Women already have a crucial function in the tuna processing sector but according to FFA, they should be playing a much broader role at all levels of management. The Pacific Islands Forum...
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US Places China & Taiwan’s Fleets In Forced Labor “Dirty List”
The US Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) has for the first time added the distant water fishing fleets (DWFFs) from Taiwan and China to a report which shows that their fish products...
TU Successfully Concludes Repurchasing Shares Initiative
On the last day of September, Thai Union concluded the period of shares repurchasing which started on April 1. The company revealed that the sales and the amount paid did not exceed the limits...
Major Global Tuna Highlights September 2020
September marked a month full of activity in the global tuna industry. As the FAD ban reached its end, skipjack prices went down. Meanwhile, as the first veda in the EPO also neared its...
Costa Rica Tuna Sector Worried About Expanding Protected Area
The Costa Rican tuna industry is anxious that the area where fishing is not allowed in its EEZ will be enlarged after an Executive Order supported by the President was announced. If this new...
Large Longliners Allowed Back Into American Samoa’s Prohibited Area
A US appeals court has overturned a decision made three years ago and has ruled that large longliners can now operate in American Samoa's prohibited area. In 2017, a US federal judge had ruled...
Greenpeace: Western Banks Supporting IO Yellowfin Over Exploitation
Large tuna companies with at-risk tuna in their supply chains have received billions of dollars in financial support from Western banks. This is what a recent investigation by Unearthed, the...
NGO Study Discloses Bycatch Impact From Asda’s Tuna Sources
A study for Asda, the second-largest supermarket chain in the UK, states that several of the fisheries which provide tuna for its own-brand seafood have bycatch impact on albatrosses, sharks,...
Pew Interactive Tool On IUU Ports Useful for Tuna Buyers?
To combat the threat of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, Pew Charitable Trusts has developed a new interactive tool for authorities, seafood buyers, and others to determine...
Three Tuna Suppliers in SeafoodSource Top 25
SeafoodSource has published its 2020 Top 25: Sustainability & Conservation List for leading North American seafood suppliers based on reported sales figures. Three tuna brands have made...
Officials Confident Philippines Will Keep EU Duty-Free Privileges
Philippines is confident that it will not lose its duty-free export privileges, which includes thousands of tons of tuna exports to European markets despite the EU Parliament having passed a...
Dongwon & Kyokuyo Heads Ask Govts To Get Fishers Home
SeaBOS, a group comprised of CEOs from the 10 of the world’s largest tuna and seafood businesses, has urged governments to urgently address issues faced by seafarers due to restrictions on...
Indian Ocean Skipjack Catches Break Harvest Control Rule
The numbers of skipjack and yellowfin catches taken from the Indian Ocean (IO) fell significantly in 2019 compared to the year before, mainly caused by the fact that major EU fleets from...
US Initiative In The Pacific To Keep China Out
The US Coast Guard (USCG) on Thursday promised a greater presence in the Pacific in order to keep IUU fishing vessels out and called out China’s distant water fleet for committing illegal...
Atlantic Skipjack Landings In Abidjan Stabilizing, Prices Up
Tuna prices in Abidjan, one of the most important tuna ports in the Atlantic, have been inflated in the last couple of months. Now, with COVID-19 measures in place, the Ivory Coast tuna...
Carrier Charged USD 1 Million For Illegal Activity In PNG
Papua New Guinea’s (PNG's) National Fisheries Authority detained and fined a Panama-flagged carrier in Rabaul, one of the major tuna transshipment ports in the nation, for operating under an...
Maldives Increases Floor Price For Tuna Exporters
This week, the Maldivian fisheries ministry set the minimum price for processors to purchase skipjack and yellowfin raw material intended for exports slightly higher than four months ago. The...
After Peak Catches In PNG, Seiners Moving East Again
Even though the FAD ban has kept effort at high levels, the number of days purse seiners spent in the WCPO stabilized as well as the amount of tuna taken from the waters of the PNA and the...
Will More EU Retailers Shut Their Doors To IO Tuna?
Over the weekend, leading Belgium retailer Colruyt Group announced on a LinkedIn post that it will no longer source canned tuna – both skipjack and yellowfin – from the Indian Ocean (IO)...
Mozambique Port Increases Space For Larger Tuna Vessels
The Beira fishing port in Mozambique is close to its first anniversary after its rebuilding, and its role in the tuna and fishing industry has expanded. Recently, it was revealed that large...