Training workshops for fishing communities in the Pacific were carried out in the early part of this week under the Pacific-European Union Marine Partnership (PEUMP) program. The five-year...
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Tuna Event To Take Place In Southern Spain
La Línea de la Concepción in the Cádiz province in the South of Spain has announced that the second edition of the local Tuna Route will take place from May 6 to 10. During the first edition,...
Study: Tuna Gillnets Responsible For IO Cetacean Decline
A study from an Australian university is claiming that cetacean stocks in the Indian Ocean have experienced a vast decline in the last 40 years. The investigation stated that this was due to...
EU Fisheries Chair & Europêche Want Stricter Yellow Card Rules
The newly elected chair of the European Parliament Committee on Fisheries (PECH), Pierre Karleskind, has highlighted the need to tighten yellow card regulations against third countries. He was...
IOTC Cancels Allocation Meeting Amid Virus Fears
The fear of possible exposure to the coronavirus has already impacted the tuna industry and resulted in important events being postponed as a precautionary measure. However, not only are...
Brazilian Tuna Fishing Vessel Sinks In Atlantic
A tuna fishing vessel sank near the north coast of Brazil, around 112 kilometers off the coast of São Francisco do Sul, in the Atlantic Ocean. All 23 crew members were rescued by another...
Will Brussels Seafood Show Go On As Scheduled?
With more organizers taking a more cautious approach by canceling their industry events amidst worries over the global coronavirus epidemic, many in the tuna and seafood business are wondering...
Pacific Islands Tighten Restrictions Amid Virus Concerns
Islands in the Pacific, especially the PNA nations, have tightened their quarantine restrictions for crew and various commercial fishing vessels due to coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns. The...
Foreign Seiners Won’t Carry Costa Rican Flag Says Govt
Fishermen in Costa Rica have been pointing their fingers at the government for months, accusing it of handing over the country’s tuna resources to international vessels. Recently, the Ministry...
Demand For Japanese Frozen Tuna Drops In 2019
The international demand for Japanese frozen tuna considerably decreased during 2019. According to Japan Customs, both the exported volume and the average value paid for the product...
Bangkok Tuna 2020 Conference Postponed
INFOFISH, the organizer for the 16th edition of the World Tuna Trade Conference & Exhibition (TUNA 2020) has announced that the event will be postponed “due to the serious and on-going...
EU Alerts: No Tuna Incidents Reported During February
During the month of February, no tuna-related incidents were reported to the EU Regulatory Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF). This means that within the EU territory, there were no...
Judge Halts Antitrust Claims Against Bumble Bee
A US federal judge has denied a few motions from plaintiffs with price-fixing claims against Bumble Bee, stating that the tuna company’s Chapter 11 case stayed the proceedings and an asset...
Canada Widens Tuna Recall
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) widened its recent recall to include more tuna products due to high levels of histamine. Initially, only two products from the Unomundo brand were...
Ecuador Hopes To Get Rid Of Yellow Card Soon
During the past few months, Ecuador has been working on a couple of initiatives that will not only help manage the country’s tuna fleet but also satisfy EU standards for imports. In this way,...
Bangkok Skipjack Price Keeps Upward Momentum
The price for whole round frozen skipjack has moved up according to the latest news from Bangkok. There is still a very low supply of raw material from the WCPO hitting the market. Atuna...
Asdomar Brings Its Tuna To Brazil
The Italian brand Asdomar is expanding its South American distribution. The company recently successfully registered 10 new tuna products that will soon hit the Brazilian market. The premium...
Boston Seafood Expo Postponed
In some big news for the industry, the Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America scheduled to take place from March 15 to 17 in Boston, Massachusetts, has been postponed due...
Wicked Tuna Returns With New Season
The ninth season of ‘Wicked Tuna’, the hit series on the National Geographic Channel, aired on March 1. The US reality TV show added three new captains, two of them bluefin fishermen from...
Major Global Tuna Highlights February 2020
Benchmark Bangkok Price Showing Bullish Signs Near the end of February, the skipjack Bangkok market started showing signs of a turnaround with the price moving up despite the low supply and...
