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Global Vegetable Oil Prices Remained High In March
Food prices worldwide increased in March as vegetable oils, dairy, and meat became more expensive. Canned tuna producers are bound to be impacted by the slight increase in soy and sunflower...
Atunlo & Fandicosta To Avoid Bankruptcy With Restructuring Plans
Two months after a commercial court extended Atunlo’s pre-bankruptcy process, its shareholders have designed an eight-year restructuring plan for approval. Also the fate of Fandicosta will be...
Mexico-Ecuador Diplomatic Row To Threaten Tuna Trade?
Mexico has suspended commercial relations with Ecuador after the national police raided the Mexican embassy in Quito on April 5 to arrest former Vice President Jorge Glass, who sought refuge...
OPAGAC’s Recruitment Drive For Spanish Tuna Fleet Massive Success
The Spanish purse seiner fleet, grouped under OPAGAC, recently announced that its recruitment program launched six months ago is a grand success. A total of 317 people have applied for various...
Philippines Nabs 35 Crew Members For Illegally Fishing Tuna
The Philippine Coast Guard recently arrested 35 crew members from two purse seiners who were illegally fishing for tuna and other seafood near Magsaysay town in Palawan. The government has...
EJF: China Systematically Violates Human Rights And Engages In IUU Fishing In IO
Chinese tuna longliners are exploiting foreign crews and practicing illegal fishing in the Southwest Indian Ocean (SWIO), concludes the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) in a recent study...
Crew Members Make Narrow Escape From Sinking Seiner In Pacific Ocean
Twenty-two crew members of a Micronesian-flagged purse seiner that sank in the South Pacific Ocean were rescued on Sunday morning. The incident happened after the vessel’s engine caught fire...
ISSF Urges IOTC For Tighter FAD Management Ahead Of Annual Meeting
The IOTC annual meeting is inching closer and the industry-led International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has listed its recommendations. Strengthening FAD management is among its...
Eleven New Ice Plants Will Soon Commence Operations In Maldives
The Maldives government recently announced the preparatory work to launch 11 new ice plants in various atolls of the archipelago have been completed. MIFCO will operate the facilities that...
Dongwon Expands In Growing Tuna Sauce Market
Dongwon F&B wants to get a bigger piece of the ‘tuna sauce’ pie. It has set up its own production facility and expanded the product lineup with a new flavor. The two existing items were...
Ecuadorian Global Tuna Exports Fell In 2023, Heavy Hit In Spain & US
The value of Ecuador's tuna exports hit around USD 1.46 billion in 2023 but shipments to most major destinations, especially Spain and the US saw a massive decline. According to Atuna Analyst,...
IOTC Should Move Beyond Historical Catch Allocation Claims
IOTC has been discussing the limits per country based on historical catch for years. A recent study advised its members to take a cue from other RFMOs that built the allocation process on...
El Niño Nightmare For Seychelles’ Yellowfin Fishers, Says Minister
The Seychelles Fisheries Minister recently stated that the El Niño climate phenomenon may have affected the volumes of yellowfin caught last year by its flagged vessels. Jean-Francois Ferrari...
Bomb Inside Tuna Can Look Alike Claims Victim’s Life & Other Social Media Stories
News recently broke out that a child in Gaza was killed while trying to open what looked like a can of tuna. Israeli soldiers withdrawing from Gaza reportedly left explosives, disguised as...
Taiwanese Longliners And Ocean Outcomes To Start FIP
The Taiwan Tuna Longline Association (TTLA) recently announced that it has partnered with the NGO Ocean Outcomes (O2) to advance environmentally-friendly fishing practices and improve crew...
FCF Takes Steps To Ensure Sustainability In Tuna Supply Chain
Taiwanese tuna trader Fong Chun Formosa (FCF) recently announced that it is providing training sessions to the captains and crew of several tuna fishing vessels in Mauritius within its supply...
Satlink Says Data Is Critical For AI Technology To Aid Tuna Vessel Owners
The global tuna industry is learning to embrace AI technology that will help improve fishing operations but this is still a work in progress. Spanish technology company Satlink has been...
Walmart Signs TNC’s New Tuna Transparency Pledge
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) launched the Tuna Transparency Pledge on April 10, a global initiative for the tuna supply chain to have 100 percent monitoring (electronic and/or human) onboard...
US House Passes South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act
The US House of Representatives recently passed the South Pacific Tuna Treaty (SPTT) Act, H.R 1792. This deal, between the US and the 16 Pacific Islands, will help to improve the operational...