Tuna exports from the Indonesian island of Bali increased significantly in 2017, growing by more than 75 percent. Although this was an improvement year on year, shipments have not yet...
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China Cracks Down On Its Own IUU Vessels
The Chinese government has launched a major crackdown regarding domestic fishing companies that are involved in illegal fishing activities in foreign waters. It has been reported 78 firms will...
Mexican Fleet Talks MSC: Has It Replaced Dolphin Safe?
Despite having faced intense criticism over its dolphin-associated practices, the Mexican fleet will continue setting on dolphins, believing it is one of the most ecologically selective...
Is New Farming Innovation Suitable For Bluefin?
A German sea cage manufacturer is hoping to team up with bluefin farmers, as he argues his aquaculture solution will save both the environment and reduce costs in the fattening process....
Spanish Fleet Pumps More Millions Into Worldwide Tuna FIP
The representative group of the Spanish tuna purse seiner fleet will invest an additional EUR 3 million (USD 3.7 million) into its global Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) this year, which...
Microplastics In Tuna: A Justified Concern?
Questions surrounding the consumption of fish like tuna, that could contain microplastics, and what this means for our health, was an issue addressed by a representative from the United...
Boatowners Push Up BKK SKJ Price By Spreading Supply
Boatowners sending their catch to Bangkok on carriers have managed to slightly push up the skipjack price, by spreading supply between both the Thai capital and Manta. With good catching rates...
Chinese Tuna Fishing Firms Slapped With Hefty Fines
The government of Zanzibar has issued TZS 19 billion (USD 8.5 million) worth of fines to tuna vessels for violating their licensing terms. The owning companies, including major Chinese tuna...
MSC Takes Steps On Labor Standards But Admits Complexity
The Marine Stewardship Council has proposed new labor requirements for MSC certified fisheries, part of which it expects to implement in September this year. This comes after holding...
Vietnamese Processors Push Govt To Take Further IUU Action
Vietnamese processors have shown they are determined to have the yellow card warning from the European Commission removed. Many are now urging the government to work with them to review...
MSC Adjudication Big Win To PNA Fishery
After an extensive process and adjudication, the PNA free-school skipjack and yellowfin tuna fishery has again been recommended for MSC recertification, this time by the Independent...
EU IUU Cards Can Be “Direct & Brutal”, But They Work
The green, yellow and red carding system used by the EU in relation to IUU concerns, can be “direct and brutal”, but it works, according to Stefaan Depypere, DG MARE’s Director for...
The Emerging Shift Of WCPO Catch To Manta
WCPO caught tuna is playing a larger role in Latin American markets, according to Sancho Kim, Operations and Sales Manager at major South Korean tuna fishing firm Silla. He talks of oversupply...
The End Of The Road For Mozambique’s EMATUM?
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects that Mozambique will not be able to pay back its USD 2 billion debts before 2023. In order to be able to make the payments, IMF recommends that...
Experts Discuss The Consumer’s Role In Sustainability
It is the industry’s responsibility to ensure that tuna is caught sustainably, not the consumer’s, argued PwC’s tuna expert at the Americas Tuna Conference in Panama last week. During a panel...
Major Distributor US Foods Adds MSC Yellowfin To Its Line
Large US foodservice distributor, US Foods, has announced the launch of 26 new products to its Spring Scoop line - all of which the company claims are sustainable. MSC certified, sashimi grade...
Vietnam’s 2017 Tuna Boost Below Expectations
Although Vietnamese processors reached their 2017 export value target already in November, they did not manage to do live up to their reviewed prediction for full year global shipments. Far...
Grupomar Expects Continuous Growth In Mexican Market
By 2050, Grupomar’s Managing Director expects the Mexican tuna market to have reached a volume of 31 million cartons (48 cans in each), predicting continuous growth in sales over the next...
Ghana’s Fisheries “In Crisis” As EU Assesses IUU Controls
Ghanaian media reports have described the nation’s fisheries as “in crisis” with illegal fishing rampant and the stocks of small pelagic fish collapsing. This has supposedly resulted in...
2018: TU Eyes Biggest Sales Growth In Years
Thai Union is targeting sales growth for 2018 that would mark the strongest upturn in nine years, with a five percent increase being the forecast. Organic growth in the firm’s global business...
