Two American NGOs – an antitrust think tank and a public advocacy group -- have urged an appeals court in California to reconsider its decision on removing the class certification given to...
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Tri Marine’s MSC Recertification Includes FADs Component
Tri Marine’s MSC certification in the Western and Central Pacific is advancing steadily as the Public Comment Draft Report (PCDR) was recently published. The purse seine fishery already holds...
Thai Canneries Lose A Quarter Of Business With US Tuna Buyers In Q1
The exports from the world’s leading canned tuna processing nation dropped during the first quarter of 2021. Thailand’s canneries were not able to maintain the exceptional shipments of last...
Hawaii’s Tuna Earnings Hit By Lower Catches In 2020
Low volumes of tuna hard hit the bottom lines of Hawaii’s commercial tuna fishermen last year. The global pandemic triggered lockdowns that led to closures of restaurants, other eateries, and...
Global Food Prices Racing Upward, Vegetable Oils Sky High
Global food commodity prices have been bullish for almost a year now and are expected to continue to increase. The trend started almost at the same time the pandemic hit major markets like the...
Five Crew Still Missing In Fiji Longliner Tragedy, One Allegedly Beheaded
FCF Submitting Albacore Longline FIPs For MSC Certification After Only 2 Years
The Taiwanese fishing and trading company FCF has announced new MSC assessments for two of its longline fisheries which have been under a Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) for the past two...
StarKist Moving From HQ In Pittsburgh After 10 Years
Charlie the Tuna is relocating. After more than 10 years, StarKist along with its renowned tuna mascot have decided to move from their headquarters in Pittsburgh to the northern Virginia area....
What IO Fishermen Report, Different From What They Do
Sometimes, where fishermen say they go fishing is different from where they actually sail. A study by researchers from the Zoological Society of London’s (ZSL's) Institute of Zoology, the...
GrupoMar Orders Second Seiner From Spanish Shipyard
The Spanish shipyard Armón has been selected to build a new purse seiner for the Mexican tuna fishing company GrupoMar. The vessel will be 80 meters long and will be able to carry around 1,200...
French Canned Tuna Sector Adamant To Maintain 2020 Good Sales
The French canned tuna market blew up both in volume and value in 2020. And as we reach the middle of 2021, brands have stated that they are bringing innovations to the market to maintain last...
Former IATTC Director Says One More Year Without FAD Measures Unacceptable
Purse seine tuna catches (especially skipjack) in the EPO have increased more than ever before due to the number of FADs and conservation measures are needed to control these devices. This was...
Port Congestions & Lack Of Vessels Cripple Reefer Tuna Trade
Tuna businesses will have to put up with the reefer container shortage for many more months before some form of normalcy is reached next year, according to a shipping industry expert from...
Five Tuna Longline Fishermen Missing After Onboard Fight
Fiji's Navy has started a search for five crew members of the Fiji-flagged tuna longliner ‘FV TIRO II. The search was initiated after a report was received that six men went overboard after a...
Seychelles Invites Potential Investors To New Tuna Processing Zone
Seychelles took the next step in the development of the tuna industry on the island of Ile Du Port where the government intends to build a new tuna processing zone of around 70,000 square...
Navy Starts Hunt For Kidnappers Of Tuna Purse Seiner Crew
The hunt for a group of eight pirates was initiated after they kidnapped five crew members of a tuna purse seiner operating in Ghanaian waters. The criminals also hijacked and and raided the...
Thai Union Fully Acquires German Firm Rügen Fisch
In a letter to the Stock Exchange of Thailand, Thai Union Group announced today that it has acquired the remaining 49 percent of shares in the German firm Rügen Fisch AG, which currently makes...
E-Monitoring Standards To Reach Spanish Industry By End Of The Year
Minimum standards for the implementation and use of e-monitoring (EM) on board fishing vessels are currently being developed in Spain. This is one of the issues Gabriel Gomez, Managing...
Tuna Businesses Could Lose Out From Online Buying Consumer Behavior
Tuna businesses have to invest in online retail as that is the growing trend in customer buying behavior, according to expert, Vaughan Ryan, the Managing Director for Asia-Pacific (APAC) in...
US Canned Tuna Sales Took Bite Out of Pouches In 2020
The global pandemic changed the preferences of American consumers when it came to ambient tuna products, and also pushed them towards more online grocery shopping, said an expert in the US...
