The IATTC annual meeting is nearing, and several stakeholders involved in the global tuna sector have submitted their concerns and recommendations ahead of the gathering. Some of their asks...
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Ecuador’s Global Tuna Trade Reaches USD 1 Billion In 2022
Ecuador’s revenue from its main tuna exports including canned tuna to global markets reached around USD 1.02 billion last year. A large portion of the shipments consisted of canned tuna in oil...
Bina Habor Tuna Team Gained Operational Knowledge From SolTuna
For years, the SolTuna cannery in Solomon Islands has been the only tuna processor in the country. It recently hosted a team from the Bina Region Arrangement for Governance (BRAG) for a study...
Peru Joins WTO Deal, Bids Goodbye To Harmful Fisheries Subsidies
Peru has decided not to provide any harmful fisheries aid by joining the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies (AFS) on July 19. By depositing its "instrument of...
Anfaco Asks Incoming Spanish Govt For Higher Tuna Loins ATQ
The nail-biting Spanish election results are out. No single party secured sufficient parliamentary seats and the fate of the new government hangs in the balance. Meanwhile, the Spanish seafood...
Excellent Haul Of Large Yellowfin Puts An End To WCPO Fishing Slump After Months
After months of poor catches in the WCPO, purse seiners operating in this region managed to net a lot more tuna in June compared to May. This sharp rise in catches was driven by higher volumes...
Cook Islands Small-Scale Tuna Fishers Accuse Govt Of Turning Its Back On Them
Small-scale fishermen in Cook Islands are having a rough time. According to them, foreign tuna vessels fishing in the country's waters, low fuel subsidies, climate change, and even El Niño...
New Conseran Tuna Plant To Prioritize Cofaco Workers Who Lost Jobs
The Portuguese Freitasmar Group is all set to begin operations at its Conseran tuna plant on the island of Pico, Azores, on July 26. The factory, built with a EUR 15 million (USD 16.6 million)...
Mauritius Objects To FAD Ban, Cites Economic Loss From Lower Tuna Supply
Mauritius officially submitted its objection to the FAD ban in the Indian Ocean, even though it stated that it fully supports conservation and management measures for the sustainable...
How Much Effort Creep Is There Among WCPO Seiners?
The increase in the efficiency and fishing capacity of tuna vessels is popularly known as “effort creep” but this is a very simple definition. Researchers say this phenomenon is difficult to...
Study Reflects Minimal Macro Plastic Debris In Industrial Tuna Fishing Grounds
Coral reefs are under grave threat, and overfishing is considered one of the prime drivers of marine biodiversity loss. The science journal Nature recently published a study, ‘Plastic...
IOTC Wants To Know Who’s Catching Tonggol & How Much?
The IOTC Working Party on Neritic Tunas (WPNT12) meeting in 2022 concluded that the tuna-like species are overfished in the Indian Ocean (IO) and stocks need improvement. Despite over a year...
EPO Seiners Caught 15% More Yellowfin In 2022
In 2022, EPO purse seiners caught the third-highest level of yellowfin in two decades. Nearly all fleets increased their volumes year on year, especially Mexico largely with dolphin sets....
Grupomar Forecasts An Excellent 2023
Antonio Suarez, President of Grupomar, foresees that the tuna fishing company will exceed 24,000 M/T this year and meet the growing demand for canned tuna. According to him, fishing activities...
EU Canned Tuna Processors Facing Skyrocketing Olive Oil Prices
With soaring temperatures in the Mediterranean, there is a fear that a second heatwave will envelop countries in this region and further impact olive oil production. Record low-level rainfalls...
Spanish Center Claims First-Of-Its-Kind Land-Based Bluefin Production
The Murcia Oceanographic Center of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO, CSIC) has claimed a breakthrough in bluefin farming practice. The researchers have managed to produce the tuna...
Bolton Food Spanish Units Saw Profits Decline In 2022
The Spanish subsidiaries of Bolton Food increased their canned tuna 2022 sales, but Conservas Garavilla could not convert that into a win. Grupo Calvo remained in the green numbers with its...
Fiji Albacore, Yellowfin, Bigeye Longline Fishery Retains MSC Logo
The Fiji Fishing Industry Association, with longliners flagged to island nation, has been MSC re-certified for its fleet’s albacore, bigeye, and yellowfin catches. The 45 vessels operate...
Taiwanese Seiner Disrupts Internet In Parts Of Solomon Islands
The domestic internet services in the Solomon Islands are disrupted after a Taiwanese purse seiner damaged the underwater cable. A spokesperson from the Solomon Islands Submarine Cable Company...
EPO Seiner Skipjack Catches Fell By 10% In 2022
Purse seine EPO catches of skipjack in 2022 declined by nearly 10 percent compared to the previous year. Last year, seiners netted 297,511 tons of this tuna species, almost all caught on FAD...