Juan Angel Gonzalez Navarro, captain of the tuna vessel El Gofia that was accused of dumping garbage on the coast of Tenerife in a social media post, has hit back at his critics. Navarro told...
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Ocean Brands Acquires Leading Canned Seafood Supplier
Ocean Brands, a division of the Jim Pattinson Group and Canada’s leading supplier of canned albacore tuna and salmon, has acquired leading supplier of canned sardines and anchovies in Canada,...
One Out Of Four Fish In Africa Caught Illegally
According to an NGO focused on highlighting the problem of IUU fishing in Africa, one out of four fish on the continent is caught illegally. Stop Illegal Fishing, a not-for-profit organization...
Bom Petisco Introduces Larger Canned Tuna Sizes
Portugal’s Bom Petisco has diversified its “Classic” canned tuna product range with the launch of new can sizes: the available option of 200 grams and 385 grams for its “Oil”, “Olive”, and...
Trader Joe’s Settles For $1.3M In Underfilling Case
After a two-year battle with the California federal court, US grocer Trader Joe’s (owned by Aldi) has agreed to settle for USD 1.3 million a proposed class action from consumers claiming the...
Canary Islands Requests Specific Quota For Atlantic Albacore
Concerned about the poor catch during the current season, the Spanish archipelago of Canary Islands has requested the central government to assign it a specific quota of Bonito del Norte...
US Canned Imports Buck The Trend
US imports of canned tuna have been stagnating for nearly a decade. However, monthly shipments have followed a similar pattern in each of the last four years, a spike in January followed by a...
Ocean’s “Dark Fleet” Made Publically Traceable
Global Fishing Watch (GFW) is lifting the nebulous shroud off hundreds of illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing vessels in a real-time map made publically...
PNG FIA Chooses Manila To Discuss MSC
The association representing the fishing industry in Papua New Guinea (PNG) will be meeting in Manila today to discuss the possibility of applying for a separate MSC certification and to split...
Venezuela Trying To Recover Its Tuna Industry
Entrepreneurs of Venezuela’s tuna and longline sector took part in a round table discussion last week at the Ministry of People’s Power of Fisheries and...
Japan Aiming To Export ASC-Certified Captive-Bred Bluefin
Japanese companies are gearing up for the addition of one new menu item to their list of global exports: captive-bred bluefin tuna. Among the leading contenders in the new market...
TU Subsidiary’s Initiative To Safeguard Sea Turtles
Thai Union’s (TU) Italian subsidiary Mareblu has announced an initiative with the purpose of safeguarding sea turtles. The campaign, Tartalove, is backed by Legambiente, an environmental...
Chancerelle Opens Second Plant In Southern Morocco
Largest producer of MSC-certified tuna in France, Chancerelle, is opening a second plant in Laayoune, southern Morocco. The EUR 4 million (USD 4.6 million) plant, which will cover an area of...
Thailand Crushes Confiscated IUU Vessels
In attendance of Thailand’s recent demolition of nine unregistered fishing vessels last week were high-profile members of the international community: ambassadors and representatives from the...
Taiwanese Vessel Caught For Illegally Fishing Silky Sharks
A Taiwanese vessel has been caught for illegal fishing activities by local authorities in charge of managing fisheries on the island nation. According to Taiwan’s Fisheries Agency (FA), around...
Battles Over Tuna Quota Ahead Of Brexit
Two recent events, both involving Atlantic bluefin, has brought the Brexit issue and how it will impact fisheries to the center stage. With a little over six months left before the UK leaves...
China Tariffs: StarKist Backs It Even As Trade Body Opposes
With the supplemental action announced by the US two months ago in its ongoing trade war set to effect soon, there have been calls for backtracking. The latest to join campaign against tariffs...
Proposal For Raw Data Submissions On FAD Usage Rejected
Efforts to mitigate the environmental consequences of fishing on FADs were further delayed at this year’s Annual Meeting of Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)....
Tsukiji Re-opening: Toyosu Market Dubbed “Obsolete”
Romanticized for its labyrinth of wet stalls brimming with rare seafood and pre-dawn tuna auctions- Tsukiji market is drawing to a close its eight decades of tenure as Tokyo’s...
Crew Members Of Detained Taiwanese Longliner Speak Out
The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) issued a press release yesterday interviewing crew members of the Taiwanese longline vessel Fuh Sheng No 11, which...
