Over fears of increased canned imports entering the EU market, undermining their competitiveness, Spanish canners have been resisting a free trade agreement (FTA) between the EU and Vietnam....
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Satlink Commits To Collect 100 M/T Of Ghost Gear
In an announcement at last week’s Our Ocean Conference, Spanish satellite telecommunications company Satlink has reaffirmed its “Zero Impact” pledge to cooperate in the retrieval of 100,000...
Irish Want Bluefin Quota, EU Says Controls Falling Short
Current reports out of Ireland tell of a thriving influx of bluefin tuna populations, which are feeding in the nation’s waters during this migratory season. For local fishermen, the occasion...
IN BRIEF: Man Arrested For Theft Of Tuna Cartons
A 30-year-old Indian man was caught stealing 90 cartons of canned tuna in olive oil at a supermarket in Milan last night. The stolen products, of an undisclosed brand at the time of this...
Sajo Uses YouTube Channel To Promote New Listings
Korean producer of canned tuna Sajo Group will be collaborating with YouTube’s Korean-language “Vans” series, an online cooking channel, to reinforce engagement from with younger audiences....
IN BRIEF: UK Catch-And-Release Fishers Want Access To Bluefin
UK catch-and-release fishers are seeing potential economic benefits with the recent, though slow, “recovery” of the endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna. Consequently, campaigners are calling on...
USD 40 Million In Tuna Orders For Indonesian State Company
Indonesian state fishery Perusahaan Umum Perikanan Indonesia (Perum Perindo) is awaiting confirmation for its USD 101 million-worth of orders placed by buyers in Algeria, Serbia, Vietnam,...
Scam Shows EU Needs Stricter Controls, Not Less
Against high expectations, concerns arise as the European Union persists in its efforts to persuade ICCAT to loosen restrictions on the bluefin fishery, amidst recent evidence exposing the...
Can Brussels Solve Supply Problems Of Mauritian Canneries?
Mauritius Foreign Minister Vishnu Luchmeenaraidoo is presently visiting Brussels, in attendance of meetings with trade ministers, ship owners, and representatives of the Mauritian canning...
European Parliament Visits Vietnam To Fight IUU Fishing
Members of the European Parliament’s (EP’s) Committee on Fisheries held a working session with authorities from Vietnam’s tuna processing center of Binh Dinh yesterday, October 31. The meeting...
Coqueiro Extends Gourmet Tuna Range
Brazil’s second leading canned tuna brand Coqueiro has extended its product mix with four new “gourmet” varieties. In Coqueiro’s extended line of tuna products are two additions: tuna fillet...
Tonga Concerned Over Drop In Tuna Landed
Head of Tonga’s Ministry of Fisheries, Dr. Tu’ikolongahau Halafihi, has expressed his concerns over a significant decrease in the island nation’s tuna stock. Since observing a “sharp decrease”...
Two Magisterial Inquiries To Investigate Maltese/Spanish Scam
Since the unfolding of an EU-wide illegal bluefin racket estimated at more than EUR 20 million (USD 22.7 million) per year, two separate magisterial inquiries in Malta have been launched as...
Activists Demand Monitoring Social Conditions On Filipino Seiners
Where recent coverage has been primarily focused on efforts to quell human rights abuse, among other contraventions, in the Thailand fisheries sector- a similar upsurge of activism has been...
IN BRIEF: More Bluefin Spotted In North Sea And Scotland
The spotting of Atlantic bluefin tuna in the North Sea has become more frequent this year. Sightings of the largest tuna species in the North Sea and off the west coast of Scotland, which was...
SFP’s Tom Pickerell New Chair ISSF Stakeholders
Today the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) announced its newly appointed Chair of its Environmental Stakeholder Committee (ESC), Dr. Tom Pickerell of the Sustainable...
How West African Bigeye By-Catch Hurts American Trophy Fishers
American recreational fishers are concerned that the dwindling stock of bigeye tuna in the tropical fisheries of the African west coast could obliterate their sport. The tuna, which grow up to...
Wholesaler: What To Do If EU Papers Turn Out To Be Falsified?
The robust crackdown on illegal bluefin smuggling and trading, lead by EUROPOL’s Operation Tarantelo, advances this week with new coverage emerging from local media in Madrid, Spain. Local...
IN BRIEF: American Samoa: New Chair For The WPFMC
American Samoa has been elected to lead the Western Pacific Fisheries Management Council (WPFMC) which regulates fishing in waters of the US Pacific territories of Guam, Northern Marianas,...
Thai Union Latest NGO Deal In USA On Sustainability
Four months after releasing its partnership progress report on Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) with WWF-UK, as reported by Atuna, and a deal with Greenpeace, the Thai Union Group has now...