On Monday, the European Commission (EC) extended for another 10 years the measure for EU member states to have access for fishing seafood including albacore and bluefin in each...
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Chinese Fishing Company Building New Seiners To Cover More WCPO
The Chinese tuna fishing company, Zhonglu Oceanic, has announced its intention to expand its seiner fleet in order to increase production. Therefore, the firm will be building two new tuna...
Maldives Places 24-Hr Curfew On Island But Allows Tuna Fishing
Tuna fishing can continue despite a 24-hr curfew being imposed on the island of Thinadhoo in the Maldives to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the area. The new restriction came into force on...
Cape Verde Grants 50 Year Concession For Tuna Farm
Cape Verde officials have authorized a deal for the next 50 years with the Norwegian group, Nortuna, for a tuna aquaculture production center on the island of São Vicente. On June 30, the...
EU Alerts: Two Tuna Recalls During June
Only a few tuna-related issues were reported to the EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) during June. However, two of the three alerts resulted in a recall of the products in...
One Of China’s Leading Tuna Players Plans USD250 Million IPO
The Chinese tuna fishing and processing company, Zhejiang Ocean Family Co, has applied for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) to the China Securities Regulatory Commission. If the move is...
Marine Fuel Costs Putting The Squeeze On Boat Owners
There are no signs that the high expense of seiner marine fuel is going away anytime soon since it inched even higher this week. A conflict between two large petroleum producers over the past...
Echebastar Successfully Completes Annual MSC Audit
Spanish tuna company Echebastar recently completed its annual audit and guaranteed its MSC certification for Indian Ocean purse seine skipjack catches for another year. The company achieved...
WCPO Captains Report Less dFADs Than Observers And Satellites
The WCPO has the highest number of drifting FADs (dFADs) deployed or redeployed in a year but that is because it is the largest tuna fishery in the world. However, the number has stayed stable...
Maruha Nichiro Buys Japanese Bigeye Processor
The largest Japanese tuna and seafood company, Maruha Nichiro, has acquired nearly two-thirds of the shares of processing firm, Marine Access Corporation, to boost its tuna business. The...
Tuna Companies Implementing FisheryProgress’ Human Rights Code
For several months, FisheryProgress, the global platform for Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) has been trying to include a human rights policy into its scoring system. Several tuna...
Talley’s Welcomes Audit After Whistleblower Reveals Precarious Working Conditions
The New Zealand food company and owner of the country's leading canned tuna brand, Talley’s, has announced that it will be opening its doors to third-party audits in all of its plants...
Major Global Tuna Highlights June 2021
June was a busy month for the global tuna industry. Skipjack prices in many of the trading hubs fell, partly caused by high shipping costs. Two RFMOs held meetings but only the IOTC managed to...
Indonesia Refuses To Cut Its IO Yellowfin Catches By 40%
Indonesia is unhappy about the IOTC reducing its Indian Ocean (IO) yellowfin catches in the new interim rebuilding plan, arguing that it will threaten its artisanal fishers' livelihoods. The...
Ex-Trump Advisor Advocates Military Build-Up To Secure Tuna Supply
The former US National Security Advisor, Robert C. O’Brien who worked under the Trump Administration is asking for military presence in American Samoa to prevent the expansion by the "maritime...
Atunlo Launches New Range Of Pre-cooked Products
- Advertorial - At the beginning of 2021, Atunlo launched its new range of frozen wild tuna products, reaching supermarkets with four different cuts presented in different formats: Steaks,...
Dutch Pregnant Women Wrongly Informed Not To Eat Tuna?
The Dutch Health Council published its health recommendations for pregnant women last week. It advised them to eat fish twice a week: oily species once and a less fatty choice the second time....
Japanese Pole & Line Fishery Announces MSC Reassessment
The Announcement Comment Draft Report (ACDR) for the MSC recertification of the Japanese Pole and Line skipjack and albacore tuna fishery has been announced by the assessment body, Lloyd’s...
NYT Reporter Who Started Subway Tuna Media Frenzy Covered Nightlife
In a slight twist, the New York Times (NYT) has interviewed their reporter behind the recent article - The Big Tuna Sandwich Mystery – which started a media frenzy and a barrage of negative...
Western Pacific FAD Ban Starts, Uncertain Outlooks
Today, the FAD ban for the largest tuna fishery in the world – the WCPO – began and will run until September 30. During these months purse, seine vessels are not allowed to deploy, service, or...