The nation with the largest tuna consumers in the world is now taking initiatives to do its part for environmental conservation. Mr. Kodai Kato, a utility management company employee,...
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Russian Vessel Caught Fire In South Korean Shipyard
A South Korean shipyard was the scene of a fire that broke out in a tuna long liner being repaired. According to police and firefighters, a fire on the Russian vessel with a holding capacity...
Smaller Suppliers Sold EUR 53 Million More Canned Tuna To EU In H1
Smaller suppliers around the world managed to largely expand their canned tuna business with EU markets by 17 percent or EUR 53 million in the first half of this year. These processors fall...
Polynesian Tuna Campaign Warmalis 2 Takes Off
After the success of the first Warmalis mission, carried out in 2021, the second one took off from Papeete in French Polynesia on September 14. The project is carried out to understand the...
Dynamic Ocean Closures Can Reduce Bycatch By Half But Challenging To Implement
Bycatch remains a threat for numerous species in the oceans, and static temporary closures are used as a tool to reduce their catches. A study found that dynamic ocean management will...
Post Royal Burial, MSC Sustainability Week Begins
The Sustainable Seafood week restarts this week after it was postponed due to the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. The campaign was to be held between September 16 and 23 but will now last until...
US Stations Two Patrol Boats In Ghana To Fight IUU
It is not a common occurrence that a delegation from the US visits Ghana to discuss fisheries issues. The US has no fishing activities in the nation's waters. The US agreed to support the West...
Fishing Sector Accuses NGOs Of Cherry-Picking Sciences
Since June 2020, the EU has been working on a framework, Taxonomy, to facilitate sustainable investments. The expert platform to assist the European Commission (EC) in developing its...
Rebounding Tourism Strongly Spurs Spanish & Italian H1 Overseas Sourcing
Canned tuna imports into the EU strongly recovered in the first six months of the year, and most of the product was headed to Mediterranean nations Italy, France, and Spain. With pandemic...
WCPFC Wants To Increase Survival Rate Of Dolphin ByCatch
In December 2021, the WCPFC adopted the Best Practice for the Safe Handling and Release of Cetaceans which has now been translated into an infographic for seiner and longliner fishermen. WCPFC...
Jealsa Works On Adding Value To Fish Waste
Five Spanish companies, including Jealsa, form the consortium that initiated LIFE REFISH, which aims to create high-value-added products from fishery and aquaculture waste and by-products. It...
Dead Captain Leaves Crew In Panic
A Taiwanese tuna longliner was found drifting North of Guam by the Japanese Coast Guard on September 17. The captain, at age 59, died a natural death, but the Indonesian crew was unaware of...
StarKist Samoa Workers’ Family Life Impacted
StarKist Fish Packaging Company in American Samoa intends to start a recruitment mission for 500 workers from neighboring Samoa. The scope of expertise is not limited to the tuna processing...
Pacific Women Successful In Fisheries Jobs Through Leadership Program
The Pacific Fisheries Leadership Program, launched by the New Zealand Government in 2018, works to strengthen the skills and abilities of new leaders in the sector. Already 237 Pacific...
Improved Labor Standards Proposal Puts More Obligation On Crew Providers
The Technical and Compliance Committee (TCC) meeting begins on September 21 and just before it, a draft document on improved crew labor standards for fishing vessels operating in the WCPFC...
EU Buyers Import EUR 1.4 Billion In H1, Sharp Drop In Philippines Supply
EU retailers and traders imported more canned tuna in the first half of this year compared to 2021. However, they cut back on their purchases from PNG and the Philippines due to sufficient...
Bumble Bee Steps Away From Good Catch Plant-Based Adventure
American plant-based food brand, Wicked Foods, has taken over the Good Catch distribution and sales in the US from Bumble Bee, which has stepped out of the joint venture partnership with the...
CAB Says Two Tri Marine Fisheries Can Be Certified For Bigeye
The certification body, SCS Global Services, has announced that the bigeye catches of two Solomon Islands’ fisheries, one purse seine and the other longline, both belonging to Tri Marine, can...
Pacific Leaders Want More Consumption From Domestic Canneries, While Imports Grow Explosively
Pacific Island nations have the world's largest tuna resource and still, their import of canned tuna from Thailand sharply increased in the first half of this year, amounting to USD 10...
Tuna Caught 30 Years After Being Tagged
A Southern bluefin tagged over 30 years ago was recently caught off the coast of Australia. Ryan Gazzola, 17, hooked the tuna weighing in at 135 kilograms off the Mornington Peninsula in...
