Amongst preparations for World Tuna Day which is also just around the corner, MSC has another big event in the pipeline first; Sustainable Seafood Day, an initiative celebrated in Australia to...
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Why Pinsa Is Focusing More On Frozen Yellowfin
Beside its already long-running canned tuna production in Mazatlan, Mexico, Pinsa Group has stepped up the processing of its frozen tuna range, after noticing significant potential for the...
Major US Players React To Tuna Treaty Solution
Both the Pacific Island nations and the US tuna fleet received the welcome news this week that the stalemate was over and that a solution to the abandoned South Pacific Tuna Treaty had been...
130 Seiners And Counting Fishing For PNA MSC
With more market demand expected to arise in the coming months for free-school caught yellowfin tuna from the waters of the PNA, the fishery and its marketing branch Pacifical are working to...
600 TU Suppliers Sign Strict New Code Of Conduct
Keeping up the momentum in its mission to improve standards in its supply chain, eliminate human rights violations and supply sustainable seafood, Thai Union has held a special event in...
US Wants More Power Over Nations That Don’t Care
Following the introduction of a Bill to give the US tuna fleet more strength in WCPFC decision making, wiping out politics and replacing it with science, the ATA Chairman has headed to...
Rippler, Shiner, Splasher: The Language Of Tuna Fishermen
Unassociated sets, more commonly known as Free School fishing, are synonymous with the industry, having made up around 40 percent of global purse seine tuna catches in 2013. Not so familiar...
FFA Knocks $23 Million Off US Treaty Price
The FFA has announced that US tuna seiners can resume fishing operations in the region, and has thanked the extraordinary efforts of Pacific Island nations in being able to find a...
How Reliable Is AIS Satellite Data?
Originally designed with the intention of revolutionizing vessel monitoring technology, Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) are widely perceived as one of the best global sources of...
Why The EU Won’t Take Labor Conditions Into IUU Decisions
While strong calls go out to the European Commission to take human rights into account when assessing Thailand’s seafood sector, it's more than likely that a stream of accusations over poor...
Confirmed: US Seiners Can Head Back Out
After enduring more than a two month tie-up, United States flagged tuna seiners will now be able to head back out to fish, with an agreement having been finalized over the South Pacific Tuna...
Undercover Agents Infiltrate Tuna Operation
Working undercover and posing as customers, Canadian federal fisheries officers have caught three men red-handed as they joined a tuna catch-and-release angling trip, where the men were...
Seven Somalis Sentenced To 16.5 Years For Piracy
The Supreme Court of Spain has sentenced six Somali nationals to 16 and a half years in jail after being found guilty of maritime piracy – including a seventh member under the age of 16. The...
US Wholesaler Arrested For Evading Fishing Quotas
Arrested on charges of conspiracy and submitting falsified records to federal government, the owner of a leading US seafood wholesaler, along with his bookkeeper, have been accused of evading...
Published: The Life And Times Of Dongwon’s Founder
When StarKist was sold to Dongwon in 2008, Americans might have wondered just who this Korean company was, but Dongwon Group, known for its canned tuna, had long been an established name in...
Influential UK Conservationists: “Avoid” IO Yellowfin
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has downgraded its ratings on Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna stocks, and has this week placed the species’ status onto its list of fish to “avoid” eating....
ISSF Stock Status: Bad News On IO Yellowfin
Following an IOTC “red rated” assessment for the species back in October, the ISSF has just this week downgraded Indian Ocean yellowfin tuna in the release of its refreshed and well recognized...
Blood, Sweat and Processing: The Real Work Of Fishermen
The process of landing catch from the sea and onto the plates of consumers worldwide often goes unappreciated. Fishermen undertake much more than simply catching the fish, with most of the...
“We Need To Know The Reasons Behind EU’s IUU Cards”
The transparency of the EU’s IUU carding system could do with a significant boost, according to Europêche President, Javier Garat, who stresses that we don’t just need to know when a country...
Foreign Vessels Obliged To Land 30% Of Tuna In Peru
In a bid to increase the supply of whole round tuna to the domestic processing industry, the Peruvian government has adopted new measures that will force all foreign vessels fishing in its EEZ...