Four walls are the only things showing for the efforts of a tuna project started seven years ago in Annobón, an island of Equatorial Guinea. Millions of euros have been invested in the plant...
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WCPFC Annual Meeting To Be Held Next Month
The upcoming annual Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) meeting will be held in-person after nearly three years of virtual gatherings. The meeting will take place between...
Thai Canners Experiencing Plunging US Orders
In the first half of this year, US canned tuna imports slowed to the lowest level in five years. Nearly all suppliers lost some of their business in this market but Thai processors were the...
EU & Madagascar To Sign New Fishing Agreement Soon
The EU and Madagascar are days away from signing a new fishing agreement. It took seven rounds of negotiations to reach an amicable conclusion given that the Madagascans wanted the Europeans...
Maldivian Pole-And-Liner Records 57 Ton Catch In One Day
Maldivian pole-and-liner 'TS Line' has set a record for the amount of tuna caught in one day. It captured 57 M/T tuna around Kooddoo island. Now that the monsoon season is over, tuna catching...
South Korean Business Converts Used Seiner Nets To High-Quality Fishing Gear
South Korean business, Sustainable Technology of Net (STN) has developed a technology that can reuse decommissioned or discarded tuna fishing nets for high-quality fishing gear. The company...
ANABAC Wants MSC Logo For IO Skipjack Catches
Spanish fishing companies Pevasa and Atunsa belonging to ANABAC are aiming to achieve the MSC sustainable certification for their skipjack catches in the Indian Ocean (IO). The assessment body...
Colombian Film On Albacore Tuna Fishing & Other Tuna Trends
La Pesca del Atún Blanco (Catching the White Tuna) is the debut feature of Maritza Blanco. The film is a tribute to Afro-Colombian women and their unbreakable spirits. A young woman from a...
Manta’s Skipjack Price Steady At High Levels As Veda Nears End
The first EPO fishing closure, which forces around half the purse seiners to stay at port for at least 72 days, is nearing its end next week. The inevitably lower raw material supply that the...
Innovative Marketing Will Help Tuna Paradise Feed The Poor
A Thai tuna factory selling tuna steaks in retail boxes wants to work alongside its customers to feed the poor. The company, Tuna Paradise, sells ten-pound boxes (4.5 kg) of tuna to...
Sharp Decline In Transshipment Volumes Through PNG Ports
Whole round frozen tuna transshipped in PNA ports in August declined, which is not unusual for this month given that historically there is a fall in tonnages, mainly because a FAD ban is...
Horizon Limits Buying From Pole & Liners Amidst Great Catches
In the past few weeks, Maldivian pole-and-line vessels have caught a record amount of skipjack and juvenile yellowfin. The Maandhoo Fisheries Complex, owned by Horizon Fisheries, has...
Calvo Ahead Of Its 5-year Sustainability Plan
Spanish tuna processor Calvo says that it is three years ahead of its 2025 sustainability strategy, 'Responsible Commitment'. It is expected that by then all goals of the plan will be...
Insurers Pledge New Tool To Track IUU Fishing Vessels
Recently, 18 insurers have pledged to implement a new tool to track illegal fishing vessels. The device allows them to monitor vessel movements in real-time and get information regarding the...
Frinsa Cedes Second Position As 2021 Sales Declined
In 2021, Frinsa was not able to maintain its second place as a Galician cannery (ahead of Calvo). Its 2021 annual revenue dropped seven percent, but profits rose by three percent. The Spanish...
WCPO Skipjack Catches Further Declined In August
Despite an increase in fishing effort, purse seine fleets in the WCPO experienced low catches in August given that they could only catch on free schools due to the FAD ban. Daily skipjack...
Marine Instruments Awarded For Innovative Work
Marine Instruments stands out for its innovative development of knowledge-based technologies for the marine industry. Because of this, the organization was given the National Innovation...
Peru’s Parliament Approves Lower Tax On Tuna From Foreign-Flagged Vessels
Peru’s Parliament has approved to lower taxes for tuna caught by foreign-flagged vessels. The country’s processing industry relies heavily on raw materials netted by these boats. The approved...
Auditors Say EU IUU Fishing Rules Only Partially Effective
The European Court of Auditors (ECA), which audits the finances and investments of the economic bloc, has said that the EU is doing too little to combat IUU fishing. It said that although...
Shenzhen City To Subsidize Tuna Landings & Vessel Construction
The Shenzhen municipality has announced specific measures in terms of subsidies for Chinese tuna vessels. Its Bureau of Planning and Natural Resources issued a support program to develop the...
