Felony networks and drug traffickers are among the major problems afflicting local fishing industries in the Pacific, which fisheries ministers from Palau, the Solomon Islands, Kiribati, and...
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Pacifical Gives Feedback On Seafoodsource.com Article
Yesterday, on Tuesday, October 16th, SeafoodSource.com published an article titled “Rift between Papua New Guinea and Pacifical threatens the future of regional tuna MSC certification”...
PEW Pushes For Lower Atlantic Bigeye TAC At ICCAT’s 21st Special Meeting
The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) is preparing to host its upcoming 21st Special Meeting from November 12 – 19, 2018, scheduled to take place in...
79 Arrests In Crack Down On Million Dollar Tuna Smuggling Ring
EUROPOL, in a coordinated international operation with authorities from Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, and Malta, have arrested 79 individuals for their alleged involvement in Europe’s EUR...
Israel And ASEAN Are Potential Growth Markets For Vietnamese Tuna
According to VASEP, in the first seven months of 2018, Vietnam’s tuna exports were valued at USD 356 million, up 10% over the same period in 2017. Exports to major markets continued to record...
ASEAN To Develop A Regional Tuna Eco-Label
Indonesia has approved and endorsed the proposal on the ASEAN Tuna Eco-labeling (ATEL) policy during the ASEAN ministers of agriculture and forestry (AMAF) meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam. "The...
Congressional Spouses Rally For Filipino Handliners Hit By Typhoons
Congressional Spouses Foundation Inc. (CSFI)- a cause-oriented organization in the Philippines comprised of 270 spouses, siblings, and children of House of Representatives members- is drawing...
55 Seiners Leave Manta After First 72 Day IATTC Ban
Ecuador’s first annual 72-day ban on tuna purse seine fishing, which began on July 29 of this year, ended earlier this week on Monday, October 8. The ban was established on the basis of...
Pinsa Group’s Dolores Canned Tuna Celebrates 100th Anniversary
Dolores Tuna, under Pinsa Group, is considered a mainstay of Mexico’s canned tuna industry. With records dating back to early decades of the 20th century, the brand will be celebrating its...
China No. 1 Skipjack Tuna Loin Exporter To EU
Ecuador has lost a significant chunk of frozen pre-cooked skipjack tuna loin exports to the European Union to Chinese processors in the first half of 2018, according to Eurostat data....
Atunlo To Expand Loining Factory Workforce
Spanish tuna firm Atunes y Lomos LLC (Atunlo) is expanding its workforce at its O Grove loining processing plant in Galicia, Spain, through a series of developments it describes as “various...
Thai Union Collects Second Distinction For Ethical Responsibility
For a second time this month, Thai Union Group PCL (TU) has collected a distinction for ethical responsibility. Amidst a turbulent period in...
Spain Wants To Replace TAC
After Spanish fishermen exhausted their quota at faster-than-usual rates this season, the Spanish government discusses the possibility of replacing the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for the...
Toyosu Market Opens With Inaugural Pre-Dawn Tuna Auction
Just five days after Tokyo’s time-honored Tsukiji seafood market concluded its final sale, wholesalers, buyers, and patrons flocked to its new site at Toyosu for its...
Maltese Opposition Wants To Rectify Bluefin Industry
The Maltese Democratic Party (center-left political party in Malta) is calling for the establishment of a task force to “rectify” and develop a relevant strategy for the bluefin tuna industry....
OPAGAC’s APR Certification To Hit Shelves Next Spring
The Spanish tuna fleet, represented by the Organization of Associated Producers of Large Tuna Freezers (OPAGAC), will begin implementing its self-issued APR certifications on its canned tuna...
Samoa Gov’t Denies Tuna Poaching Claims
Foreign-owned fishing vessels are not poaching in Samoa’s waters, according to Samoa’s Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Afioga Lopaoo Natanielu Mua. Local commercial fishermen complained...
Increased Local Tuna Processing In PNG Leads To Water Shortage
After a rebate scheme was introduced to encourage local processing in Papua New Guinea (PNG), tuna companies ramped up their production significantly. In January 2018 alone, 5,330 tons of tuna...
Brexit Prompts Lower Returns For John West Foods
John West Foods (JWF), a UK-based subsidiary of Thai Union Group PCL, disclosed a decrease in sales margins and turnover in its 2017 fiscal report and a reduction in turnover by 0.7 percent to...
3 Chinese Longline Fisheries Gets MSC Stamp
Three Chinese tuna companies successfully obtained the Marine Stewardship Council Certification (MSC) ecolabel for longline yellowfin and bigeye tuna in the waters of the Federated States of...
