The trade in whole round frozen skipjack price has been under pressure for months because there is a shortfall in supply due to low catch volumes in all oceans, while the canners’ demand...
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Tuna And Sweet Potato Combo Find Unexpected Fans And Other Social Media Stories
An American social media content creator posted a video of relishing tuna on sweet potato, and the combo is a hit among her fans. A video of a tuna swimming underwater in a discotheque grabs...
Jeff Bezos Backs Pacific Ocean Conservation With Extra USD 25 Million
The Bezos Earth Fund is putting USD 25 million behind efforts to protect tuna and marine life across more than 625,000 square miles of the Pacific Ocean. This will support ocean conservation...
Australian Tuna Fishery Can Again Carry MSC Label
The Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (ETBF), which targets yellowfin, bigeye, and albacore, has been MSC recertified for the third time. Currently, 24 fishing vessels are in the certification...
Maldives Replaces Lost Anchored FADs To Support P&L Fishing
Maldives Ministry of Fisheries, Agriculture and Ocean Resources is prioritizing the replacement of anchored FADs for pole-and-line skipjack fishing in its waters that have been damaged or have...
IO Catches Improve Slightly: Skipjack Price Firms
The catches in the Indian Ocean improved slightly in the past month and the skipjack price increased a little. Volumes, however, remained below last year’s levels, although they were still...
GDST Intends To Build Future Modules For Bycatch & Marine Mammals, New Vision For Future
Six years after the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) launched its first standard for end-to-end digital seafood traceability, the organization is preparing for its next phase:...
Fiji Becomes First Pacific Nation To Join FiTI
Fiji has become the first Pacific Island nation to join the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI). Alitia Bainivalu, Fiji’s Fisheries Minister, and Sven Biermann, Executive Director of...
Diesel Costs Weigh On WCPO Fishing Fleets
Fuel costs are a key pain point for fishing fleets and carriers across the global tuna supply chain, industry participants said at the INFOFISH Tuna 2026 conference. The narrowing gap between...
Manta Tuna Sector Squeezed By Poor Skipjack Supply
Manta skipjack prices are climbing, stoking anxiety across the Eastern Pacific Ocean tuna supply chain and particularly in Ecuador, with boat owners and processors feeling squeezed. This...
TUNA 2026 Wraps Up With Call For Sustainability And Industry Cooperation
The INFOFISH TUNA 2026 conference in Bangkok, which brought together industry stakeholders, government officials and RFMO representatives, concluded today after three days of discussions....
Hardly US Media Attention For Sinking Ecuadorian Seiner: Boat Owners Worried
The US attack on tuna purse seiner ‘Montecristi’ on September 7 is not being discussed in the US news media, while subsequent actions on smaller boats (no tuna) have received coverage....
Umios Expands Tuna Business With Stake In Pataya Food
On Monday, Umios Corporation (formerly known as Maruha Nichiro) took a 25.1 percent stake in Thai canned tuna and seafood company, Pataya Food Industries. The Japanese company will undertake...
Bangkok Skipjack RM Price Continues Upward, A Worry For Tuna Sector
Skipjack raw material prices in Bangkok processing hub are surging and could climb further if weak catches due to El Niño persist, a central talking point at the INFOFISH Tuna 2026 Conference...
COFI37 Concludes On Positive Note
The 37th Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI37) ended on September 11. Most striking matters discussed were climate change, the BBNJ agreement, tackling IUU fishing, and the role of...
Global Tuna Industry Leaders Urge Cooperation At TUNA 2026
During a leadership panel at the ongoing TUNA 2026 in Bangkok, global tuna industry leaders and stakeholders highlighted the need for cooperation to support a thriving industry. They also...
EU Fleet Can Transition Off Fossil Fuels Under Current Capacity Ceiling
Decarbonization of the EU fishing fleet is possible under the current fishing capacity constraints regarding the catch volumes member states are allowed to land, according to a latest study....
Sapmer Ceases Tuna Fishing, Sells Seiners To CFTO
The purchase of Sapmer’s last three purse seiners by the Compagnie Française du Thon Océanique (CFTO) has been confirmed. With the sale, Sapmer has ceased its tuna fishing operations and the...
Tuna Industry Voices Concerns Over Market Volatility And Climate Change
Cooperation across the tuna industry, support for Pacific Island nations, and market volatility took a center stage at the ongoing TUNA 2026 Conference in Bangkok, with speakers calling for...
Unusual Aggregation Of Eagle Rays Around Tuna Cage
A group of critically endangered eagle rays (100-150 individuals) was observed aggregating outside a tuna ranch in Malta, an extremely unusual occurrence. Footage from a remotely operated...