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Phillips To Launch Indonesian Pasteurized Tuna
Phillips Foods unveils its newest products, pasteurized tuna and tuna burger, ahead of the Seafood Expo North America, in Boston, Massachusetts on March 17-19. The pasteurized yellowfin tuna...
Aussie Canned Tuna Market Shows Slight Dip In Q3 2018
Overall import of canned tuna in Australia has decreased by 4 percent, accounting for almost 1,384 M/T or 83 20-foot containers, during 2018's third quarter, based on Comtrade Data...
Data Analysis A Challenge For Ghana’s Electronic Monitoring Project
The government of Ghana has recently reported a successful experience in conducting trials on the use of the Electronic Monitoring Systems (EMS) as a tool for Monitoring, Control and...
Boat Hits Tuna Trap
A Portuguese flagged tuna fishing boat with five Spanish crew members on board stranded off the Southern coast of Portugal after running into a tuna trap.The Rescue Center of Lisbon...
Trade Deals Between Philippines-UK Will Stand After Brexit
Talks about delaying Brexit by at least two months are now ongoing between British Prime Minister Theresa May and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. According to updates today, British MPs will...
EU Parliament Holds Public Conference On Oceans
To emphasize the importance of healthy oceans and the future of the blue planet as home to a rich biodiversity, the European Parliament has taken the initiative to organize an OCEANS...
Whistleblower Exposes Failing Enforcement On Catch Documentation
As the crackdown on the billion dollar illegal bluefin trade continues, another whistleblower working in a tuna farm revealed the step-by-step process in illegal harvesting of tuna...
Bangkok Skipjack Price Jumps After 2 Months Of Lull
After a passive trading period during the first six weeks of this year, and after the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations, tuna price negotiations have now resumed. Recent prices for...
Balfegó Defends Image Of Its Tuna Business
One of Spain's largest bluefin fattening and distribution companies has requested the public not to let recent reports about a multi-million dollar fraud with illegally...
Good Catch Wants To Break In With Plant-based “Tuna” Alternative
US-based vegan food company Good Catch has created a plant-based product that resembles albacore tuna. The company says it looks and tastes just like the real thing without using any tuna meat...
5 Crew Members Missing After Vessel Caught Fire
Five crew members of a Taiwan-flagged fishing boat have gone missing after a fire broke out on their vessel in the waters off the Falkland Islands on Monday. The five missing...
Malta’s MP Accused Of Withholding Illegal Bluefin Trade Info
Malta’s Nationalist Party spokesperson Jason Azzopardi was accused of suppressing crucial findings of the 2010 internal audit of the fisheries department. According to Parliamentary Secretary...
OPAGAC: Pacific Stocks Meet MSC Standards Through FIPs
The Spanish tuna boat owner organization, OPAGAC, announces that five out of 12 stocks of tropical tuna that their members seiners are targeting have met the sustainability standards necessary...
Japan Asked To Invest In Indonesia’s New Tuna Hub
The Indonesian government seeks out Japanese authorities and firms to be its trading partners as plans of a new tuna hub are underway. Particularly, Fisheries director Rifky...
Chicken Of The Sea Introduces New Easy-Peel Tuna Cups
Convenience is the name of the game for Thai Union’s Chicken of the Sea as it launches its new Infusions tuna cups nationwide in the United States. It is geared towards busy millennials...
Tuna Tourists Ignoring New Toyosu Auction
The new Toyosu wholesale market has been struggling to attract visitors to watch tuna auctions, although a designated area was opened about a month ago. The...
Japanese Allowed Fishing In Palau
The Palau government will allow Japanese fishermen to continue catching skipjack in the Pacific nation’s water amid talks of closing its waters by 2020. Japanese Okinawa fishermen rely on...
Minister Accuses EU Of Lack Of Transparency On Tuna Fleet
“We can tolerate this from any other bloc, but never from the EU, which is a community built upon rules of good governance.” The Fisheries Minister of Mozambique has accused the European...
Tragedy At Sea: Crew Members Forced To Jump Overboard
A verbal confrontation escalated into a deadly brawl forcing 10 crew members to jump overboard at knifepoint from a Taiwanese longliner called Wen Peng. Two Filipino crew...