A social media outcry has begun in Colombia after artisanal fishermen in the Chocó Department in the country's west accused a Venezuelan-flagged seiner of fishing illegally in a marine...
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American Samoa Gets Limit For Bigeye LL Catch
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has allocated 1,500 M/T of bigeye for American Samoan longliners. The arrangement supports the long-term sustainability of resources in the US...
PAFCO Tuna Under Threat From Foreign Products
The Pacific Fishing Company (PAFCO) in Levuka, Fiji, fears that the Pacific Island Countries Free Trade Agreement is increasing foreign canned tuna brands on local supermarket shelves. The...
New FFC Chair Dreams Of Tuna Cartel
Ribanataake Tiwau, the newly appointed Chair of the Forum Fisheries Committee (FFC), of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), has said that he has “a dream that one day our...
H1 Exports To North America Stable, But Thais Missing Deals In The South
Thai processors have been losing H1 business in the Americas mainly due to the drop in shipments to the South American nations. Trade with North American buyers has held steady over the years...
Maldivians Have 100 Names For Tuna In Their Food Culture
The Maldives has a centuries-old tradition of tuna fishing. It is an integral part of their existence. Over decades, their culture and diet developed, revolving around eating tuna. The fact...
Will New Special Session Help IOTC Manage DFADs?
IOTC Chairperson, Jung-re Riley Kim, has invited member nations to a Special Session in early February next year to adopt a conservation and management measure on FADs. The topic of...
Circular Economy – Seychelles Sent First Shipment Of Used Nets To EU
A newly established circular business in Seychelles, Brikole Pty Ltd, sent out its first shipment of worn-out fishing nets for recycling in Europe on Wednesday. The material from the...
Maldives Registers Over 10,000 Fishermen To Develop The Sector
The Maldivian government is working on a system to keep a permanent record of all fishermen in the country. The registration of the people whose main income comes from fishing for skipjack by...
400-Personnel Massive Anti-IUU Operation Reveals No Perpetrators
No violations were reported during the massive 12-day Operation Island Chief, a Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)-led surveillance program covering 18.2 million square kilometers....
TU Wants To Give USD 65 Mil Guarantee For Red Lobster
Thai Union (TU) Group has asked the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) to approve a partial guarantee for US seafood restaurant chain, Red Lobster Master Holdings. In a statement on Wednesday,...
Thai Canned Black Meat Shipments Expand In PNG, Russian Deals Down
Thai processors gained back business with several international markets around the world in the first half of this year (H1 2022), after a major drop in exports in the same period last year....
Strike Paralyzes UK’s Main Canned Tuna Import Harbor
On August 21, approximately 2,000 dockworkers at the Port of Felixstowe began an eight-day walkout. It is the major harbour in the UK for canned tuna imports. In 2020, the country took...
Court Upholds Fraud Indictment On Alliance Select’s Former Boss
An appellate court in the Philippines has upheld an indictment against several top executives of the tuna company, Alliance Select Foods International Inc. (ASFII), including Founder and...
Govt Cuts Storage Fees In Azores In Response To Market Instability
The war in Ukraine has drastically affected the tuna business of Azores by making it difficult for companies to transport the products from one place to another. This, along with inflation has...
Omani Firm Joins IPNLF Yellowfin Improvement Project
Seafood Souq and the International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) have collaborated in a pilot project using the Foundation’s Fisheries Improvement Toolkit (FIT). The goal was to bring...
Seiner Helicopter Firm Accused Of Nine Deaths
An interesting trial is underway in US-based territory, Guam. This case concerns Hansen Helicopters. The firm operates more than four dozen choppers used on purse seiners to spot free schools...
PNA Ports See Higher Carrier Activity In July
Last month, purse seiners operating in the WCPO transferred one of the highest tonnages of whole round frozen tuna into carriers in PNA ports, propelled by the maximized efforts that captains...
USD 50 M For Monitoring Tuna Biomass Through Acoustic Sensors
Canadian Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) secured funds to build and deploy gear to survey and monitor tuna biomass as well as other biomasses in deeper parts of the oceans. The aquatic...
World Bank Loans USD 300 Million To Mozambique
After years of suspending aid to Mozambique, international financial institutions are once again lending money to the African nation. The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and...