Last month, the EU Parliament submitted to the EU Council a bluefin management plan that would allocate a higher quota to small-scale fisherman. However, the proposal cannot be put in place as...
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Crew Rotation And Vaccination Challenges Amid Indian Ocean Covid-19 Infection Wave?
The huge wave of new coronavirus cases in Indian Ocean countries is worrisome as the overall shipping industry is already beginning to feel the impact. The situation might also soon hit the...
Century Pacific Reports Strong Q1 Net Income As Foreign Markets Re-Open
The Philippines-based processing company, Century Pacific, reported a strong net income for the first three months of 2021. The positive results are thought to be a direct consequence of the...
Aldi North & South Join GTA Following Sustainability Pledge
Discount retailers Aldi North and Aldi South became the latest addition to the Global Tuna Alliance (GTA) group earlier this week, pledging for sustainable sourcing of tuna. Their partnership...
Dongwon Expecting To Raise Millions In Public Bond Offers
The Korean tuna company, Dongwon Industries, has announced its first public offering of the year. The firm has been issuing bonds annually since 2014. This year, it expects to raise up to KRW...
Judge Wants Plaintiffs’ Classes Reinstated In Big Three Lawsuits
A Californian appellate court judge has asked a panel of his colleagues to reconsider the decision of decertifying the buyer classes in the antitrust multidistrict litigation (MDL) over...
EU Alerts: Spain Stops Shipments Due To Wrongly Filled Paperwork
During April, only three tuna-related alerts were raised with the EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF). Two came from Spanish authorities who rejected two consignments at the...
Major Shift By EPO Seiners Away From Free Schools To dFADs
In the past, some stakeholders have argued that further FAD management measures in the EPO are not a priority as data does not clearly show a co-relation between FADs and tuna mortality....
Very High March Transshipment Activity In PNA Ports
During March, the highest volumes of tuna were transshipped in PNA ports since the pandemic began last year. This elevated harbor activity was the result of purse seiners operating in the WCPO...
IOTC Votes For Online Annual Session
On Monday, the IOTC announced that it will be carrying out its 2021 Annual Meeting via videoconference after a majority of members voted for this format. This is unsurprising especially given...
Webinar: Bigger Role To Play For Retailers On Sustainable Tuna
Yesterday, a webinar organized by Pew and the Global Tuna Alliance on the role of EU markets in securing sustainable tuna fisheries took place. In the first session, speakers addressed the...
IATTC Research Shows How Bigeye Is Hit By Large Seiners and FADs
New research shows a strong relationship between the growing number of FADs in the EPO and the higher mortality of juvenile bigeye. The study was published by IATTC ahead of the fifth meeting...
Thai Union’s King Oscar Enters US Market With Tuna
The Thai Union Group is looking to expand its share in the US market through its King Oscar brand’s new premium tuna range. King Oscar is the leading brand in Norway, especially for its...
Infofish Tuna 2021 Announces Industry Experts In Program
The 2021 Infofish World Tuna Conference & Exhibition is right around the corner and the organizer has released its full list of speakers for the event, which will be held from May 19 to...
Technology Measuring Oceanic Conditions Reaches Tuna Farms
A technology that measures the marine variables that happen in the ocean has reached the tuna farming industry. This allows companies to know real-time factors such as temperature, turbidity,...
Fishing Masters Report Good Skipjack Catches In Western WCPO
More skipjack raw material will be headed toward processing plants in Thailand as purse seiners fishing in the WCPO caught one of the highest volumes in the past 12 months. This comes at a...
Tuna Far Ahead Other Preserved Seafood In Spain
In the Spanish market, tuna is by far the most eaten canned product, according to a new study by the Rianxeira brand, owned by the company Jealsa. It also showed that more buyers are putting...
Major Global Tuna Highlights April 2021
There were several talked-about issues in the global tuna industry in the month of April - from the low demand for skipjack in the global tuna hub of Thailand to the extremely controversial...
Solomon Islands’ Tuna Video Took Top Price In WTD Contest
To celebrate World Tuna Day, the PNA’s commercial arm, Pacifical launched a video clip contest. The competition took place through Facebook, and it aimed to highlight the positive impact that...
Commemorating Tuna, The World’s Favorite Fish On Its Day
Yesterday, the tuna industry and players throughout the whole supply chain joined forces to celebrate the global day of our favorite fish: tuna. May 2nd, 2021, marked the fifth edition of...