Maldives exported MVR 475 million (USD 30.9 million) worth of tuna products in the third quarter of this year (Q3). This was a 40 percent increase in earnings year on year. Fishery...
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More Division In IOTC Over DFADs Proposal Vote
Pressure is growing for a special IOTC session to vote on a drifting FADs (dFADs) management proposal submitted by Kenya during the RFMO’s annual meeting in June. The document recommends a cut...
Conxemar Aiming To Snatch Seafood Global’s Visitors In Brussels
For the first time in more than 20 years, the Spanish Wholesalers Association of Wholesalers, Importers, Transformers, and Exporters of Fishery and Aquaculture Product (Conxemar) will be...
Nearly Half Of FAD Buoys Abandoned At Sea In PNA Waters
What happens to the drifting FADs (dFADs) launched by tuna purse seiners in the WCPO? Well, one latest study says that most buoys are abandoned at sea while there is also a high rate of...
Tuna Fishers Stand Against Desalination Plant In Australia
Tuna aquaculture firms, recreational fishers, and environmentalists are all up in arms over the South Australian (SA) government’s AUD 90 million (USD 66.7 million) plan to build a...
Tuna Tales Video Series Gives Glimpse Into EU P&L Fisheries
A YouTube video series called Tuna Tales – In Balance with Nature featuring artisanal tuna fishermen working in the outermost regions (including those from the EU) of the Atlantic and Indian...
Empty Promises, Mexican Local Fishermen Still Have No Permits
It has been over four months since a group of handline tuna fishermen in Ensenada, a port city on the Pacific coast of Mexico’s Baja California, took to the streets to protest against federal...
High DFAD Density In PNA Waters, Only 30 Km Apart
Certain PNA waters in the WCPO such Kiribati, Tuvalu and Nauru are filled with more drifting FADs (dFADs) than others, states the latest research into these devices. On average, the distances...
Readers Doubt NGOs’ Pressure Will Have The Desired Effect In RFMOs
The complex discussion fed by the mixed information given by both WWF and MSC around the sustainability of MSC tuna has confused the tuna sector and this is reflected in our readers’...
Most Tuna Nations Still Not Committing To Fishers’ Safety Treaty
The safety of crew members on board tuna fishing vessels has been at the forefront of conversations by NGOs and stakeholders in particular over the last couple of years. Several human rights...
EU To Hold Online Meeting With Vietnam Over Yellow Card
Inspectors from the European Commission (EC) and Vietnam’s General Department of Fisheries will hold an online meeting on October 27 regarding the Asian country’s progress in mitigating IUU...
Nearly 100,000 DFADs Deployed In WCPO Over 5 Years
Close to 100,000 drifting FAD (dFAD) redeployments took place from 2016 to 2020 in the WCPO, according to the latest scientific paper by scientists at the Pacific Community (SPC)...
ATUNLO Workers Protest Against “Perverse” Reward Program
The workers of the ATUNLO processing plant in O Grove, Spain, will begin tomorrow with a protest to raise awareness of alleged mistreatments they claim to be suffering in their workplace. The...
Century Founder Ricardo Po Sr. Leaves Behind A Great Legacy
The man who built the biggest canned tuna and packaged food business in the Philippines, Ricardo Po Sr., has passed away at the age of ninety. He was the founder of Century Pacific Food Inc...
99% Of Italians Consume Canned Tuna
One in three Italians consumes canned tuna two to three times per week while 99 percent of the country’s population eats this product. This is what was revealed in the latest report by the...
Maldives Ministry Gives Struggling Tuna Sector Workers Income Aid
The Maldives Ministry of Fisheries, Marine Resources and Agriculture is giving financial aid to workers in the fishery industry who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ministry...
Tuna Fishing Groups At Loggerheads With Govts Over MPAs
Marine protected areas are at the forefront of global talks this week with more than 100 countries gathering in China for the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The event that...
WCPO Supply Essential For Future Growth Of Ecuadorian Canners
Ecuadorian tuna processors are the second-largest canned tuna exporter in the world and have now voiced their desire to expand their markets. However, this can only happen with an added supply...
Foreign Vessels Caught Over 70% Of Solomon Islands Tuna
Tuna catches from foreign-flagged vessels in the Solomon Islands' EEZ skyrocketed in 2020, according to the country’s annual report. The overall tuna catches from the Solomon Islands EEZ in...
Canned Tuna Prices Up In Mexico In September
In Mexico, the canned tuna price suffered a 2.93 percent increase in September. The overall inflation in the country rose 0.62 percent month on month to reach an annual rate of six percent,...