The city of Zadar in Croatia has a long history of tuna fishing, especially in bluefin. Many of its best-skilled fishermen have spread across the globe. Croatia...
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Kenya Intends To Dramatically Increase Its Domestic Tuna Catch
Kenya has been making serious efforts to improve fishing by its own vessels in its waters and to fight IUU. The country reopened the Liwatoni Fisheries Complex six months...
Amazing Rescue Of Wounded Mexican Seiner Crew 1300 Miles At Sea
A remarkable rescue effort took place to aid Mexican tuna fishermen who were injured when their vessel's crane collapsed while hauling the net in. Three men on the Mazatun were...
New System To Modernize Kiribati’s Fisheries Management
The Kiribati Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources Development’s (MFMRD) has chosen the Spanish engineering company, Satlink, to create a new system to modernize its Fisheries...
AZTI Research On Bluefin Using Acoustic Probes Will Aid Stock Evaluation
Spanish research center, AZTI Tecnalia, carried out a bluefin (BFT) indexing campaign in June to survey the number of this tuna in the Bay of Biscay utilizing acoustic probes to...
Thai Union: Who Are The Major Shareholders?
Thai Union Group (TU) shares at the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) are priced very low at THT 18.70 (USD 0.61) and have fluctuated this year between THT 15.90 (USD 0.51) and...
Portuguese Importers Buy More Canned Tuna Outside EU
Although Portugal is a tuna processing nation, it still imported 14,810 M/T of canned tuna to complete the demand that could not be filled by local canneries. The bulk – 10,365 M/T – of...
Philippines To Kick Off 21st National Tuna Congress in September
Philippines’ 21st National Tuna Congress themed ‘The Tuna Industry: Embracing Technologies and Sustainable Strategies’ will be held from September 4-6. The event will take place at the SM...
Mozambique’s NGOs Want Chang Extradited To US To Face Charges
A coalition of NGOs in Mozambique has urged the South African government to reverse its decision to extradite former Mozambican Finance Minister Manuel Chang to the country to...
Japanese Imports Demand For Whole Fresh And Frozen Tuna Is Down
During the first five months of this year, the imports of frozen and fresh tuna dropped in Japan, indicating a decrease in overall demand. Compared to the same period in 2018, there was a...
Crusoé Foods Wants To Expand Facilities in Brazil
Crusoé Foods, a Spanish company located on the northern coast of the Brazilian state of Ceará in São Gonçalo do Amarante, wants to maintain the agreements made with the...
Bolton’s Acquisition Of TMI To Ensure Global Production Network
Bolton Group’s acquisition of Tri Marine’s global tuna supply business has been the talk of tuna town this week. So, how will it affect the workings of both companies? As...
Criticized Costa Rica’s Incopesca President To Step Down
Moisés Mug, President of Incopesca in Costa Rica, will step down next week after having served in his role for 13 months. The country’s Minister of...
Chicken Of The Sea Fulfills Promise On More Chunks
The improved shelf-stable chunk light product from Chicken of the Sea (COS) in the US has lived up to expectations. The ‘More Chunks of Goodness’ in a 5 oz (140 g) has...
Ecuadorean Canners Expand Aggressively In German Market
Ecuador has definitely overtaken the Philippines as the main exporter of canned tuna to Germany. In 2018, the export jumped by 57 percent to 20,426 M/T after remarkable growth during...
Manta’s Containers With Tuna Now Shipped Directly To EU Main Ports
From July 15, two container ships from the French shipping company, CMA-CGM will moor in the port of Manta, Ecuador, every Monday. For the local canned...
Oil And Skipjack Prices Moving In Opposite Directions
The average price of crude oil is USD 69.97 per barrel, according to the June Oil Market Report of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). On July...
Wespac Counters Civil Beat’s Allegations Over Self-Profit
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (Wespac) has responded to the accusations leveled at it by the Honolulu Civil Beat’s three-part series suggesting...
Spanish Tuna Sector Passes DG Sante’s Latest Inquiry
The Spanish tuna industry has passed the latest audit by the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG Sante) of the EU. The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition...
Tuna Monument In San Diego Honors Over 85 Fishermen
The region of Point Loma in San Diego, California, was once known as the tuna capital of the world. This may no longer be the case but the Portuguese Historical Center...