation in...
Tuna Brands & Retailers Urge WCPFC To Adopt Harvest Strategy
More than one hundred tuna brands and retailers including Walmart, Aldi, Bolton Group, Edeka, Tesco, and Princes have urged the WCPFC to adopt and implement management procedures and harvest...
WCPO Longliners Experienced Poor Albacore Catches In 2021
In 2021, WCPO longliners had the lowest catches in nearly three decades and it comprised seven percent of total tuna tonnages taken by all gears in the region. These vessels did not experience...
EU Tuna And Seafood Prices Soar In 2022
European consumer food prices have been rising since 2015, with the overall food value peaking in 2022. Eurostat's 'Food price monitoring tool' has been tracking data on food prices...
SolTuna To Expand To More Shelves In The UAE
SolTuna canned tuna brand from the Solomon Islands is expanding in the UAE. Since 2020, it has a deal with Abu Dhabi-based Talent SeaFoods Trading. The distributor recently...
Despite EPO Veda, Manta Skipjack Is Holding Steady
Skipjack trading at the Manta port continues at record-high levels. Despite canners' efforts to reduce the price, the value per ton of fish has remained the same since last month. This is...
Will WCPFC Agree On Harvest Strategy For Skipjack And Yellowfin?
This weekend, the WCPFC's annual meeting starts in Vietnam. All eyes are on the event with the biggest topics on the table for debate -- harvest strategy and harvest control rules (HCRs) for...
How Record Yellowfin Catches Saved 2021 For WCPO Seiners
The world's largest and most productive tuna fishing ground, the WCPO, accounted for 54 percent of global captures (4.9 million tons) last year. In 2021, purse seiners experienced a fall in...
NGOs Demand Improved Labor Standards For Crews In WCPO
A group of WCPFC observer NGOs has given a joint statement regarding implementing measures to improve the working conditions of fishers. Crew safety is a major topic of discussion in the RFMO...
FCF Seiner Cert Bigeye Scope Receives Passing Score
The certification assessment body, SCS Global, has given a passing grade for bigeye for client group Western Pacific Sustainable Tuna Alliance (WPSTA) in its Public Comment Draft Report...
Contrary To IATTC Scientists, WWF Persists EPO Skipjack Is Not Green
WWF Europe has conducted a new fishery assessment for skipjack in the EPO. The initiative came on the heels of the results of the IATTC stock assessment, which showed that the species is...
New Tuna Mural In Galician Port Town Upsets Locals
City council officials at the Galician port town of Burela are being criticised over a new mural of an unveiled scaffolding at a neighbourhood near Eijo Garay Street. Remodelling is being...
Thai Union’s Sealect Tuna Brand Strengthens In Domestic Market
Thai Union is gaining an increasingly large domestic market share with its Sealect tuna brand. It joins a group of processors that initially focused on exports but over the last decades...
Tuvalu – The Emerging Supplier For Thai Canners
This year, Tuvalu-flagged purse seiners managed to massively expand their tuna trade with Thai packers. This tiny Pacific Island nation has become the emerging supplier of skipjack to the...
TU Assesses IO Longliners At Sea For Crew Welfare
Thai Union (TU) is leaving no stone unturned to ensure safe working and welfare conditions for crews on board longline vessels in the Indian Ocean. The company partnered with MRAG to...
ICCAT Adopting Harvest Strategy For Vulnerable Tuna Stocks
After nine days of intense negotiations, ICCAT has settled on several measures including adopting a management procedure for Atlantic bluefin stocks. Discussions over harvest strategies and...
New Device Helps To Reduce Longline Shark & Ray Bycatch
New technology developed by Fishtek Marine, ‘SharkGuard’, will help reduce blue shark and pelagic ray bycatch in longline fisheries without impacting the targeted tunas. The device...
Japan Airlines Serves Plant-Based Tuna In First Class
Japan’s second-largest air service, Japan Airlines, is serving BettaF!sh plant-based tuna in a wrap to first- and business-class passengers on flights between Tokyo and London. The...
Pacific Islands Working Hard To Get Foothold In China
China is looking towards increasing its business dealings with tuna-rich Pacific Island nations and a Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) is saying that there is always a willingness by...
