A pole and line tuna fishery in Indonesia will now enter into MSC assessment, a first for such a fishery in the country. The nation has been expressing interest in exporting more tuna to...
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EU: Guinea-Bissau Tuna Fishing Rights Unrealistically Expensive
EU tuna vessels might leave the waters of the West African nation Guinea-Bissau from November, as new negotiations for a renewed fisheries agreement have failed between the two parties....
StarKist 100 Years In Business Celebrations, At Time Of Crisis
StarKist, founded in 1917 as the French Sardine Company, is celebrating its 100th year of existence. First marketing tuna under the StarKist brand in 1942, the firm has grown to command...
Spanish Economic Recovery Drives Tuna Innovations
More investments need to be made on innovative and value added tuna products in Spain, one industry expert states. This is something Spanish brands claim to already be working on, with top...
How Korean Tuna Brands Feed A Growing Consumer Appetite
As tuna consumption rises in South Korea, and households generally get smaller, brands are responding to the shift by launching convenient, small and diversified tuna products in order to stay...
New Project Puts Spotlight On EU’s International Tuna Fleet
The sustainability and profitability of the European fishing fleet operating in African waters is to be assessed as part of a new research project named FarFish. EU flagged vessels are...
Tuna Industry Escapes Farmed Fish Disease Fears
As concerns grow over the health status of farmed fish such as tilapia and salmon, both prone to disease, biosecurity measures are being assessed to avoid further outbreaks of illness across...
Industry Calls On IATTC To Get Sharp On Observer Data
Fundamental data is still lacking from the EPO tuna fishery, according to industry group, ISSF, which calls on IATTC member nations to extend observer coverage on both purse seiners and...
Guilty Plea From StarKist Exec In Price Fixing Case
After facing charges last month, former StarKist employee, Stephen Hodge, has now pleaded guilty for the role he played in conspiracy to fix prices of shelf-stable tuna on the US market, and...
10 Million Tons Of Fish Dumped Each Year
Industrial fisheries dump nearly 10 million tons of fish back into the ocean every year, new research reveals. While in the tuna fishery there are several measures in place to avoid high...
PNA Prepares For Sale Of 45,000 Days To Seiner Operators
The number of Vessel Day Scheme (VDS) days available to purse seiners in the PNA region will see a modest squeeze for 2018, a year in which the minimum benchmark price per day will remain the...
Why German Import Slip Doesn’t Reflect Demand
Demand for canned tuna in the German market is stable and even increasing, one importer states, despite the fact that there was a substantial slip in volume reaching German buyers in the first...
Alibaba Coop Highlights TU’s Big Bets On Chinese Market
The world’s biggest e-commerce company, Alibaba, has announced a strategic cooperation with Thai Union to bring a range of its seafood products to the largest consumer market in the world;...
Mauritius Closer To Claiming IO Tuna Rich Zone From UK
Mauritius has witnessed a significant result within a dispute with the UK over the sovereignty of a territory in the Indian Ocean, which boasts important yellowfin catching grounds within its...
Modern Longliner To Be Released On “Untouched” Waters
The family behind a longliner that is under construction is hopeful that they will be in prime position to take advantage of an Australian tuna fishery that is "virtually untouched", with the...
Peruvian Brand Confident In Home Market Growth
Peruvian tuna fishing and processing firm, Pesquera Diamante is planning to expand its canned tuna brand Frescomar in the local market, where it sees strong potential for growth. Currently the...
FAO: Eating Tuna Boosts Child’s IQ
Pregnant women eating fatty fish such as tuna can significantly boost the IQ of their baby, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). An official from the...
EU Seiners Exhaust Bluefin Quota Early
The EU purse seine fleet exhausted its full quota for bluefin three days early this year, in the four-week fishing season in the Western and Central Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea. The...
BKK Market Reaches 3 Year Record On SKJ Price
With limited whole round skipjack supply still reaching Bangkok, traders are trying to push prices up even further, aware that packers have considerable demand for raw material. This has seen...
PNA Ministers: Observers Cannot Record Data For Commercial Purpose
After meeting last week in the Marshall Islands, ministers from the eight PNA nations have signed an agreement related to several major issues discussed, including observer safety and the role...
