The Republic of the Marshall Islands has stepped up its efforts towards more transparency for its tuna fishing fleet. It has committed to sharing its vessel monitoring system (VMS) data on the...
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Seafood Expo Global Barcelona Ends Successfully
Attendees at the three-day Seafood Expo Global in Barcelona welcomed the overall good atmosphere of the well-organized event. After two years of missing face-to-face meetings due to the global...
Tri Marine Celebrates 50 Years In Tuna Business
Global tuna company Tri Marine will be celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. It was established in 1972 as an Italian government-owned tuna supplier based in Singapore to source...
Spanish Seiners Invest In Reduction Of Bycatch
Spanish fishing group OPAGAC-AGAC began this year with four new projects that contribute to the sustainability of the tuna fleets fishing in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans. In the...
FCF Cert Scope Extension Includes All Taiwan-Flagged Seiners
The conformity assessment body, SCS Global, recently announced a scope extension for the Western Pacific Sustainable Tuna Alliance (WPSTA). The fishery holds a certification for skipjack and...
Itochu Corporation Inches Closer To MSC Certification
The Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) has released the Public Comment Draft Report for Japanese trader Itochu Corporation for its MSC assessment in WCPO. The SI WCPO Skipjack and Yellowfin Tuna...
Thai Union Tops Index On Social Responsibility
Thai Union Group has topped a global index of the top 30 most influential seafood companies that were ranked for their efforts on social responsibility, environmental sustainability,...
OPAGAC’s IO Objection Mostly Refused, Atlantic Cert Goes To Adjudication
The outcome of the objection hearing concerning the MSC certification of the Spanish fishery OPAGAC in the Indian Ocean (IO) has been published. The independent adjudicator found that most of...
Seafood Expo Global 2022 Begins In Barcelona
After a delay of two years, the Seafood Expo Global started today for its first edition in Barcelona. For three days until April 28, around 1,560 exhibitors from 76 countries are present...
Solomon Islands Is Making Progress With Bina Harbor Tuna Cannery
There is major progress underway for the Bina Harbour Tuna Processing Plant Project in 2022, the Solomon Islands’ Ministry of Fisheries & Marine Resources stated in a press release over...
EU Imports Of Yellowfin Whole Rounds Fell Drastically
EU canners’ demand for yellowfin is falling which is reflected in the major reduction of their imports in 2021 whereas they shifted towards buying more skipjack. Their yellowfin sourcing also...
Shareholders Demand Abolition Of Act That Enables Unfair Dongwon Industries Merger
A group of minority shareholders is preparing a class-action lawsuit against Dongwon Industries for an unfair merger with Dongwon Enterprise. The case has been expanded to include a demand to...
Taiwan Prosecutes Captain & Eight Others For Abuse On Longliner
Taiwanese authorities are stepping up their efforts to combat forced labor issues in its tuna fisheries. Last week, nine people including a captain and his first mate of the tuna longliner ‘Da...
Ecuador Ships Out USD 1.2 Billion Of Canned And Loined Tuna
The 2021 Ecuadorian fish export business increased in value by more than one-tenth of what it was worth in 2020. Tuna, which represents the vast majority of the industry, registered a boost...
ICCAT Should Adopt Harvest Strategy For Bluefin This Year
Global stakeholders in the tuna business gathered to discuss the importance of sustainable management of Atlantic bluefin, tropical tuna, and swordfish in the ICCAT convention area. Experts...
EU Processors’ Demand For Skipjack Raw Material Rose By 30%
EU processors’ demand for skipjack increased as they imported nearly one-third more frozen whole rounds in 2021 compared to the previous year. The Spanish especially purchased more raw...
Credit Suisse Sued Over Receiving USD 138 Million Bribes In Tuna Fraud
In the latest volley against Credit Suisse, Mozambique has filed a new lawsuit against the Swiss bank for allegedly claiming that it acted in good faith and that its employees had not accepted...
Longliners Using The Hookpod, Good News For Seabirds
To prevent seabird bycatch, for the past two years New Zealand has allowed the use of the Hookpod in the country's tuna longline fisheries. To date, the vessels using the devices have reported...
‘You Know’ Campaign Appeals To Consumer’s Love For Tuna
Iconic Colombian canned tuna brand, Van Camp's, has launched a new campaign ‘You Know’. Van Camp's owned by SeaTech International has realized that repositioning its products was not necessary...
High Transshipment Activity In PNG, Majuro Falls Back
More tuna was transshipped in PNA ports during March than in the previous month. The recovery brought back the volume to the same level as in January when the harbors recorded their best...
