Mozambique’s state-owned tuna fishing company is set to receive equipment to develop the country’s longline tuna fishing industry. US firm, Hi-Liner Fishing Gear and Tackle Inc. has signed a...
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Thailand Sees No Recovery From EU Export Crash
A bearish trend has hit Thailand’s canned tuna shipments, with further evidence of an EU export crash. Volumes of the product shipped to the world’s largest canned tuna import market have seen...
3 Dead Bodies Found In Tuna Vessel Freezer Off PNG
Detailed investigations are being undertaken into the discovery of three dead bodies in the freezer of a suspected IUU tuna fishing vessel. The boat ran aground off the remote Paona Island,...
Tuna Captain Saved 96 Refugees And Lost His Job
Around 30 years ago, Korean-born tuna boat captain, Jeon Jae-yong, lost his job after saving 96 Vietnamese refugees who fled their country; the Christmas period has continued to remind him of...
PNG Confident In 2015 Processing Boost
Following current infrastructure improvements in Morobe, PNG, the region’s tuna industry is expecting to entice investors and boost confidence in the region’s tuna processing sector. Morobe’s...
Anova Appoints New CEO In Company Reshuffle
Top Netherlands based tuna trader, Anova Seafood, has appointed its Director and co-founder Willem Huisman as new CEO, in a renewed company reshuffle. As of January 1st, the current CEO,...
Spanish Industry Meets New EU Commissioner, Asks To Drop Measures
Spain’s top tuna industry players have asked the new EU Commissioner for Environment, Fisheries and Maritime Affairs to drop its policies on fishing gear bans, stressing that some current...
US Albacore Fishermen Raise Alarm Over Increase Chinese Fleet
Following in the footsteps of other Pacific fishermen, US albacore fleets are now reporting that a problem the sustainable albacore fishery is facing is the “alarming increase” in subsidized...
Coastal FADs Could Compete With Gardening
A new study has found that coastal FAD fisheries could consistently provide more food to rural islanders, to the point of competing with gardening. The study, conducted by WorldFish, the...
American Samoa Caught Up In DWFN Or Pacific Island Dilemma
American Samoa finds itself in the middle of a fishery management situation involving the solidarity it has with Pacific island nations, and the sovereignty the US, as a DWFN, holds over it....
Vizaq Yellowfin Landings Drop 50%
Landings of yellowfin tuna in the Visakhapatnam district of India have halved since last year, mostly due to the conditions at sea impacted by the recent cyclone Hudhud that swept eastern...
Leading Spanish Bluefin Player Buys Up Quotas
One of Spain’s top fresh tuna producers, the Balfegó Group has acquired quota allocations of bluefin tuna from other regions’ fishermen, as some companies have again this year decided to limit...
Shanghai Kaichuang & Tri-Marine Start J/V Company
One of the largest tuna companies in the world, Tri Marine International, is set to arrange a joint venture with Chinese fishing company, Shanghai Kaichuang Marine International. This comes...
UK Seafood Sales See Christmas Deficit YoY
UK grocers will likely not be seeing an increase in fresh tuna sales any Christmas soon, as there has been a steady seasonal decline year on year, partly due to seafood price inflation....
Spanish Tuna Crews Reconnect By Radio
Crew members aboard Spanish tuna vessels have been reconnected to shortwave radio signal following an unexpected decision to cut the broadcasts of the Spanish Radio and Television Corporation...
200 Million Old Tuna-Like Fossil Found
The 2.1m fossilized skeleton of an extinct marine reptile, the Ichthyosaur, was found last weekend on a beach in the UK, and it looks a lot like today’s tuna. Johnathan Bow, a British computer...
Local Press Expects USD 15 Million Increase After Philippine GSP+
On December 19th, the EU Parliament voted to grant the Philippines GSP+ status, allowing the Asian nation to benefit from a zero percent duty trade preference on thousands of tariff lines,...
ISSF Wants IATTC To Reduce Numbers Of Vessels In EPO
In a recent blog post, ISSF has pointed out that one of the goals on its to-do-list for 2015, is to reduce the number of vessels authorized to fish in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, as current...
Gambia Even Registers Canoes To Battle IUU
The Gambian Ministry of Fisheries, set on combatting IUU, has decided to make sure all commercial vessels are registered, under all categories, including small fishing canoes and other...
Pinsa Mexico To Enter In Building Of Seiners
Leovigildo Carranza Beltran, President of the Pinsa Group, Mexico’s largest tuna fishing and processing conglomerate, says workers must be made aware that there is increased confidence...
