The truck drivers' strike entered its third week but seems to have lost momentum. According to the Association of Self-Employed Workers (ATA), 95 percent of autonomous drivers went back to...
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Echebastar’s Super-Frozen Tuna Production Keeps Growing
Over the years, the Spanish fishing company, Echebastar, has managed to increase its super-frozen yellowfin production. In 2021, it reached 3,000 M/T and this volume is expected to rise to...
NOAA Investigated Climate Change Impact On Albacore Fishing
NOAA, the US national science agency, is working with scientists to explore the potential impacts of climate change on West Coast fisheries, which includes albacore, in the Future Seas...
MIFCO Handed An Island Exclusively For Tuna Processing
State-owned MIFCO will soon be able to expand its tuna operations as the Maldivian government has handed over the island of Thaa atoll Funaddoo to the company. The tuna firm received the...
EU Fleet Has Become Virtually “Unprofitable”, Crisis Mechanism Activated
On Friday, the European Commission announced that it will be giving financial aid to the fishery, aquaculture, and processing sectors, which have been struggling to keep their heads above...
Migrant Tuna Workers Disrupting Village Life
American Samoa villages are having problems with the employees working at the StarKist Samoa tuna cannery. A guest workers law allows the company to hire people from Samoa to fill the jobs,...
Indonesia Seizes Local Vessels For IUU Fishing
One foreign-flagged boat and 21 Indonesian-flagged vessels were seized for IUU fishing by the Indonesian Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. This came about from the surveillance...
Oman Objects To Its Vessels Being On IOTC’s IUU List
After ICCAT blacklisted three Omani-flagged longliners in December for illegal fishing, these vessels have ended up on the IOTC IUU list. This week, Omani authorities sent a letter to the...
Shortfall In Russian Steel Pushes Up Empty Cans’ Price
The shortage of steel due to economic sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine is going to place extra pressure on tuna processors as prices for the metal are rising. On March 15,...
PNG FIA Wants To Join The Crew Safety Bandwagon With FISH Standard
Crew safety has become one of the most talked-about issues in the fishing industry in the last couple of years. Boat owners and organizations looking to stand out from the pack and take a step...
World Tuna Conference 2022 Returns To In-Person Meeting
World Tuna 2022, the tuna trade conference and exhibition in Bangkok, will take place this year as a hybrid event that can be attended either in-person or virtually. Today, organizer InfoFish...
Driver’s Strike Goes On Despite Half-Baked 1 Billion EUR Agreement
The truck drivers’ strike that has been shaking up Spain for the last two weeks is set to continue despite officials calling to resume normal activities after a deal was reached during the...
Albacora Expands Tuna Fishing Operations With Tanzania Deal
Albacora is expanding its overseas tuna operations and has registered its subsidiary, Pemba Tuna Limited, in Tanzania. The Spanish tuna fishing company will also help train local sailors and...
10-Year International Fishers Safety Treaty Still Far From Implementation
The Cape Town Agreement (CTA) has been ratified by Kenya, bringing the list of countries supporting the initiative to 17. Despite the pact being formed a decade ago, this is still distant from...
WCPO Transshipment Volumes Took A Big Drop In February
Fewer loads of tuna were transshipped in PNA ports in February following a fall in overall catches by purse seiners in the Western Central Pacific region. Transshipment volumes fell by 23...
PNG Industry Wants Deep Cuts In VDS Tuna License Fees
The PNG Fishing Industry Association (FIA) wants the country's fishing policies to be revised so that domestic seiners can get cheaper VDS days. Otherwise, PNG's economy will be negatively...
BB’s Former Owner Lion Capital Likely To Face Price-Fixing Claims
A Californian federal judge has decided that tuna buyers have presented sufficient evidence to pursue antitrust claims for price-fixing canned tuna against the former owners of Bumble Bee,...
Zahara de los Atunes Tuna Route Comes Back After 2 Years
The Zahara de los Atunes Tuna Route in Spain is set to come back this year after having been cancelled for the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event will take place from May...
Grupomar Clashing With Peruvian Firm Over Failed Joint Venture
An ongoing legal battle is currently taking place in Peru between the Mexican tuna fishing company Grupomar and the Peruvian firm CASAMAR. The clash has been going on for more than three years...
Microplastics In Canned Tuna Mainly Due To Water In Canning Process
A group of scientists has found microplastics (MPs) in commercially canned tuna in analyzed samples in Ecuador. Products in brine were found to have more polymers than items in oil but this is...
