Some Pacific Island nations are lagging behind their neighbors, and are facing calls to enact an overdue commitment to move beyond provisional maritime boundaries and establish...
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World Oceans Day: Plastic Pollution In Focus
Today marks World Oceans Day, a celebration of the seas and a reminder of the importance of conserving it and all the life it holds. Although tuna has now received its very own UN ratified...
Indonesia Exposes Tuna Vessel Tracks To The World
The Indonesian fleet's operations have become more transparent, with the nation making its Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) data publically available via online tool, Global Fishing Watch, with...
Frustration Within ISSF About IOTC “Missteps”, Who’s To Blame?
The ISSF stressed some tough demands to the IOTC before it met last month, among which it underlined that strict compliance with purse seine yellowfin catch reductions must be upheld. Were its...
Vietnam’s Exports Surge, Fight For Free Trade
Vietnamese tuna processors have again noted a boost in the value of their shipments, especially in the canned tuna category. For this trend to continue, it’s argued that the nation needs to...
The Looming FAD Ban: Is This Year Different?
Although more fleets have been keen to increase their focus on free-school operations in response to strong market demand, this year’s FAD ban in the WCPO is still expected to have notable...
Palau President: Close 30% Of World’s Oceans
Palau’s President is calling for the protection of 30 percent of the world’s oceans, urging countries to follow in the footsteps of the island nation, which has taken initiatives to close...
Paper Scrapped For Digital Traceability In Thai Fisheries
Moves towards a digitized supply chain and electronic labor protection are underway in Thailand. As part of a pilot scheme, vessels have been installed with satellite connectivity systems, and...
UN Urged To Tackle High Seas Controls
The protection of the high seas is being called for as a top priority at the United Nations Ocean Conference taking place in New York this week. The issue is heavily discussed in the tuna...
10,000 Cases Of Pacific Dumping Uncovered
A compilation of 12-years’ worth of data has revealed that purse seiners are "knowingly" dumping pollutants into the Pacific Ocean on a major scale. This comes after the reports of observers...
Why MSC Opens Debate On Mixed Method Tuna Fisheries
MSC stakeholders have gathered today to debate the issue of mixed method tuna fisheries being sustainably certified for just one aspect of their operations, which several organizations have...
Balfegó Hits Bluefin Limit In Just 6 Days
One of Spain’s biggest bluefin catchers, Balfegó Group, has already completed its allocated share of the species for the fishing season, having hit the limit in just six days. With its...
TU Still Has Long Way To Go On MSC Goal
Around 13 percent of Thai Union's tuna was sourced from MSC fisheries or Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) as of 2016, according to its newly released annual Sustainability Report. While the...
Catching Method Not Important To EU Consumers
The effectiveness of using gear-type or catching method as a way of communicating sustainability to consumers has been brought into question, with a report conducted by the European Commission...
Trader Joe’s Granted “Cut & Run” In Tuna Underfilling Case
US retailer, Trader Joe’s has won in getting a case against it scrapped, which accused the firm of underfilling cans of tuna. A California federal judge has granted a motion to dismiss,...
Thai Union’s “Leadership Award” From GP: Fake News?
Greenpeace is calling out Thai Union for stating that a symbolic torch it received from GP was a leadership award, with the NGO since affirming that this information is false. While Thai Union...
Frozen Yellowfin Brings Heightened Hepatitis Fears In US
There are fears that more tuna carrying the hepatitis A virus has made its way into the US marketplace, as a recall has been issued on yellowfin products originating from two Asia-based firms....
Price Fixing Case Snowballs: Who Might Be Next?
Marking a new turn in the long running US tuna price fixing case, the charge now faced by former StarKist executive, Stephen Hodge, states that the “various business organizations and...
No Radical Change For Future Of IO Stocks
Although some concrete measures came out of the recent IOTC meeting, one acclaimed tuna scientist and expert believes that there will be no major revolution in the management of tuna stocks in...
Ex- StarKist Sales Exec Faces Conspiracy Charges
A former StarKist executive is facing a charge of conspiring with officials from other seafood companies, "to fix, raise and maintain the prices of canned seafood from 2011 to 2013”, according...
