The entire EPO purse seiner fleet is again out fishing at full capacity as the first IATTC veda ended last week. This high level of activity will last for only a couple of weeks as the second...
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WWF Accuses Small Ecuadorian Seiner Fishery Of Using Shortcuts For MSC Cert
Environmental group, WWF Ecuador, has vehemently objected to a small Ecuadorian purse seine tropical tuna fishery receiving MSC certification. It is arguing that the fleet has not done...
Thai Union Offers IPO Shares Under Preferential Rights
The IPO for Thai Union’s pet food subsidiary i-Tail Corporation Plc. (ITC) was approved by the Thai Office of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on September 20. Today, the organization...
Basque Vessels Begging For Help: Cold Shoulder From Brussels
Four Basque pole-and-line tuna vessels operating in Senegal represented by Dakartuna (Association of Pole and Line Tuna Boats) have again asked the EU for help so as not to be forced to lay...
Azores Tuna Plant Is Recruiting Foreign Workers
The Conseran Cannery on the Azores is hiring foreigners to work in the tuna production. However, the start of the plant's operations has been delayed until 2023. Earlier this year, Portuguese...
Mothers Of Malaysia Choose Ayam Brand Tuna Best Of 2022
Ayam Brand canned tuna has been voted Best Canned Food by the Motherhood Choice Awards 2022. The recipient is dubbed to be the best as voted by mums for mums. The award tested the nominated...
Maldives Is Boosting Tuna Processing Capacity
The Maldivian government recently revealed its plan for the construction of a tuna processing facility in the northern part of the island state on the Haa Alif Atoll Ihavandhoo. This is one of...
Indonesian Processors Increase Grip On Italian Loins Market
Italian canners increased their pre-cooked tuna loins import in the first half of the year and absorbed 27 percent of the EU loins import at 109,310 M/T. Whereas the total EU...
Sustained Pressure Triggers Bangkok Skipjack Price To Fall Rapidly
Under the pressure from canners and end of chain buyers and with sufficient tuna supply, the Bangkok whole round frozen skipjack price is rapidly decreasing. At the Tuna 2022 Conference, the...
Keekimini Fisheries Complex Tuna Storage Commences Activities
The Keekimini Fisheries Complex in the Shaviyani Atoll in the Maldives has started operations this month to store tuna. A tuna fisheries company called Villa Groups' Island Enterprises Private...
Bay Of Biscay “Dead End” For Plastics Waste, Threat To Tuna
The Bay of Biscay is known as an important summer feeding area for tuna in the Atlantic Ocean. The Spanish research organization, AZTI, has studied the potential diversity, abundance, and...
New MSC Standard Sets Higher Requirements For Tuna Fisheries
A higher set of requirements for harvest strategies will impact global fisheries that are sustainable certified due to the new Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Fisheries Standard 3.0, said the...
MSC: IA’s Ruling On PNA Fishery Shows Checks & Balances In Certification
On Wednesday, the Independent Adjudicator (IA) overseeing the dispute process of PNA fishery’s scope extension ruled that its MSC certification cannot include bigeye and FAD sets. The Marine...
Adjudicator Rules PNA Cannot Have Bigeye & FADs Certified
The Independent Adjudicator (IA) has determined that the world’s largest tuna purse seiner fishery, the PNA, should not be MSC certified for FADs and bigeye. This comes after a lengthy dispute...
Buyers Want Supreme Court To Toss Out StarKist’s Class Review
US tuna buyers have urged the US Supreme Court to throw out StarKist's petition on decertifying classes in the ongoing multi-district litigation (MDL) for price-fixing shelf-stable tuna. In...
Costa Rica Passes New Tuna Reform Law
Having bounced around between two sets of representatives in Congress for years, the Tuna Reform bill has finally become law. The government established the regulation on October 11. However,...
Ecuadorian Tuna Boat Rescues Peru Fishers Missing For 25 Days
Three fishermen from Peru were rescued by Ecuadorian tuna seiner 'Andrea' after almost a month of gone missing at sea. On September 16, the men set sail from the coast of Paita for Lobos...
Brits Consume Less Seafood But More Tuna
Seafish, the Non-Departmental Public Body in the UK, has released the 2022 update of Seafood in multiple retail sectors. It shows that tuna stands strong against the deep decline of seafood...
Egypt’s Canned Tuna Imports Continue To Grow
Among all the regions in the world, the Middle East (ME) and North Africa (Egypt & Libya) are one of the few areas where canned tuna consumption keeps growing. Consumers buy the product...
PNG Seeks More Transparency In Tuna Fishing, Joins GFW
Papua New Guinea has committed to sharing vessel tracking data from its Fishing Industry Association with Global Fishing Watch (GFW). The agreement is a testament to the island nation's...