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Maltese Bluefin Farmers Express Concern Over Dwindling Export Value
Maltese bluefin fattening farmers have no reason to rejoice as the export value of their product has plummeted over the past two years. Leaning onto a large outlet market has proved to be...
Major Global Highlights November 2024
November was a crucial month for the two major tuna RFMOs – WCPFC and ICCAT. WCPFC meeting is ongoing and will conclude tomorrow, while ICCAT was held last month and drew important conclusions...
Two Pacific Island States Sign US Tuna Treaty
The Marshall Islands and Palau signed the Memorandum of Understanding with the US for the South Pacific Tuna Treaty (SPTT) on Friday. The ceremony by Ministers of both countries and the US...
Coper & Inpesca Come To An Agreement For Atunlo
For months Spanish tuna loins processor Atunlo and fishing company Inpesca have been at loggerheads over the bankruptcy proceedings and restructuring of Atunlo. The latest news is that the two...
EPO 2024 Catches On Track To Break All Records
Unprecedented volumes of skipjack throughout most of this year have pushed total EPO tuna and tuna-like species catches to the highest level ever recorded. From January to September there was...
EU Vessels Landed Less Fish In 2023 But Value Increased
Eurostat last week published the data of tuna and seafood catches by EU-flagged vessels in 2023. Spain, which has the largest tuna fleet in the EU caught, at 21 percent, the most tuna and...
Will Trump’s Proposed Tariffs Affect US Canned Tuna Consumers?
Newly elected US President Donald Trump will take over his duties on January 20, and this could likely stir the global tuna and seafood industry. On November 25, Trump proposed a 25 percent...
Vietnamese Company Issued FDA Warning Over Histamine In Yellowfin
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently sent a warning letter to Vietnamese-based tuna processor Golden Shrimp Seafood Joint Stock Company for selling “adulterated” yellowfin...
WCPFC Meeting Begins With Strong Emphasis On Crew Rights & Climate Change
The WCPFC kicked off its 21st annual meeting in Suva, Fiji, today with key figures in the industry pointing out several critical issues that the Commission needs to address such as harvest...
SKJ1.8:MNT Price Continues Soaring
Skipjack raw material value traded in the Manta processing hub has risen as veda continues. Despite the reduction in large purse seiners fishing in the EPO, supply and demand are almost in...
Galapagos Artisanal Fishers Say “Balanced Tuna Fishing Approach” Critical
A group of artisanal fishers from Galapagos in Ecuador have come together to ask authorities to address the challenges that they face in the sector. They requested Inés Manzano, the Minister...
Manta Pole-And-Liner Restored But Sector Faces Challenges
Pole-and-line boats used to be a regular sight in Manta when the tuna boom began seventy years ago and over time, large industrial purse seine vessels became more prominent. But a newly...
Thai Canneries Cut Back Raw Material Trade With Smaller Suppliers
Thai producers purchased 17 percent less frozen tuna in the first nine months of this year from smaller suppliers than in the same period in 2023. Several fleets lost business with the...
American Samoa Gets FFA Observer Status
American Samoa was recently granted observer status in the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency(FFA). Taotasi Archie Solilai, Director of the American Samoa Department of Marine Wildlife and...
Experts Highlight Need To Discuss Loophole In WCPFC Longliner Transshipment Rule
Strengthening transshipment regulations is a critical topic for the WCPFC. The Commission’s annual meeting starts on Thursday. The Co-Chairs of the Transshipment Intersessional Working Group...
Thai Canners Buy Record Raw Material Tonnage In Q3
Thai producers are on their way to hitting the 700,000-ton mark in frozen whole-round tuna imports. In the first nine months of this year, they had already imported close to this volume. In...
Skipjack Is The EU Fleets’ Most Valuable Catch
Skipjack and yellowfin were not the fish most caught by EU vessels by volume in 2022, but because their worth per ton is higher compared to fish such as herring, their value was high. Skipjack...
Hawaii Crew Training Requirement And EM Priorities At WPRFMC Meeting
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC) meeting is approaching and the Council has put forward a summary of action items ahead of it. Hawaii and American Samoa...
Will Fiji Become First Pacific Island Nation To Partake In FiTI?
The Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) has shown its interest towards working with Fiji. Its representatives recently participated in a WWF-organized tuna and seafood transparency...