Tuna catches by Philippine flag seiners are following a trend of decline according to latest WCPFC observer reports. In 2016, onboard observers reported a catch...
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Southern Spain Prepares For Month-long Tuna Festival
Tuna will once again take center stage in this year’s gastronomic tuna festival in Cadiz, Southern Spain. During the 23rd “Ruta Del Atun” (tuna route), more than 30 establishments will...
Yellow Card Removal Boosts Investor Trust, TU Share Prices Up
After ending the year on a low note at THB 15.90 (USD 0.50), tuna giant Thai Union is slowly inching back up with their latest share price at THB 18.30, showing a 13 percent increase in...
European Tuna Conference 2019 To Be Opened By DG MARE
The Director General of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the European Commission, Mr. João Aguiar Machado, will be the key-note speaker at this year’s European Tuna Conference (ETC)...
US Custom Clearances Critical Amidst US Shutdown
Proper coding of commodities including tuna and errors in import and export paperwork will become frequent and larger if the current shutdown continues, according to US custom...
Future Of Tuna Is Not In Cans: Bumble Bee CEO
Bumble Bee interim CEO Jan Tharp projects expansion of tuna pouches in the future and predicts the continued decline of canned tuna sales. “You are going to see canned (tuna) decline. You’re...
30,000 M/T Duty-free Loins Quota Exhausted Within 3 Days
The European Union's 2019 Autonomous Tariff Quota (ATQ) for frozen pre-cooked tuna loins, set at 30,000 M/T has long been exhausted since Jan. 3, 2019, the second working day of...
EU-Vietnam Free Trade Likely To Be Inked By Parliament
After all the negotiations and legal reviews have been completed for the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), the long-awaited EVFTA only needs to be ratified by the European Parliament....
Retailer Eroski Talks With Major Industry Players On Sustainability
Spanish retailer Eroski has gathered representatives from the Spanish tuna industry to analyze the situation of tuna fishing grounds worldwide and the measures being taken...
Polish Tuna Market Appears To Stabilize In Q3 After Peak And Downfall
After canned tuna volumes dropped last year, Polish imports appear to be stabilizing with a 16 percent increase in deliveries in Q3. The decline in shipments in 2017 was due to...
Heading For Chaos? UK Has No Post-Brexit Trade Deals In Place
British Treasure Secretary Liam Fox has claimed failure to replicate EU deals with foreign countries who refuse to believe a no-deal Brexit could happen. In 2017 the trade secretary had...
Namibia: Local investors Prioritized To Fish Albacore
Successful fishing rights applicants will be announced within the next two months, according to the Namibia fisheries ministry. Permanent Fisheries Secretary Moses Maurihungirire...
Callipo’s School Preserves Tradition Of Special Tuna Cleaning
The Calabarian Company has announced plans to maintain tradition while incorporating new requirements and technological progresses. Callipo is over 100 years old and holds the story...
American Samoa Gov’t To Reinstate Guest Worker Permit Law
After StarKist Samoa appealed to the American Samoa government to relax immigration rules for foreign workers, a guest worker scheme has been re-introduced, allowing tuna...
Aussies Prep For Annual ‘Tuna Toss’ In Seafood City
Over 20,000 visitors will flock Port Lincoln Foreshore, Australia from Jan. 24 to Jan. 27 for the annual Tunarama festival. One of the main highlights of the giant tuna party is the “Tuna...
StarKist Samoa Asks Gov’t To Relax Immigration Rules For Tuna Cleaners
Dongwon-owned StarKist Samoa has requested the American Samoan government to ease immigration approvals for workers coming in from other countries, particularly from the Republic of...
Manta SKJ Price Drops As Fishing Ban Ends
Price for whole round skipjack tuna in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean hub of Manta, Ecuador is concluded at USD 1,450 M/T for the month of January, which is 9 percent lower than the price...
“Hard Brexit” Means Albacore Fleet Will Be Kicked Out Of British Waters
The Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas has announced that in the event of a “hard Brexit’, which is the more probable outcome,...
Germany’s Remarkable Canned Tuna Surge In Q3
The German market, with a few local tuna processors of value added products, relies heavily on foreign suppliers to meet internal demand. This market has been showing...
IATTC And OPAGAC Launch BIOFAD Study In EPO
The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) in agreement with the Spanish tuna fleet has launched a study in biodegradable fish aggregating devices (BIOFADs), specifically in the...