The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has announced that its Stakeholder Survey is open and has stated that it wants perspectives on the organization. This includes its priorities, the value of...
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Heavy Q3 Skipjack Buying By Thai Canners, Despite Falling Sales
Thai processors have been buying much more raw material than in the previous years. Their cumulative Q3 purchases of whole round skipjack in particular drove the frozen raw tuna imports to the...
FisheryProgress Considering FIPs To Adopt Their Own Labor Code
The global platform for Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs), FisheryProgress, is deciding whether companies and fleets can keep their social policies and programs but be evaluated under its...
Tax Benefits Driving Spanish Tuna Fishers Away?
Tuna crews in Spain's Canary Islands are choosing to work for vessels flagged to other countries. The talent drain has been attributed mainly to a Spanish policy that provides income tax...
Californian Consumers Now Say Subway Tuna Contains Meat
In a third and flimsy attempt, two Californian consumers have once again alleged that tuna sandwiches from Subway are not filled with actual tuna. This time they claim that the food contains...
Tuna Fishing Around Japanese Island Hit By Rock Problem
Volcanic rocks are creating havoc for the tuna sector at Okinawa Island in southwestern Japan. Massive amounts of pumice stones have drifted ashore and this has been hampering tuna fishing....
Empress Canned Tuna Brand Gets New Owner
The American canned tuna brand, Empress, has a new owner as the Japanese conglomerate Mitsui sold it to the US Gellert Global Group. The transition was part of a deal closed last week which...
Thai Union’s Q3 Canned Tuna Sales Revenue Declines
Thai Union (TU) recently released news that its net profit dropped by about six percent while sales increased for all segments in the third quarter of this year (Q3 2021). On the other hand,...
Vietnamese Firm’s Exports To US Soaring Despite COVID-19 Waves
The Vietnamese tuna company, Binh Dinh Fishery Joint Stock Company (BIDIFISCO), has all hands on deck preparing for end-of-the-year shipments, the majority of which is headed to the US. Its...
Purse Seiner Operators Facing The Highest Fuel Cost In More Than 1 Yr
Global oil prices have once again climbed over USD 80 per barrel, continuing the trend of such high values for energy throughout the year. WCPO purse seiner owners are now facing peak fuel...
Costa Rica Govt Keeps Ignoring Plans To Build Local Canneries
The government of Costa Rica has been accused of ignoring several proposals to build tuna processing plants in the country. Allegedly, the reason why the officials are turning a blind eye to...
Real Kids Tuna Uses Minions To Appeal To Ecuadorian Children
Minions, a creation of Universal Studios, are starring on the packaging and in the video campaign of the first Ecuadorian tuna snack for kids. Nirsa, the owner of the Real brand, has recently...
Tuvalu & Other Tuna Rich Nations Demand Climate Change Action
As the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26) meeting is currently ongoing, one Tuvalu Minister has given his speech while standing in the ocean. Pacific island governments have been demanding...
Lawsuit: “American Tuna” Not So American?
A class-action suit has been filed against American Tuna Inc. alleging that the company has been giving false information and misleading consumers by advertising that the tuna in its...
French Longliners Accused Of IUU Fishing In Vanuatu
Three French tuna longliners have been accused of fishing illegally in Vanuatu's waters by the country’s Prime Minister (PM), Bob Loughman. He expressed his disappointment in a letter to the...
TV Show Alleges Species Fraud In Spanish Canned Tuna
Allegations have been hurled that some preserved tuna products in Spain are made of other, cheaper fish species. The claim was revealed last week on the TV show Are You Going to Eat It, which...
French Polynesia Forces Chinese Firm To Pay For Stranded Longliner
The hard stance that French Polynesia took by impounding a Chinese tuna longliner has worked. Two weeks ago, the country’s authorities seized ‘Ping Tai Rong 316’ after the owner of the vessel,...
Atlantic Albacore Fishery Recommended To Preserving MSC Again
The conformity assessment body (CAB) of the North Atlantic Albacore Artisanal fishery, Bureau Veritas, has officially recommended its MSC recertification in the Final Draft Report which was...
IUU Fishing Vessels In PNG Mainly Misreport
Most of the infringements by tuna fishing vessels in PNG have to do with underreporting rather than being illegal, according to National Fisheries Authority’s (NFA) Deputy Managing Director,...
Vegetable Oil Price Explosion Hits Tuna Processors
Food prices around the world are soaring and hit their peak in October, with vegetable oils and grains pushing this bullish trend. The tuna sector is very susceptible to this situation since...
