New England Seafood International (NESI), the UK processing company behind the tuna brand Leap has been bought by the Alaska-based firm, Sealaska. This marks the first international deal for...
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How Much ATQ Loins Should The EU Take In Annually?
Currently, the negotiations for the 2021-2023 Autonomous Tariff Quota (ATQ) for pre-cooked tuna loins are ongoing at the EU Council. However, the EU fleet and the processing industry...
Maldives Yellowfin Raw Material Cut Will Hurt Bangkok Packers
The Maldives government has raised its concerns about recent calls to boycott yellowfin caught in the Indian Ocean (IO). It claimed that the nation’s traditional pole-and-line and handline...
Atuna Readers Agree On Reduction Of Fishing When HCR Is Breached
Although in 2019 less tonnage of skipjack was caught in the Indian Ocean (IO) than in the year before, the landings still exceeded the limit set in the Harvest Control Rule (HCR). This...
Outsider Poland Launches Massive Loins Quota Proposal
The EU Ministers Council will soon decide on the pre-cooked tuna loins Autonomous Tariff Quota (ATQ) for the 2021-2023 period. The discussion seems to be going against the EU fleet’s wishes of...
Unannounced ICCAT Annual Meeting Taking Place Via Emails
Decisions and negotiations that are supposed to take place during the annual ICCAT meeting are now being conducted via email, a first for any RFMO. Due to the global pandemic, many Commissions...
Kiribati Observer’s Family Dissatisfied With Murder Investigation
The family of Kiribati observer Eritara Aati Kaierua has expressed their dissatisfaction with the investigation regarding his death earlier this year on board Taiwanese tuna purse seiner ‘Win...
Major Global Tuna Highlights October 2020
During the month of October, the tuna industry saw strong activity across all sectors. From the movement of raw material prices in global tuna hubs to the clash between the EU fleet and...
Seafood Expo Global 2021 Postponed To September
In a press release, Diversified Communications, organizer of Seafood Expo Global, has announced that the event will be postponed until September 7-9, 2021, and will be held at the Gran Via in...
IOTC Annual Meeting Kicked Off Today
Today, the IOTC 24th Annual Meeting started in Seychelles. The five-day event is being held online and will end on November 6. Each day there will be two-hour conferences starting at noon in...
Lischewski’s Defense Argues Against Inhumane Prison Conditions
Defense attorneys for the former CEO of Bumble Bee, Chris Lischewski, have asked a US federal court to reduce his sentence by a minimum of three months. They cited that their defendant “was...
Thai Canners Lost Business In Smaller Markets In Q3
The demand for Thai canned tuna from smaller markets experienced a strong decline during the first three quarters of this year (Q3). While the exports to major markets such as the US grew...
Bad Sentiment Pushes Down Century Pacific’s Shares
Investors seem to have little confidence in the Q3 results of Philippine tuna processor Century Pacific Food Inc's (CNPF). Awaiting the company's announcement on November 4, they sold out...
ATUNLO Promotes #SosTunability In New Range Of Retail Tuna Products
- Advertorial - The Spanish-based processing company Atunlo has revealed the launching of a new range of frozen tuna products which will soon hit the European retail shelves. The items are...
Sentencing Postponed For US Tuna Price-Fixing Execs
The final sentencing for three former senior executives of Bumble Bee and StarKist who were involved in the price-fixing shelf-stable tuna case in the US has been postponed. Kenneth Worsham,...
Lischewski To Pay USD 100,000 To Washington State For Price-Fixing
Former Bumble Bee CEO, Chris Lischewski, will pay USD 100,000 to Washington state for his role in canned tuna price-fixing, according to the state’s Attorney-General. The defendant has 60 days...
ISSF Expects Supply Chain Actors To Publish Social Policies
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has announced that it will be introducing a new conservation measure next year. It requires participating tuna and seafood companies...
Can Shallow-Depth DFADs Reduce Baby Bigeye Catches?
Scientists seeking a solution to reduce fishing mortality of juvenile bigeye in the EPO have found that purse seine tuna catch volumes of sets made on prototype shallow-depth drifting FADs...
Large Tuna Cut CO2 Massively When Left To Die At Sea
Scientists have discovered that large fish, which sink after death, take the carbon that they contain within them into the deep ocean leaving it there for thousands of years. However,...
Silky Shark Tagging Project To Lower Echebastar’s Bycatch
Spanish tuna fishing company Echebastar and AZTI, a research institution, are currently collaborating on a Silky Shark Tagging Project to seek ways to reduce bycatch. Biologists tag a...