Ghana’s Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture has announced the schedule for 2019 Closed Season. Tuna fleets had already finished their closed fishing season which began in January 1 and ended...
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“Stop Wrong Tuna” Campaign Claims MSC Pole & Line Is The Only “Right Tuna”
The newly-launched Dutch website www.stopfoutetonijn.nu (Stop Wrong Tuna) claims that 93 percent of the canned tuna households purchase in the Netherlands is “wrong tuna,” based on a...
Ecuadorian Purse Seiner Caught With Over 2,000 Explosives
More than 2,000 unreported flares have been discovered on board of the Ecuadorian purse seiner “Jorge Mario” along with 115 tons of tuna allegedly caught using explosives. The Specialized...
Spain Becomes Bafelgó’s Second Bluefin Market
Balfego’s sales of bluefin within the Spanish market for the first time in 2018 reached 25.99 percent of the total turnover recorded by the company in that year. With...
Prime Minister To Sign USD 168 Million Chinese Loan For Tuna Zone
After renewed talks about the long-delayed completion of the Pacific Marine Industrial Zone (PMIZ) in Madang, Papua New Guinea, the government said it is now signing a USD 168 million loan...
Thailand Is Vietnam’s Largest ASEAN Export Market For Tuna
Thailand continues to be Vietnam’s largest market destination in the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nation) region with tuna exports reaching up to USD 33 million by end of 2018,...
Tuna Nostromo Zero: Italy’s First Fat-Free Tuna
Italian distributor Nostromo S.P.A. introduces its new product, Nostromo Zero, which is said to be the first tuna on the market to be completely free of fat. Nostromo Zero is...
2018 A Tough Year For TU, But Sales Growth Expected In 2019
Pressure from increased Thai baht strength and high raw material prices has severely hit Thai Union, especially during the first half of 2018, but this year, the company is looking...
COS Avoids Litigation Through Settlement With Sysco, US Foods & Target
Thai Union’s Chicken of the Sea has reached a deal with retailer Target and distributors US Foods and Sysco to resolve price fixing allegations for canned tuna across the United States. The...
Submerged Listening Lines To Track Passing Tunas
An international team of scientists has experimented on a new system to monitor the movement of Atlantic bluefin through an array of submerged listening lines. This 10-year research...
1954 Tuna Crew Drama Focus of Documentary
The 23 Japanese fishing crew on board the tuna vessel Daigo Fukuryū Maru (Lucky Dragon), who were exposed to a U.S. hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific Ocean 65 years ago, are just a tiny...
Seafood Companies Push For Common Traceability Standard
More than 60 major seafood companies and retailers including Aldi and Lidl are looking into the adoption of a unified worldwide industry standard to improve quality, efficiency, and...
Spanish Canners Looking To Hedge Impact Of Brexit
A week before the historic Brexit, the Spanish association ANFACO’s General Secretary said that canners are looking for new market destinations to alleviate the impact of a Brexit, expecting...
SFP Awards Japanese Albacore FIP An ‘A Grade’
An “A” rating indicating “advanced progress” towards meeting long-term goals has been awarded to two Japanese fishery improvement projects by the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP)....
PNG Foreign Minister Inks Brexit Deal With UK
With a looming Brexit on March 29, 2019, Papua New Guinea foreign minister Rimbink Pato officially signed a trade continuity agreement with the United Kingdom. Under the said pact, all tariffs...
Local Companies Under Spanish Probe Over Illegal Bluefin Trade
Shortly after a Spanish judge opened an investigation into the bluefin smuggling case, authorities are investigating Maltese companies and “other entities” suspected to be involved in the tuna...
Bolton, TMI, TU “Achievers” On Ghost Gear Reduction
Ghost gears are still lurking in the ocean and plaguing marine wildlife, but big tuna firms Thai Union, Tri Marine and Bolton Group are making improvements to address the problem of these...
Tri Marine Obtains Fair Trade Certification
Tri Marine has announced that its affiliate, National Fisheries Development, Ltd. (NFD), is now authorized to carry the Fair Trade logo on catches from their five...
EU Adds New Countries In Tax Haven Blacklist
A fresh list of countries included in the latest tax blacklisting by the European Union has been released. Newly added to the EU list are Marshall Islands, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda,...
One-by-one Tuna Brand Featured In Seafood Expo
The Indonesian Pole & Line and Handline Fisheries Association launches its one-by-one tuna brand at Boston Seafood Expo this week. According to a press release, the new umbrella brand for...
