Spanish tuna processor, Grupo Consorcio, will serve the Italian market from a subsidiary in Milan, effective January 2024, an “important strategic decision” that will strengthen its business...
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Fred Buehler Steps Into Top Executive Role In Bumble Bee
Bumble Bee Seafoods has hired Fred Buehler as the new Vice President for its mass retail, club, and drug store sales channels in the US. He will steer the company's sales by providing...
Certification Prompts Brazilian Artisanal Tuna Family Plant To Test New Waters
The family-run firm, WG Establishment, which produces and sells tuna in pouches in Espírito Santo state, is permitted to expand to other parts of Brazil since it has received the Art Seal. The...
Oman Approves Multi-Million Tuna Aquaculture Project
Oman announced the setting up of 12 fish farming projects with total cost of OMR 160 million (USD 415 million) after receiving approval from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Water...
Ecuadorian Processors Expanded Yellowfin Loin Trade To Spain
Ecuador and China, the main exporters of frozen pre-cooked loins to the EU, lost business in 2022. However, Spanish processors continued to increase purchases, especially from the South...
Mexican Seiner Rescues Pregnant Woman And Two Men From Stranded Sailboat
The purse seiner ‘Clarión’ rescued a three-person crew after their sailboat 'Ocean Bound' was found adrift at sea off the Mexican Jalisco coast. All were safely transferred to a hospital in...
French Authorities Recall Lidl-Sold Tuna Steaks
Tuna steaks sold in several Lidl stores across France were recalled after the detection of the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes. French Rappel Conso, alerting consumers about adulterated,...
Walton Family Foundation Supports Fight Against IUU In Galapagos Marine Park
The Por La Pesca project launched in 2022 to reduce IUU fishing for Ecuadorian and Peruvian artisanal fisheries is now taking on more concrete forms. Building on a successful project in Peru,...
NGO Insists IO Vessels Remove FADs After Fishing
Organizations are stepping up to clean the Indian Ocean and island coasts as the number of FADs spotted in the waters is rising drastically and many are washing ashore. Oceanika – a Mahe-based...
IPLNF Appoints Prominent Member To Its Board Of Trustees
The International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) has added Mohamed Rasheed, also known as "Moosheed," to its Board of Trustees. The industry veteran and stakeholder who has a vast experience...
Spanish Canners Expand Loin Trade Against Higher Price
Most European canners expanded their buying of frozen pre-cooked loins last year, but the quantity of products that went through Rotterdam port nosedived. EU processors imported 185,615 M/T of...
Balfegó Criticizes Bluefin Quotas And Expands Operations To Italy
Spanish company Grupo Balfegó, specializing in bluefin aquaculture, is expanding its operations to Italy. It has launched new pools in collaboration with a local firm, off the coast of Marina...
Longline Atlantic Albacore Fishery Inches Toward MSC Certification
The Tuna Alliance Atlantic Albacore Fishery is close to gaining its MSC certification. The conformity assessment body SCS Global Services has given passing scores to all four Units of...
Sunflower & Soy Oil Prices Continue To Retreat
Edible oil prices have continued to ease their tight grip on the tuna processing industry and data shows a sharp decline for sunflower and soy for the fourth consecutive month. While extra...
Cadíz Almadrabas Ready To Start But Quota Disappoints
The Spanish Almadraba bluefin fishing is about to start and the “traps” are ready to catch the majestic fish. The Cadiz Almadrabas, organized to sell the fish during the year, is complaining...
MSC Appointed New Chair And Trustees To Take Up Roles This Year
MSC appointed Hartwig Schafer and five new trustees to its board. They will take up their new roles in July and will continue to bring a wide range of experience and expertise at MSC and set...
EU Also Objects Against IOTC FAD Ban Due To Limits On Its Supply Vessels
EU recently declared it is objecting to the IOTC FAD measure and one of the reasons is that it limits the operations of its supply vessels. On Wednesday, the European Commission announced that...
EU Demand For Cooked Yellowfin Loins Makes A Record Jump
EU processors took in historically high levels of frozen pre-cooked loins in 2022, with demand for yellowfin showing a strong pickup, particularly from Spanish canners. This interest...
Taiwanese Port Lands Its Biggest Tuna After A Decade
A harbor in the eastern Taiwanese region of Yilan reported its first bluefin catch for 2023, which also broke the size record of ten years. The fish, weighing 320 kg, was caught near Diaoyutai...
Atunsa’s Legal Win Over Family Of Sailor Who Died Of Malaria On Board Seiner
The family of a Spanish sailor who died of malaria in 2009 while working on Atunsa’s purse seiner has lost a legal battle against the tuna company. The wife and four children of the worker...