Buyers considering introducing MSC canned tuna or expanding their range have been brought to a state of confusion due to mixed signals being given by two major environmental organizations....
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Subway Records Highest Sales Despite PR Nightmare
Subway recorded its best-ever sales month since 2013 in August this year. This positive news for the company comes at a time when it has been facing a lot of negative media backlash from...
Construction Of New Build Large-Scale Seiners Grinds To A Halt
The number of newly built large-purse seiners destined for the tropical tuna fleet has ground to a halt in 2021. This is what the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF)...
Airone Guarantees Sustainability Only Through EII & FOS
The Italian vertically integrated canned tuna company Airone Seafood has pledged its commitment to achieving the complete implementation of the points of UN Agenda 2030 in a recent letter its...
StarKist Says Too Many Buyers Uninjured In Class Certification
On Wednesday, US tuna company StarKist asked a federal appeals court to decertify three classes of canned tuna buyers in a sprawling multi-district lawsuit saying too many of the class members...
Volcano Eruption Forces Tuna Fishermen To Stop Work
The Cumbre Vieja volcano erupted this past Sunday in La Palma, in the Canary Islands. Consequently, the traditional tuna fishermen on the island have been forced to moor their vessels and stop...
Callipo Conserve Makes Deal With Uni To Enhance Waste From Tuna Processing
A Calabrian university has signed an agreement with Italian canned fish company, Callipo Conserve Alimentari, with the aim of enhancing waste from tuna processing. The Department of Civil...
Peru Boosting Its Micro & Small Tuna Companies
The Peruvian government has invested more than PEN 3.26 million (USD 792,000) in national micro and small (MYPES) processing companies. The initiative, which includes canned tuna firms, aims...
Experts: Retailers Should Use Commercial Power To Guide RFMO Decisions
Several experts met virtually to speak about retailers and their interests in the RFMOs' decision-making process focusing on the German market. The closed workshop was undertaken with the...
EU Wanting Higher Meat Tax A Call For More Sustainable Tuna?
In the EU, one of the methods that has been discussed to reduce carbon emissions and fight climate change is the imposition of higher meat taxes. The first draft of a new green deal was...
Jealsa To Export 90% Of Its Valorization Division’s Output
Spain's largest tuna company, Jealsa, has announced that it will be exporting almost all the output of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Valora Marine Ingredients. The latter was created as a way...
Chinese Consumers’ Strong Like For Imported Canned Tuna
China’s imports of canned skipjack are growing and there is plenty of room for more expansion, according to a market expert. Long Wang, General Manager from Shangdong Ocean International...
Vietnam’s PM Wants EU Yellow Card Gone By End Of Year
Pham Minh Chinh, Prime Minister (PM) of Vietnam, wants to end IUU fishing and have the country’s EU yellow card rescinded by year’s end. Regions in the country have reportedly taken on the...
Many Large-Scale Seiners Repurposed This Year
The world’s large-scale purse seine fleet targeting tropical tuna represents around 37 percent of all tuna seiners but is responsible for almost 70 percent of the total catches. Up until July...
IOTC Special Session To Consider FAD Reduction Vote?
A Special Session in January 2022 has been proposed by IOTC to consider whether to adopt a drifting FADs proposal that was laid out during the annual session (S25) held in June. This matter...
Spanish Farmers Achieve Best Bluefin Exports Figures Since 2004
Cartagena, a city in Spain, continues to lead in terms of bluefin exports at the national and EU level. The Minister of Water, Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Environment, Antonio...
Scientists Adopt Measures To Reduce False Killer Whales Bycatch
The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council in the US has adopted several recommendations to improve the management of false...
Bluefin As A Barometer For Ocean Mercury Concentration
Given the long life span of bluefin (BFT), scientists say that they can be used as a gauge for global patterns of mercury (Hg) pollution as well as the bioavailability in the oceans. They...
Iran’s Canned Tuna Exports Picking Up Despite Economic Sanctions?
Exports of canned tuna from Iran have boomed over the past year and managed to almost double in volume. The majority of the product was destined to nearby countries like Iraq or Armenia. The...
Small Seiners Pushing Sharp Growth Of World’s Tuna Fleet
Over the past year, the world’s purse seine fleet has increased by more than 100 vessels. The vast majority of these boats represent small-scale or mini seiners as the share of the large-scale...
