Swiss seafood trading company BlueYou recently announced, ahead of the World Tuna Day on May 2, that it has launched the Fair Trade Certified tuna program in the Maldives in partnership with...
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EU Canned Tuna Market Resilient Despite Crises In Supply Chain
The EU tuna market has weathered three major shocks — the COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – from 2019 to 2024. While canned tuna demand remained broadly stable, the...
Management Procedure, Observer Coverage Top Demands To IOTC
Tuna fishing groups and NGOs have urged the IOTC to ensure yellowfin catches do not exceed limits, and management procedure for several species are adopted. They called for better monitoring...
Poor Catch And High Fuel Costs Force IO Seiners To Stop Fishing
Indian Ocean purse seiners have been catching small volumes of tuna, the value of which, despite a price increase, does not cover a seiner's operational costs. Boat owners are on the verge of...
Poll: Is Global Tuna Fishing Heading For Wider Operational Halts?
The Middle East conflict is rattling the global tuna industry, disrupting fishing and processing operations as fears grow that the war could drag on. Bangkok processors are already grappling...
Planet Tracker Details Metrics Used To Assess Tuna Companies
Planet Tracker recently added a portfolio tool to its seafood database that assesses seafood companies, using environmental and sustainability indicators. Francois Mosnier, Head of Nature at...
Ecuador Tuna Sector Faces Rough Start To 2026
For Ecuador, 2026 is shaping up to be tougher, with various challenges clouding the outlook, according to Guillermo Morán, Executive Director of the TUNACONS Foundation. The nation's tuna...
Global Workers Union Accuses MSC Of Obscuring Labor Abuses
The Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) social policies and practices are obscuring labor abuses in tuna and other seafood supply chains by undermining efforts and reducing scrutiny, according...
Fiji To Seek Bigger Share Of Its ‘Blue Gold’
Fijian Fisheries Minister Alitia Bainivalu recently underscored the importance of the South Pacific albacore management procedure (MP) adopted at last year’s WCPFC meeting, describing it as...
Comingling Issue Poses Challenge For US Fisheries In EU CATCH System
US fisheries are dissatisfied with the new mandatory digital EU CATCH system, to prevent IUU products from entering the European bloc. The EU imports low volumes of ambient tuna products and...
Thai Canned Tuna Exports Decline As US Buyers Scale Back Demand
A large drop in demand from key canned tuna import markets like the US, Libya, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reduced overall Thai canned tuna export volumes by 12 percent year on year in...
Countdown Begins For World Tuna Day
Pacific Islands’ governments, tuna firms, organizations, and NGOs across the globe are lining up events before May 2, World Tuna Day, marking a decade since the United Nations established the...
Delays Continue To Drag Down Andaman And Nicobar’s Tuna Industry
India’s large-scale tuna industry in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, located in the Indian Ocean, remains constrained by limited policy momentum. A shortage of modern fishing vessels,...
US Consumers’ Preference For Canned Tuna Drops
US tuna and seafood consumption fell in 2023, with per capita intake down 1.7 pounds (0.78 kg) year on year, according to data from the National Fisheries Institute (NFI). Canned tuna held the...
Readers: Consumers Must Brace For Canned Tuna Price Hike
The ongoing Middle East war continues to disrupt global tuna supply chains, intensifying concerns over a potential rise in retail prices for products such as canned tuna. Earlier this month,...
WWF Praises Ecuador’s Tuna Sector’s Sustainable Efforts
WWF recently blogged how Ecuador has worked to rebuild its tuna fisheries to make them sustainable, including TUNACONS’ MSC certification. The work has not just helped marine life but also...
Asian Canners Are Gaining Foothold In EU
The canners in Asia extended their trade with EU customers in 2025, despite strong competition from their Ecuadorian counterparts. Philippine packers and those in Thailand enlarged their...
Princes To Debut Two Premium MSC Yellowfin Cans
Princes Tuna is launching premium sustainable canned Yellowfin Tuna Steak products which will be available in Tesco outlets from May 4. The new MSC-certified product range, Princes Ocean...
Scientists Say New Insights Could Reshape Atlantic Bluefin Conservation
A team of international scientists conducted a three-decade-long study to track the movement of Atlantic bluefin stocks between the eastern and western Atlantic. Their analysis has been...
EUMOFA Says EU Canned Tuna Demand Stable Amid Major Global Disruptions
From 2019 to 2024, Europe’s fisheries and aquaculture industry navigated through three major disruptions which upended their operations – the COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit, and the Russian...