Imports of whole round frozen yellowfin by canneries in Thailand hit a five-year high in Q1 2022 and the price of these shipments also reached a peak level. Overall, this business amounted to...
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MSC And PNA React To Shark Guardian’s Shark Finning Allegations
MSC and PNA have reacted to the document published earlier this month by the UK NGO, Shark Guardian, which alleged that some vessels under the Tri Marine MSC certification in the WCPO had...
Canned Tuna Consolidated Third Position In US Seafood Consumption
Although overall seafood consumption in the US dropped in 2020, more canned tuna was bought. The shelf-stable item ranked third in the National Fisheries Institute’s (NFI) recently released...
EPO Skipjack Stock Is Healthy, IATTC Staff Says After Stock Assessment
Most of the concerns regarding the health of the EPO skipjack have been put to rest by the latest IATTC stock assessment, which deems the stock healthy. The RFMO’s Scientific Advisory...
Dongwon Raises Value Of Assets – Including StarKist – By 53%
After earlier valuing StarKist at zero and receiving backlash from a group of angry shareholders, Dongwon Group has readjusted the merger ratio between Dongwon Industries and Dongwon...
Thai Union Invests In Canadian Algae Bio-Oil Firm
Thai Union (TU) Group announced on Wednesday that it will be investing CAD 39.5 million (USD 30.8 million) in Mara Renewables Corporation as part of a growth funding round. Mara, based in Nova...
Dead Seiner Crew Member Found In Lagoon
A dead Asian crew member of a tuna purse seiner was found dead in the Majuro Lagoon, Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI), on Tuesday morning. According to a police report from the Majuro Atoll...
Accusations Of IUU Fishing EU Seiners Based On “Non-Reliable” Data
Europêche, the leading trade body representing EU fishing companies, is irate over allegations that Spanish and French-owned purse seiners were IUU fishing in the waters of several developing...
Real Introduces Gourmet Canned Tuna
The Real tuna brand, owned by Nirsa, has launched a new Gourmet line with four different flavors – fine herbs, pepper and lemon, oregano, and smoked tuna with chili. All the products are...
Mooring Of Large Seiners Steers Seychelles Quotes Upward
Skipjack catches in the Indian Ocean (IO) around Seychelles are poor, which is normal for May and June. There arer fewer fish caught on FADs during this period and only free school fishing is...
Americans Consumed 18% More Canned Tuna
The US increased its canned tuna consumption by 18 percent per capita in 2020 while total seafood demand dropped three percent per head because of disruption in supply and lockdowns due to the...
No Compliance, No Subsidies For Tuna Vessels Say Chinese Provinces
Two major Chinese provinces, Fujian and Shangdong, which serve as bases for the Chinese distant water fleet targeting tuna and other seafood, have announced that fuel subsidies will only be...
Tri Marine MSC Certified Vessels Allegedly Committed Shark Finning
A recently released study by the UK non-profit Shark Guardian has accused several purse seining and longlining vessels active within the Western Pacific under the Tri Marine MSC...
Tuna Proteins Might Help Alleviate Arthritis
A group of researchers has looked into tuna elastin peptides and how they could alleviate arthritis in humans. Scientists from Ningbo University in China recently published the study --...
IOTC “Will Collapse” If Conservation Measures Are Not Applied
On the first day of the IOTC annual meeting, Seychelle’s Fisheries Minister warned that the Commission is “in a dangerous situation." On May 16, Jean Francois Ferrari announced in his opening...
Century Tuna Superbods Finalists Revealed In Live Show
The 32 finalists of this year’s Century Tuna Superbods were revealed at the Sofitel Plaza in Manila on May 11. The auditions were held online but the activities and challenges the candidates...
Thai Skipjack Q1 Imports Reduced By 20%
Thai canners purchased 20 percent less whole round frozen skipjack in the first quarter of 2022 given that many main seiner fleets experienced lower catches. The total business lost around...
Basque Pole & Liners Trapped In EU-Senegal Conflict
Since January, four Basque pole-and-line vessels have been moored in the Dakar Port while waiting for a solution to legal issues that caused their seizure. The Senegalese government...
Pacific Islands Have Excessive Burden Of Feeding The World
Tuvalu's Foreign Minister, Simon Kofe, has said that tiny Pacific island nations carry a disproportionate burden trying to feed the world with tuna from their waters. He wants climate change...
Walmart Unjustly Blamed For Not Mentioning Species On Its Label?
Walmart’s Great Value Chunk Light Tuna is the least favorite canned tuna for nutritionist Lauren Manaker. She has criticized the brand for not specifying the species on the label so consumers...
