EU traders and retailers reduced their canned tuna buying in the first half of this year largely because they purchased fewer expensive products from European producers. The year already...
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Indonesian Traditional Fishers File Petition Against Illegal Tuna Boats
Indonesian small-scale fishermen are up in arms about larger tuna vessels using banned seine nets in the waters reserved for them. The fishers submitted a petition to the government last week...
More Canned Tuna Shipped To Japan In H1
Japanese traders and retailers increased their imports of high-quality canned tuna products in the first half of 2023. Indonesia has expanded its trade despite continuing insistence on zero...
Ten Tons Of Canned Tuna Destroyed After Trailer Catches Fire
A truck loaded with ten tons of canned tuna caught fire Monday morning in the Mexican town of Zapotlán del Rey. The fire reportedly began in the tractor due to a mechanical failure and...
G20 Leaders Agree On Global Minimum Tax Tariff For Multinationals
The G20 top meeting of 19 countries and the European Union, that took place in India, concluded yesterday with an agreement on the implementation of a 15 percent global minimum tax on...
CO-Treated Tuna Incidents Increased In EU Food Fraud Report
EU member states reported more food fraud incidents in 2022. This demonstrates that countries in the bloc have a greater commitment to detecting fraud and reporting non-compliances in tuna,...
Readers: More Countries Will Enforce Japanese Tuna Import Ban
Japan’s decision to release nuclear-treated wastewater from its Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station into the Pacific Ocean did not sit well with many nations. China announced a blanket ban...
Greenpeace Once Again Protests Over Bumble Bee’s Tuna Sourcing
Last Thursday, Greenpeace environmental activists protested in front of Bumble Bee Seafood’s headquarters asking the US tuna company to put an end to modern slavery. They marched to Bumble Bee...
Chinese Fishing Company Inks Deal For Construction Of Two Seiners
China is gearing up to expand its purse seiner fleet. The Penglai Zhongbai Jinglu Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and Chinese tuna fishing company Zhoushan Yinghai Ocean Fishery Co., Ltd. entered into...
Pacific Island Nations’ Tuna Conservation Goal Threatened By Corruption
Pacific Island Countries (PICs) want to sustainably manage their tuna and other fishery resources and they have implemented international, regional and national frameworks aimed at this goal....
Eighth Pacific Tuna Forum Concludes In PNG
The 8th Pacific Tuna Forum (PTF) culminated yesterday at Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea (PNG), attended by over 350 people. More than 30 speakers from the tuna industry...
Spanish Organizations Accuse Imitation Tuna Firms Of “Deceiving Consumers”
A group of Spanish organizations are up in arms against companies that sell tuna and other imitation fish products. In a recent letter to the Spanish government, they pointed fingers at some...
Philippines Senator Warns Of Far-Reaching Consequences Of Overfishing
Philippines Senator Cynthia Villar pointed out that ocean’s resources are not limitless, when speaking at the closure of the 23rd Tuna Congress in General Santos City. They should be protected...
Bangladesh Seeks Indonesia’s Support To Combat Maritime Crimes
Indonesia has agreed to collaborate with Bangladesh to help the latter increase its efforts in combating maritime crimes like IUU fishing. The decision was announced after a meeting between...
Micronesian Seiner Fishery MSC Certified For Entire PNA
The Micronesia skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye purse seine fishery which sought a scope extension for free school and FAD sets in all the EEZs of PNA last year has been MSC certified. There...
Vigo Epicenter Of The Tuna Industry Hosts ANFACO World Tuna Conference
Vigo will welcome the XI ANFACO World Tuna Conference ‘TUNA VIGO 2023’ next week from September 14 to 15. Under the theme "Leading in uncertain times", the event will bring together nearly 400...
MIFCO Wants To Boost Its Processing Capacity
State-owned MIFCO in Maldives has had an uptick in tuna supply in recent years, but a decrease in the premium paid for the one-by-one caught tuna. Ismail Fauzee, CEO of MIFCO, spoke with Atuna...
Migrant Workers Meet Taiwanese President To Urge For Onboard Wi-Fi
Migrant workers on Taiwanese tuna vessels are leaving no stone unturned to ensure their demand to install Wi-Fi on board is met. The crew and key allies spoke with the Taiwanese President Chen...
AGAC Goes For MSC Scope Extension For Atlantic Skipjack
The AGAC Four Oceans Integral Purse Seine Tropical Tuna Fishery wants a scope extension for skipjack on FAD sets and free school in the Atlantic Ocean. LRQA, the CAB managing the process,...
Study Warns Ocean Warming May “Narrow Yellowfin Habitats”
Experts found out that the habitats of yellowfins may reduce in the future because oxygen levels in shallower parts of the ocean will decrease due to warming waters. It limits the fish...