After a scare on social media in Chile, the sanitary control authority of Ecuador inspected the Galapesca cannery and found no irregularities in their products. This news comes after...
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Sainsbury’s Launches Meat-Free Section
The British supermarket will become one of the first retailers to trial a new meat-alternative section in its meat, fish and poultry aisle. The trial will include 20 stores nationwide...
Indonesia Seeks Duty-Free Fish Imports Into Japan
Indonesia’s Fisheries Minister has requested a removal of import tariffs for fishery products from the Japanese government. These products currently face a 7 percent duty to enter the Japanese...
Senegal Allowed To Fish In Liberian Waters
A five-year agreement was inked on Jan. 22, 2019 between fish-depleted Senegal and Liberia, allowing Senegal to fish in Liberia’s EEZ in exchange for training and support to its...
Japanese Bluefin Catches Slump
Bluefin tuna catches off the coast of Japan have been sluggish in the current fishing season. From July 2018 to March this year, many fishermen have reportedly been forced to curb...
Ex-finance Chief Involved In Tuna Bond Scandal Stripped Of Immunity
The Mozambican parliament withdrew immunity of former Finance Minister Manuel Chang who was detained in South Africa since December on a US-issued international arrest warrant. Chang was...
UK’s First Fish-Free Tuna Available Soon In Market
Plant-based tuna alternative brand Loma Linda is gearing to release its new product "Tuno" to the UK market. Atlantic Natural Foods and Worldwide Food Associates (WFA) have joined together to...
Azores Set To Privatize Tuna Plant
The Santa Catarina tuna factory in Azores is being prepared to be privatized by the government amidst fear of “serious economic and social consequences for the island’s economy”, according to...
Can FIPs Do For Longline What ISSF Could Not?
With its business relying mostly on albacore and yellowfin supply, the stakes are high for Bumble Bee in ensuring healthy stocks of tuna. Bumble Bee is one of the...
Plateau Reached In Spain For Canned Tuna Exporters?
After an explosive growth of canned tuna imports to Spain from 2016 to 2017, the Spanish market shows signs of having reached a plateau in its demand. Overall deliveries of canned tuna fell by...
WCPO Bigeye Mercury Levels Related To Foraging Depth
A team of more than 10 scientists studied bigeye, yellowfin and albacore across the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) taking into account various factors such as the surface temperature...
SKJ1.8:BKK Prices Bottoming Out?
Prices concluded for skipjack unloaded in Bangkok have been sliding from USD 1,300 M/T to USD 1,250 M/T as January ends. After the slight and slow decline in the quotations...
Russian Shipyards Build Wave Of Multi-Purpose Purse Seiners
For the first time in two decades, a Russian purse seine fishing vessel is being built for a Russian operator at a domestic shipyard, according to a report posted on Fisker Forum....
China Implements New Tuna Measures
The Agriculture and Rural Affairs Department of Shandong Province has implemented the International Management Measures for tuna. Any unregistered fishing vessels...
Madang Government To Manage PMIZ
A few weeks after the government of Papua New Guinea announced the USD 8.9 million financial aid for the Pacific Marine Industrial Zone (PMIZ), the national government has now decided to...
Brazilian Tuna Landings Increase 550 Percent
Vessels from Ilhéus, on the eastern coast of Brazil have seen a 550 percent increase in tuna landings, according to Bahia Pesca. Since the end of 2018, vessels have landed more...
Massive Dip In Whole Round Discharges, Price Drop And Pre-cooked Loins Blamed
The Spanish ports of Ribeira and A Pobra have reported massive drops of whole round frozen tuna being unloaded. The discharges fell by more than 12,000 tons last year, a stark...
Basque Tuna Industry Looks To Next Generation
Generational continuity has been chosen as the key topic at this year’s Eurofishing congress. A panel will be held featuring prominent figures in the Basque tuna industry...
Explosives Found On Board Tuna Vessel
The Customs Office of Paita, Peru has intervened with a foreign tuna vessel with a cargo of hydrobiological products and cartridges of explosives. The Ecuadorian flagged vessel,...
Illegal Bluefin Smuggling Reaches National High Court
Legal proceedings for the illicit bluefin trafficking valued at EUR 25 million (USD 28.5 million) per year have been transferred from the local Valencian court to the...