US governors on the West Coast want government aid to help the ailing albacore fishing sector. They called for a federal fishery disaster to support communities reliant on the industry after...
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Atunlo Cape Verde Workers Want Out Of “Unfair” Contracts
Atunlo workers of the Cape Verde plant will submit a document to a local court for a collective dismissal to get out of their contract, announced the coordinator of the General Industry,...
EU Canned Tuna Imports Continued On Downward Path In Q3
EU canned tuna imports in the first nine months of 2024 fell slightly compared to the year before. Products from both non-EU and European processors dropped, mainly Ecuadorian tuna business...
Angola Buys Spanish-Made Seiner
Spanish shipyard Astilleros del Ulla delivered a tuna purse seiner to Angola last week. The 23.95 meter long 'Delta II' has already arrived in its home port of Namibe. The vessel was built...
Uncertainty Over 17 Crew Members After Contact With Seiner Lost
Colombia-flagged purse seiner 'Patricia Lynn' disappeared from the radar on the night of December 21. Family and authorities fear for the fate of its 17 crew members, mostly citizens of Manta,...
Japanese Fisher Who Caught Most Expensive Bluefin Dead After Boat Capsized
Two Japanese fishermen lost their lives last week when they were fishing for bluefin ahead of the auction at the Toyosu market to be held next month. The captain, 70-year-old Ryoichi Fujieda,...
New Zealand Seeks “Public Submissions” On Tuna Fishing Treaty
The New Zealand government recently announced that it is seeking public submissions ahead of amending Annex II of the “Treaty on Fisheries between the governments of certain Pacific Island...
Ex-Fishermen From Seatech Resume Protest To Be Heard
Former workers of Colombia-based Seatech International protested for the second time on December 16. The producer of canned tuna brand Van Camps is accused of late payment and exclusion of...
NOAA Announces Changes To Magnuson-Stevens Act
The US is gearing up to make some changes to the existing regulations of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, crucial to the management of tuna and other fisheries within national waters. The final rule...
Year In Review
2024 is coming to a close and what a year it has been for the global tuna industry. The Red Sea Crisis pushed freight prices to the peak in April hindering canned tuna trade but the delayed...
Financial Analysts Predict Dongwon F&B’s Fate For 2025
Korean-based Hyundai Securities stated last week that Dongwon F&B, which produces tuna products for the national market, would face difficulties in domestic growth. Despite this, Hyundai...
PNG Ports Handled Largest Transshipments In November
Transshipments in PNA ports dropped in November despite increased catches that month. Most of the activity was carried out in Papua New Guinea (PNG) ports. A total of 75,200 tons of tuna were...
Australian Cats Can Now Relish On MSC Tuna Filets
Environmentally conscious pet owners in Australia can feed their cats MSC tuna. Pet food brand Dine, a subsidiary of Mars Petcare, has launched Dine Fillet with Tuna (60 g) which has the blue...
Cook Islands Tuna Fleet Captures Dropped In 2023
The tuna catches of Cook Islands' industrial domestic fleet – comprising longliners and purse seiners – plummeted in 2023. Climate variations linked to El Niño and absence of chartered vessels...
Bearish EUR Against USD Impacts Tuna Trade
The parity of the euro and the US dollar came to a close on Wednesday when the greenback strengthened against the euro. This is no good news for EU retailers and brands that purchase their...
President-Elect Trump Throws Weight Behind US Dockworkers
US President-elect Donald Trump has backed US dockworkers’ anti-automation stance. The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) employer group...
Manta Skipjack Price Stable As Year Ends
There has been minimal movement in the price of frozen whole-round skipjack traded in the Manta processing hub. Veda reduced supply while demand from processors also fell as the year comes to...
Vietnamese Processors Disappointed As Business Dropped In November
Vietnam was expecting exponential growth in its tuna exports as 2024 comes to a close. But business in November was disappointing for the Asian nation’s tuna producers. Export sales value for...
Daily Skipjack Catches In WCPO Showed Improvement In November
The overall catch rate in the WCPO in November increased by 13 percent compared to the previous month. Vessels also fished a lot more skipjack daily, mostly in the high seas and the Papua New...
Dongwon Reintroduces ‘Tuna Tartare’ Due To High Demand
Dongwon Industries recently announced that it has launched a new product 'Tuna Yukhoe.' Korean supermarket chain Traders Wholesale Club, where customers can buy large quantities of merchandise...