Catches by Panamanian-flagged vessels in the EPO slipped slightly in the first nine months of 2025, weighed down by weaker skipjack landings. Contrary to this, yellowfin and bigeye hauls saw...
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Pacific Data Hub Makes WCPO Tuna Stock Assessment Info User-Friendly
The Pacific Data Hub now provides the stock status of WCPO yellowfin, albacore, and bigeye. The Pacific Community (SPC), the principal scientific and technical organization in the Pacific...
Can Thai Pet Food Sales Continue Its Upward Trajectory?
Over the past decade, Thailand’s pet food exports have surged, underpinned by rising global demand for premium quality food for cats and dogs and increased pet ownership. Tuna has emerged as a...
Inpesca Still Impacted By Internal Legal Disputes
Spanish fishing company Inpesca was one of the major shareholders of loins processors, Atunlo, and while the company has recovered from its setback from Atunlo’s liquidation, there are still...
Maldives Reaffirms Commitment To Deliver Sustainable Tuna To UK
Maldives Minister for Fisheries Ahmed Shiyam recently met with representatives from retailer Sainsbury’s and supplier of pole-and-line tuna UK-based World Wise Foods to reaffirm their...
The Future of Tuna: Digitalization & the Health-Conscious Consumer
Demand for protein-rich food is exploding among young adults. But how do you translate this trend into a winning marketing strategy? Find out on Monday, April 20, in Barcelona at the ninth...
Seychelles Skipjack Price Depressed By Small-Sized Catches
The small-sized skipjack caught in the northern part of the Indian Ocean continues to influence the price in Seychelles. The purse seiners’ catches have not improved in the past weeks, and...
French Polynesian Firm’s New Longliner Kicks Off Operations
French Polynesian shipbuilder Technimarine Tahiti recently delivered a new tuna longliner to its parent company, Vini Vini Group, expanding the firm’s 19-vessel fishing fleet. The longliner,...
Fire on Ecuadorian Tuna Vessel Spurs Probe Into Alleged Cartel Ties
Tuna purse seiner “Gold Tuna” caught fire near the port of Manta in Ecuador in the early morning of February 2. The vessel was allegedly linked to a well-known narcotics crime family. ‘Gold...
ISSF Tightens Labor Audits For Tuna Processing Plants
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has strengthened its social and labor commitments. This week, the industry-led organization introduced a new measure for conducting...
Popular US Tuna Products Recalled Over Unsanitary Warehouse Conditions
Thousands of items, including canned tuna from StarKist, were recalled in December by Minneapolis-based firm Gold Star Distribution Inc., after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found...
Readers: Banning Transshipments At Sea Is Feasible
A recent study titled “An Expanded Evaluation of Global Fisheries Management Organizations on the High Seas” stated that prohibiting at-sea transshipment would strengthen the long-term...
Ecuador’s Novel Tuna Gummies To Fight Child Malnutrition
The Ecuadorian government recently partnered with NGO World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to develop fish gummies, made from tuna and other marine species, which they assert would “help to combat...
Mexico’s Fleet Hits Five-Year High As Yellowfin Catches Surge
Mexican purse seiners sharply lifted the tropical tuna catches in the EPO between January and September last year, propelled by a surge in their yellowfin captures. Fishing activity by the...
RASFF Shows Improved Oversight In Tuna Supply Chain In January
It does not happen often that the EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) has no notifications on tuna-related incidents in a month. But for January 2026, there were no incidents...
Datafish Expands Monitoring Services On Tuna Vessels
Data collection and monitoring are essential for sustainable fishing operations. Technology solutions company Datafish collaborates with the Spanish fleet for monitoring. It has also joined...
Thai Pet Food Sales Grew By More Than 50 Percent In 5 Years
The pet food business is booming for the Thai canning industry, particularly for tuna producers. Last year, Chanintr Chalisarapong, President of the Thai Tuna Industry Association during the...
Maldives Plans Scale-Up Of Canned Tuna Production
Maldives’ Fisheries Minister Ahmed Shiyam said the government is looking to increase daily canned tuna production, while outlining the factors behind the currently low output levels. The...
Tuna Hauls Propel Peru Seafood Exports To New High
Peru’s tuna and seafood shipments climbed 16.5 percent in 2025 from a year earlier, nearing USD 4.27 billion, supported by stronger landings of tuna, anchovies, and squid. Officials linked the...
FiTI Says Seychelles’ Tuna Management Plan Crucial But Underlines Shortcomings
Seychelles has made significant progress in ensuring the monitoring of its purse seine and longline catches over the past year and worked on the crucial Tuna Fisheries Management Plan. The...