Tuna catches in the WCPO showed some improvement in March, although not significantly. This led to a slight increase in transshipments through PNA ports, especially those in Micronesia...
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Supermarket Employee Tampers StarKist Pouches With Needles
A teenage worker of the American supermarket chain Giant Foods has been accused of inserting sewing needles into StarKist Light Tuna large pouches (2.6 oz pack) and other products. It was...
US Senators Call For Reintroduction Of FISH Act To Combat IUU Fishing
The Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvest (FISH) Act will be reintroduced due to the efforts of five US senators. Under the legislation, IUU fishing vessels can be banned from US ports and...
US Does Not Back Out Embargo On Mexican Yellowfin
The US will continue its embargo on the import of Mexican yellowfin products under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). NOAA – the US federal fishing authority – imposed the ban...
Study Warns Of Microplastic Presence In Atlantic Yellowfin
Researchers from Brazil, France, and Norway conducted a study on the transmission of plastic pollution in tuna and large pelagic species in the southwestern Atlantic. They identified a...
Tuna Forum Drafts Workers’ Rights Guidance
An alliance of several NGOs, Tuna Forum, has released guidance for worker rights in the global tuna fisheries. “It is intended to unambiguously state the minimum actions that all...
Sun Flower 7 Moves To Busan After 28 Days And Turns Off Signal
After being in Tongyeong port for 28 days, Korean reefer carrier ‘Sun Flower 7’ sailed to another South Korean port as tracking systems recorded its movement on April 17. The vessel hit the...
EPO Ecuador Seiner Fishery Wants MSC Scope Extension For Skipjack
The conformity assessment body LRQA published the announcement comment draft report (ACDR) for the Eastern Pacific Ecuador Purse Seine Tropical Tuna Fishery on April 18. The fishery aims...
Pacific Remote Islands MPA Expansion Process Begins
NOAA has begun the process to expand the tuna-rich Pacific Remote Islands (PRI) Marine Protected Area (MPA), announced by the White House in March. According to the proposal...
US Preps For Expansion Of Marine Sanctuary Around Pacific Remote Islands
Tuna-rich Pacific Remote Islands marine protected areas are about to be expanded. On March 21, US President Joe Biden ordered the Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo, to consider initiating...
Moroccan Officials Find Cocaine Inside Tuna Guts
The Moroccan police initiated an investigation after confiscating bags of cocaine inside the guts of frozen yellowfin whole rounds that were being transported in a refrigerated container at...
IOTC’s “Objection” Rule Dilutes Tuna Measure Efficacy, Puts Stocks At Risk
The IOTC has the opportunity to “significantly improve how it makes decisions,” according to the Pew Charitable Trusts, but several factors are hindering this. The NGO said a growing number of...
CAB Gives Green Light To Korean DFC/HEC WCPO Longline Fishery
The conformity assessment body, Control Union UK, has concluded that the Korean longline fishery of client group Dongwon Fisheries Co. Ltd (DFC) and Hansung Enterprise Co. (HEC) in the WCPO is...
WCPO Seiner Skipjack Catches Remain Poor, Bangkok Trading To Feel The Squeeze
Catches in the WCPO have not improved significantly, which signals that skipjack trading will continue to be tight in the weeks to come in the Bangkok processing hub. Purse seiners increased...
ISSF’s Improved Tool To Analyze Tuna Catch Trend By Gear Types
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has updated its interactive Stock Status Tool with a Catch Trends tab. Users can analyze the tuna catches per species, gear, and...
Vietnam Is Preparing For Fourth EC Inspection On Compliance With IUU Rules
Fisheries in the central coastal province of Phu Yen in Vietnam and the local authorities have fully implemented the legal provisions for combating IUU fishing in tuna fishing, including...
Banana Index Shows Tuna Is Low Climate Impact Protein Source
The rising carbon footprint is a cause for urgent global concern. Over the years, studies have pointed out how meat intake is highly negatively impacting the environment compared to the...
Europêche Wants More West African Fishers For EU Seiner Fleet
On April 12, Europêche representatives met with the fisheries cooperation group between African states, COMHAFAT, to talk about managing tropical tuna species in the Atlantic Ocean. One of the...
EU Canners Bought EUR 346 Million Of Yellowfin Whole Rounds
EU demand for frozen whole round yellowfin showed a notable uptick in 2022, especially after the huge drop in 2021 when there was more interest in skipjack. Thunnus albacares comprised 63...
Bolton Food Wants To Be “Most Responsible & Sustainable Tuna Company For The World”
Bolton Food has a major ambition – it wants to be the “most responsible and sustainable tuna company for the world.” It is the Food Business Unit of Bolton Group that was founded in Milan in...