Government subsidies can prop up unprofitable “destructive high seas fishing”, a new study published in Science Advances reveals. More than half of the fisheries on the high seas would run at...
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SolTuna Staff Get Sensory Training On Tuna Quality
Workers at the Tri Marine owned SolTuna cannery in the Solomon Islands are getting sensory analysis training, to help them identify whether tuna meets safety and quality standards for major...
Chicken Of The Sea Outperforms StarKist & Bumble Bee
Although the Big 3’s joint grip on total US shelf-stable tuna sales has weakened, Thai Union-owned Chicken of the Sea has managed to expand its share of sales volume, significantly...
Minor EPO Player Eyes Major Tuna Growth
Peruvian officials believe that the country’s tuna industry can grow massively and expect that new regulations put in place could create thousands of extra jobs. Despite modest catch figures...
Majuro Transshipment Traffic Slows From Record Rate
The number of tuna transshipments that took place in the PNA hub of Majuro slowed down in May compared to the previous two months. April had seen record levels, when 59 transshipments took...
Big 3 Losing Market To Expanding Smaller Brands
Smaller brands on the US shelf-stable tuna market have increased their volume share of overall sales, as the joint grip of the Big 3 brands has weakened. This has been driven by a declining...
Indian Ocean Prices Rise As Some Seiners Slow Activity
The latest prices concluded on whole round skipjack and yellowfin tuna in the Indian Ocean hub of the Seychelles represent significant increases from last month, as fishing slows down somewhat...
Marshalls Calls On G7 For “Urgent Discussion” On IUU
Officials from PNA nation, the Marshall Islands, are calling for the relevant G7 and Pacific Island Ministers to meet before the end of the year to urgently discuss illegal fishing practices...
Peruvian Authorities Seize Tuna From Ecuadorian Seiner
An Ecuadorian flagged tuna purse seiner has had skipjack and other tuna catch seized by Peruvian authorities, after reportedly violating a ministerial resolution that limits foreign vessel...
Vietnam Blames EU Export Drop On Yellow Card
Vietnam’s tuna product exports to the EU have fallen in recent months, and representatives of the processing sector credit this to the yellow card IUU warning held by the Asian nation. The EU...
How The EU Is Tackling Discarded Fishing Gear
The European Commission is working on tackling the eight million ton plastic problem that enters the oceans each year – a large volume of which it says is fishing gear. The Commission joins a...
Should Coastal Nations Get Bigger IO Catch Quotas?
A number of Indian Ocean coastal countries have backed a proposal for 100 percent of the average annual historic catches in their waters to be used as the basis of catch quotas given to their...
Mixed Views On Impact Of Price Fixing Saga
Bumble Bee Foods is unlikely to suffer from the price fixing scandal, according to just over half of those who voted in the recent poll. However, many industry professionals believe the...
Taiwan & Kiribati Shake On Fisheries Pact
Officials from Taiwan and Pacific island nation, Kiribati, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), which is said to underscore a shared commitment to safeguarding environmental...
Why The EU Market Desperately Needs More WCPO YF
With the EU market’s demand for tuna products strengthening, Henk Brus, Managing Director of Pacifical, has addressed the question of where increased future supply should come from, especially...
Americans To March Against Trump’s Ocean Proposals
Tens of thousands of people are expected to March for the Ocean tomorrow with the aim to put pressure on the Trump administration. While the US President looks to cut the NOAA budget, expand...
Beating Plastic Pollution Focus On World Oceans Day
Today marks World Oceans Day – an event internationally recognized by the United Nations. With plastic continuing to impact the oceans and marine life, preventing plastic pollution and...
Grupomar: Industry Must Innovate In Evolving Market
The domestic market in Mexico has been evolving due to changes in population and lifestyle, and the industry must keep innovating to achieve growth in sales, according to Grupomar’s CEO,...
IPNLF To Prioritize MSC Catch Despite Criticizing Standard
The 14 members of the IPNLF have made a commitment to “preferentially source” MSC certified one-by-one caught tuna over non-certified tuna, when it comes to Indonesian fisheries. This latest...
Yellow Card Improved Ghana’s Tuna, But Other Stocks Collapse
After receiving and shifting a yellow card IUU warning from the EU, Ghana’s tuna industry has made a number of improvements and it now benefits from “relatively good stability”, according to...
