Canned tuna production in the US, which is dominated by the US Big 3, declined in 2016 and the latest stats indicate the nation’s processors might show lower output this year. The first three...
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High Raw Mat Prices Bring Polish Imports Down
Buyers in Poland have traditionally been the largest importers of canned tuna in Eastern Europe, but in the first eight months of this year a significant drop was witnessed in purchases....
Overall US Canned Tuna Supply Has Never Been This Low
Total US market canned tuna supply slipped to a stand-out low in 2016, the latest NOAA data reveals. From the peak recorded in the last 10 years, volume has fallen by 20 percent. Last year,...
Readers: IO Catch Quotas Are Harming Juvenile Yellowfin
It has been suggested that the implementation of catch quotas for purse seine caught yellowfin in the Indian Ocean has actually been counterproductive. Due to the way in which the catch limit...
African Communities Hurt By “Opaque” Fishing Agreements
The people of West Africa are seeing their ocean resources depleted and their food security and economy hurt due to foreign vessels operating in their tuna-rich waters, a new report claims....
Anger Over Industry’s Aim To Fish More & Fish Faster
This year’s ICCAT meeting represented “some of the poorest management decisions” made since the RFMO was labelled an “international disgrace”, according to Pew, while WWF stresses quota...
Weakening BKK SKJ Price Tumbles Through Barrier
With stronger catches reported by WCPO purse seine fleets, and increased volumes being loaded onto carriers set for Bangkok, the skipjack price in the Thai capital has taken another tumble....
Japanese Tuna Longliner Found Overturned, Crew Missing
A tuna longliner has been found overturned in the waters near the PNA nation Palau. The seven crew members who were onboard are yet to be found. The vessel, Gyotokumaru 1, left the port of...
MSC Defends “Rigorous” Standard Against Criticism From UK Politicians
Four members of UK Parliament have raised concerns over the MSC certification standard in a broad discussion on “Marine Environment”, in which the issue of mixed fisheries has been underlined...
Controversial Bluefin Quota Rise Adopted By ICCAT
A proposed quota increase that gained a lot of attention in the run up to the ICCAT meeting, has been adopted by the RFMO, meaning that by 2020, 36,000 M/T will be the annual catch limit for...
High Consumption & Low Duties Make Exporters Eye Middle East
Vietnamese tuna processors are betting on expansion in the Middle East market, with high demand and low import duties compared to other markets presenting strong potential for an export boost....
ICCAT Takes No New Action On FADs & Bigeye
Putting discussions on hold until next year, ICCAT has taken no new action on FAD management and yellowfin and bigeye catch limits in the Atlantic Ocean, as its annual meeting has drawn to a...
UK P&L Business Suffers From Duties & Weak Pound
As the major suppliers of pole and line canned tuna, mostly caught in the Maldives, processors in Thailand have seen their business shrink in the UK market. Weak buying power among UK firms in...
Indonesia To Get Even Stricter & Destroy 100 More IUU Vessels
A new regulation is expected to be issued to protect tuna from being overfished in Indonesian waters, at a time when the Fisheries Minister plans to destroy 100 vessels involved in IUU...
Spanish-Owned Seiner Opens Fire Against Pirates In IO
A Spanish-owned purse seiner dodged an attack by pirates in the Indian Ocean after firing warning shots. Following several years of calm in the ocean region, representatives of the Spanish...
US Based Cannery Output Lower After 7 Year High
US domestic canned tuna production, dominated by the Big 3 brands, fell notably in 2016, dropping from a seven year high recorded the previous year, the latest NOAA data reveals. So far this...
EU Fleet’s FAD Use Frustrates African Nations
South Africa has led a proposal to limit the FAD use of purse seiners fishing in west African waters. The request from several countries was presented at the 25th ICCAT meeting, with an...
COS Sues US Tuna Brand Over Use Of Mermaid Logo
Tri-Union Seafoods, commonly known as Chicken of the Sea (COS), has filed a legal complaint against the US-based global food company, Otis McAllister for federal trademark infringement in...
Japan On The Way To Exceed Juvenile Catch Quota Again?
After overshooting its juvenile bluefin quota last year, Japan could already be on the way to exceed it again, with reports that unprecedented catches of the species have been netted off...
Major Doubts Over ICCAT Stock Assessment Accuracy
As major forces within the Atlantic tuna fishery continue their meeting in Marrakesh, a central issue has become the uncertainty over stock assessments being used to shape the future...
