As the bribes and scandal among Malta’s and Spain's largest tuna operators continue to be a pressing issue, local fishermen reveal how Mare Blu vessels get away with illegally harvested...
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Fisheries Director Used Secret Phone Paid By Tuna Giant
An internal inquiry about the fraudulent bluefin transactions revealed that Spanish tuna ranching giant Ricardo Fuentes Group paid for the Maltese fisheries...
Majority Of Trade Expect High Salmon Prices To Increase Tuna Sales
In the past weeks, Atuna asked your opinion about whether tuna sales will benefit from high salmon rates. Salmon and tuna are among the most popular fish species enjoyed...
MSC Stamp For Luen Thai Group’s Longline Fisheries Underway
Three Chinese companies -- Liancheng Overseas Fishery (Shenzhen), China Southern Fishery (Shenzhen) and Liancheng Overseas Fishery – which are operating yellowfin...
EU Commissioner Condemns Infringements By Fishery Official
The European Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Karmenu Vella said that the malpractice reported in the Spanish media in connection to the dismissal of the...
OPAGAC And WWF Say Their FIPs Exceed Expectations
Only two years after the launch of Fisheries Improvement Projects (FIP), Spain's largest seiner fishing organization OPAGAC alongside WWF have reported that, five...
Price Fixing Scandal: Bumble Bee Settles With Sysco
Bumble Bee Foods and Sysco Corp. have reached a deal to end claims that the tuna company had colluded with other major firms in a widespread conspiracy to keep prices for canned tuna...
US Invests Millions In Somalia’s Tuna Industry
The United States government has invested USD 74 million to generate jobs for Somalia’s economic development, including the expansion of the Habo Tuna cannery, the country’s...
MSC Marked As Top Ecolabel By Dutch Sustainability Foundation
A benchmarking study conducted by Dutch foundation Milieu Centraal, on behalf of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, has ranked the Marine Stewardship Council as one of...
German Trade Company Inks Post-shipment Financing With Tuna Exporter
A German-based international trade company has signed a post-shipment financing worth USD 1.5 million with a tuna exporter from Maldives. Tradewind, previously known...
Data Mapping Tool Fuses Satellite & Optical Data To Fight IUU
The international organization Global Fishing Watch (GFW) launches the Analytical Cell, a consolidated data management tool to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing during the...
36 EU Vessels Allowed To Catch 5,000 Tons In Côte d’Ivoire Waters
The European Parliament has approved a new six-year protocol that allows 36 EU vessels to fish up to 5,000 tons in Côte d’Ivoire’s EEZ. This deal provides fishing opportunities for 28...
Panama’s Tuna Population Up For Assessment
The Panama Aquatic Resources Authority (ARAP) announced that an evaluation of the current status of tuna species will be carried out by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission...
Director Of Fisheries Allegedly Received Spanish Bribes Over Bluefin Smuggling
The head of Malta’s Fisheries Department has been suspended after being accused of receiving bribes from Spanish tuna ranching kingpin Jose Fuentes Garcia in exchange for bypassing...
Purse Seine Boats To Continue Fishing Using Metal Halide Lights
Mini purse seine fishermen in Malpe coast, India insisted that they are not using LED but metal halide lights for fishing. The court has directed the authorities to continue fishing...
Jealsa Invests USD 2 Million In Fish Meal Production
Converting tuna waste into fish meal – this is the latest venture of the Spain-based canning group Jealsa Rianxeira in its factory Industria Atunera Centroamericana (Central American Tuna...
New Bluefin Management Plan Underway
A new Spanish royal decree has been approved regulating the bluefin tuna fisheries in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. The total allowable catch (TAC) set for 2019 is...
Seafood Mislabeling Rampant In North America, Study Finds
Canadian researchers have discovered that 32 percent of all fish across North American supply chains were mislabeled. The highest rate of label errors was found at retailers (38.1...
Tuna Vessel Rescued After Distress Call
Tuna fishing vessel Grete has been rescued at Kangaroo Island, Australia after breaking down on Saturday, Feb. 9. The distress signal was sent just before 1 p.m. with reports from the crew...
SPC Director: PNA Could Reach USD 1 Billion Income From Tuna
The Pacific Community (SPC) Director General Colin Tukuitonga said that tuna fisheries are on track to return up to USD 1 billion to the region in a year. The SPC is a scientific organization...
