The Thai tuna processor, Asian Alliance International Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of Asian Sea Corporation Public Company Limited, might be brought to the Thai stock exchange in 2022. The parent...
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Dongwon’s Launches Protein Recipe YouTube Video Contest
To get more attention from young Korean consumers, the Dongwon Group has announced a ‘Protein Recipe Video Contest’. Customers may submit a recipe demonstration YouTube clip using a variety of...
ICCAT Meeting Starts & Seiners Orgs Want Higher Bigeye Catch Limits
Today, ICAAT members have started discussing the current and future management protocols for tuna in the Atlantic Ocean (AO) at the RFMO’s annual meeting, which is taking place by video...
Small-Scale Atlantic Fishers Want Seiner Fleets To Pay For FAD Pollution
Small-scale fishers in the Atlantic region want the EU to tighten the regulations on industrial fishing in the Atlantic Ocean, to ensure that bigeye tuna stock improves. They also want fleets...
Bolton Reaffirms 100% Responsible Tuna Sourcing By 2024
Italian Bolton Group in its recently released report has set a range of sustainable targets to reach by 2025, including its tuna raw material sourcing. One of its aims is to achieve by 2024...
Conxemar Searching For Allies In Open War Against Seafood Expo
Conxemar is adamant about winning the trade show battle against Seafood Expo Global, which next year will also take place in Spain. In the past, the Vigo fair stated that two seafood events of...
La Niña Pushes EPO Catches To 10-Year Q3 Peak
Despite reports of low catches in the EPO, IATTC data shows that the cumulative captures up to the end of the year’s third quarter (Q3 2021) have reached the highest point in at least the last...
Will WCPFC Agree On HCRs In Upcoming Meeting?
The lack of harvest control rules (HCRs) in the WCPO has been a hot topic for years now. However, the issue has become even more urgent after MSC released an official warning in July to...
Maltese Fishers Unhappy With Tuna Firm For Paying Tunisian IUU Fines
Maltese fishermen are miffed with their government’s decision to have given too low a fine to two Tunisian-flagged IUU fishing vessels. They are also unhappy that these boats' fine was paid...
Thai Union Launches Second Set Of Sustainable Bonds For USD 182 Mil
The Thai Union Group is getting into the swing of blue financing and has issued another set of bonds but only one of the sustainable targets, which will affect investor interest rate, has to...
IATTC Second Veda Starts On Heels Of Poor EPO Fishing
This past Tuesday, the second IATTC fishing closure of the year started in the EPO. This means that around 130 purse seiners with capacity from 182 M/T and up will have to stop operations for...
112 Concerned Tuna Supply Chain Players Urge HCRs In WCPO
A total of 112 companies including the world’s largest global retailers, tuna brands, and fishing firms have written to the Heads of Delegations of the WCPFC. They are urging them to...
US Q3 Canned Imports Back At Pre-Pandemic Level
Trading data from the US continues to confirm the early expectation that canned tuna deliveries were going to experience a decline in 2021. This was after markets took in record-high...
Judge Rules Manuel Chang Extradition To US For Tuna Scandal
A South African federal court has ordered the extradition of former Mozambican Finance Minister, Manuel Chang, to the US to face corruption charges for his role in signing off on USD 2 billion...
RD Fishing Tuna Supply Chain First To Get Best Seafood Practices Cert
The 12 tuna fishing vessels forming the fleet of Filipino company RD Fishing Group have recently become the first purse seiners to be certified by the Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard...
MSC Wants Stakeholders’ Opinions
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has announced that its Stakeholder Survey is open and has stated that it wants perspectives on the organization. This includes its priorities, the value of...
Heavy Q3 Skipjack Buying By Thai Canners, Despite Falling Sales
Thai processors have been buying much more raw material than in the previous years. Their cumulative Q3 purchases of whole round skipjack in particular drove the frozen raw tuna imports to the...
FisheryProgress Considering FIPs To Adopt Their Own Labor Code
The global platform for Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs), FisheryProgress, is deciding whether companies and fleets can keep their social policies and programs but be evaluated under its...
Tax Benefits Driving Spanish Tuna Fishers Away?
Tuna crews in Spain's Canary Islands are choosing to work for vessels flagged to other countries. The talent drain has been attributed mainly to a Spanish policy that provides income tax...
Californian Consumers Now Say Subway Tuna Contains Meat
In a third and flimsy attempt, two Californian consumers have once again alleged that tuna sandwiches from Subway are not filled with actual tuna. This time they claim that the food contains...