A 42-year old Hawaiian longliner, Miss Emma, caught fire about 8 miles south of Honolulu, Hawaii. The crew sent out a Mayday on Tuesday afternoon and abandoned the vessel and escaped on a...
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Cook Islands’ Govt To Review Purse Seine Fishery Deal With EU
The purse seining fisheries agreement between the Cook Islands and the EU will be reviewed in November before its possible renewal later this year. On October 14, 2016, both parties...
Tagged Bluefin Caught After 14 Years
A southern bluefin tagged on December 17, 2004 in the Great Australian Bight was caught this week near the Australian town of Bermagui after 14 years and eight months at...
Jealsa Launches 16 New MSC Tuna Products
Spanish fishing company Jealsa Rianxeira has announced the launch of 16 new tuna products carrying the MSC blue logo for sustainable fishing. The items will be part of Rianxeira’s 'New...
Maersk Pays Princes Damages On Fouled Tuna
Danish shipping company Maersk has reached an agreement with tuna processor Princes and its insurers in London over a cargo of 63.1 tonnes of tuna that was destroyed early this year. The...
Sea Slime Controversy Hits Maltese Tuna Farms
Authorities in Malta are holding bluefin farms partly responsible for sea slime that has been plaguing the country's coastline for the past few weeks. Recently, photos and videos of...
Key Suspect In Mozambique Tuna Fraud Cooperating With FBI
A key suspect in Mozambique’s hidden debts scandal was cooperating with the FBI in January and February. Former BP and PetroSA executive, Teofilo Nhangumele, was one of the...
New Massive FIP Covers Indonesian Longliners In 2 Oceans
Around 250 longliners will participate in the recently announced new large-scale Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) for Indonesia, which will be led by the Sustainable...
Pet Foods Good Profit Maker For Thai Canners
Thailand’s value of exports has increased ahead of volume and the pet food sector is expected to grow, according to Thai Union. Tony Lazazzara, Director of Fisheries...
Seafood Expo Global 2021 Switches To Barcelona
The world’s largest seafood exposition is changing its home of the last 26 years. The 2021 edition of Seafood Expo Global is scheduled to take place April 27-29 at the Fira de Barcelona, Gran...
Sea Shepherd To Hunt IUU Vessels In Eastern Pacific
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is gearing to hunt IUU fishing vessels in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The activist US NGO announced that it will be launching a new...
Atuna Poll: Should Consumers Know If Their MSC-Certified Products Are Caught On dFADs?
The industry and NGO’s look down on the MSC certification of drifting FAD skipjack fishery. Neil Bohannon, Group Director Fish for Princes Limited, spoke about the reluctance of some...
Possible Radioactive Dump No Threat To Tuna
Radioactive water from the Fukushima No 1 nuclear power plant in Japan could be released into the Pacific Ocean where it will dilute. According to SPC's Oceanic Fisheries Programme...
Frinsa Takes 50% Stake In Major Portuguese Canner
Europe’s largest canned tuna processor, the Spanish group Frinsa del Noroeste, has acquired 50 percent of the Portuguese cannery A Poveira. A Poveira is located in Póvoa de Varzim and is...
Undetectable Tuna Drone Future Navy Weapon?
A new 3D-printed underwater tuna drone has been making waves. The robot can swim at a record-breaking speed of 0.85 meters per second (3.06 kilometers per hour). It mimics the movement of a...
US Canned Tuna Volume Predicted To Decline Further
Volume of sales of canned tuna has been decreasing for over a decade in the US market and according to Tri Marine International, they will continue to decline. However, higher-priced...
Top Rank For Thai Union’s ‘SeaChange’ Strategy
For the second time, Thai Union ranked number one in the Food Products Industry Index of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI). For the sixth time, the company’s global...
Readers: Plastic Packaging Has No Long-Life
Plastic packaging does not go hand-in-hand with sustainability, this is the belief of three-quarters of our readers. They don't think it is the material for the future. The...
Solomon Blue Looking To Avoid Possible Counterfeit
The Solomon Islands' processing company of the canned tuna brand Solomon Blue is now stamping its trademark on the lids of the cans, as opposed to printing it on the product's outside label....
Fisheries’ Compliance Level In IO Not Good Enough
Despite a “rather lousy level of compliance” years ago, things are looking up in the Indian Ocean region, according to IOTC’s Executive Director, Christopher O’Brien. Speaking at the IX World...
