Subway Restaurants have come under a barrage of negative media coverage after the New York Times (NYT) shared one lab’s results that could not identify the content of the tuna sandwiches from...
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Mysterious Fisher Death On Kenya-Flagged Seiner In IO
A Kenyan-flagged tuna purse seiner carrying a dead fisher was recently denied entry into Singapore waters. The vessel in question is the ‘Lu Qing Yuan Yu 160', which according to IOTC records...
Ministers Want Vaccination Efforts To Be Extended To All PNA Ports
In a recent regional gathering, PNA ministers expressed their concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic and suggested that all tuna fishermen and port workers should be vaccinated. The PNA held its...
Cotton Rope Best Natural Degradable Fiber For Bio-FADs
A group of researchers in Shanghai, China, has found that cotton rope is the best component for the construction of a bio-degradable FAD as it exhibits the longest durability and strength...
Tuna Containers Found With Largest Cocaine Seizure Ever In Ecuador
Authorities in Ecuador have stopped two containers containing smuggled cocaine hydrochloride in tuna cartons as they were being boarded onto a carrier destined to Spain. According to police...
On The Hook Relaunches Its Assault On MSC Certification Process
The On The Hook campaign has been relaunched as its members still believe that the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) continues to set the bar too low on sustainability for the logo to have any...
Thai Union’s Subsidiary In Hot Waters Over US Salmonella Outbreak
Major US supermarkets have recalled several frozen shrimp products by India-based Avanti Frozen Foods, a subsidiary of Thai Union Group, due to a salmonella outbreak. The call back includes...
Mauritius Insists On UK Being Kicked Out Of IOTC Over Chagos
The government of Mauritius is adamant in asserting to the international community its sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean (IO). Hence, it is once again insisting that...
WCPO Seiner Captains Moved Eastwards For More Skipjack In April
Even though WCPO purse seiners intensified their efforts in April, there was a slight fall in their catches that month. Nevertheless, it was still one of the highest landings since November...
Purse Seiners’ Salt Bags A Threat To Pacific Islands
As debates and concerns over plastic pollution are heating up, recent research shows that tons of plastics salt bags are being dumped into the ocean each year by purse seiners operating in the...
Thailand Loses Big In America’s Pre-Cooked Loins Imports In Q1
Purchases of pre-cooked tuna loins in the US strongly declined during the first quarter of the year. In 2020, suppliers boosted their deliveries for this period, but they did not manage...
Spanish SeaKings Ambitious Newcomer In The US Tuna Pouch Segment
- Advertorial - Spanish tuna processor, SeaKings, extended its product range into the consumer segment last year. In a new adventure, the foodservice specialist introduced an 80 gr retail...
Taiwanese Longliner Catches Fire In Indian Ocean
Yesterday, the Taiwanese-flagged longliner ‘De Yi No. 6’ was reported to have caught fire while in the Indian Ocean (IO). The incident occurred around 230 nautical miles off Durban, South...
The FAD Hunters Of Ecuador
For more than 11 years now, an informal buoy retrieval program has been operating in Ecuador. The initiative, started and still managed by Atunec, looked to cement a culture of healthy...
Thai Union’s Songkla Tuna Cannery A COVID-19 Cluster
Infection rates in Thailand have been increasing for a few weeks due to the highly contagious Delta variant. Songkla Canning PLC, a subsidiary of Thai Union, has been declared a COVID-19...
ANABAC’s Atlantic Yellowfin Catches Officially Carrying MSC Logo
Almost a year ago, the Spanish National Association of Tuna Freezer Vessel Shipowners (ANABAC) announced the start of its MSC evaluation for purse seiners targeting yellowfin in free schools...
Atlantic Island Fishers Angry Over EU Seiner dFADs
Traditional fishermen from the island nations in the Atlantic Ocean are protesting over industrial seiner fleets (including those from the EU) using drifting FADs (dFADs). They claim that it...
US Prohibits Hawaii Longliners From Using High-Risk Gear To Protect Sharks
The Hawaiian longline tuna fishery can no longer use wire leaders for their operations in the Western Pacific. This measure was laid down this week by the Western Pacific Fishery Management...
Spanish Immigrant Built Mexico’s Second Largest Tuna Company
Don Antonio Suárez immigrated from Spain to Mexico 53 years ago and built from the ground up one of the most important tuna companies in the nation -- GrupoMar. Over the years, he became known...
MSC Updates: Japanese Pole & Line Fishery Gets Certification
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has made announcements concerning two tuna fisheries regarding their assessments. Last week, the Japanese Kochi and Miyazaki Offshore Pole-and-line Tuna...
