Climbing 15.5 percent in just three years, the total global skipjack catch peaked at over a hefty 2.65 million tons for 2013. Five Asian nations, all concentrated in the WCPO, reeled in more...
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Australian Tuna Brands’ Big Bet On Pole & Line
“Pole and line fishing, the method embraced by Sirena, is still central to the way of life and income in large parts of Indonesia, the Maldives and the Pacific Islands.” This is what...
ISSF Highlights FAD Research & Recommendations
The latest industry initiative from ISSF comes with the launch of a new ‘infographic’ poster, detailing the research and progress the organization has done in terms of mitigating the impact of...
Tax Break To Guard Competiveness In Ecuadorian Tuna Sector
The Ecuadorian tuna industry has just been handed a very valuable exemption, and to allow business to continue without obstruction, the sector will be excused from paying income taxes for the...
Calvo Targets Young With Promise Of Growth
One of Spain’s top canners launched three new engaging commercials this year, in one of which the company targets South American children and their hope for future growth, promoting that...
The Listed Tuna Company That’s Flying Past The Rest
Investor confidence is flying high, as the Philippine’s most dominant canned tuna producer soars on the stock market. From holdings bought on the first day of the year, Century Pacific...
“TUF Should Eliminate Slavery From Its Entire Supply Chain”
Cutting off just one supplier linked to slavery isn’t enough for some, as they make it clear that they think Thai Union needs to look seriously at its entire supply chain. Stressing that the...
Korea Making Serious Investments In Tuna Hatching And Farming
While Korea is buying up fishing days and caught as much as 275,602 tons of tuna in 2013, it is now looking to succeed in farming tuna domestically, through a cluster of provincial fishery...
5 Nations That Reduced Their Catch In 2013
Between 2012 and 2013, some nations’ tuna catch-figures dropped small flights, and in some cases, have been falling year on year. Here’s five of the world’s top tuna fishing nations that...
Is Consumer Confidence Driving Tuna Sales Down?
Taste in the UK appears to be changing, as consumers gain confidence in cooking those not so familiar fish. As the appeal of trying new seafood grows, are sales of tuna and the other top five...
The Indian Ocean Hub Very Few Know About
Despite its success, Port Diego Suarez is not hugely known in the sector, as it’s surrounded by competing tuna ports in the Seychelles and Mauritius, and actually has just one processing plant...
Yellowfin Decline Thought To Be Purse Seiner Driven
With the pending prospect of selling more fishing days, fishermen in the Cook Islands have reported that purse seiner fishing activity may be having an impact on yellowfin catches this year....
Echebastar Free-School MSC On Its Final Stretch?
The Indian Ocean Echebastar purse seine free-school fishery, outputting over 10,000 tons per year, has been given a thumbs-up from independent fishery auditors, and while successful MSC...
Treaty Talks: Lots Of Chat But Little Action
After lots of talk and significant friction among involved parties, US Treaty negotiations have resulted in little action. As confirmed by sources representing both US boatowners and PNA...
2015 Surge In EU Demand For Vietnamese Tuna
Despite an overall drop in the value of Vietnamese tuna exports, demand from EU processors now seems to be softening the blow. According to VASEP (Vietnamese Association of Seafood Exporters...
Tuna Fisheries First To Be Confronted With EU Bycatch Reduction Policies
With the introduction of the EU’s bycatch landing obligation under the 2013 reformed Common Fisheries Policy, tuna fisheries will be first to be confronted with the new law to reduce...
SKJ Price Fall, Part Of Global Food Commodity Trend?
While many warn of a future of food shortages, and in the tuna industry, of exhaustion of the resource, for now it seems like a global oversupply is in our hands. Mirroring the trend of global...
ISSF President: Passion Gets In The Way Of Science
Discussing the conflicting debates between passionate and science based parties in the tuna industry, ISSF’s President, Susan Jackson gave an inspirational speech for the Technology,...
How This Tuna Brand Makes Canned Tuna “Hot” and “Sexy“
The Philippines’ top canned tuna brand, Century Tuna, has always been unique in promoting its products with ‘sexy’ or ‘fit’ super body elections and superstar endorsements, but has now taken...
EPO Dolphins Could Be Doing Better Than We Were Told
Decades of fishery science, including that which backs issues related to dolphin-safe, could be proven wrong, as abundance estimates for EPO dolphin populations over the last few decades have...
