A five-year fisheries protocol was signed between the African country of Guinea Bissau and the EU. The consensus comes after the previous agreement was suspended from November 23,...
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Palau Allows Japanese Seiners To Fish 20% Of Their EEZ
Starting next year, Japanese longliners and purse seiners will be allowed to fish on 20 percent of Palau’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). This is the result of negotiations between...
EU Alerts: 740 PPM Of Histamine In Frozen Vietnamese Loins
Five serious tuna-related alerts were reported during the month of May by the EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF). Two warnings involving mercury were reported by the...
Ecuador’s Canners And Government To Launch Tuna Action Plan
During the next few weeks Ecuador will complete their National Action Plan (PAN) for industrial tuna fishing. This will make Ecuador the first, and so far only, member of the...
Tonnage Of Pre-Cooked Loins Moved Between EU Canners Declines
The movement of frozen pre-cooked loins between member states within the EU has decreased over the last three years. Activity dropped about 39 percent during this period –...
“Bluefin Mafia” Had A Mole Within Spanish Police Investigation
A Spanish Civil Guard agent, identified as Jorge G.G., has been accused by The Central Operative Unit (UCO) for maintaining a suspicious relationship with businessmen associated with...
StarKist Exposes Financial Position And Investments To Get Fine Reduced
StarKist is not profitable and has flat sales, said StarKist’s counsel in a hearing with a federal court on June 12 regarding the reasons why the tuna company cannot pay its USD 100...
Nine Arrested Using Recreational Fishing As Cover For Illegal Bluefin
The Spanish Civil Guard has arrested nine people accused of illegally fishing bluefin tuna from recreational vessels on the coast of Almeria, Spain. Three others were also investigated...
Who Are The G16?
Since 2011, several coastal states of the Indian Ocean (IO) have been part of a group of nations that call themselves the G16. They aim to achieve a fairer allocation of the tuna catches in...
Costa Rica Pushing Out Seiners Improved Stocks
Though it is at an early stage, research shows that tuna stocks are improving in areas where purse seiners are prohibited in Costa Rica. The Central American country issued a Tuna...
Fair Allocation And Rebuilding Yellowfin Top Issues At IOTC Meeting
The coastal countries of the Indian Ocean (IO) have emphasized their points of views on the first day of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) meeting in...
Balfegó To Rebuild Its Plant After Last Year’s Fire
Spanish bluefin tuna company Balfegó is planning to invest EUR 16 million (USD 17,9 million) to construct a new processing facility after a fire in 2018 destroyed its...
Fear Over BKK Skipjack Breaking Through Price Barrier
The price for whole round skipjack SKJ1.8:BKK is unclear at the moment but there are indications that it is somewhere between USD 1000 – USD 1050 CFR Bangkok per...
Vietnamese Boat Fined For llegal Fishing In Taiwan
A Vietnamese fishing vessel was fined USD 31,718 (NT 1 million) for fishing illegally in Taiwan’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The boat, which was forced out of Taiwanese waters...
New PNG Fisheries Minister Wants To Diversify Away From Tuna
Tuna is by far the most important wild seafood resource for Papua New Guinea’s fishery industry. The new Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister, Dr. Lino Tom, wants to diversify this sector...
The Kochi Sustainable Skipjack Association (KSSA) Joins IPNLF
In their aim to preserve the local Kochi pole-and-line tuna fishery, the KSSA has joined the International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF). The Japanese association’s primary goal is to...
Federal Judge Wants StarKist To Explore Sale Of Techpack To Pay Penalty
In a court hearing, a US federal judge has demanded that StarKist look into the sale of Techpack Solutions, so that it may be able to pay its fine from the canned tuna...
Domestic Canners Cause Thai Exports To Oceania To Drop
Although Oceania has the largest resource of tuna within the Western Pacific Ocean, the countries import most of their canned tuna from Thailand. ...
Bolivia Opens Satellite Vessel Monitoring Center
In the new National Center for Satellite Monitoring of Vessels and Fishing Bolivia monitors Ecuadorian flagged vessel Florentino every two hours a day at real-time....
The Almadraba Season Ends With 1,891 Tons Of Bluefin Caught
The Spanish region of Cádiz finished its bluefin fishing season after meeting its tuna quota of 1,891 M/T. The allocation for the area was previously...
