Bumble Bee Foods and Sysco Corp. have reached a deal to end claims that the tuna company had colluded with other major firms in a widespread conspiracy to keep prices for canned tuna...
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US Invests Millions In Somalia’s Tuna Industry
The United States government has invested USD 74 million to generate jobs for Somalia’s economic development, including the expansion of the Habo Tuna cannery, the country’s...
MSC Marked As Top Ecolabel By Dutch Sustainability Foundation
A benchmarking study conducted by Dutch foundation Milieu Centraal, on behalf of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, has ranked the Marine Stewardship Council as one of...
German Trade Company Inks Post-shipment Financing With Tuna Exporter
A German-based international trade company has signed a post-shipment financing worth USD 1.5 million with a tuna exporter from Maldives. Tradewind, previously known...
Data Mapping Tool Fuses Satellite & Optical Data To Fight IUU
The international organization Global Fishing Watch (GFW) launches the Analytical Cell, a consolidated data management tool to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing during the...
36 EU Vessels Allowed To Catch 5,000 Tons In Côte d’Ivoire Waters
The European Parliament has approved a new six-year protocol that allows 36 EU vessels to fish up to 5,000 tons in Côte d’Ivoire’s EEZ. This deal provides fishing opportunities for 28...
Panama’s Tuna Population Up For Assessment
The Panama Aquatic Resources Authority (ARAP) announced that an evaluation of the current status of tuna species will be carried out by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission...
Director Of Fisheries Allegedly Received Spanish Bribes Over Bluefin Smuggling
The head of Malta’s Fisheries Department has been suspended after being accused of receiving bribes from Spanish tuna ranching kingpin Jose Fuentes Garcia in exchange for bypassing...
Purse Seine Boats To Continue Fishing Using Metal Halide Lights
Mini purse seine fishermen in Malpe coast, India insisted that they are not using LED but metal halide lights for fishing. The court has directed the authorities to continue fishing...
Jealsa Invests USD 2 Million In Fish Meal Production
Converting tuna waste into fish meal – this is the latest venture of the Spain-based canning group Jealsa Rianxeira in its factory Industria Atunera Centroamericana (Central American Tuna...
New Bluefin Management Plan Underway
A new Spanish royal decree has been approved regulating the bluefin tuna fisheries in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. The total allowable catch (TAC) set for 2019 is...
Seafood Mislabeling Rampant In North America, Study Finds
Canadian researchers have discovered that 32 percent of all fish across North American supply chains were mislabeled. The highest rate of label errors was found at retailers (38.1...
Tuna Vessel Rescued After Distress Call
Tuna fishing vessel Grete has been rescued at Kangaroo Island, Australia after breaking down on Saturday, Feb. 9. The distress signal was sent just before 1 p.m. with reports from the crew...
SPC Director: PNA Could Reach USD 1 Billion Income From Tuna
The Pacific Community (SPC) Director General Colin Tukuitonga said that tuna fisheries are on track to return up to USD 1 billion to the region in a year. The SPC is a scientific organization...
Largest Fiber Tuna Purse Seiner Surpassed By One Meter
An Algerian fleet owner has commissioned Astilleros del Ulla, a Spanish shipyard located in the province of Pontevedra, to build a new fiber tuna purse seiner for...
Palau Considering Exception For Small Scale-Japanese Skipjack Fishers
The majority of Palau’s senators support Japan’s request to allow vessels to continue their commercial fishing operation in the island nation’s EEZ. Palau President Tommy Remengesau...
StarKist Goes Asian With New Tuna Pouch Line
With recent data supporting a strong acceleration of tuna pouch sales, Dongwon-owned StarKist is aptly riding this consumer trend with the release of new Asian-inspired single...
No Documents: Vietnamese Fresh Tuna Blocked In Vladivostok
Special Authorities at the Vladivostok airport seized 100 kilograms of Vietnamese tuna, preventing the import of the product due to the absence of documentation.The air cargo of Vietnamese...
Concerns In Somalia Over Effects Of Chinese Tuna Deal
Somali fishing communities have criticized the new deal between the Somalian government and vessels tied to the China Overseas Fisheries Association. The Memorandum of...
NOAA Seeking Volunteers In Tagging Tuna
The Atlantic Ocean Tropical Tuna Tagging Program (AOTTP), established by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas in 2015, studies key aspects of bigeye,...