The US purse seine fleet has been shrinking and in 2020 fell to the lowest level in the past five years, states the latest data from NOAA. However, this decline appears to be continuing...
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Callipo Showing Strong Revenue Growth In H1 2021
In the first half of the year, the Italian preserved tuna brand Callipo recorded an important turnover growth compared to the same period in 2020. This echoes last year's trend when the...
Cook Islands Keeps Waters Open For Spanish Seiners
The government of Cook Islands and the EU have agreed to extend their sustainable fisheries partnership agreement (SFPA) for another three years as the current one will expire soon. Under this...
Mozambique Fears “Litigation Chaos” Over USD 800 Mil Tuna Bonds Scandal
In the legal battle over the controversial debt scandal that involved USD 2 billion in loans (including over USD 800 million in tuna bonds) in Mozambique, the country's government is...
Maldives Wants UK To Grant 0% Duty For Its Tuna Products
Maldives hopes to export its tuna products duty-free to the UK as negotiations are ongoing between the two countries. On Tuesday, the country’s Minister of Fisheries, Marine Resources, and...
Biggest Publicly Traded Korean Tuna Firms’ Shares Surging During 2021
Korean tuna fishing companies have been strongly recovering from the massive blow that the COVID-19 pandemic dealt their stock values. The first signs of improvement appeared around March and...
OPAGAC Pushing Brussels Again On An EU Social Standard For Tuna Imports
The Organization of Associated Producers of Large Freezer Tuna vessels (OPAGAC) is pushing the Spanish social responsibility APR AENOR logo to be used as a social benchmark for the EU tuna...
Tri Marine’s Growing Production Becoming More Dependent On External Fleets
During 2020, the tuna production in processing facilities owned by Tri Marine International (TMI) showed healthy growth. Although catches by the company’s own vessels went down, this gap was...
Chinese Province Wants To Expand Its Already Large Seiner Fleet
The Fujian provincial government in China wants to expand its tuna fishing fleet and will be handing out subsidies to fishing companies. Under its “Eight Measures for the High-Quality...
Century Pacific’s CEO Among Asia’s Best
The CEO of the Philippines' tuna processing company Century Pacific, Ted Po, has been recognized by the Institutional Investor’s (II) Research 2021 All-Asia Executive Team buy-side survey. Po...
MSC’s Warning Of Suspension Of WCPO Tuna Fisheries Certifications Ironic
The lack of harvest control rules (HCRs) in the biggest tuna fishing ground in the world, the WCPO, is jeopardizing the MSC certification for 22 tuna fisheries in the region. This is despite...
Echebastar Wants To Expand Its Ultra-Frozen Tuna Supply
The Spanish fishing company, Echebastar, has been betting on ultra-freeze technology to keep its tuna catches as fresh as possible from sea to plate. The firm's seiners operating in the...
Subway Requests Judge To Toss Out “Frivolous Claims” Tuna Lawsuit
Subway Restaurants has urged a California federal judge to toss out the lawsuit brought against it by consumers stating that there is no tuna in its tuna sandwiches, wraps, and salads. The...
A Quarter Of Tri Marine’s Sourced Tuna Could Have Been Sold As MSC
The tuna trading, fishing, and production company Tri Marine International (TMI) has released its 2020 sustainability report which gives stakeholders a comprehensive look inside the firm’s...
Illegal Saiko Fisheries Threaten Ghana’s Tuna Sector’s Future
Ghana still has an illegal fishing problem and observers say that they have been bribed or faced intimidation in trawler vessels, according to the latest NGO report. And even though the tuna...
Chinese Pacific Fleet Shrinking, Most Seiners Chartered Out
The WCPO Chinese purse seine and longline fleets have been shrinking over the years despite media reports of their expansion in the Pacific region. This is according to data in China’s annual...
Study: Cameras Onboard Reduce Underreporting By Longliner Captains
A new study on the use of electronic monitoring (EM) in tuna longliners is showing the potential the technology has to improve the management of these vessels. Researchers conducted trials in...
Tuna Fishermen Jailed For Jumping Off Boats During Quarantine
Three tuna fishermen were arrested last week in the Marshall Islands for breaking the quarantine rules while they were supposed to be in self-isolation in their respective vessels. The...
Recall: Cats Didn’t Like Plastics In Purina Tuna Cans
About two weeks ago in the US, Nestlé Purina PetCare voluntarily recalled a limited amount of Purina Pro Plan Complete Essentials Tuna Entrée In Sauce wet cat food in 3 oz (85 gram) cans. Some...
Mythical Creature Fights Over Mega Tuna In New Ad
Filipino brand, Mega Tuna is on a roll when it comes to delivering bizarre and fantastical ads. This time around, it has chosen to go with a video campaign featuring the manananggal, a...
