The government of the autonomous region of Azores in Portugal has recently announced that it will hand over the operation of the Santa Catarina tuna plant to a private entity. The facility,...
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Famous Activist Denies Fake Tuna Shortage In Ivory Coast
The price of fake tuna, also known as faux thon, has gone up in Ivory Coast and a local processor, Airone Seafood, is lamenting that it is due to speculation. However, one activist has...
Nirsa Sets New Record For Its Fleet’s Tuna Catches
The growth in captures made by vessels owned by Nirsa, Ecuador’s leading tuna processing and exporting company, continued during 2020. The increase supplied the vast majority of the firm’s...
Major Global Tuna Highlights October 2021
The tuna industry has had major issues in October. These range from IATTC members finally agreeing on conservation measures for tropical tuna, poor landings strongly guiding the price of tuna...
ANF Partners With Above Food To Expand Plant-based Fishery Products
In a move to expand its line of frozen and shelf-stable products, Atlantic Natural Foods (ANF), the manufacturer of plant-based foods that feature the Loma Linda brand and tuna alternative...
Bumble Bee Adds MSC Tuna And Candy To Prime Snack Kit
Bumble Bee Seafoods has restyled its Protein on the Run healthy snack kit and added MSC tuna in three new flavors plus the sweetness of caramel. It has added the line to Bumble Bee Prime. With...
Thai Processors Lose Over A Third Of Business In The Americas
Thailand exported 38 percent less canned tuna to the Americas in Q3 2021 compared to the same period in 2020. This is the lowest level of deliveries in a five-year period. This large fall was...
Nirsa Closed 2020 With An Impressive 13% Increase In Sales
Ecuador’s largest canned tuna processing company, Nirsa, closed last year with outstanding financial results - reporting a 13 percent increase in sales. Despite the hardships and challenges...
No Sign Of Any Bangkok Bottleneck Yet, SKJ1.8:BKK Price In Balance
Bangkok skipjack trade is moving, albeit slowly, as demand for raw material has once again dropped while supply of tuna has also fallen. Both the lukewarm demand and depressed supply are...
Crack Down On Criminal Group For Stealing Bluefin
This week, the Civil Guard of Murcia, Spain, arrested three people for stealing 120 kg of bluefin from farms in the region and three more are under suspicion for the same crime. They all...
PNA FAD Fishery One Step Away From MSC Certification
The certification assessment body (CAB) has determined that the world’s largest purse seine tuna fishery within PNA waters meets the requirements to include FAD sets and bigeye into their...
Worst Q3 Production Numbers In Thailand In 5 Years
The world's largest canned tuna exporting nation experienced a major cut in its processing volume over the first three quarters (Q3) of the year. The shipments from Thailand were at least at a...
Green Debt Swaps Could Change Financing Of Tuna Resource Nations
Green debt swaps are an innovative financial tool that can play a major role in the global climate change issue as well as in future financing of projects related to sustainable tuna...
IO Yellowfin At Its Smallest In The last 70 Years
The average size of yellowfin caught in the Indian Ocean (IO) hit its lowest level in 70 years in 2020. Meanwhile, a new record was set for the most specimens taken out of the ocean. This is...
Princes Cuts Yellowfin Sourcing From IO By More Than Half
UK-based foods and drink group, Princes, said that it has reduced the volume of Indian Ocean (IO) yellowfin by 51 percent. This is a year ahead of its pledge to cut 50 percent by 2022....
Should All Fishing Vessels Be Registered In The RFMOs?
RFMOs heavily rely on data submitted by their member states. However, countries are not obligated to submit certain information. For example, in the WCPFC convention area, vessels that are...
Hawaii Longline Association Wants MSC In WCPFC And IATTC
The Hawaiian longline tuna fishery has started the assessment for MSC certification. The process, which will be overseen by Control Union (UK) Limited, involves 141 vessels fishing yellowfin...
French Polynesian Govt Seizes Chinese Tuna Longliner As Collateral
French Polynesian authorities have seized a tuna longliner belonging to a Chinese fishing company to ensure that the latter will remove a vessel from its fleet which had run aground on an...
Low Trading Activity Keeps IO Skipjack Price Under Pressure
The majority of the Indian Ocean (IO) purse seine fleets have caught their yellowfin quota. Therefore, most vessels have had to stop fishing for skipjack on FAD sets and will return to port at...
Plant-Based Tuna Alternatives Keep Rolling Out
Plant-based tuna alternative products keep growing across the world. A new one has been recently launched in the UK, while Nestlé has put a foothold in the Israeli market with its brand Vuno....