Despite an increase in fishing effort, purse seine fleets in the WCPO experienced low catches in August given that they could only catch on free schools due to the FAD ban. Daily skipjack...
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Marine Instruments Awarded For Innovative Work
Marine Instruments stands out for its innovative development of knowledge-based technologies for the marine industry. Because of this, the organization was given the National Innovation...
Peru’s Parliament Approves Lower Tax On Tuna From Foreign-Flagged Vessels
Peru’s Parliament has approved to lower taxes for tuna caught by foreign-flagged vessels. The country’s processing industry relies heavily on raw materials netted by these boats. The approved...
Auditors Say EU IUU Fishing Rules Only Partially Effective
The European Court of Auditors (ECA), which audits the finances and investments of the economic bloc, has said that the EU is doing too little to combat IUU fishing. It said that although...
Shenzhen City To Subsidize Tuna Landings & Vessel Construction
The Shenzhen municipality has announced specific measures in terms of subsidies for Chinese tuna vessels. Its Bureau of Planning and Natural Resources issued a support program to develop the...
American Senator Receives His Tuna Lunch By Drone
American Senator, Mark Warner, was amazed when Wings delivered him a can of tuna by drone at his visit to the company's site in Christiansburg, Virginia, last Friday. The company created an...
Bangladesh Urges Tuna Assessment To Attract Foreign Investors
Interest for Bangladeshi tuna licenses in the Bay of Bengal is waning and the Department of Fisheries (DoF) is looking for ways to get more foreign investors enthusiastic. Since setting up...
Thai Pet Food Sales In US Take Off
Thai processors managed to grow their pet food business globally in the first six months of the year and delivered nearly one-quarter more canned products than during the same period last...
Ecuadorian Tuna Sector Upset Over Mexican President’s Remarks
Trade agreement discussions between Mexico and Ecuador have been a protracted affair with both nations not seeing eye to eye on canned tuna imports. The recent claims by the Mexican President...
Vietnam’s Efforts To Combat IUU Ahead Of EC Visit
Before the European Commission’s (EC's) visit next month, Vietnam is stepping up its efforts to combat IUU fishing. This upcoming inspection is part of the checks for the EU anti-IUU...
Dongwon Staff Rolls Up Sleeves Cleaning Up Plastic Waste
On the occasion of ‘International Coastal Cleanup Day’, South Korean tuna fishing Dongwon Industries held a cleanup event. The employees of the company came together last Friday to tidy the...
Respected Tuna Scientist Tony Lewis Has Passed Away
Australian tuna scientist and global expert Dr. Tony Lewis passed away on September 23 after a short illness. He had been a part of the tuna industry for over four decades, emphasizing his...
Triple-Dip La Niña Will Impact Tuna Fisheries
The first “Triple-Dip” La Niña event in this century was recently declared by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). This is the third La Niña phenomenon since 2020. It began in...
Ecuador Doubles Its H1 Shipments To Spain
Spanish imports of canned and pouched tuna in the first half of 2022 increased to the second highest volume in five years. Business with Ecuadorian processors doubled, bringing it back to...
FisheryProgress Delays Human Rights Criteria For FIPs Due To Time Concerns
FisheryProgress, the global platform for fishery improvement projects (FIPs), has announced that it is again extending the time for these groups to meet its Human Rights and Social...
Dark Colored Tuna Meat Intake Increases Longevity Says Study
Consuming tuna has major health benefits for the human body and now a Japanese research team has found that regularly eating dark-colored tuna meat increases antioxidation effects in people,...
Bolivia Allows Only One Canned Tuna Brand
Bolivian authorities have confirmed that only one canned tuna brand is allowed in the nation. The competent authority in health matters for the landlocked nation clarified that only "Lidita...
Three Seiner Companies Want To Extend Their MSC To Entire PNA
The stack of MSC purse seiner certifications over the entire PNA zone keeps getting higher. Three purse seine fishing companies which already have the MSC logo for their commercial tuna...
President Asks Mexican Tuna Tycoons Not To Raise Consumer Prices
CEOs of Mexico's major tuna processors, as well as heads of other food companies, were invited by the country's president for lunch at the National Palace this week to discuss the increasing...
Controversial Dismissal Of PNA’s Long-Serving Commercial Manager Brownjohn
The long-serving Commercial Manager of the PNA Office, Maurice Brownjohn, has been let go from his role in what he considers a very “disappointing” treatment of him. The office is based in the...