Beginning March 12, 2019, two sardine fisheries in Europe can no longer use the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) logo on their products, following an updated scientific advice to...
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No Expansion Of Fishing Grounds For Senegal’s Fleet
The Senegalese tuna fleet might not get access to the additional fishing grounds that they are desperately looking for. This week the Liberian Plenary of the House of Representatives has...
India’s Blue Revolution: 27 Shipyards To Build 800 New Deep-Sea Vessels
To encourage fishermen to take up deep-sea fishing, 27 shipyards across India will build around 800 new vessels in the next years. Most of them are mini-longliners or gillnet...
Thai Union’s Slight 2018 Sales Drop Due To Baht Appreciation
Thai Union Group has reported a 1.2 percent year-on-year decline amounting to THB 133.28 billion (USD 4.27 billion) in consolidated FY2018 sales. While the company set out...
Skipjack Catch In EPO Dropped Substantially
Overall tuna catches in the Eastern Pacific Ocean dropped by 3 percent, according to the latest statistics from the Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC). The cut amounted...
Walmart’s Jet Delivers Same-Day Fresh Yellowfin Steaks
For customers in New York, US, fresh tuna can now be delivered to their homes, as Walmart subsidiary Jet launches same-day delivery of fresh seafood via a partnership with...
Mozambican Fishing Port Expansion Underway
The Mozambican government has invested USD 120 million in the renovation of the Beira’s fishing port. It has a capacity to accommodate 16 fishing boats (particularly tuna vessels) at the same...
Petfood Business Key To Jealsa’s Growth
Yearend figures for the Spain-based cannery Jealsa closed 2018 with a slightly higher turnover compared to 2017. Jealsa’s President Jesus Manuel Alonso Escuris did not...
Vietnam Targets To Export USD 3.5 Billion Of Mainly Tuna
Vietnam has expressed ambitious plans for its tuna and seafood exports. The country's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong said that the export plan of the fisheries...
Son Of Mozambican Ex President Arrested Over Tuna Bond Fraud
The son of former Mozambique President was arrested in connection with a USD 2 billion fraudulent debt scandal, which includes a USD 850 million scam incurred to finance a state-owned...
TU And WWF Win Award For Sourcing 28% From MSC Fisheries
After Thai Union's Global Sustainability Director Dr. Darian McBain has been named the "Sustainability Leader of the Year" in 2018, the tuna company and WWF UK have also been recognized...
Ecuador’s 2018 EPO Tuna Catch Slumps
Latest statistics from the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) revealed a 5 percent drop in the overall catches of tuna by Ecuador in the Eastern Pacific Ocean...
Aldi Australia Hits Half-Priced Promos On Canned Tuna With Latest Ad
A woman was left speechless after hundreds of tuna cans kept pouring out of her kitchen cupboard – all cans bought for half the price in retail promotions. This is the latest ad of...
EU Catch Documentation Scheme, Reliable Or Not?
Amid the massive crackdown on the illegally-harvested bluefin in Malta, which resulted in 79 arrests and a recent suspension of a Maltese Fisheries Director, the issue of EU catch...
Fishermen Expose Fraud In EU Catch Documentation Scheme
As the bribes and scandal among Malta’s and Spain's largest tuna operators continue to be a pressing issue, local fishermen reveal how Mare Blu vessels get away with illegally harvested...
Fisheries Director Used Secret Phone Paid By Tuna Giant
An internal inquiry about the fraudulent bluefin transactions revealed that Spanish tuna ranching giant Ricardo Fuentes Group paid for the Maltese fisheries...
Majority Of Trade Expect High Salmon Prices To Increase Tuna Sales
In the past weeks, Atuna asked your opinion about whether tuna sales will benefit from high salmon rates. Salmon and tuna are among the most popular fish species enjoyed...
MSC Stamp For Luen Thai Group’s Longline Fisheries Underway
Three Chinese companies -- Liancheng Overseas Fishery (Shenzhen), China Southern Fishery (Shenzhen) and Liancheng Overseas Fishery – which are operating yellowfin...
EU Commissioner Condemns Infringements By Fishery Official
The European Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Karmenu Vella said that the malpractice reported in the Spanish media in connection to the dismissal of the...
OPAGAC And WWF Say Their FIPs Exceed Expectations
Only two years after the launch of Fisheries Improvement Projects (FIP), Spain's largest seiner fishing organization OPAGAC alongside WWF have reported that, five...