Greenpeace is for the first time targeting the US foodservice industry in a new seafood ranking, with most assessed firms being given a failing grade. The statement rates companies based on...
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The Autonomous Port Of Abidjan
With this year’s African Tuna Conference taking place in Ivory Coast, we visit the Autonomous Port of Abidjan, the hub of the African tuna industry. With around 250,000 tons of tuna passing...
Pole & Line Industry Wants Seiners Banned
Following declining regional catches in the waters of Portuguese Azores, which is being blamed on the influx of foreign tuna purse seiners, local government has now lobbied central government...
The People Who Eat 3.5 Billion Cans Of Tuna
Spain is the largest tuna processor in Europe, feeding its massive domestic market, with consumers in the country having one of the strongest tastes for tuna in the world. Around 3.5 billion...
Fierce Competition Leads To Job Losses In Tuna Industry
According to Jaques Datte, Executive Director of CARF (Committee of Directors of the Free Economic Zone), the management of one of the Ivory Coast’s most important tuna canning facilities has...
Consumers Pay More For Certified Products
As part of a growing European-wide trend of sustainability orientated customers, there has been a sharp increase in demand for certified seafood products from within the Netherlands, with over...
Korea Keeps Up Rocketing Thai Deliveries
After nearly doubling its whole round tuna deliveries to Bangkok last year, the Korean fleet is keeping up the pace, boasting more than 40,000 tons in Thai landings for the first half of 2016....
Vessels Adapt To New Spanish Standards
Tuna fishing vessels are taking action in order to comply with the new best tuna fishing practice standards set by the Spanish government. The Panama flagged purse seiner Jane IV has been...
Extreme Fluctuations In Indonesia’s Catch
Indonesia has long reported the highest annual tuna catches globally, and despite severe fluctuation in its WCPO volumes, shows substantial growth overall in the region in the last 15 years....
The Rapid Expansion Of Pacific Islands’ Own Fleet
Purse seiners flagged to Pacific island nations have grown consistently in their numbers since 2008, and rose to another record high last year, the latest figures reveal. At the biggest total...
Why Anchored FADs Are OK For MSC
In July, Tri Marine’s Solomon Islands based purse seine fishery became the first fishery to use this gear type with anchored FADs and achieve MSC certification, with the assessment...
Taiwan Nets Big Prices On Thai Deliveries
Taiwan has continued its trend in bringing higher value tuna species to the Bangkok market, and despite landing smaller volumes in the Thai capital, has been reaping much bigger returns per...
Firm Handshake Should Get 109 Vietnamese Fishermen Free
Vietnam and Indonesia have shaken hands on a deal that will see them cooperate on fisheries and seafood development, with a strong focus on tackling the existing problems that both nations...
FDA Warns US Tuna Plant Over “Serious Violations”
A Hawaiian tuna processing plant has been found to have “serious violations of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulation” during an inspection, which was...
There’s No Plan B For Ecuador
There is no other option for Ecuador if it doesn’t secure the still pending multilateral free trade agreement with the EU, Peru and Colombia, says the country’s Minister of Foreign Trade, Juan...
NFI Slams GP’s Latest Tuna-Ranking Plans
Greenpeace is soon to publish a new sustainable seafood ranking that will shift focus to the foodservice sector in the US market, with the expected release date marked for next week. The...
Is COS Giving Up On US Sales Growth?
Thai Union is focusing on boosting margins and profits instead of sales in the US market, concentrating on value-added products to increase revenue amid a competitive environment. TU’s...
Nirsa: “We’re Not For Sale”
Following spiraling rumors that Thai Union had set its eyes on the acquisition of canned tuna producer, Nirsa, management from the Ecuadorian firm, according to local press, has stated that...
A Big Blind Spot In Managing WCPFC Stocks?
The exclusion of some tuna landings from the EEZs of three significant fishing nations in annual catch figures gives the impression that the WCPFC has a big blind spot in assessing regional...
The Revenue Loss Of The Top 3 Tuna Exporters
None of the biggest global canned tuna suppliers could avoid significant slumps in their export revenues last year, on the back of low tuna prices and stagnant demand in the largest import...
