The Maldivian government is working on a system to keep a permanent record of all fishermen in the country. The registration of the people whose main income comes from fishing for skipjack by...
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400-Personnel Massive Anti-IUU Operation Reveals No Perpetrators
No violations were reported during the massive 12-day Operation Island Chief, a Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)-led surveillance program covering 18.2 million square kilometers....
TU Wants To Give USD 65 Mil Guarantee For Red Lobster
Thai Union (TU) Group has asked the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) to approve a partial guarantee for US seafood restaurant chain, Red Lobster Master Holdings. In a statement on Wednesday,...
Thai Canned Black Meat Shipments Expand In PNG, Russian Deals Down
Thai processors gained back business with several international markets around the world in the first half of this year (H1 2022), after a major drop in exports in the same period last year....
Strike Paralyzes UK’s Main Canned Tuna Import Harbor
On August 21, approximately 2,000 dockworkers at the Port of Felixstowe began an eight-day walkout. It is the major harbour in the UK for canned tuna imports. In 2020, the country took...
Court Upholds Fraud Indictment On Alliance Select’s Former Boss
An appellate court in the Philippines has upheld an indictment against several top executives of the tuna company, Alliance Select Foods International Inc. (ASFII), including Founder and...
Govt Cuts Storage Fees In Azores In Response To Market Instability
The war in Ukraine has drastically affected the tuna business of Azores by making it difficult for companies to transport the products from one place to another. This, along with inflation has...
Omani Firm Joins IPNLF Yellowfin Improvement Project
Seafood Souq and the International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) have collaborated in a pilot project using the Foundation’s Fisheries Improvement Toolkit (FIT). The goal was to bring...
Seiner Helicopter Firm Accused Of Nine Deaths
An interesting trial is underway in US-based territory, Guam. This case concerns Hansen Helicopters. The firm operates more than four dozen choppers used on purse seiners to spot free schools...
PNA Ports See Higher Carrier Activity In July
Last month, purse seiners operating in the WCPO transferred one of the highest tonnages of whole round frozen tuna into carriers in PNA ports, propelled by the maximized efforts that captains...
USD 50 M For Monitoring Tuna Biomass Through Acoustic Sensors
Canadian Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) secured funds to build and deploy gear to survey and monitor tuna biomass as well as other biomasses in deeper parts of the oceans. The aquatic...
World Bank Loans USD 300 Million To Mozambique
After years of suspending aid to Mozambique, international financial institutions are once again lending money to the African nation. The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and...
UN Discussing Partial Closure Of High Seas
On August 15 in New York, the UN member states gathered for the Intergovernmental Conference on an international legally binding instrument, an Ocean Treaty, to discuss a...
Some Progress At WCPFC Science Dialogue, But Will It Help?
Although comprehensive discussions took place at the WCPFC’s first Science Management Dialogue, the tuna industry has to wait and see if this meeting contributed to member countries agreeing...
WCPO Skipjack Catches Plunged In July Amidst Ban
Amidst the FAD ban, purse seine skipjack catches in the WCPO plunged in July despite the increased fishing effort in both PNA EEZs and the high seas. Skippers continued to take the most...
Vanuatu Court Rules Chinese Longliners Not Guilty Of IUU Fishing
The Vanuatu Supreme Court ruled on August 9 that the crew of the two Chinese longliners that were seized in January, 2021 are not guilty of illegal fishing. The Office of the Public...
Tuvalu Will Use Satellite Scan To Hunt Illegal Vessels
A first-time initiative by the Pacific Island of Tuvalu aims to maximize its earnings from tuna access deals and combat IUU fishing by engaging a New Zealand satellite firm to monitor its...
Princes Group Aims For 100 Percent MSC Tuna By 2025
UK-based Princes Group has announced that it plans to source and sell 100 percent sustainable MSC-certified tuna for its Princes brand by the end of 2025. This is an ambitious step for...
Dongwon First To Launch Premium ‘Tuna Liquid’
Surprisingly, Dongwon F&B announced the launch of "Premium Dongwon Tuna Liquid" just a few days after Halla Foods introduced their "Tuna Juice-liquid seasoning". The normal version of the...
Ivory Coast Govt Gives In To Demands, Abidjan Port Shutdown Avoided
The protest march to shut down the Abidjan Port on August 20 did not take place. The organizers decided to give the discussion with the authorities on their problems with the illegal faux thon...
