Two police officers and a coast guard were taken hostage by the crew of a small seiner when they tried to prevent the fishermen from illegal fishing. The incident occurred last Thursday in the...
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Skipjack Whole Round Demand Took A Plunge In Q1
The purchase of skipjack raw material by EU processors plunged at the beginning of this year with volumes in Q1 hitting the lowest level in the past five years. EU imports fell to 7,419 M/T,...
Will Inflation Send More US Seafood Consumers To Canned Tuna Shelves?
Rising food prices have become a major source of worry for American consumers and their spending patterns have changed accordingly. Currently, 30 percent of US households are struggling to pay...
Alliance Select Appoints New CEO To Refloat Business
On June 15, Jeoffrey Yulo started as the new CEO of Alliance Select Foods International. He replaced his predecessor Raymond K.H. See, who sent his resignation letter to the Board on May 17....
WTO Unanimously Adopts New Deal To End Harmful Fisheries Subsidies
After 21 years of negotiations, countries have made a deal on rules to end harmful fisheries subsidies. After five days of talk, the WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference ended yesterday and...
Artificial Intelligence Can Modernize Operations On Tuna Vessels
With the EU looking into applying artificial intelligence (AI) in various European industries, the Spanish research institute, AZTI, has released a study on utilizing AI in the fisheries...
Kantar Top-Ranks Calvo’s Easy Flip Technology
Calvo’s Easy Flip (Vuelca Fácil®) packaging has received the "Innovation Radar 2021" award, conducted by Kantar Worldpanel. It was also ranked as the most innovative and successful launch of...
Ammonia Explosion In Seiner Causes Two Spanish Sailors’ Deaths
An explosion caused by an ammonia leak on board Spanish purse seiner ‘Albacora Cuatro’ has resulted in the deaths of two fishers. It was moored in Seychelles’ Victoria port when the incident...
Massive EUR 22 Million Cut In EU Canneries’ Q1 Purchases Of Foreign W/R
EU canneries strongly reduced their purchases of frozen whole round tuna at the beginning of this year with supplies from both foreign- and EU-flagged vessels dropping drastically. The massive...
What Can PNG Officials Learn From Philippines Tuna Industry?
A delegation of the National Fisheries Authority (NFA) of Papua New Guinea paid a visit to General Santos to gain knowledge and experience on how they run the tuna industry. NFA believes that...
Bitcoin Crash: Canned Tuna The Best Investment?
American businessman and finance author, Robert Kiyosaki, tweeted on June 13 that after the crash of the Bitcoin: “Best INVESTMENT: Cans of Tuna Fish.” With increasing global inflation, he...
Poll: Does Stacking Of WCPO Certifications Hurt MSC’s Reputation?
Last week, a tenth WCPO tuna purse seine fishery achieved MSC certification for skipjack and yellowfin fishing on FAD sets and free school. According to the MSC website, three more similar...
US Q1 Tuna Pouches Demand Off To A Strong Start
US demand for tuna pouches keeps expanding and the first quarter of this year showed a promising start to this segment with 10 percent year-on-year growth. The StarKist cannery in Senegal...
Readers Assume US Consumers Will Buy Tuna Over Chicken
In the past two years, poultry prices in the US have nearly tripled and have hit peak levels. For chicken-loving Americans, this could be a reason to switch to a much cheaper protein, tuna....
Leading NGOs Find New MSC Standard Insufficient
Some of the world’s leading NGOs have written a joint letter to the MSC’s Technical Advisory Board (TAB) and Stakeholder Advisory Council (STAC) to highlight that weaknesses persist in the new...
Inconclusive Study Spreads Fear Of Tuna And Melanoma Risk
Despite the many health benefits of canned tuna, one latest research claims higher intakes of canned tuna and other non-fried fish can increase the risk of malignant melanoma. However, the...
Maldivian Parliament Dismisses Lowering Canned Tuna Prices
On Monday, the Maldivian Parliament dismissed a motion that was put forward to lower the prices of daily consumer goods. An MP from the opposition coalition filed the proposal and called on...
Indonesia’s New Law Tightens Noose On Fishery Recruitment Agencies
Indonesian migrant tuna fishers can sigh in relief as their government has taken a major step in tightening rules which protect their labor rights on board foreign distant-water vessels....
US Retailer Publishes Tuna Vessel Names For Sourcing Transparency
In an effort to be more transparent, US retailer Hy-Vee has published a document with information about the tuna vessels supplying its private label. International NGO Greenpeace has praised...
After Cyber Attack Jealsa Invests Heavily In Protection
After several cyberattacks, Spanish processor Jealsa has been expanding its annual investment in technology to defend the automated processes in its tuna plants. Antonio Rodriguez, CTO at...