Spain on Tuesday approved new catch allocations for Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic bluefin fishing, raising the national quota and widening fleet access to the tuna. Spain clinched...
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Maldivian Tuna Targets Big Markets With Fair Trade Certification
Swiss seafood trading company BlueYou recently announced, ahead of the World Tuna Day on May 2, that it has launched the Fair Trade Certified tuna program in the Maldives in partnership with...
Management Procedure, Observer Coverage Top Demands To IOTC
Tuna fishing groups and NGOs have urged the IOTC to ensure yellowfin catches do not exceed limits, and management procedure for several species are adopted. They called for better monitoring...
Poor Catch And High Fuel Costs Force IO Seiners To Stop Fishing
Indian Ocean purse seiners have been catching small volumes of tuna, the value of which, despite a price increase, does not cover a seiner's operational costs. Boat owners are on the verge of...
Poll: Is Global Tuna Fishing Heading For Wider Operational Halts?
The Middle East conflict is rattling the global tuna industry, disrupting fishing and processing operations as fears grow that the war could drag on. Bangkok processors are already grappling...
Planet Tracker Details Metrics Used To Assess Tuna Companies
Planet Tracker recently added a portfolio tool to its seafood database that assesses seafood companies, using environmental and sustainability indicators. Francois Mosnier, Head of Nature at...
Ecuador Tuna Sector Faces Rough Start To 2026
For Ecuador, 2026 is shaping up to be tougher, with various challenges clouding the outlook, according to Guillermo Morán, Executive Director of the TUNACONS Foundation. The nation's tuna...
Global Workers Union Accuses MSC Of Obscuring Labor Abuses
The Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) social policies and practices are obscuring labor abuses in tuna and other seafood supply chains by undermining efforts and reducing scrutiny, according...
Fiji To Seek Bigger Share Of Its ‘Blue Gold’
Fijian Fisheries Minister Alitia Bainivalu recently underscored the importance of the South Pacific albacore management procedure (MP) adopted at last year’s WCPFC meeting, describing it as...
Countdown Begins For World Tuna Day
Pacific Islands’ governments, tuna firms, organizations, and NGOs across the globe are lining up events before May 2, World Tuna Day, marking a decade since the United Nations established the...
Delays Continue To Drag Down Andaman And Nicobar’s Tuna Industry
India’s large-scale tuna industry in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, located in the Indian Ocean, remains constrained by limited policy momentum. A shortage of modern fishing vessels,...
US Consumers’ Preference For Canned Tuna Drops
US tuna and seafood consumption fell in 2023, with per capita intake down 1.7 pounds (0.78 kg) year on year, according to data from the National Fisheries Institute (NFI). Canned tuna held the...
Scientists Say New Insights Could Reshape Atlantic Bluefin Conservation
A team of international scientists conducted a three-decade-long study to track the movement of Atlantic bluefin stocks between the eastern and western Atlantic. Their analysis has been...
EUMOFA Says EU Canned Tuna Demand Stable Amid Major Global Disruptions
From 2019 to 2024, Europe’s fisheries and aquaculture industry navigated through three major disruptions which upended their operations – the COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit, and the Russian...
Planet Tracker’s Seafood Tool Flags Transparency Gaps In Tuna Companies
Financial think tank Planet Tracker has introduced a portfolio tool within its seafood database, enabling investors and lenders to assess, measure and rank sustainability risks tied to tuna...
IOTC Raises Skipjack Catch Limits In Indian Ocean
The IOTC recently announced that skipjack catch limits for fleets operating in its convention area in 2026 have been changed due to Indonesia revising its catch data. EU argued changes should...
Companies Must Integrate Sustainability Targets In Their Goals
The Marine Seafood Council (MSC) organized its Seafood Future Forum at the Seafood Expo Global today. Progress has been made in eco-labeled seafood and more retailers and brands have increased...
US Finance Banks Purchase Shares In Chinese CNFC
Higher 2025 profits at China National Fisheries Corporation (CNFC) prompted US-based investment banks Morgan Stanley and Barclays to acquire shares in the company. The move was made after...
Toyosu Auctioned Bluefin Enters Guinness World Records
A Pacific bluefin sold at Toyosu Market on January 5 this year set a Guinness World Records as the priciest tuna ever auctioned. Kiyomura Co. Ltd., owner of the Sushi Zanmai brand, paid JPY...
New Unrest In Middle East Worries Global Tuna Trade
US President Donald Trump indicated new tensions in the Middle East this week, yet again escalating worries in the global tuna industry, which has been reeling from surging fuel prices and...