The battle against inhumane working conditions of crews on boats in the Pacific Ocean has moved forward. The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) members have backed a...
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Despite Weak 2018, CEO Alliance Select Upbeat On 2019
Alliance Select Foods’ shareholders in the Philippines re-elected the sitting board of directors for 2019 showing their faith in the management to deliver higher earnings. Since...
Trump’s China Tariffs Hit Imports For Tuna-Like Species Hard
US imports for tuna-like species took a dive in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2018 – it fell from 4,317 M/T to 2,653 M/T. This 39 percent...
China Moves To High-Latitude Bluefin Fishing
In a festive ceremony, the prospective boat owner Zhong Shui Group Ocean Shipping Co. Ltd. announced the building of two 58 meter longliners for high-latitude fishing. The...
Princes Calls For Emergency Session On IO Yellowfin
In an interesting development, tuna company Princes has asked for an emergency meeting of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) to agree on an effective rebuilding...
Signals Of Stagnation In Spanish Canned Tuna Consumer Market
This week, the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food released its annual Report of Food Consumption in Spain. The report showed that in 2018, the domestic consumption of retail...
Solomon Cannery Opposes Increasing Minimum Hourly Wage To US$1
Some businesses in the Solomon Islands are unhappy with their government’s proposal of doubling the minimum wage for workers from USD 0.50 to USD 1 an hour. The...
“Stop Buying Yellowfin”. Can The IO Tuna Industry Weather This Storm?
The management of the yellowfin population by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) has many stakeholders seeing red, especially in the past week. Several groups including NGOs and the...
PNG Losing Out Because Of Climate Change
Papua New Guinea’s fishery industry claimed that they are losing out because climate conditions in the Western Pacific are driving fish away from its waters. According to the country’s...
Somalia Seeking Chinese Investors For Indian Ocean Processing Hub
Somalia is looking to increase its seafood exports from its tuna rich Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and surrounding Indian Ocean waters to global markets, particularly to China. In...
Albacore Longliners In Port Transshipments Validated
Cook Islands’ longline vessels transshipment activity is fully in compliance with all fishery laws and regulations, according to the nation’s Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR). The...
Spain Wants To Modernize Tuna Fleet With EU Fisheries Fund
Spain aims to utilize the future European Fisheries Fund to modernize its vessels. The average age of the entire fishing fleet is 32 years and more than 2,500 boats have been in...
International Day Of The Seafarer Spotlights Tuna Crews
“Today, ninety percent of everything we need to survive and do business with is transported by sea. But none of this is possible without the brave men and women keeping the industry aloft –...
El Niño Expected To Continue To Affect Fishing This Summer
The latest update of the US-based Climate Prediction Center (CPC) confirms that oceanic and atmospheric conditions were consistent with El Niño during the month of May. El Niño...
Odd Visa System Keeps Hawaii Longliner Crew Stuck On Board
About 700 foreign crew members working on US longliners operating from Hawaii are condemned to stay in the pier area of Honolulu port when their vessels are docked. An odd visa...
Only One In Ten Tuna Cans In Germany Is MSC-Certified
German retailers are very dedicated to sustainable seafood and have a very high percentage of MSC-certified seafood on their shelves. However, when it comes to canned tuna they seem...
IOTC’s Measures On Yellowfin “Not Ambitious Enough”
Stakeholders have expressed their displeasure with the management measures taken by the IOTC on yellowfin stock quota management at an annual meeting held by the Commission last...
13 NGOs Demand 100% Monitoring On Entire Industrial Tuna Fleet
There are no longer credible reasons to delay 100 percent on-board monitoring of fishing vessels, according to 13 Environmental NGOs involved in global tuna conservation. They call on Regional...
Peruvian Canners Determined To Steer Exports To USD 100 Million
Peru expects to close 2019 with USD 50 million worth of tuna exports, said Alfonzo Miranda Eyzaguirre, President of the Peruvian Tuna Chamber (CPA). He pointed out that Peru has the...
French Market Continues To Show Healthy Growth
France’s imports market for canned tuna grew a modest four percent from 2017 to 2018 – 100,405 M/T to 103,949 M/T. Over the three years – from 2016 to 2018 – consignments for this product...