Bumble Bee has reached a settlement with the American distributor US Foods to end claims related to the nation-wide conspiracy to keep prices of canned tuna artificially high. US...
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New Tuna Farm Linked To Bluefin Catamaran Smuggling
The network of companies implicated in the bluefin smuggling mafia continues to expand as another tuna farm is implicated through leaked reports intercepted by the Civil Guard...
Taiwanese University And IOTC Cooperate On Fox Shark Tracking
A training course for deep-sea fox satellite identification for Taiwanese students was conducted by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) at the Kaohsiung University of Science and...
Sea Delight Joins IPNLF
US firm Sea Delight has recently become a member of the International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) in developing and supporting one-by-one tuna fisheries and supply chains. Sea...
Tuna On Spotlight At 2019 Oscars
Tuna was one of the stars amongst the celebrities in the world of entertainment at the Oscar’s top after-parties and events Sunday evening.Tuna poke, tuna tartare wrapped in cucumber...
Fishermen Protest Against Oil Spillages
The presence of hydrocarbons in the Gulf of Mexico in recent years is causing serious ecological damage and a 60 percent decline in catches, according to a fishery cooperative...
Costa Rica To Ramp Up Satellite Surveillance Against IUU
The Costa Rican government will partner with Global Fishing Watch to improve its satellite control and monitoring to deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing....
Phillips To Launch Indonesian Pasteurized Tuna
Phillips Foods unveils its newest products, pasteurized tuna and tuna burger, ahead of the Seafood Expo North America, in Boston, Massachusetts on March 17-19. The pasteurized yellowfin tuna...
Aussie Canned Tuna Market Shows Slight Dip In Q3 2018
Overall import of canned tuna in Australia has decreased by 4 percent, accounting for almost 1,384 M/T or 83 20-foot containers, during 2018's third quarter, based on Comtrade Data...
Data Analysis A Challenge For Ghana’s Electronic Monitoring Project
The government of Ghana has recently reported a successful experience in conducting trials on the use of the Electronic Monitoring Systems (EMS) as a tool for Monitoring, Control and...
Boat Hits Tuna Trap
A Portuguese flagged tuna fishing boat with five Spanish crew members on board stranded off the Southern coast of Portugal after running into a tuna trap.The Rescue Center of Lisbon...
Trade Deals Between Philippines-UK Will Stand After Brexit
Talks about delaying Brexit by at least two months are now ongoing between British Prime Minister Theresa May and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. According to updates today, British MPs will...
EU Parliament Holds Public Conference On Oceans
To emphasize the importance of healthy oceans and the future of the blue planet as home to a rich biodiversity, the European Parliament has taken the initiative to organize an OCEANS...
Whistleblower Exposes Failing Enforcement On Catch Documentation
As the crackdown on the billion dollar illegal bluefin trade continues, another whistleblower working in a tuna farm revealed the step-by-step process in illegal harvesting of tuna...
Bangkok Skipjack Price Jumps After 2 Months Of Lull
After a passive trading period during the first six weeks of this year, and after the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations, tuna price negotiations have now resumed. Recent prices for...
Balfegó Defends Image Of Its Tuna Business
One of Spain's largest bluefin fattening and distribution companies has requested the public not to let recent reports about a multi-million dollar fraud with illegally...
Good Catch Wants To Break In With Plant-based “Tuna” Alternative
US-based vegan food company Good Catch has created a plant-based product that resembles albacore tuna. The company says it looks and tastes just like the real thing without using any tuna meat...
5 Crew Members Missing After Vessel Caught Fire
Five crew members of a Taiwan-flagged fishing boat have gone missing after a fire broke out on their vessel in the waters off the Falkland Islands on Monday. The five missing...
Malta’s MP Accused Of Withholding Illegal Bluefin Trade Info
Malta’s Nationalist Party spokesperson Jason Azzopardi was accused of suppressing crucial findings of the 2010 internal audit of the fisheries department. According to Parliamentary Secretary...
OPAGAC: Pacific Stocks Meet MSC Standards Through FIPs
The Spanish tuna boat owner organization, OPAGAC, announces that five out of 12 stocks of tropical tuna that their members seiners are targeting have met the sustainability standards necessary...
