Philippines’ tuna producer Century Pacific Food (CNPF) reported a ‘resilient, sustainable’ growth in the first six months of 2025. The sales of branded goods rose while OEM exports declined...
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Maltese Environmental Watchdog Pushes Bluefin Farms To Clean Up Slime
Maltese environmental authorities instructed tuna fattening farms to carry out cleaning-up operations on the coast after beachgoers complained about slime in the waters, which prevented them...
US Pouch Importers Anticipated Effects Of Upcoming Tariffs
US buyers increased their purchases of tuna pouches from January to June this year at a slightly lower average price compared to the same period in 2024. US President Donald Trump announced...
Tuna Company Execs Sentenced To Prison For Scam
Seven defendants in the controversial illegal bluefin scam in Spain have agreed to close to two years in prison. Among them are José and Juan Pedro, former directors of the Cartagena-based...
Nauru Seiners Made A Five-Year Low Performance
The number of Nauru-flagged purse seiners dropped in 2024, and so did their catches, which stood at a five-year low last year. Nauru provided information about its purse seine operations,...
Atlantic Bluefins In Gulf Of Maine Show Major Change In Prey
A group of researchers from the University of Maine conducted a study to analyse changes in the diet of Atlantic bluefin in the Gulf of Maine, amid the population decline of Atlantic herring,...
Higher Tuna Prices Slightly Drove Dongwon Industries H1 Sales
Dongwon Industries, the holding company of Dongwon Group, reported an increase in turnover and operating profit in H1 2025, due to balanced growth across its key business sectors, including...
Skipjack Trading In Manta Hub Sluggish
The price of skipjack in the Manta processing hub is stable, and packers' business with EU buyers is sluggish. Supply continues to be low because of the ongoing veda. Sources said that...
US And Cook Islands To Study Deep-Sea Mining Possibilities
The US recently announced that it will cooperate with the Cook Islands, which has a tuna-rich EEZ, “to advance scientific research and the responsible development of seabed mineral resources.”...
Decades-Old Charlie-Shaped Radio Grabs Attention And Other Social Media Stories
A transistor radio in the shape of StarKist's mascot Charlie was popular in the 1970s, and is back in the spotlight more than five decades later. MSC released a new video on FADs to correct...
Sharp Dip In June WCPO Transshipments
The WCPO purse seine catches in June were low, leading to a 15 percent drop in transshipped volumes via ports in the PNA region. Papua New Guinea's ports had been overseeing the most...
Basque Experimental Bluefin Fattening Project Commences
The bluefin farming pilot project in the Cantabrian Sea has taken off with 50 tuna swimming in the cages, 48 km off the coast of Getaria in the Basque Country, under the scientific supervision...
Serious Olive Oil Spill Injures Worker In Frinsa Factory
A massive olive oil spill took place on Tuesday night in Frinsa’s cannery located in the Xarás industrial estate in Ribeira, Spain. A worker was slightly injured due to the incident, but he is...
US Buyers Responded To Tariff Uncertainty By Increasing Canned Tuna Imports
The fear of extra duties on canned tuna pushed US importers to increase their imports from January to June this year massively. They had already expanded their buying in the first quarter of...
Inpesca Seiner Reflagged To Oman
Spanish tuna fishing company Inpesca’s seiner ‘Txori Bi’ will fly the Omani flag here on, and will continue to be owned by the company. The seiner will fish in the Indian Ocean along with...
Alliance Select Reports Poor Performance In H1
The Philippines' tuna and seafood company Alliance Select Foods International, Inc. (ASFII) announced its financial results of H1 2025. The company reported a consolidated net income of USD...
Climate Justice For The Pacific Islands
-VIEWPOINT – When the Scientific Committee (SC) of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) meets this week, it will consider updated analysis and advice from the...
Former CFTO Seiners Renamed, Questions Over Omani Buyer Director
The Omani company Rawanq Al Salam International has renamed the three seiners it bought from CFTO to ‘Layla’, ‘Hawwa’, and ‘Nour’, flying the Omani banner. The vessels sailed previously under...
How Will EC Respond To Court Ruling On EU FAD Ban Objection?
The General Court of the European Union has invalidated the European Commission's (EC) refusal to review the EU's objection to an IOTC resolution on drifting fish aggregating devices (dFADs),...
WCPO 2024 Tuna Catches Reached Unprecedented Level
Tuna catches in the WCPO exceeded 3 million tons in 2024, the highest ever in this oceanic area, driven by incredible volumes of skipjack netted by purse seine fleets. This was revealed in the...
