Turkey’s tuna exports are on the rise as a supplier has reported an increase in shipments worth at least 53 percent more than in 2018. The Egeo Foreign Trade Company declared that in 2019...
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FAO Program Claims To Have Helped Decrease Worldwide Tuna Overfishing
A program by the UN focusing on the protection of international waters has claimed to have achieved remarkable results in the five years it has been operating. Eight out of the 13 commercial...
UK Wants To Improve Trade Relations With Ecuador
The UK is seeking to improve its trade relations with Ecuador since Brexit is now moving forward. The South American nation is not only the largest trading partner with the EU when it comes to...
Longline Fisheries Moving Forward With MSC Certifications
Recently, the draft reports of two longlining tuna fisheries looking to obtain MSC certification became available for stakeholders' comments after the fisheries signed their respective...
Program Launched In Brazil To Encourage Good Fishing Practices In Tuna Fleet
A new management program, “The Partners of the Atlantic Ocean” was recently launched in Brazil in order to disseminate monitoring and good fishing practices in the tuna fleet based in...
Test To Find Parasites In Ranched Bluefin Effective
Researchers in Australia who have been developing a diagnostic testing technique for parasitic blood flukes in Australia’s ranched southern bluefin have published the first...
Thai Canned Tuna Exports To Minor Destinations Fall
Exports of Thai canned tuna during 2019 experienced a very modest increase in comparison with the year before. Although the overall three percent increase in volume reported by Thai...
ANF Might Sue Diversified Communications Over Boston Show Ban
Atlantic Natural Foods (ANF), owner of the Loma Linda plant-based alternative brand that includes TUNO, has announced that it is considering legal options against the producers...
EU IUU Legislation: A Trade Barrier Or A Game Changer?
The fight against illegal fishing is a big issue in the global tuna trade and there is still a lot of pressure on governments to eradicate this problem. Several recent events have also brought...
Malta Recalls Rio Mare Olive Oil Tuna Cans Over Plastic
The Maltese health authority has issued a product recall on Bolton Group-owned Rio Mare canned tuna in olive oil due to pieces of plastic found in one of the items. The Environmental Health...
TUNACONS Making Part Of Its FADs Eco-Friendly
The purse seine fleet of TUNACONs in Ecuador has announced that by the end of this year, it will replace 20 percent of its traditional FADs with EcoFads. The move aims to strengthen the...
Company Stops Fishing In Palau Due To Marine Sanctuary
As of January 1, the Palau National Marine Sanctuary (PNMS) closed 80 percent of Palau’s EEZ to any form of fishing. The fishing company Palau International Traders Corporation (PITI) is...
Overall Price Drop For 2019 Thai Canned Tuna Exports
Interest in Thai products increased slightly for canned tuna buyers while the average price of the deliveries suffered a drop in 2019. This is according to Thai Custom’s full-year figures of...
Full Cotton The Best Biodegradable Rope Material For FADs
The results of a study of biodegradable ropes for FADs concluded that 100 percent cotton ropes should be utilized with fish aggregating devices as an alternative to the submerged nets...
Albatrosses Fitted With Sensors Pick Up On IUU Fishing
A group of scientists have decided to equip hundreds of albatrosses with sensors to detect vessels conducting illegal fishing. Some 169 wandering and Amsterdam albatrosses were fitted with the...
Is The Tuna Industry Prepared For A Long Price Depression?
The present overcapacity of the global purse seiner fleet and the conservation measures in place might lead us to a new longer-lasting depression as the current skipjack prices in Manta and...
MSC: Important To Promote Sustainable Bluefin Fishing
MSC has stated that it cannot confirm if a bluefin fishery consisting of only one vessel might achieve its certification in its response to World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) objection to the issue....
Spanish Vessel Targeting Bluefin Possibly Sank In Atlantic Ocean
Fears that a handliner targeting bluefin in the Atlantic has sunk along with its crew might have been confirmed today after two closed life rafts were found near a coastal town in Cádiz,...
IATTC Current Yellowfin Assessment Not Reliable For Management Advice
The results of the EPO yellowfin stock assessment for 2019 showed this tuna at a red level, which means that the target reference points (TRPs) are estimated to have been exceeded. The...
Credit Suisse Denies Liability In USD 2 Billion Mozambique Scandal
Credit Suisse has denied knowledge of the USD 2 billion-dollar scam (which included USD 850 million in tuna bonds) and bribery tied to loans from the bank to Mozambique. It also rejected the...
