In the stable Japanese canned tuna market, Philippine processors lost business to Thailand and Indonesia in the first half of the year. The Filipino canneries were unable to maintain their...
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StarKist Takes Price Fixing Case To US Supreme Court
Virginia-based canner StarKist has announced that the company will not be backing down within the price-fixing case and has proceeded to file a “writ of certiorari” appeal to the US Supreme...
Real Atunara Tuna Trap Plundered
Real Atunara, a Portuguese company operating in the tuna trap fishery business, was target of an organized crime this week. Its trap nets, located in the Mediterranean, off the coast of...
Two-Thirds Of Calvo’s Tuna Sourcing Sustainable
The Spanish tuna firm Grupo Calvo is leaving no stone unturned in its goal to source 100 percent of its tuna from responsible or sustainable fisheries by 2025. Although work still has to be...
83 Illegal Vessels Seized By Indonesia In 6 Months
After blowing up foreign ships to combat IUU, Indonesia has now started a more subtle approach. In the first half of 2022, the nation's navy seized 83 vessels that carried out illegal,...
EPO Yellowfin Catches Record High, Almost Exceed Skipjack
Eastern Pacific Ocean yellowfin captures reached a historic level, whereas skipjack catches trended downwards in the first half of 2022, IATTC data show. The volume is in line with the poor...
ISSF Reports Decline Of Large-scale Seiners
The number of large-scale seiners has decreased and so has their total capacity, concludes ISSF in its Technical Report of July 2022. The Foundation estimated the number and fish hold capacity...
MSC New Ghost Gear Standard Will Directly Impact FAD Fisheries
More insights collected over the last decade not only the impacts but also the design of ghost gear have made the MSC change its standard. The latest MSC standard will have more robust and...
Thai Union’s Higher Q2 Tuna Sales Not Reflected In Profits
Over the second quarter of this year, Thai Union Group booked an all-time high turnover mainly driven by canned tuna sales. However, the net income remained far behind a trend that had already...
Korean Fishermen Hit The Streets Demanding Higher Bluefin Quota
Representatives of various fishermen organizations in South Korea rallied in front of the presidential office in Seoul. They were involved in the coastal fishing operations along the coast of...
Maldives Opens Up Trade And Logistics Of Pole And Line Tuna
Last week, the Maldivian government began preparing to issue licenses to foreign vessels (reefer carriers), allowing those who own or charter these transport boats to purchase tuna within...
China Obstructs Any IATTC Progress On Longlining And SP Albacore
One of the most pressing issues at this year’s annual IATTC gathering was strengthening measures for the EPO longline fishery. Comprehensive proposals involving topics such as observers and...
Panama’s Flag Policies Open To Abuse
Panama has the largest fleet of merchant ships worldwide, which equates to eight percent of the global fleet. However, the country’s flag policies have been alleged to provide cover for...
Healthy Tuna Tears, A Japanese Delicacy
Japanese cuisine can sometimes amaze even the most passionate tuna consumers. Traditional Japanese tuna dishes, other than sashimi and sushi, can also be prepared from exclusive pieces, such...
USA North Albacore Troll Catches Continue To Decline
Since the 1900s, North Pacific albacore has been the target stock for the US pole-and-line fleet and later its troll fisheries. The volume fished in recent years has declined, something that...
Kenya’s Tuna Processing Project Restarted Despite Corruption Allegations
In the summer of last year, corruption claims against the construction company in charge of the Liwatoni tuna fisheries complex resulted in the Kenyan government halting the KES 1 billion (USD...
Dongwon Industries Achieves USD 1.3 Billion Sales, Best H1 Performance Ever
The largest tuna fishing company in South Korea, Dongwon Industries, experienced a prosperous first half of this year, which turned out to be the best performance ever for it in terms of sales...
New Zealand Tuna Longliners Need Limits On Turtle Bycatch
A study shows that 58 protected turtles, many of them vulnerable leatherbacks, were caught by surface longliners targeting bigeye and swordfish during the 2020 to 2021 period. The report...
Vietnam Tuna Export Revenue Up Nearly 60 Percent In H1 2022
Despite the abysmal yellowfin fishing season for the past few months in Vietnam, the country has managed to increase its exports to international markets and experienced a good turnover....
South Korean Beaches Littered With Dead Juvenile Tuna
Thousands of dead tuna beached on the coast of Yeongdeok-gun in South Korea. On July 28, locals reported that the coastline was reeking of rotting bluefin. The areas of Jangsari Beach,...
