The WCPFC will appoint a new Executive Director at its annual meeting starting November 28 in Vietnam. The tenure of the current Director, Feleti Penitala Teo, expires in March 2023....
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Yellowfin Scratches Itch With Shark
It is not even Valentine's season and yellowfin are out and about rubbing up against the sharks. A large yellowfin was seen swimming towards a silky shark and rubbing its head against the...
Fishing Companies Pay For FAD Debris Clean-Up
Seychelles fishing companies are financing a clean-up of FAD waste that has washed up on reefs, lagoons, and the coastlines of the Seychelles islands. In this joint venture, the Ministry of...
PNA CEO Says MSC Objections Financed By “Commercial Competitors”
A recent ruling by an MSC Independent Adjudicator (IA) placed MSC certification for the PNA tuna fishery's FAD-caught tuna and bigeye catch far out of its reach. The decision dropped like a...
Tri Marine Seiner Fishery Faces Opposition For Bigeye MSC Score
The Solomon Islands Skipjack and Yellowfin Tuna Purse Seine and Pole And Line MSC fishery, owned by Tri Marine, is facing opposition from the Coalition for Transparent Tuna Fisheries (CTTF)...
Pacifical Is First “GDST-Capable” Tuna Company
Pacifical has become the first seafood company to pass the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST’s) Capability Test, meaning its data proves the tuna in its supply chain was...
EU Parliament Adopts Two Percent Mandate For Green Marine Fuels
The world's most ambitious mandate on maritime decarbonization was adopted by the European Parliament (EP) in its FuelEU Maritime policy on October 19. The EU approved the two percent...
Malta Wants An Increase In Bluefin Quota
The Maltese government has proposed an increase to the bluefin quota, pointing out that studies and discussions have shown a significant increase in the tuna population in the Mediterranean....
TUNACONS Partners With GFW To Strengthen Transparency In EPO
To strengthen transparency and improve science in the EPO tropical tuna fishery, the Ecuadorian non-profit organization TUNACONS is cooperating with the Global Fishing Watch (GFW). All eight...
John West UK Lost USD 26.4 M In 2021 Sales
A collapse in sales of John West UK in the EU market has had a major effect on the turnover of the UK unit of the international canned seafood brand John West. In 2021, it lost 60 percent of...
MSC Tuna Sales Jumped 25% Reports The Council
In its silver jubilee year, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) reported the catch by MSC fisheries totaled 12 million tons between April 2021 and March 2022. This volume covers 15 percent of...
UK Hospital Staff Slams Poor Quality Tuna Sammies
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in the UK has come under fire for the poor quality of food served in its canteen. 'Pathetic' tuna sandwiches and soggy chips served at NHS canteens...
US Businesses Want Trade Data Used To Trace Labor Abuses To Be Hidden
A large group of US businesses is calling for the government to hide key import data to avoid investigation of their sources. Trade experts say it would make it harder for Americans to link...
Loblaw Freezes Canned Tuna Prices
Canadian grocery chain Loblaw has announced a price freeze on its "No Name" brand tuna products, along wirh about 1,500 other items under the same trademark to keep household essentials...
SIAL Visitors Facing Transportation Chaos
Visitors at SIAL, the largest exhibition dedicated to the food industry in Europe, are having problems getting to the venue Villepinte in Paris. The bi-annual event is being held after a...
Bolton Partners With WWF In Ambitious Goal
Bolton has the ambition to become “the most sustainable and responsible tuna company for the world.” That is how Luciano Pirovano, Global Sustainable Development Director at Bolton...
Ecuador Subsidizes USD 19 M In Fuel For Tuna Fleet
The Ecuadorian government subsidized USD 2.194 billion in fuel in H1 2022 and forecasts to end this year with nearly USD 4 billion. Bruno Leone, President of the National Chamber of Fisheries,...
Little Girl Catching Tuna And More Social Media Trends
Nine-year-old Izzy Crotty of Devon, UK, was fishing with her father 20 miles off the coast of Plymouth when she caught a 28 Stone (177.8 kg) bluefin - almost six times Izzy's weight as hers is...
Manta Skipjack Price Settles At 5-Year High
The entire EPO purse seiner fleet is again out fishing at full capacity as the first IATTC veda ended last week. This high level of activity will last for only a couple of weeks as the second...
WWF Accuses Small Ecuadorian Seiner Fishery Of Using Shortcuts For MSC Cert
Environmental group, WWF Ecuador, has vehemently objected to a small Ecuadorian purse seine tropical tuna fishery receiving MSC certification. It is arguing that the fleet has not done...
