Early this week, the PNA Office sent a circular expressing its deep concern for observers amid the COVID-19 crisis and ordered all purse seiner operators and companies to repatriate the...
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Vietnam Stepping Up Measures To Combat Illegal Fishing
Vietnam has been taking various measures across its provinces in order to fight IUU fishing so that it can have the yellow card that it still holds from the EU removed. Recently, in the Binh...
Coronavirus Dampens North Pacific Albacore Season Expectations
The 2020 North Albacore season will be starting in June but amidst the coronavirus crisis, some industry people are wondering how the fishing and the selling of this tuna will go. Wayne...
Dutch And German Re-Exporters Dominate Austrian Market
Businesses for imported product in the Austrian canned tuna sector declined in 2019, right after it had peaked the previous year. The volatility of the Dutch re-exporters’ deliveries is the...
FIA In PNG Defies WCPFC Decision To Halt Observers During COVID-19
The Fishing Industry Association (FIA) of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has condemned WCPFC's move to temporarily suspend or waive the 100 percent observer coverage on board tuna purse seiners. In an...
Final Round: Lischewski Fights DOJ’s Bid For 10-Year Sentence
In a final push against public prosecutors’ call for former CEO of Bumble Bee, Chris Lischewski, to serve 10 years in prison for price-fixing shelf-stable tuna, defense urged a California...
EU Adds Hundreds Of Millions To Fisheries Recovery Plan
The European Commission (EC) continues to lend a helping hand to the fishery and aquaculture sectors, just like it did in the first stages of the crisis. As European countries are starting to...
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“Perfect Storm” Hits Global Yellowfin Prices
The drop in foodservice demand due to the global pandemic and a significant increase in yellowfin catches in the WCPO have led to a “perfect storm” in prices for this tuna across global...
WWF: Controversial Certification May Cast Doubt On MSC Credibility
The objection process in the controversial Atlantic bluefin MSC certification has officially concluded. The parties involved pled their cases during the two-day hearings, and now, the decision...
FFA President Says “People Factor” Key In Fighting IUU Fishing
In a recent Chatham House International Forum on IUU fishing, FFA’s Director-General, Dr. Manu Tupou-Roosen, presented a keynote speech on the human elements of IUU fishing and how this is...
Ghanaian Youth Threatened To Set Fire To IUU Fishing Tuna Boats
Fishers in a municipality in the Volta region of Ghana have warned tuna fishing vessels engaging in illegal fishing to stay away. Artisanal fishers at the Vodza Landing Beach (LBC) in Keta are...
US State Files Civil Lawsuit Against Tuna Companies & Lischewski
A new civil lawsuit denouncing the conspiracy to increase prices of canned tuna in the US has been filed. This time, the State of Washington is going after StarKist, Dongwon, and Bumble Bee’s...
NZ Minister Under Fire For Refusing Entry To Tuna Seiner
New Zealand’s Economic Development Minister Phil Twyford came under fire today for refusing to provide an exemption for a US-flagged tuna seiner, 'Capt Vincent Gann' to undergo repairs in a...
Major Global Tuna Highlights May 2020
The month of May saw varying changes in the tuna industry. The skipjack price in Bangkok fell further while tuna and seafood business Thai Union, was impacted by the coronavirus. In order to...
Skipjack Price Drives Part Of World’s Largest Seafood Firm Into Negative
The fiscal year of the world’s largest seafood firm, Maruha Nichiro, closed last March and its overall sales and income declined, according to the consolidated financial results report....
Tuna Australia Limited Re-Assessing MSC Certification
The public comment draft report (PCDR) regarding the MSC certification of Tuna Australia Limited is now available. The fishery has been MSC certified since 2015, and this process involves its...
Coronavirus Turns Consumers Globally Towards Bulk-Buying
The coronavirus has changed retail consumers' habits across the globe – they are now more sensitive to food prices and buying larger packs, have increased shopping for groceries online, and...
Adjudication Hearings Against An MSC Certification Conclude Today
The objection against the possible first MSC certification for an Atlantic bluefin fishery is almost nearing its end. The adjudication process started when WWF and PEW raised concerns about...
Defense Miffed At DOJ Comparing Lischewski With Enron’s CEO
Last week, in a final push before the guidelines sentencing on June 3, Chris Lischewski’s lawyers argued that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) is comparing their client’s crimes to the...