Carrier vessels from IOTC non-member states such as Panama and Singapore, which had conducted transshipment activities in the Indian Ocean, made visits to ports not covered by the RFMO port...
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Dongwon’s Senegalese Plant Expands US Pouch Business
Senegalese SCASA, a Dongwon-owned tuna processing company, has been having a good business year despite the global pandemic. “Indeed, during the pandemic which led to an unprecedented crisis...
Micronesian Seiners Catches Up 45 Percent, Highest Ever
The Micronesian purse seine fleet reached its highest tuna catch level ever last year. Similarly, the number of vessels carrying the country’s flag reached its peak, breaking the 2018 record...
EU Parliament Says Yes To Seychelles Deal Renewal
The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have voted in favor of renewing the EU-Seychelles fishing agreement, which grants access to the African nation's EEZ to 40 purse seiners and eight...
Atlantic Tuna Larvae Metabolism In Day & Night
A recent study claims to have assessed for the first time ever the metabolic rate of Atlantic bluefin larvae with the goal of improving the knowledge of their physiology. The results can also...
John Burton Steps Down As IPNLF Chair
The International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) has announced that John Burton will be stepping down as Chair on December 1, after steering the organization for the past seven years to...
Ecuador Hopeful About A Tuna Duties Agreement With US
The Ecuadorian Ministry of Production is currently in Washington, DC, negotiating a trade agreement with the US that would reduce the tariffs for tuna exports. News outlets in the country are...
EU Parliament Gives Go Ahead For New Senegal Tuna Deal
The renewal of the fisheries agreement between the EU and Senegal is moving forward after the European Parliament gave the go-ahead yesterday. The protocol will allow French, Spanish, and...
Limited Demand & Low Catches Keep BKK Skipjack Market Sluggish
The Bangkok skipjack market is slow but relatively balanced, a state contributed by poor catches in the WCPO and a conservative buying mood among Thai processors. There has been hardly any...
Thai Union’s CFO Joerg Ayrle To Bow Out In 2021
Thai Union Group’s Chief Finance Officer (CFO), Joerg Ayrle, has resigned from his position effective February 1, 2021. He will have been at the company for nearly seven years by the time he...
CAB Gives High Scores For Japanese Tuna Longline Fishery
The Control Assessment Body (CAB) has given high scores to Japanese Owasebussan Co. Ltd. North Pacific Longline Tuna Fishery in the MSC Public Comment Draft Report. Owasebussan Co. Ltd. is a...
Panamanian Carriers Conducting ‘Dark’ IO Transshipments
More than a third of large-scale tuna longline (LSTLV) transshipment operations carried out in the IOTC convention area in the Indian Ocean are allegedly conducted by carriers flagged to...
US Canners Massively Bought Loins To Satisfy High Demand
The canned tuna processing industry in the US geared up its production during the first three quarters of 2020. This is reflected in the very high volume of pre-cooked loins that entered the...
EU Counter Tariffs On US Goods Excludes Tuna
The WTO has allowed the EU to impose countermeasures against a range of American exports due to illegal US subsidies given to aircraft maker, Boeing. After EU member states came to an...
200 StarKist Containers Stuck At Port Due COVID-19
The American Samoa government has approved a recommendation by the local Coronavirus Task Force to leave a container ship anchored at port for at least seven days. The vessel, ‘Fesco Askold’,...
Ecuadorian Shark Fins Probe Going Nowhere
In the Ecuadorian National Assembly, little progress has been made on the case involving the bulk of shark fins from Ecuador seized in Hong Kong around six months ago. Despite several...
UK Supermarkets Close Fresh Counters, Switch To Pre-Packed Fish
Major UK retailers are closing their fresh fish, seafood, meat, and deli counters citing changes in consumers' demand and operational efficiency. This trend has been exacerbated by consumers...
Thai Union Will No Longer Invest In Tuna Business
In a recent statement, Thai Union’s President Thiraphong Chansiri said that the company will not be investing in its core businesses for the next five years so as to focus on new...
Why Will Lischewski Not Be Getting An Early Release?
The motion filed by former Bumble Bee CEO Chris Lischewski to have his sentence reduced by three months due to "inhumane prison conditions" resulting from COVID-19 measures was recently thrown...
Warmer Waters Reduce Prey That Tuna Feed On
The eating habits and the growth of the blackfin, the smallest tuna in the Thunnus family, changed due to the warming of the oceans, according to a recently published study. US researchers...