Chicken of the Sea International (COSI) and its parent company, Thai Union Group, have arrived at a settlement amount with a group of Direct Purchasers in the class-action lawsuit brought...
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Can Microplastics Get Into Tuna Meat?
There is growing concern that ocean plastic pollution affecting marine organisms is also having an impact on humans. A major worry is that microplastics that are undetectable to the naked eye...
Ecuadorian Canners Victim Of Drug Traffickers
Yesterday, officers of the Port Investigation Unit in the port of Guayaquil, Ecuador, seized four tons of cocaine. Two tons were found wrapped in jute sacks inside a container filled with...
Malta’s Fisheries See Improvements Rewarded With Higher Quota
Maltese tuna farms welcomed an increase in the tuna quota after the European Commission (EC) approved a request by the Mediterranean government. Ranchers have been allowed to breed 10.26...
Overwritten Dates On Ecuadorian Canned Tuna Raises Alarm
Colombian authorities have been made aware of irregularities on tuna cans imported from Ecuador. The batches in question have alterations on the cans that are against the health and safety...
Major Global Tuna Highlights March 2021
During the month of March, the tuna industry was confronted with several high-profile issues. The IOTC meeting led nowhere, and members failed to agree on the next step for the yellowfin...
Global Tuna Stock Status Looking Good, But 13% In Danger
Bigeye stocks in the Atlantic and the Indian oceans are in a bad state, according to the latest comprehensive paper on commercial tuna species based on RFMO data by the International Seafood...
Ecuadorian Tuna Worker Wants Diamond Back From Can
From time to time, canned tuna is known to have foreign objects which were missed during processing and the products need to be taken off the shelves. However, one lucky Ecuadorian tuna lover...
Alerts: March Active Month For Tuna-Related Cases At RASFF
March was a very active month for the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) as a total of 11 tuna-related complaints were brought to it by EU officials. The issues ranged from improper...
IOTC Members Owe Millions Of Dollars To The RFMO
Many nation members of IOTC have yet to pay their financial contributions which could potentially result in the RFMO being forced to cut its operations. Approximately 42 percent of the 2021...
Will Netflix Ocean Documentary Put People Off Tuna?
The tuna industry has been abuzz with the news of Netflix’s Seaspiracy documentary, a film about how the fishing sectors have allegedly severely affected the health of oceans and that there is...
Readers Prefer Human Observers Over E-Monitoring
Conversations about e-monitoring on board tuna vessels have been brought to the forefront, especially over the last year with the COVID-19 pandemic preventing many human observers from...
Pesca Azteca Assessing Losses After Seiner’s Fire
The reason why the purse seine ‘Clipperton’ caught fire last Monday at a Mexican port is still being investigated. But its owner, Pesca Azteca, is confident that the vessel will be able to...
Seaspiracy One-Sided And Filled With Misinformation, Fake News?
The tuna and fishing industry is not the only one that has been reacting to the Netflix documentary Seaspiracy, which basically tells people to stop eating seafood altogether if they want to...
Seiners Head To PNG Waters For Excellent Skipjack Catches
Overall tuna tonnages taken from the WCPO fell for the second month in a row since the year began because less fishing effort was made in PNA waters. With this decline in catches,...
Solomon Tuna Traders Complain Of Unfair Fees In Gizo To Sell Fish
Solomon Islands tuna traders are complaining about the high fees that the government has them paying for selling their fish in the Gizo Fish Market. They say that authorities need to consider...
Pesca Azteca’s Vessel Catches Fire Before Fishing Trip
A purse seiner caught fire while docked at a port in Mexico on Monday. The incident happened as the vessel, owned by Pesca Azteca, was being prepared for its next tuna fishing trip. The...
China’s Whole Round Exports Thrived During The COVID-19 Pandemic
China’s exports of whole round frozen tuna were extremely strong at the beginning of 2020, but by the second half of the year had receded substantially and positioned at a year-on-year...
Tuna Production In China Jumps By 150% In 8 Years
China’s tuna and other offshore fisheries have been steadily growing over the years and in 2019 managed to hit the peak in terms of production. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and...
Dip In WCPO Skipjack Catches, Mature Yellowfin Supply Crashes
Thai processing plants can expect fewer volumes of skipjack in the coming weeks as data from the PNA region shows that WCPO purse seiners made less effort and reduced their tuna catches in...
