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MSC Stakeholders Survey Shows Discontent With Chain Of Custody
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) recently published a Global Stakeholder Engagement Survey 2025 of stakeholders from the tuna and seafood industries. Overfishing, pollution, and the...
High Inventory Maintains Skipjack Price In Bangkok
Weeks into the new year, frozen whole-round skipjack trading has not picked up in the Bangkok processing hub because of lower supply and high inventory. Latest deals have been made between USD...
Fisheries Surveillance Requires Context, Not Merely Data
-VIEWPOINT- In recent years, platforms that collect vessel-tracking data have become increasingly important for understanding tuna and other fishing activities at sea. Tools and dashboards...
EU Firms Utilizing ‘Flags Of Convenience’ Undermine Tackling IUU Fishing Efforts
EU citizens and companies own tuna and other fishing vessels that operate under non-EU flags, often called flags of convenience, (FoCs) allowing economic profits from potentially...
ETC2026 – Navigating The Digital Transformation Of Global Tuna Supply Chains
EU regulation regarding the -18 degrees Celsius for brine freezing of tuna by purse seiners destined for direct human consumption has just come into effect. This requires a different way of...
European Retailers Must Step Up On Emissions Reduction
There are major gaps in European supermarkets’ climate and protein transition performance, says Dutch think tank, Questionmark. This week, it released a benchmark of 27 retailers across eight...
Thai Canned Tuna Exports Stable But Shifts In Middle East Markets
Thai canned tuna volumes to markets worldwide slid by one percent in 2025, with the reduction mainly in the second half of the year, driven by US reciprocal tariffs and a drop in demand from...
UK Shoppers’ Preference For MSC Ambient Tuna Continues To Grow
The demand for sustainable ambient seafood in the UK grew in 2024/25, fueled primarily by tuna. The preserved category, comprising canned and jarred tuna, played a major role in consumer...
Spain Demands Increased EU Funds For Stronger Tuna SFPAs
Spain recently pointed out the requirement for increased funding from the EU to strengthen sustainable fisheries partnership agreements (SFPAs) for tuna and other seafood fishing with coastal...
Iceland Gets Higher Tuna Quota But Lacks Vessels
Iceland received a 13 percent increase in bluefin quota for 2026, from 224 tons to 254 tons, at the ICCAT 29th Regular Meeting in Spain in November. However, current regulations and a shortage...
European Commission Will Consider “Sensitive” Tuna Sector In FTA
The European Commission will take into consideration “economically sensitive sectors such as tuna” in the free trade agreement with Thailand. The Commission recently responded to Galician...
Albo To Close Ready-Made Meals Plant In Asturias
Spanish tuna and food company Hijos de Carlos Albo, will relocate its ready-made meal production from the facility in Tapia, Asturias, to the headquarters in Salvaterra de Miño, in Pontevedra,...
MSC Skipjack Fuels Sustainable Seafood Growth In UK And Ireland
Over the past year, the volume and value of sustainable tuna and other seafood have grown exponentially in the UK and Ireland. Much of this growth was driven by MSC-certified skipjack products...
Can Seiners Comply With -18°C In Brine Freezing EU Rule?
EU and foreign-flagged purse seiners must conform to the stricter EU rules for freezing tuna in brine onboard for human consumption. Today, the rule came into force, under which the European...
Stronger Tuna Fisheries Management A Priority, Says ISSF President
Science-based fishing management has lately helped see remarkable results in tuna fisheries. However, there is more work to be done in 2026 for tuna RFMOs and the fishing industry, in leading...
Dongwon Gets WCPO Longline Catches Certified
Korean tuna fishing company Dongwon Industries recently got its longline-caught yellowfin, bigeye, and North Pacific and South Pacific albacore catches in the WCPO MSC certified. Last March,...
Exceptional Yellowfin Catches Keep EPO Total Equal
Tuna catches in the Eastern Pacific Ocean are on course for another record year in 2025, though the increase this time is not driven by skipjack catches. In the first nine months of last year,...
Spanish Tuna Workers Take To Streets To Demand Rights
Hundreds of workers from the Galician tuna and seafood canning industry in Vilagarcía de Arousa gathered on the streets on Saturday to demand their rights. It includes an increase in wages, a...
Colombian Tuna Sector Closely Watches Trade Talks With US
Colombia is seeking to expand its tuna exports to the US as trade tensions with neighbouring Ecuador escalate. Representatives of the Colombian tuna industry, together with members of the...