After the COVID-19 pandemic knocked down Diversified Communications’ trade shows in 2020, speculation has been running rife about its financial state. The company’s President, Mary Larkin,...
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Push For FisheryProgress To Scale Down FIPs Social Criteria
FisheryProgress is considering some significant changes to its social responsibility policy draft after stakeholders raised concerns on several issues such as the mandatory vessel list and the...
US Teens Reel In 450kg Monster Bluefin
Three American teenagers off the coast of Provincetown in Massachusetts have made the news for reeling in a massive bluefin – one weighing over 1,000 pounds (over 450 kg). At first, Daniel...
Seiner Fishing Illegally Caught In The Act In Mexican MPA
A tuna purse seiner was caught on camera while illegally fishing in a marine protected area in the Cortez Sea in Mexico. The vessel was filmed by people enjoying the landscape of the bays of...
Tanzania Expanding Tuna Longline Fleet
The Tanzanian government has been taking more steps to promote deep-sea tuna fishing and exploit fish resources in its EEZ and high seas. The Tanzania Fisheries Corporation (Tafico) recently...
WWF Asks IOTC To Enforce Skipjack HCR With A Penalty
Major global NGOs have issued statements ahead of the IOTC annual gathering in early November to ask the Commission to adopt measures in order to effectively manage stocks in the Indian Ocean...
Sri Lanka’s Retail Chain Uses AI App To Assess Quality Of Tuna
A quality assessment app developed by an Australian start-up has received financing to be tested to grade fresh tuna for consumption for a Sri Lankan’s supermarket chain. The company claims...
Pellets – The Sustainable Option To Farm Tuna?
California-based company, Ichthus Unlimited, has developed sustainable bluefin food for close-cycled farms. They claim the product reduces the feed conversion ratio to four pounds of pellets...
Fewer Bait Affecting Pole-And-Line Tuna Catches In Ghana
The tuna catches of the pole-and-line fishery in Ghana are being negatively affected by poor bait harvesting. The country’s National Fisheries Association (NAFAG) stated that low levels of...
Vietnam Tuna Exports Increasing To The EU After Deal
Two months after the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) came into force, Vietnam’s fishery exports and especially tuna shipments to European markets have increased. According to the...
Study Shows Supercooled Fresh Tuna Retains Quality
In a joint study, US and Korean scientists found that supercooling can retain the shelf-life of tuna with minimum quality deterioration. They investigated the physiochemical changes in...
Finnish Market Reopening Its Doors To Thailand
The volume of canned tuna entering the Finnish market drastically dropped in the first six months of this year. In 2019, buyers' strong demand for products from an African supplier did not...
Pacific Tuna End Value Rebounds In 2018 To USD 26.2 Billion
Pacific tuna contributed to more than half of the entire end value of the global industry in 2018 and rebounded by more than USD 1.2 billion from 2016, according to the latest report by...
Trump’s Look-alike Found On Tuna Steak
British mom, Amanda Brewster, took her lunch out of the freezer and saw the face of Donald Trump on the tuna steak. She was stunned as the resemblance was uncanny; from the small eyes and nose...
Loma Linda TUNO Experienced Massive Growth
Plant-based alternative, TUNO under the Loma Linda brand, has been enjoying good business this year despite the global pandemic. Loma Linda is owned by US-based Atlantic Natural Foods (ANF)....
Philippines WCPO Seiners Recover Catches In 2019, Land Peak Volume
Philippines-flagged purse seiners operating in the WCPFC EEZs and high seas managed to recover their catches in 2019 and land about 29,000 M/T more than the previous year. It was also a peak...
Japanese Fishing Firm Pleads Guilty In US Court For Shark Finning
A Japanese fishing company has pleaded guilty for crew from its tuna longliner, ‘Kyoshin Maru No. 20’, being involved in the illegal trafficking of shark fins. On Thursday, Hamada Suisan Co....
PNG’s FIA Aiming To Add More Foreign Seiners To MSC Certification
Only five months after the Fishing Industry Association (FIA) of PNG received its MSC certification, the fishery has now requested an expansion of the scope to include 20 new purse seiners,...
COVID-19 Crisis Motivates Consumers To Cook Tuna At Home
As restaurants shut their doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers turned to their own kitchens and learned how to cook their favorite dishes, boosting fresh tuna and other seafood sales....
Japan’s Request For Higher Bluefin Quota Rejected Once Again
Japan's proposal to raise its Pacific bluefin quota by 20 percent was rejected during the 16th Regular Session of the WCPFC’s Northern Committee which took place electronically on October 8....
