On the first day of the IOTC annual meeting, Seychelle’s Fisheries Minister warned that the Commission is “in a dangerous situation." On May 16, Jean Francois Ferrari announced in his opening...
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Century Tuna Superbods Finalists Revealed In Live Show
The 32 finalists of this year’s Century Tuna Superbods were revealed at the Sofitel Plaza in Manila on May 11. The auditions were held online but the activities and challenges the candidates...
Thai Skipjack Q1 Imports Reduced By 20%
Thai canners purchased 20 percent less whole round frozen skipjack in the first quarter of 2022 given that many main seiner fleets experienced lower catches. The total business lost around...
Basque Pole & Liners Trapped In EU-Senegal Conflict
Since January, four Basque pole-and-line vessels have been moored in the Dakar Port while waiting for a solution to legal issues that caused their seizure. The Senegalese government...
Pacific Islands Have Excessive Burden Of Feeding The World
Tuvalu's Foreign Minister, Simon Kofe, has said that tiny Pacific island nations carry a disproportionate burden trying to feed the world with tuna from their waters. He wants climate change...
Walmart Unjustly Blamed For Not Mentioning Species On Its Label?
Walmart’s Great Value Chunk Light Tuna is the least favorite canned tuna for nutritionist Lauren Manaker. She has criticized the brand for not specifying the species on the label so consumers...
IOTC Annual Meeting Kicks Off
The 26th Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) kicked off today in Victoria, Seychelles, and it will run until May 20. Several major topics will be revisited this year for...
IO Seiners Fill Up Q1 Skipjack Shortage In Bangkok
Much lower volumes of whole round frozen tuna from major fleets found their way to Thai canneries in the first three months of the year. Purse seiners catching in the Indian Ocean...
Fiji Still Searching Ways To Help Meet PAFCO’s Tuna Demand
The current Fijian tuna fleet cannot meet the Pacific Fishing Company's (PAFCO) demand for albacore. The government is working on plans that will secure the supply of raw material from outside...
Proposed Management Procedure Aimed To Relieve Pressure On IO Bigeye
Establishing a management procedure (MP) for bigeye in the Indian Ocean will be another major discussion during the IOTC annual meeting next week. Australia and environmental groups are urging...
Palau Fisheries Minister Wants Locals To Consume More Tuna
Tuna has to take a bigger part in the food security of Palau, emphasized Steven Victor, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Environment. He argued that besides income from fishing...
EU Seiner Fleet Pays About EUR 1 Million For Fishing In Mauritanian Waters
On Wednesday, an overwhelming majority of Members of the European Parliament (MEP) voted in favor of the new fishing agreement between the EU and Mauritania that will run for five years. The...
Tuna Feeding Patterns Change During El Niño & La Niña
A group of scientists at the University of Canberra discovered that La Niña and El Niño atmospheric events affect the feeding habits of skipjack and yellowfin tuna. They came to this...
Philippines Skipjack Catches Nosedived In Q1
Philippines-flagged vessels landed one-fifth less skipjack in the first three months of 2022 than in the same period the year before. The catch volume fell back to the level of two years ago,...
Anfaco Arranges Favorable Financing For Its Partners
Spanish seafood processors association, Anfaco-Cecopesca, has arranged an alternative financing stream for almost 250 affiliated companies. The agreement with Cajamar Business Bank offers...
Fiona, The Ancestor Of Modern Tuna?
A species of ancient marine reptiles looked like modern-day tunas, according to the latest research by archaeologists. They lived in oceans all over the planet throughout most of the Mesozoic...
Tuna Longliners Off Panama Port Catch Fire
Three vessels – two tuna longliners and one carrier – that were anchored about three kilometers from the port of Vacamonte in the province of Panamá Oeste caught fire on Wednesday morning,...
Massive Fuel Bill Puts Extreme Financial Pressure On Seiner Owners
Many tuna vessel owners are in a bad place at the moment – the rising fuel prices bring into question if they will be able to weather the extreme financial challenges that they are facing and...
Pacifical First Tuna Company To Be GDST Ready
Pacifical, the only seafood company so far to take part in the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) beta-Capability Test, has successfully completed all the steps in the beta testing...
EU Citizens Profit From Possible Illegal Catches Via “Beneficial Ownership”
The latest EU IUU Coalition report has found that weak national fisheries rules and controls in non-EU nations continue to be exploited by EU citizens, with profits from possible illegal...