Business for Thailand’s canned tuna processors was off to a good start in the first quarter of 2022, with overall shipments remaining relatively stable despite the steep increase in the...
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Skyrocketing Costs Not Expected To Increase Spanish Canners’ EU Sales
A significant hike in manufacturing costs, especially for commodities such as steel, vegetable oil, and raw material is hitting the world's tuna processing industry. The Spanish canning sector...
Will IOTC Members Follow Scientific Advice And Cut Yellowfin Catches Further?
Despite having a yellowfin rebuilding plan since 2017, the stock remains overfished and subject to overfishing, according to the latest stock assessment data by the IOTC Scientific staff. They...
Consorcio Continues To Reign Over Spanish Albacore Market
Grupo Consorcio has strengthened its position as Spanish consumers' preferred Bonito del Norte (albacore) supplier as the 2021 turnover rose. Its brand, Consorcio, has kept a leading position...
Readers Want To See StarKist’s Value Included In Merger
The minority shareholders of Dongwon Industries revolted against the merger between the listed fishing business unit of the Dongwon Group with unlisted Dongwon Enterprise. They found the...
EU Wants No Immediate Cuts For IO Yellowfin, But Maldives Insists
The IOTC annual meeting will take place in mid-May and members have submitted their proposals on the yellowfin plan. Coastal nation Maldives is pushing for an even more ambitious reduction in...
ISSF: Member Firms Closer To 100% Compliant With Conservation Rules
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) recently released its annual report, emphasizing the efforts in achieving sustainable tuna fisheries and focusing on transparency in...
Presence Of MSC In Europe’s Largest Tuna Market Remains Meager
The production of MSC canned tuna in Spain has been consistently growing in the last couple of years. However, the vast majority is exported. Spain has one of the highest per capita...
World Tuna Day On Social Media
Yesterday, the world celebrated World Tuna Day, and a lot of posts with #WorldTunaDay were shared on social media. On this occasion, NGOs, companies, and individuals referred to the importance...
PNA Wants FAD Buoys Registered Beginning In 2023
PNA members and Tokelau have agreed on the registration and tracking of electronic buoys attached to drifting fish aggregating devices (DFADs), effective from January 1 next year. The parties...
Albacora’s President Latxaga Wins Entrepreneur Of The Year Award
On April 26, Iñaki Latxaga, President and Founder of Albacora, was given the Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2021 for the northern area of Spain. Luisa Latxaga received the plaque on behalf of...
Global MSC Tuna Sales Doubled In Five Years
On World Tuna Day, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has forecasted a sharp growth in the volume of sustainable tuna sold to consumers. Today, the Council announced that it foresees sales...
The World Celebrates Tuna Day
Today is World Tuna Day, the time to celebrate the most commercial fish, which is a source of food for millions across the globe. One of the biggest topics that companies, NGOs, and...
Major Global Tuna Highlights April 2022
April continued to be a busy month for the tuna industry with raw material prices across the world’s ports increasing as well as other key commodities. The cost of fuel slightly decreased for...
Albacore Whole Rounds Demand From EU Canners Hit 5-Year Low
EU processors imported the lowest volume of albacore whole rounds in five years, which was influenced by a massive drop in purchases of raw material from EU-flagged vessels. The US fleet’s...
NGOs Call For Downgrading Taiwan To Tier 2
US non-profits have called on the American authorities to bump down Taiwan in the rankings of the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for forced labor issues in its distant water...
Beta Testing Of New GDST Tool For Traceability Data Sharing Completed
Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) has announced that it has successfully completed the first round of beta testing an IT tool that enables automatic computer-to-computer sharing...
Ecuador Joins Latin American Tuna Groups To Recycle Fishing Nets
Several tuna groups in Latin America are working together for a net recycling project (Net Positiva) aiming to mitigate the impact of ghost gear in the oceans. Ecuador will soon be joining the...
Annual Report Shows 26 Percent Of FIA’s MSC Catch Processed Locally
The Fishing Industry Association (FIA) of PNG has revealed that its members captured 123,266 M/T of MSC certified tropical tuna in 2021, according to its annual report published last week. The...
Pacifical Partners Urge Adoption Of Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard In WCPO
Partners of Pacifical have called for the Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard (RFVS), centering around crew rights and their safety, to be adopted in their MSC tuna supply chain. They...
