The WCPO has the highest number of drifting FADs (dFADs) deployed or redeployed in a year but that is because it is the largest tuna fishery in the world. However, the number has stayed stable...
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Maruha Nichiro Buys Japanese Bigeye Processor
The largest Japanese tuna and seafood company, Maruha Nichiro, has acquired nearly two-thirds of the shares of processing firm, Marine Access Corporation, to boost its tuna business. The...
Tuna Companies Implementing FisheryProgress’ Human Rights Code
For several months, FisheryProgress, the global platform for Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) has been trying to include a human rights policy into its scoring system. Several tuna...
Talley’s Welcomes Audit After Whistleblower Reveals Precarious Working Conditions
The New Zealand food company and owner of the country's leading canned tuna brand, Talley’s, has announced that it will be opening its doors to third-party audits in all of its plants...
Major Global Tuna Highlights June 2021
June was a busy month for the global tuna industry. Skipjack prices in many of the trading hubs fell, partly caused by high shipping costs. Two RFMOs held meetings but only the IOTC managed to...
Indonesia Refuses To Cut Its IO Yellowfin Catches By 40%
Indonesia is unhappy about the IOTC reducing its Indian Ocean (IO) yellowfin catches in the new interim rebuilding plan, arguing that it will threaten its artisanal fishers' livelihoods. The...
Ex-Trump Advisor Advocates Military Build-Up To Secure Tuna Supply
The former US National Security Advisor, Robert C. O’Brien who worked under the Trump Administration is asking for military presence in American Samoa to prevent the expansion by the "maritime...
Atunlo Launches New Range Of Pre-cooked Products
- Advertorial - At the beginning of 2021, Atunlo launched its new range of frozen wild tuna products, reaching supermarkets with four different cuts presented in different formats: Steaks,...
Dutch Pregnant Women Wrongly Informed Not To Eat Tuna?
The Dutch Health Council published its health recommendations for pregnant women last week. It advised them to eat fish twice a week: oily species once and a less fatty choice the second time....
Japanese Pole & Line Fishery Announces MSC Reassessment
The Announcement Comment Draft Report (ACDR) for the MSC recertification of the Japanese Pole and Line skipjack and albacore tuna fishery has been announced by the assessment body, Lloyd’s...
NYT Reporter Who Started Subway Tuna Media Frenzy Covered Nightlife
In a slight twist, the New York Times (NYT) has interviewed their reporter behind the recent article - The Big Tuna Sandwich Mystery – which started a media frenzy and a barrage of negative...
Western Pacific FAD Ban Starts, Uncertain Outlooks
Today, the FAD ban for the largest tuna fishery in the world – the WCPO – began and will run until September 30. During these months purse, seine vessels are not allowed to deploy, service, or...
Canada Not Hosting WCPFC Annual Gathering
This week, the WCPFC announced that Canada has withdrawn from hosting the 18th Regular Session of the WCPFC annual meeting in December 2021 due to the global health situation. Canada said in a...
Promising Albacore Fishing Season Underway
The annual albacore fishing season has started in some of the largest regions with vessels targeting this species in Spain and the US. The fishers are expecting a good fishing campaign since...
IOTC Small Developing States Least Affected By Yellowfin Cuts
IOTC recently released details of the cut in tonnages adopted during its annual meeting in June for its interim plan for rebuilding the critical yellowfin stock in the Indian Ocean (IO). Last...
Bumble Bee’s New Guide Showcases Healthy Tuna Recipes
US tuna brand Bumble Bee Seafoods recently released the Ultimate Tuna Guide, an online booklet aimed to educate and inform consumers as well as shift their perception around shelf-stable...
COVID-19 Makes PNG & Kiribati The Busiest Transshipment Hubs
WCPO purse seiners transshipped peak volumes of raw material to carriers in PNA ports in April, which was the highest in 2021. Ports in PNG and Kiribati handled almost 90 percent of the...
EU Drags On Issue Over Compensating Seychelles Fishers
Last week, Seychelles Minister of Fisheries, Jean-François Ferrari, spoke with his European counterparts about the agreed-upon compensation for Seychellois fishers who had worked aboard EU...
Despite Poor Catches Seychelles Skipjack Price Stays Stable
Catches in the Indian Ocean (IO) are still poor, but this is not unusual for this time of the year. Most of the skipjack and yellowfin are caught on FAD sets, and free school fishing is hardly...
Thai Union To Process V Food Plant Based Products
Thai Union has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with V Foods to collaborate in the expansion of their plant-based food businesses. V Food (Thailand) Co is the owner of V Farm, the...
