On the release of its fourth edition of the Canned Tuna Sustainability Ranking, Greenpeace Canada states that while the number of responsibly-caught tuna products have quadrupled on...
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Disputed ‘Swim With Tuna’ Attraction Opens in Australia
An Australian ‘Swim with the Tuna’ experience will move to a new location later this month, with its reopening not coming without controversy. Local residents have argued that the enclosure...
October Tie-Up Expected For Spanish Seiners
The Spanish purse seine fleet in the Indian Ocean is expected to stop fishing and tie-up in October at the latest, following the distribution of minimal individual yellowfin quota for the rest...
Health Concerns Spur Govt. Warning To Spanish Tuna Processors
Health concerns related to the marketing of defrosted tuna products and the practices carried out in their production, including the enhancement of their color through injection, have urged...
Bullish Indian Ocean Yellowfin Price
Evident since April, a bullish rise in the price of whole round yellowfin tuna in the Indian Ocean processing hub of Seychelles has taken place, with new increases moving the market to heights...
New Thai Labor Laws Cause Exodus Of Migrant Workers
New labor regulations imposed by the Thai military government has caused a mass exodus of migrant workers from the nation. The reformed laws were put in place party to clean up issues related...
Scientists Establish Criteria For Bluefin Larvae Age
Criteria for determining the age of a bluefin larvae has been put in place by scientists, which they believe can make it easier to assess the survival rate of the specimens. Keeping the larvae...
Strong Baht Knocks Thai Exports Off Target
A strong baht currency is taking bites out of Thai tuna canners’ competitive edge, according to Chanintr Chalisarapong, President of the Thai Tuna Industry Association, who states that exports...
US Domestic Production, Still Thriving?
Evidence that canned tuna production in the US is thriving, due to the competitive cost of importing pre-cooked tuna loins into the country, has not yet emerged in the latest statistics,...
Mixed MSC Fisheries: Beyond FAD & Free-School?
Requests that called for a recent MSC stakeholder meeting to discuss certified tuna fisheries using ‘mixed methods’, focused most heavily on the combination of FAD and free-school sets by...
“Worst” Catches Make Seiners Dock Half Empty In Manta
The worst month for catches in the Eastern Pacific so far this year has been June, according to one industry source, who says that this is the major factor behind the continuing price rise in...
Thai Imports Show Worrying Spike In Bigeye Catch %
The proportion that bigeye catch is making up of total tuna landings (skipjack, yellowfin, bigeye) in Bangkok has seen a sharp rise compared to last year, pointing to a situation of increased...
Nearly Zero Quota Left For Indian Ocean Seiners
A recent announcement has seen a number of Indian Ocean operating purse seiners left with very minimal yellowfin catch quota for the rest of the year, which could potentially cause the tying...
IATTC Urged To Tackle Record FAD Levels
Calls are being made for the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) to get stricter on FAD management and observer coverage for longliners, as the next annual meeting for the RFMO...
US Sushi Lovers Have To Pay Big Prices For Tuna Roll
As worldwide demand for the Japanese delicacy booms, US sushi lovers have to be prepared to pay out much higher prices for this popular meal, of which tuna is a common ingredient, as prices...
Chicken Salad Or Tuna Salad?
Chicken salads have been recalled from Whole Foods stores in the US, as it has been discovered that they in fact contained tuna instead of chicken. Nearly 200 kilos of “buffalo style...
Southern Bluefin Found In Unusual Territory
An unusual discovery has been made in the Arabian Sea as Southern bluefin have been spotted off the coast of the Arabic country Oman. Scientists of Oman Marine Science and Farming Centre,...
Albacore Season Starts For Basque Fleet
The fishing of Atlantic albacore for the coastline fleet has begun in Spain’s Basque Country. Although Spain’s fishing of the species was halted last year due to the national fleet surpassing...
PNG Observer Missing From Chinese Seiner
A Papua New Guinea national working as an observer onboard a Chinese flagged vessel has been reported missing. The incident follows a number of similar cases in the region in recent years,...
Century Expects Strong Growth Despite Higher Raw Mat Prices
The Philippines’ largest canned tuna company, Century Pacific Food, Inc. (CNPF) has confidence that it will keep seeing double digit growth in the coming months, despite some challenges...
