The red card given to Guinea by the EU for IUU fishing was lifted on Wednesday after the country was found to have successfully taken action against illegal practices. The Commission said that...
Tuna Fishing News
Disappointment Over Delayed IATTC Decisions
The ISSF and WWF have announced disappointment that there was not more progress at the 90th Meeting of the IATTC in La Jolla, California, citing failure to agree to further longliner observer...
Chinese Eye International Sales Growth For Albo
The new Chinese owners of traditional Spanish tuna brand, Albo, are working on plans to drive its product sales to new highs, surpassing the EUR 90 million mark in 2017. Just last month a deal...
MSC Pushes For More Speed Within FIPs
Achieving MSC certification can be challenging for small scale fisheries and the MSC has often been criticized for the lengthy and expensive process of getting certified. But MSC is now...
Resurrected Tuna Fleet Takes On EPO
Following a significant recovery of the Vanuatu tuna fleet, the country’s request to join the IATTC has been accepted, allowing its domestic-flagged vessels to operate in EPO waters. Fisheries...
Tri Marine Scores MSC Success On Anchored FADs
Tri Marine has just announced that it has achieved MSC certification for its fishery in the Solomon Islands. The accreditation covers its pole and line vessels, as well as purse seiners, which...
Philippines Wins South China Sea Dispute
A UN tribunal has ruled in favor of the Philippines, concerning territorial disputes in the South China Sea, a decision that is unlikely to immediately resolve tensions over EEZs, with...
How Chinese Acquired An Iconic Spanish Tuna Brand
The recent acquisition of iconic Spanish canned tuna brand, Hijos de Carlos Albo, by Chinese group, Shanghai Kaichuang (SK) caught the attention of many in the industry. The deal raised...
Domestic Fisheries Suffer From Hardline IUU Approach
In attempts to get to grips with the IUU problem in its EEZ, the policies of the Indonesian government have inadvertently slowed productivity of domestic fisheries, with many unable to gain...
PACIFICAL Ready To Supply Thai Union’s MSC Needs
In reaction to Thai Union‘s recently announced commitment to source all of its tuna products from MSC certified fisheries, or Fisheries Improvement Projects (FIPs) by 2020, CEO of Pacifical,...
Island Hopping For Skipjack
With industrial scale fisheries working tirelessly to provide the globe with their favorite tuna dishes, it is important for us all to stay aware of the essential part tuna plays in the food...
African Tuna Conference: The 360° Perspective
There are now just 10 days left of the discounted registration rate for the second African Tuna Conference, which will cover all angles of the regional tuna industry and beyond, with...
Rising Pacific Tuna Catches: Where’s To Blame?
With a seemingly insatiable global appetite for tuna comes growing concern from within the industry itself, that ever-increasing tuna catches are simply not sustainable in the long term....
Booming Bigeye Imports In Bangkok
Thai canners are continuing to show a healthy appetite for bigeye tuna, as Bangkok imports of the species step up in volume once again. After a sprightly 12 percent rise, whole round bigeye...
Spanish Albacore Sales Lowest In Years
Spanish albacore fishermen weren’t wrong as they entered this year’s season with little expectation of bountiful catch, with first month sales of the species, also known as bonito del norte,...
The World’s Top 3 Tuna Purse Seine Fleets
Most in the tuna industry know that the Indonesian fleet tops the charts by far for commercial tuna catches, but year on year the nation’s landings span a broad range of fishing gears. In the...
PNA Nations Among Worst For Human Trafficking
The Marshall Islands and Papua New Guinea are the only two PNA nations to now sit in the Tier 3 category of the US’ Trafficking in Persons report; the worst ranking a country can receive. Due...
Slow IATTC Progress Calls For Emergency Meeting
A whole host of tabled proposals for improved protection of EPO tuna stocks during last week’s IATTC annual meeting failed to gain the consensus they needed, including strong calls for an...
“Scandal” Fleet Sells First Tuna
EMATUM, the state-owned tuna company at the center of a misappropriation of funds scandal, has finally begun selling its catch to the domestic market, some three years after being founded. The...
Unusual Trend In Bangkok SKJ Price
Tuna prices aren’t taking the usual trend this year, and while the start of the annual WCPFC FAD ban has previously spurred significant increases in the market, this year, decline has hit as...