China, from the Western side of the Pacific Ocean, is working hard to boost its geopolitical power, and has used its large size and perceived global significance to increase its influence in...
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World Tuna Day: A Global Hit
Five years since its inaugural celebration, 2017 marks the first time that World Tuna Day reached a truly global population, following its formal recognition by the United Nations as an...
A Future With Captain-Less Seiners?
Defined as: ‘the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry’ – Technology continues to alter our relationship with the job market. There is the sense...
FADs, Chains And Skipjack
When it comes to the assessment of tuna stocks, the coming years might give some unwelcome surprises concerning the state and prospect of the sustainability. Serious questions can be asked...
15 Minutes With Calvo’s European CEO
The constant reduction in price of tuna products and unsustainable fishing practices are the main concerns of Alberto Encinas, European CEO of one of the most successful Spanish tuna...
Competing Despite Increasing Wages, Is It Possible?
With the location of tuna processing facilities determining labor costs, which in turn affects the overall cost of production, trans-national tuna producing companies are, after...
Harvest Control Rules
The seemingly technical term of Harvest Control Rules or HCRs has been frequently thrown into tuna industry management talks in recent years, with increasing pressures put on decision...
Blue Boat Plague Dwindling?
There has been a major reduction in the incidence of IUU vessels in the South Pacific, according to the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), marking a successful surveillance operation on the back of...
US Single Duty Quota Shrinking
Each year the volume of canned tuna US importers can purchase under a slashed duty rate shrinks, a consequence of the overall decline in demand for this product on the American market, with...
Calvo Now Brings Low Fat Tuna To Italian Shelves
Spanish tuna firm Calvo is bringing a new lighter tuna product to Italian supermarket shelves, marketed through its traditional Nostromo brand in the country. This follows on from the firm’s...
Pacific Islands Want Bigger Piece Of Tuna Pie
Pacific island nations should work towards getting a greater share of the USD 4 billion the regional tuna fishery earns on an annual basis, argues the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA). Although...
The Spanish Tuna Route: Tens Of Thousands Of Tapas
With a total of 71,098 tapas sold, this year's Ruta Del Atún (Tuna Route) proved to be a big hit, giving locals and tourists a choice of some of the south of Spain's finest tuna themed plates,...
Seychelles Gets Approval On Less Drastic YF Catch Cut
Despite facing previous opposition from distant water fishing nations, the Seychelles Fisheries Ministry has announced that it “won gold” at the recent IOTC meeting, in getting its purse seine...
Tuna 2020 Traceability Pledge: Major Tuna Players Join
Tuna industry leaders have been called on to join the Tuna 2020 Traceability Declaration, established by the World Economic Forum (WEF), and ultimately aimed at ensuring full traceability in...
Greenpeace Uses Cats To Attack Thai Union
Thai Union has again been put in the spotlight in relation to its tuna practices, but this time in a more positive way, with it said that the firm is involved in discussions to improve its...
US Sushi Restaurants Fined For Tuna Mislabeling
Two restaurants in Washington, US, have been found to have mislabeled sushi, including escolar sold as albacore or "white tuna". Both have agreed to pay a fine and to "discontinue deceptive...
Leading Chinese Tuna Firm Enters Stock Market
One of the leading tuna fishing and processing firms in China, Ping Tai Rong, is planning to expand its tuna business, and has now made an Initial Public Offering (IPO) to put its subsidiary...
EU Auditors: 89% Of EU Fleet Not Monitored
The European Court of Auditors has found that the EU does not yet have a "sufficiently effective system of fisheries controls", which hinders the Common Fisheries Policy, in a report released...
How 3D Imaging Can Measure Tuna Biomass
A system that automatically measures the biomass and count of tuna has been created by a collaboration of Spanish institutions, which claim it has an increased accuracy that can help solve the...
Omega-3 Oil Producer Secures Supply From Pacific And IO
SeaDragon, New Zealand’s largest refiner of fish oil, is now sourcing tuna from the Indian Ocean and the South and East Pacific. The firm produces oil from fish species, including tuna, with...
