StarKist’s former owner, Del Monte Corp, might have to pay tuna buyers for price-fixing even though it sold the brand years ago, according to a ruling by a US federal judge from the Southern...
News
Will Absence Of Russian Tourists Leave Seychelles’ Economy Relying More On Tuna?
The ongoing Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict is already impacting the tuna industry with fuel and vegetable oil prices shooting up. But the war is also strongly affecting small tuna nations...
EU Alerts: Yellowfin Cargo Rejected By Spanish Customs
Only two tuna-related issues were reported to the EU Regulatory Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) in February, thus continuing the low number of incidents per month after there were...
Princes Says Canned Tuna In EU Markets 100% Responsibly Sourced
Princes has announced that its canned tuna for several European markets was entirely responsibly sourced in 2021. In a press statement this week, the global food and beverage company said that...
Albatrosses Most Vulnerable Species From Longline Tuna Fisheries
Albatross sea birds were identified as the bycatch species with the highest relative risk in a longline fishery in the Pacific Ocean. This is part of the conclusion of a study looking to...
EU Asking Stakeholders For Views On Fisheries Policy
The European Commission (EC) is asking the fishing industry, NGOs, scientists, as well as its social and economic partners to participate in surveys to share their views on the 2022 Common...
Joe Murphy Retires From Tuna Business After 50 Years
On April 8, Joe Murphy will retire as Senior Vice President of Marketing at Luen Thai Fishing Ventures. Under his 12-year leadership, the company achieved six MSC certifications in the Pacific...
Ecuadorians Expand Their Global Distribution Of Loins, Biz Worth USD 277 Million
Ecuadorian processors have been successful in recovering lost pre-cooked loins business and further growing the segment. Major European canners have been buying more of the intermediate...
MIFCO Will Raise Canned Tuna Prices
The Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO) will be increasing its canned tuna prices after the government announced that fishermen will be paid more for their catches. MIFCO, which is...
Thai Union Receives Another Sustainability Loan Of USD 61 Million
Thai Union Group has managed to secure more money for blue financing by signing a THB 2 billion (USD 61.2 million) short-term loan agreement with Bangkok stock exchange listed TMBThanachart...
Major Global Tuna Highlights February 2022
February was a busy month in terms of the tuna sector. Spanish cannery workers continued striking for better pay and no gender discrimination while the OPAGAC and MSC FAD fishery...
Purse Seiners Hit By Record Fuel Costs Due To European Conflict
Global energy markets are reacting to the Russia-Ukraine conflict and crude oil prices have hit the highest levels in years. It has also pushed up the value of fuel for tuna purse seiners to a...
IUU Preventive Tool Wins Spanish InnovaTUNA Contest
A system that analyses the origin of tuna through a series of technical indicators won the InnovaTUNA contest by the Bermeo Tuna World Capital Association (BTWC) in Spain. The competition was...
UN Paper Indicates Climate Change Will Impact Tuna Worse Than Anticipated
The consequences of climate change are much worse than scientists initially anticipated. The latest report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicates that despite...
Steady WCPO Skipjack Supply Keeps SKJ1.8:BKK Stable
There has not been much change in the prices for whole round frozen skipjack in Bangkok due to a steady supply of raw material. The growing demand has been keeping up with the improved supply....
Allegations Over Thai Inmates Forced To Make Fishing Nets For US Market
A coalition of 31 civil society groups has alleged that inmates in Thailand are being forced to make small-scale fishing nets that are being sold to US corporations. They sent a letter to US...
WCPO Tuna Transshipments Increased By 40 Percent In January
Purse seiner fleets fished in all areas throughout the WCPO in January but also increased their efforts in PNA waters. Transshipment activity rose by nearly 40 percent that month. Data shows...
Russia-Ukraine Conflict Will Also Affect Canned Tuna Business
While the world’s economy is still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been hit by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Economists are worried about higher prices for agricultural commodities...
Spanish Seiner Crews Soon To Have IoT Based Medical Care
While at sea, purse seiner crews have no access to serious medical care and to change this, OPAGAC has started a project that will study how to give correct attention to the fishers when they...
Fishing Dungarees Made From Seiner Nets
This week, textile firm Ternua Workwear delivered 150 fishing dungarees to Echebastar which were recycled from seiner nets discarded by the tuna company's vessels in Seychelles port. The...