International food and drink group, Princes, has partnered with a new bioplant venture, which is set to reduce carbon emissions from its Mauritius tuna processing sites by 8,650 M/T per...
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Stock Exchanges Make No Effort To Detect IUU Fishing By Listed Firms
The non-profit financial think tank, Planet Tracker, recently released a report that claims that some publicly listed companies undertake IUU fishing. It also states that a number of the...
Cocos MPA Expansion Going Ahead Despite Fishers’ Opposition
The expansion of the Cocos Marine Conservation Area (ACMC) in the Costa Rican EEZ is moving forward despite strong opposition from the tuna fishing sector. In early November, the Ministry of...
US Tuna Fishers Want Homeland Security To Get More Involved With Pacific Islands
The outcome of negotiations at last week's WCPFC meeting was a great disappointment for US tuna fishing companies. Now they are urging the US government to embrace a new geopolitical strategy...
StarKist vs US Govt: Judge Unimpressed With “Minced” Tuna Definition For Pouches
StarKist and the US government were at each other's throats again over high duties that the company has to pay for its tuna salad lunch pouches. One of the judges at the US Appeals court...
Subway Wants Plaintiffs Penalized For “Irresponsible” Tuna Lawsuit
Subway has once again asked a Californian federal court to throw out a lawsuit alleging that it is misleading customers about the tuna in its sandwiches. The fast-food chain argued that...
Devaluation Of Sapmer Shares Seems Unstoppable
Publicly listed French fishing company, Sapmer, has seen its share value take an erratic course in 2021. The company's 2020 results and the sale of two tuna purse seiners did not reassure...
Eating Tuna Twice A Week Could Save Money For Consumers & Health Sector
A study suggests that an increase in seafood consumption could not only help consumers improve their health but also potentially aid in saving millions of pounds in the UK. The research was...
OPAGAC: More Time Is Needed To Fully Adopt Biodegradable FADs
The Spanish fishing companies grouped as OPAGAC have said that more time is needed before the fleet can fully adopt biodegradable FADs (bio-FADs). In a statement, the organization claimed that...
Indian Ocean Squid Vessels Possibly Catching Tuna Illegally
Vessels in the Northwest Indian Ocean (NWIO) squid fishery might be illegally catching tuna and tuna-like species. This is according to a report released by Trygg Mat Tracking (TMT), a...
CNFC To Renew Its Tuna Longline Fleet
Chinese tuna company, CNFC, intends to raise around CNY 400 million (USD 62.7 million) to renew and expand its longline fishing fleet. On December 4, the firm made the announcement saying that...
OPAGAC Gets EPO Yellowfin MSC Certified, But Fails On Skipjack Assessment
No objections were submitted for the MSC certification of the Spanish-owned OPAGAC fishery in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO), thus the MSC logo has been granted to the yellowfin catches as...
Peruvian Fishers Blame Ecuadorian Fleet For Taking Their Tuna
A union of Peruvian tuna fishermen has accused the Ecuadorian fleet of taking most of the tuna in the country’s waters, leaving national vessels with only around 30 percent of the annual...
NGOs & Tuna Sector Deeply Disappointed Over WCPFC Meeting
Numerous stakeholders (especially NGOs) and even retailers have expressed disappointment bordering on contempt regarding the WCPFC meeting which concluded on Tuesday. The Marine Stewardship...
Albania Starts Exporting Tuna To Japan
Albania has started exporting farm-raised bluefin to Japan. Last week, the Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama, was accompanied by the Japanese Ambassador, Takada Mitsuyuki to witness the...
Ecuador Closing New Deals To Expand Tuna Industry’s Reach
The world's second-largest canned tuna exporter continues its plans to expand the reach of its product. Thus, Ecuador is preparing to close around 10 tuna trade agreements with nations in the...
Bumble Bee CEO Says US Tuna Sector Should Think Like A Start-Up
Jan Tharp, CEO of Bumble Bee Seafoods, believes that the US tuna industry faces “a lack of relevancy with a younger consumer base” and the sector should think like a start-up to engage with...
EU Alerts: Dangerous Bacteria In Tuna Salad
There were seven notifications put out to the EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) in November. They ranged from incidents such as the presence of E. coli bacteria in a tuna product...
Higher License Fees For EU Seiners Flagged To Seychelles
The island nation of Seychelles has announced that it will increase the annual license and authorization fees for purse seiners flying its flag in the Indian Ocean (IO). From next January 1,...
IATTC & WCPFC Greenlight Increase Of Pacific Bluefin Catch Quota
The Pacific bluefin catch quotas are set to be increased next year after both the IATTC and the WCPFC greenlighted the move. Countries like Japan have been asking for higher limits for years....