The EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) reported three tuna-related incidents in December, a slight increase from the previous month. On December 1, the Netherlands notified the...
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US New Law Tackles Marine Debris
US President Donald Trump signed the Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act on December 26 to improve ocean health by tackling marine litter, including ghost gear and derelict vessels. The Save Our...
Ecuador Gears Up For Yellow Card Talks With EU
Ecuador will meet with the EU Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG Mare) in Brussels later this month. In anticipation of this, Ecuadorian ministers held a gathering with...
Captain Fresh Delays IPO, Prioritizes Frime Purchase
Indian seafood company Captain Fresh, which claims to have neared the completion of its acquisition of Spanish tuna firm Frime, has withdrawn its Initial Public Offering (IPO) papers. The...
IOTC Announces Tropical Tuna Catch Limits For 2026
The IOTC announced yellowfin, skipjack, and bigeye catch limits for its members in its convention area for 2026. China, Sri Lanka, and Yemen were allocated increased yellowfin quotas compared...
Madeira And Satlink Start Pilot On Digitalization Of The Fishing Fleet
Madeira will be the first Portuguese region to anticipate the 2028 electronic monitoring requirements under EU fisheries regulations. Its Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Fisheries...
Mayor Wants Stranded Tuna Vessel At Lanzarote Coast Gone
The mayor of a Spanish town recently expressed dismay over the remains of a tuna boat that has been left stranded near the coast, irking locals. Alfredo Villalba, the Mayor of Haria, a town...
Dongwon Group Reshuffles Top Execs, Including At StarKist
South Korean Dongwon Group has carried out its executive appointments for domestic and global business for 2026. This includes the promotion of experts in its US tuna subsidiary, StarKist. The...
BlueNalu Secures USD 11 Million In Funding
Cell-based seafood company, BlueNalu, has secured around USD 11 million to scale up production and boost cultivated fatty belly meat of bluefin (toro). On December 29, the company announced...
Will US Tuna Imports Shrink?
US brands, retailers, and importers increased their volumes of canned tuna and pouches in 2025 due to concerns of high tariffs imposed by the US government on many nations, including major...
Spanish Demand For Frozen Tuna Loins Sees Sharp Growth
EU importers bought 23 percent more frozen yellowfin and albacore loins between January and September 2025. These products are for direct human consumption and headed for restaurants,...
Spanish Longliner Crew Member Disappears At Sea
The chief engineer of the Spanish-flagged longliner ‘Viking Bay’ went missing on the high seas near New Zealand in the late afternoon of December 27, during a tuna fishing trip. Upon noticing...
Vietnamese Tuna Fishers Queue To Unload Their Cargo
Vietnamese vessels landed over 265 tons of tuna in the port of Quy Nhon in Bin Dinh province in the first two days of the year. After trips varying from a couple of days to two months, fishers...
EU Buyers Import A Quarter More Frozen Loins, Ahead of Stricter Rules
EU markets' demand for frozen raw tuna loins increased in Q3 of 2025, a trend seen throughout the year. Ecuadorian processors managed to almost double their trade with EU retailers and...
Liberia Making Slow Yet Steady Progress In Its Tuna Industry
Liberia reconfirmed that it has stepped up efforts to strengthen its tuna and other seafood industries. The head of the country’s fisheries regulator visited key fishing hubs in the West...
Chinese Tuna Boat Hijacked By Somali Pirates
A Chinese-flagged fishing vessel catching yellowfin in the Indian Ocean was hijacked by Somali pirates off the Puntland Coast last week. The boat was reportedly seized by pirates for the...
Uncertainty Looms Over Venezuelan Tuna Fleet After US Captures Maduro
The US carried out large-scale military attacks in Venezuela over the weekend and captured its President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, drawing criticism from several world leaders, while many...
Toyosu’s New Year Bluefin Auction Sets New Million Yen Record
The annual bluefin auction took place at Japan’s Toyosu market in the early hours of this morning, setting a new record for the price at which it was sold. The winning bidder, Kiyoshi Kimura,...
Readers: US Reciprocal Tariffs Will Be Rolled Back This Year
The past year proved turbulent for the United States’ key tuna trading partners after President Donald Trump imposed reciprocal tariffs on tuna products, threatening established supply chains...
Work Begins On Redeveloping Korea’s Busan Seafood Auction Market
South Korean officials recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the modernization of Busan Joint Fisheries Market, one of the country’s largest tuna and seafood auction markets. The...