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Spain’s Yellowfin Quota Reduced Due To Excessive Fishing
Spanish boat owners are being forced by the European Commission to reduced their 2019 yellowfin catch in the Indian Ocean (IO). In 2017, Spanish seiners overfished their yellowfin quota...
Upward Trend Of Vietnamese Tuna Exports To The US
Over the last couple of months, Vietnamese tuna exports have been steadily growing – largely thanks to the Southeast Asian country taking advantage of the ongoing US-China trade...
Frinsa Takes Maersk Back To Court Over Damaged Tuna
Just over a month after Maersk reached an agreement with Princes over a destroyed cargo of tuna, the Danish shipping company is at the center of another legal battle....
Possible Underwater Container Responsible For French Seiner Sinking
French seiner ‘Avel Vor' sank last Tuesday in the Atlantic Ocean, 170 nautical miles off the Liberian coast after hitting an unidentified floating object. Auke van de Kerk, CEO at Companie...
French Purse Seiner Sinks Into Atlantic Ocean
Earlier today, the French purse seiner 'Avel Vor' sank in the Atlantic Ocean, about 170 nautical miles off the Liberian coast, in West Africa. The incident happened on the...
The Extreme Love Affair With Tuna In The Med Region
The European population consumes a great variety of canned fish, and tuna is one of the most popular. Luca Alemanno, Bolton Food’s General Manager Italy and also Marketing and Innovation...
Ocean Family To Expand To China’s Fishing City
New headquarters and new processing plants will be built for one of China’s largest tuna fishing companies, Zhejian Ocean Family. The new facilities will be located at the Zhoushan...
Fishyleaks, The Wikileaks For IUU Whistleblowers
The fight against illegal activity is an on-going battle within the entire seafood industry. The EU has strong policies against any illegal, unethical, or improper activity. But, if you...
Bangkok Skipjack Breaks Through USD 1,000 Barrier
The market sentiment for frozen whole round skipjack remains bearish in Bangkok. Pacific catches have been outstanding and the demand remains weak. There is not much confidence...
Bigeye Limit Allocated To US Liners In American Samoa’s EEZ
A new fishing agreement allocates up to 1,000 M/T of the 2019 bigeye limit for the territory of American Samoa to US longliners. The valid specified fishing agreement was announced by...
Smuggled Canned Tuna Seized By Colombian Coast Guard
During a Colombian Coast Guard inspection of a motorboat, 200 cases filled with 9,600 cans of tuna manufactured in Ecuador were seized. Three men, all Ecuadorian, were taken into...
Readers: Not So Sure About Growing Global Tuna Demand
Our readers are divided on whether the global demand for tuna around the world is growing. A small majority of 46.7 percent believes that the consumption of tuna will continue to enlarge. On...
Part Of Maldives’ Tuna Grounds Become Marine Reserve
At least 20 percent of the Maldives’ ocean area will be out of reach for tuna and other seafood fishermen. In an attempt to boost the country’s fish stock and enhance marine life, the...
Fiji Fears Competition Will Take Over Their Albacore Supply
Over some time, the supply of albacore to Fiji has been in decline to the point that now its national plant PAFCO cannot sustain domestic demand or even run production efficiently. The...
Atuna Poll: Will Dongwon Market MSC Tuna Under Its StarKist Brand?
Dongwon Industries’ Tropical Pacific yellowfin and skipjack tuna free-school purse seine fishery has recently successfully passed the assessments for MSC certification for catches in the WCPO....
Trump Cancels Thailand’s Seafood Trade Benefits
On Friday, President Trump announced that the zero-duty status for several seafood products from Thailand will be suspended. Instead, a new import tariff of 4-5 percent will go into...
Venezuelan Tuna Workers Have Nothing To Do
Over the last decade, tuna production and processing operations in Venezuela have been going downhill. Workers at the Fextun plant in Sucre claim that since the government assumed the...
Saturday Night Live Jokes About Trump and Albacore
On a recent Saturday Night Live sketch, actor Alec Baldwin, while impersonating the US President Donald Trump, took tuna to the forefront when joking about the President’s recent visit to...
Renewed EU – Seychelles Tuna Fishing Deal Lucrative For Both
The EU tuna fleet of 40 seiners and eight liners can continue fishing in the Seychelles EEZ for the next six years. The long-standing cooperation between the parties and their commitment to...
