Major Spanish bluefin fishing firm Grupo Balfegó has exhausted its bluefin limit in exactly one week. Despite being given a higher quota this year, Spain’s biggest bluefin catcher was still...
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Indonesia’s Hardline Ministry To Also Fine IUU Boatowners
Owners of vessels illegally fishing in Indonesia’s waters could face criminal charges if a new bill is passed. With only crew members facing prosecution under the current laws, the Ministry of...
How Marine Protected Areas Have Changed Fishing
A number of marine protected areas (MPAs) have been established over the years in an attempt to conserve vital marine resources such as tuna. While the protection of waters has invoked...
Mozambique Relying On Tuna Longlining To Ease Debts
The government of Mozambique is relying on tuna fishing to increase revenue and possibly help ease the country’s USD 2 billion debt, which was in fact partly caused by the establishment of a...
SKJ Price Drops During Bangkok Conference
As many negotiations and deals played out during the largest tuna industry gathering in Bangkok this week, big volume buyers attempted and succeeded in pushing down the whole round skipjack...
PNG Coastal Villagers Receive P&L Training
Villagers from Papua New Guinea have been trained in pole and line fishing and other small-scale methods, to catch yellowfin and skipjack tuna for “commercial sales”. According to The...
Merger Rumors Continue: Frabelle & Majestic Must Seek Approval
The PNG Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC) has stated any potential merger between Majestic Seafood and Frabelle could be possible, but only after the tuna firms gain...
WTPO: Time To End The Tuna “Power Games”
Power games within the industry must come to an end, and stakeholders must start to cooperate and work together, to really add value to the market, stresses the Vice Chairman of the World Tuna...
Lischewski’s First Court Appearance Set For Next Month
The Bumble Bee CEO, Chris Lischewski, is set to make his first court appearance next month following the indictment charges he faced as part of the canned tuna price fixing case. Amid the...
Rick Heroux Leaves CMC To Join Nirsa
The Chief Operating Officer at Thailand’s Chotiwat Manufacturing Co. (CMC), Richard Heroux, is set to leave the major canner and join Ecuadorian tuna fishing and processing firm Nirsa. In...
Tri Marine: Lease To StarKist Best Option For American Samoa
The CEO of Tri Marine, Joe Hamby, has said leasing the firm’s Samoa Tuna Processors (STP) plant to StarKist Samoa is the best use of the facility. Despite efforts to reopen the cannery, the...
Thailand Issues $7 Million Fines To IUU Vessels
Thailand’s Minister of Fisheries has announced the Thai court issued fines worth almost USD 7 million to the owners of two longliners that were found partaking in several IUU activities. The...
GGGI Set To Remove 100,000KG Of Ghost Gear
The World Animal Protection has announced under the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI), it will partner with businesses, Bureo and Satlink, to remove 100,000kg, or 100 tons, of discarded...
WTPO Wants Global Purse Seine Fleet Capped At 2016 Levels
A representative from the World Tuna Purse Seine Organization (WTPO) has stated that the WTPO wants to see the global tuna purse seine fleet capped at the level it was in 2016 and therefore,...
Day 3: Technology Takes Center Stage In Bangkok
By-product Production Needs Support From Big Players Smaller processors that are manufacturing by-products from tuna specimens need support from the big players in the processing industry, in...
TTIA Confident Strong US Trade Can Continue
The recent upturn in Thai canned tuna exports to the US market can be sustained, according to the Thai Tuna Industry Association (TTIA) President. The improving image of Thai product in this...
WATCH: Vloggers Take On The Tower Of Tuna Challenge
A Canadian couple bravely took on the ‘Tower of Tuna’ challenge and attempted to eat 400 grams of tuna sashimi. The video bloggers compete against each other to see who can eat their tower the...
WCPFC Director Talks Challenges Of RFMO Voting
The Executive Director of the WCPFC says that decision making within the RFMO can be extremely challenging, due to the fact that a unanimous vote must always be reached. This can either leave...
World’s First Ocean Clean-Up Aims To Solve Plastic Problem
The unique Ocean Cleanup project is well underway to deploy the first ocean-cleaning device in the Pacific Ocean. While the goal of the non-profit organization is to rid the Pacific of...
5 People Report Histamine Poisoning From Supermarket Sashimi
Following the recall of tuna sashimi references from the retail chain Cactus, based in Luxembourg, it has been reported the tuna products caused five people to fall sick from the high levels...
