A German sea cage manufacturer is hoping to team up with bluefin farmers, as he argues his aquaculture solution will save both the environment and reduce costs in the fattening process....
Tuna Farming News
Protests Dismissed As Tuna Farmer Pays $30,000 For Relocation
The Planning Authority (PA) has dismissed requests from a Maltese bluefin farming company to waive a EUR 30,000 (USD 36,848) fee. The charge is expected to compensate for the environment...
300kg Bluefin Enjoys Meal In Salmon Farm
Salmon farmers were tasked with catching a large Pacific bluefin tuna after it had made an appearance in one of their pens - creating a “feeding frenzy” and enjoying the enclosure’s...
Shares In Japanese Tuna Breeders Red Hot
Despite the many challenges facing the production of fully farmed bluefin and bringing this fish to the market, investor confidence in Japanese ventures has been much stronger this year....
Fully Farmed Bluefin To Hit Overseas Markets
Kindai University and Toyota Tsusho have announced plans to export their fully farmed Pacific bluefin tuna to Southeast Asia and other markets, starting this fall – with the goal of shipping...
What Happens If A Sick Farm-Raised Tuna Escapes?
After several thousand specimens of Atlantic salmon escaped from a farm off the coast of Washington state in the US after a high tide, there has been widespread concern over how this might...
Relaxed Regulation To Boost Bluefin Farms?
It will now be easier for Australian tuna companies to apply for new fattening farm lease sites within tuna zones, thanks to a change in regulation. It’s believed that the development will aid...
Kyokuyo Cuts Sales Target But Still Optimistic For Full-Cycle Bluefin
Tokyo-based seafood distributor Kyokuyo is optimistic in bringing fully farmed bluefin tuna to the Japanese market later this year, despite lowering its volume target substantially. The...
How The ‘Internet Of Things’ Can Be Utilized For Tuna
Japanese tuna farming company Sojitz Corporation is improving the technology of its aquaculture business in a bid to better the accuracy and efficiency of its practices, through utilizing the...
Mexican Tuna Firm Wins $3 Million In US Antitrust Case
A Mexican bluefin farming company, Maricultura Del Norte (Marnor) is now entitled to receive around USD 3 million after winning an antitrust case, in which it alleged that a competing firm had...
Scientists Establish Criteria For Bluefin Larvae Age
Criteria for determining the age of a bluefin larvae has been put in place by scientists, which they believe can make it easier to assess the survival rate of the specimens. Keeping the larvae...
Full Cycle Tuna Farming: Why Japan Booms & Europe Slumps
The bluefin full-cycle aquaculture industry is said to be thriving in Japan but struggling in Europe. What makes it successful in the East and not the West, and is it really a viable answer to...
A Wallet Made From Tuna Skin?
In addition to selling bluefin for consumption, a university in Japan is utilizing all parts of the tuna to create inedible products, and is now selling goods made from discarded tuna skin....
How 3D Imaging Can Measure Tuna Biomass
A system that automatically measures the biomass and count of tuna has been created by a collaboration of Spanish institutions, which claim it has an increased accuracy that can help solve the...
Balfegó Begins Bluefin Catching Season
Grupo Balfegó, one of the main fresh tuna exporters in Spain, has started its annual fishing for bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean. The company is expecting to fulfill its quota before the end...
High Seas Transshipment Ban Needed To End Labor Abuse
A ban on high seas tuna transshipments by longline vessels is being called on by an international workers group, which wants a moratorium until companies implement fair labor conditions...
Tuna Bycatch Feeding Marshall’s Development
Local resources, including tuna bycatch, are being processed into feed for an aquaculture project in the Marshall Islands, in a bid to circumvent high import costs and provide a jump-start to...
WATCH: Researchers Develop Groundbreaking Bluefin Feed
Researchers have developed a new soy-based feed for bluefin that does not include fish. The breakthrough is said by the creators to be the solution to farming tuna sustainably, and this way...
Investors Lose Millions In Spanish Bluefin Hatching Project
Norwegian investors have lost millions of dollars, following the failure of a Spanish bluefin tuna hatching project launched by Fortuna Mare. The project is stated to have been unsuccessful...
Poaching In Tuna Farms
The Australian southern bluefin industry has issued a warning to recreational fishermen that have poached from tuna pens by ramping up the level of video and vessel surveillance it carries...