Korean purse seiners netted the highest volume of tuna in 2019 in the Western Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO), a record in nearly four decades of this distant water fleet’s history. Estimated...
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The Three Galician Canning Giants Battling Over Market Dominance
The canned tuna sector in Spain is a billion-euro business but when it comes to canning most of it takes place in one province: Galicia. Located in the north of the country along the Atlantic...
Outgoing Palau President Pushed To Develop Tuna Industry In Sanctuary
At a time when Palau’s lucrative eco-tourism industry has totally collapsed due to the coronavirus crisis, the Pacific Islands nation's President has come under criticism about the marine...
Former ISSF Comms VP Heads WWF’s Oceans Program
Michael Crispino has been promoted by WWF to Senior Director to lead communications for the oceans program after being the non-profit's Communications Director since 2016. He was the...
What Caused Major MSC Breakthrough In Traditional German Tuna Market?
Germany’s appetite for tuna is growing and especially for the sustainable kind. In a recent report about this market, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) stated that last year 14,890 M/T of...
Japan Exported Record Tonnage Of Albacore In H1 2020
The volume of frozen tuna shipped from Japan strongly increased during the first half of 2020. COVID-19 measures have heavily affected the domestic market, however, fishing companies still...
Spanish IO Seiners Allowed To Share Catch Quota
The Spanish fleet fishing in the Indian Ocean will have more flexibility regarding the management of its yellowfin quota during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fishing, and...
IOTC Proposes Virtual Annual Meeting
On September 3, the IOTC sent a circular proposing that a virtual gathering for its 24th Session should take place in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the associated containment...
Tuna Industry Starts Training With EU’s Anti-IUU CATCH Software
Tuna exporting third countries are preparing for the digitization of the European Union's non-IUU catch certificates after a new web-based application, CATCH, was set in motion last year....
US Charges Japanese Boat Owner For Trafficking Sharkfins
US authorities have charged Hamada Suisan Co. Ltd, the owner of a Japanese-flagged tuna longliner for the illegal trafficking of shark fins. The US Fish and Wildlife Service seized 190 pounds...
More MSC Tuna On German Shelves, Carrying Pacifical GI
German retailers have heeded the call of consumers demanding more sustainable products by placing more MSC tuna on their shelves in 2019 and this year, but not all retailers are reacting to...
More MSC Tuna On German Shelves, Carrying Pacifical GI
German retailers have heeded the call of consumers demanding more sustainable products by placing more MSC tuna on their shelves in 2019 and this year, but not all retailers are reacting to...
Thai Plants Feed US Canners With Many More Albacore Loin Shipments
To keep up with the increased demand for tuna in the country during the first half of this year, US-based canners took in many more frozen pre-cooked loins, especially from Thailand. Exporting...
Tuna Could Disappear From The Philippines Says WWF Report
In the future, tuna might disappear from the coast of the Philippines due to climate change. This is according to a new WWF report that looks at the impact of this phenomenon on small-scale...
Dongwon Diversifying To Salmon With Land-Based Farm
Tuna giant Dongwon Industries is expanding its seafood business and it is investing KRW 200 billion (USD 168 million) to build a land-based salmon farming complex. The South Korean tuna...
Compulsory E-Reporting Considered For US Longline Fisheries
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council will soon review a draft regulation to consider if electronic reporting (ER) should become mandatory for Hawaii and American...
Six More Months Of Remote MSC Assessments
MSC has announced that it will continue to allow remote assessments and audits in the areas where COVID-19 measures prevent on-site visits. As a result of this decision, the measure will be in...
Atunlo Denies Soft Measures Led To COVID-19 Plant Outbreak
In mid-August, positive COVID-19 cases started to appear among the personnel of the Atunlo cannery in Santoña, Spain. Consequently, the plant was shut down for 15 days -- the measure to last...
Marshall Islands’ Fisheries Earnings Hit By Pandemic
Revenue from the tuna fishery sector in the Marshall Islands is expected to fall by millions in US dollars due to the coronavirus impact on vessels' activity and transshipments in the...
PNA Transshipment Port Activity Reflects Shift In Fishing Areas
The largest global tuna supply from the WCPO is mainly transshipped in the PNA region but raw material operations between seiners and carriers plunged across all major ports in July. The...