The IATTC staff have recommended a cut in the number of floating-object sets for all purse seine vessels as a precautionary measure to prevent the EPO skipjack stock from becoming overfished....
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General Santos Port Temporarily Shuts Down Due To COVID-19
A rise in COVID-19 cases among workers and fish traders operating in the General Santos City Fishport Complex has sparked a four-day shutdown of several portions of the harbor. This will mark...
Experts Rank WWF As Leading NGO On Sustainability
The latest GlobeScan-SustainAbility Survey showed that professionals consider WWF the leading NGO advancing global sustainable development. The poll was conducted online amid the COVID-19...
Pirates Kidnap Another South Korean Seiner Crew
On August 28, a group of armed pirates attacked the Ghanaian-flagged pole-and-line vessel ‘AP 703’ located 200 km south of Port Lomé, Togo. They kidnapped the only two South Korean fishers in...
Seiner Helicopter Used In Evacuation After Storm
Due to tropical storm ‘Hernán’, 30 passengers of AeroMexico were stranded at the Playa de Oro airport in Manzanillo, Mexico. A helicopter from one of the purse seiners of the fishing and...
Australia’s First Tuna Seiner ‘MFV Tacoma’ In Virtual Show
Australia’s first tuna purse seiner boat, ‘MFV Tacoma’, which changed the course of commercial pelagic fishing in the country, will be displayed in virtual form via the 2020 Port Townsend...
Grupomar Donates Over A Million Cans Of Tuna
In Mexico, a canned tuna company is putting its money where its mouth is by combating malnutrition and food shortages as well as by helping people most affected by the COVID-19 crisis in the...
Philippines Canners’ US Shipments Take A Dive
Canned tuna imports into the US market surged in the first half of 2020 (H1) with a record-high volume of product being delivered, which can mainly be attributed to retail demand due to...
OPAGAC Aiming For MSC Certifications Covering Four Oceans
Part of the Spanish purse seine fishing fleet which forms OPAGAC has announced its goal to achieve MSC certification for its vessels in four different oceans by August 2021. This massive...
Tuna Australia Longline Fishery Earns MSC
Tuna Australia earned the MSC logo today for sustainably fishing and targeting albacore, yellowfin, bigeye, and swordfish in the Australian Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (ETBF). It spans...
FADs Direct Threat To EPO Skipjack Stock Health
In a report, scientists have said that skipjack and bigeye in the EPO are heavily impacted by purse seiners fishing on FADs. Catches for skipjack are at historically high levels while the fish...
Chicken Of The Sea Introduces First MSC Canned Tuna
Another one of the Big Three is moving towards MSC and this spells good news in terms of sustainability for the American market. Chicken of the Sea (COS) has introduced its first MSC canned...
Many Questions Remain About Dolphin Meat In Canned Tuna Study
The news about a study finding dolphin meat in Mexican canned tuna has hit national and international media two years after its publication in 2018. The research found dolphin DNA in three of...
Mexican Fishing Industry Wants Veda In The Gulf Of Mexico
The Veracruz tuna fishing sector in Mexico is once again asking the government to speed up and approve an agreement to establish a veda. According to Juan Ramón Gánem Vargas, a tuna...
Spanish Crew Tested Positive For COVID-19 In Seychelles
In Seychelles, three crew members working on board Spanish tuna seiners have tested positive for COVID-19. The country’s Public Health Commissioner stated that they are currently in...
Ghana Boat Owners Ask Again For Fee Reduction
The spat between the Ghana tuna industry and the country’s government regarding fishing licenses has not dissipated. The country’s tuna association (GTA) is once again asking for the fee to be...
John West’s New Tuna Meatballs Meals Target Kids
John West UK will be introducing two new products into the market, one of them is the brand’s first time marketing items specifically targeted at children. Both ready meal lines, Tuna Bowls...
Vietnam Wins And Loses In US Market
The value of canned Vietnamese skipjack to its main export destination, the US, showed an increase in the first half of this year. The US took in the largest amount of canned skipjack and...
EPO Seiners Bring In Record Catch, Despite COVID-19
Tuna catches in the EPO keep breaking records. IATTC figures for the first half of 2020 (H1) revealed the highest levels ever registered for this period. The peak can be almost entirely...
NGOs Tell Court Not To Let Big Three Off Class Action Hook
Three public advocacy groups have asked the Ninth Circuit to uphold the class certifications in the multi-district canned tuna price-fixing case against the US Big Three. They argue that class...
