The demand for sustainable ambient seafood in the UK grew in 2024/25, fueled primarily by tuna. The preserved category, comprising canned and jarred tuna, played a major role in consumer...
Fishing
Spain Demands Increased EU Funds For Stronger Tuna SFPAs
Spain recently pointed out the requirement for increased funding from the EU to strengthen sustainable fisheries partnership agreements (SFPAs) for tuna and other seafood fishing with coastal...
Iceland Gets Higher Tuna Quota But Lacks Vessels
Iceland received a 13 percent increase in bluefin quota for 2026, from 224 tons to 254 tons, at the ICCAT 29th Regular Meeting in Spain in November. However, current regulations and a shortage...
MSC Skipjack Fuels Sustainable Seafood Growth In UK And Ireland
Over the past year, the volume and value of sustainable tuna and other seafood have grown exponentially in the UK and Ireland. Much of this growth was driven by MSC-certified skipjack products...
Can Seiners Comply With -18°C In Brine Freezing EU Rule?
EU and foreign-flagged purse seiners must conform to the stricter EU rules for freezing tuna in brine onboard for human consumption. Today, the rule came into force, under which the European...
Stronger Tuna Fisheries Management A Priority, Says ISSF President
Science-based fishing management has lately helped see remarkable results in tuna fisheries. However, there is more work to be done in 2026 for tuna RFMOs and the fishing industry, in leading...
Dongwon Gets WCPO Longline Catches Certified
Korean tuna fishing company Dongwon Industries recently got its longline-caught yellowfin, bigeye, and North Pacific and South Pacific albacore catches in the WCPO MSC certified. Last March,...
Exceptional Yellowfin Catches Keep EPO Total Equal
Tuna catches in the Eastern Pacific Ocean are on course for another record year in 2025, though the increase this time is not driven by skipjack catches. In the first nine months of last year,...
Lack Of Adequate Reporting Pulls Back WCPFC Gillnet Fishery’s Growth
The WCPO gillnet fisheries, which catch skipjack and pelagic species, mainly operate in Vietnam's EEZ. The catches were at an over two-decade peak in 2016 but have been falling sharply since...
Ghana Tuna Association Rejoices As Pole-And-Line & Seiner Catches Get Blue Tick
Ghana Tuna Association's pole-and-line and purse seine catches for skipjack and yellowfin in the Atlantic Ocean received the blue logo last week. Both fisheries of the Association, went for an...
Ecuadorian Processors Seek New Markets And Trade Deals
The Ecuadorian tuna and seafood sector did well in 2025, with sustainability as its core value. The exports of tuna products grew substantially with the opening of new markets and finalizing...
Vietnamese Tuna Sector Will Feel Impact Of US Seafood Ban
Exports of tuna (yellowfin and bigeye) and seafood products from 12 major Vietnamese fishing grounds to the US have been officially suspended. The ban is an added pressure on the Asian...
Spanish Stevedores Struggling To Make Ends Meet
Stevedores in Spanish ports are increasingly finding it difficult to find work. Many of them have left their jobs, and the once-thriving job sector is under pressure. In Galician ports of A...
MIFCO Begins Buying Yellowfin Above Agreed Price
The state-run Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO) has begun purchasing 10 to 15 kg yellowfin at MVR 20 (USD 1.29) for a kilo, a price higher than President Mohamed Muizzu quoted last...
WCPO Troll And Hook-And-Line Fishery Catches Near 20-Year High
The WCPO artisanal troll and hook-and-line fishery reported good catches in 2024, one of the highest levels in two decades. Small boats from Indonesia and the Philippines using this gear...
US Study Accuses China Of Being Leading Offender In IUU Fishing
A new investigation on the Chinese distant water fishing fleet was recently released to the US Congress. The report ‘China’s Global Fishing Offensive’ underlined “China’s role as the world’s...
Can Transshipments At Sea Be Banned?
IUU fishing is harmful to tuna and other fish stocks and damages ecosystems. Illegal transshipments at sea boost the IUU fishing problem and pushes illegal caught fish into the global supply...
IO Tuna Fishing Nations To Form Coastal Alliance
Tuna fishing nations in the Indian Ocean are moving to strengthen cooperation to protect the fish stocks, as they prepare to form a new regional bloc under the proposed Indian Ocean Coastal...
ETC2026 – What To Expect?
Developments in the tuna industry are happening at breakneck speed. A common denominator that will be addressed at the European Tuna Conference is the digitalization in the supply chain for...
Global Tuna Monitoring To Tighten As UN High Seas Treaty Takes Effect
The UN High Seas Treaty, an international agreement to protect tuna and other marine life, came into force on Saturday. The deal, officially called the BBNJ Agreement, was ratified last year...