Hope for a potential kick-start for the tuna industry to crawl out of its current price crisis has likely been dampened, as PNA officials show what many boatowners will see as a disappointing...
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Details On US’ Action Plan Against IUU Revealed
After announcing a plan for enforcement against IUU in December, the US ‘Presidential Task Force on IUU Fishing and Seafood Fraud’ has now released a report detailing the goals, the action...
ANABAC: “Price Should Not Be A Reason For Loins Quota”
The head of ANABAC, one of the purse seiner organizations that is a member of CEPESCA , says the EU’s annual zero duty quota for pre-cooked tuna loins must be eliminated on its current basis,...
Major Effort By Thai Gov’t In Boston To Unnerve Slavery Claims
In an almighty push to get Thailand’s labor and human rights reputation on the right track, as many as eight government agencies have joined forces. The Thai government has high hopes that its...
Low Demand Hurts Vietnam’s Tuna Exports
Vietnamese processors are also experiencing their share of the global price crisis and the current lack in demand. The impact has been a significant 22 percent slump in tuna export value....
Strong Interest For Mediterranean Tuna Quotas
After being awarded with an increase in national tuna catch quota, despite reports of selling off its quota last year, one ICCAT nation now has 13 fishing companies interested in exploiting...
Italy Selects Tuna As Product Of The Year
One centennial tuna brand from Europe is still keeping up with the times, and standing out in its local sector, as it has been elected canned product of the year 2015 by a national quality...
“That’s Concrete Evidence That Tuna Are Getting Smaller”
As growing volumes of juvenile tuna catch are continuously reeled in by large foreign purse seine operators, concern from local fishermen is intensifying. When General Santos City attempted to...
Two New Tuna Ports To Boost Domestic Processing
In a bid to boost domestic processing, and a continued push to curb IUU, one major tuna catching nation will be developing two new ports. The project, aimed to stop illegal shipment to the...
Plans To Build Major Tuna Terminal In Rabaul, PNG
A new tuna terminal and a fisheries service center are set to built in Rabaul, in the north east region of PNG, as part of a five year fisheries development plan which could put Rabaul on the...
Sluggish Skipjack Catches Reported In Japan
It looks as though one skipjack fishery won’t be hitting full momentum until at least one month later than usual this year, as landings in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, are significantly slow...
Mercury Free – The New Dolphin Safe?
A company called Safe Catch has just launched a new tuna brand range claiming to be the only one 100 percent tested to be mercury safe, by approved viable technology. Consumers could be led...
Can NGOs Be Sued On Their Actions Against Tuna Companies?
For some time now, NGOs have been targeting the market sector in order to deter companies, sometimes with relatively robust action, from fishing or sourcing illegal tuna and catching tuna...
Fishermen Request To Scrap Zero Duty ATQ For Loins
The Spanish Fisheries Confederation has approached the EU Commission requesting for the annual zero duty loin quota to be eliminated for nations like Thailand, China and Vietnam. This 22,000...
Thai January Skipjack Imports Show Strong Decline
Squeezed into an ongoing bottleneck condition, players in the tuna industry are now paying particular attention to shifts in skipjack trade that might potentially kick-start change. But so far...
Software That Calculates Results Of A Promotion
One top US tuna brand is aiming to drive increased consumer demand through the implementation of a technology that will allow the company to execute more effective trade promotions and...
Global Tuna Catch Breaks Another Record
After already setting historical catch records in 2012, for the first time in history, 2013’s global tuna catches have broken through the 4.5 million ton barrier, as increased capacity and...
US Tuna Brand Awarded Seafood Champion For Innovation
Of 16 finalists in four different categories, the 2015 Seafood Champions have been announced, and one American tuna producer takes the hot spot for the innovation award. US based tuna producer...
Mexican Tuna Firm Reenters Tuna Fishing
A Mexican fishing company is set to revisit tuna fishing after being absent from the fishery since the 20s. A new tuna seiner will kick start the comeback and will now make what claims to be...
ISSF Improves Stock Ratings On Three Species
With the release of its latest status of the stocks report, the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has listed the stocks of three tuna species as improved, and while global...
