Indonesia’s Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti, nicknamed the nation's "Iron Lady", has issued a statement contending that countries opposing illegal,...
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Prosecutors Asked To Name Co-Conspirators In Price Fixing Case
A court has asked prosecutors to provide more details on co-conspirators in the ongoing price fixing case in which the “big 3” US tuna brands along with the former CEO of Bumble Bee...
US Bonito-Like Tuna Imports Continue To Grow
US imports of canned bonito-like tuna have continued to increase in 2018, in-line with the trend in recent years. However, with the supplemental action from the US in its ongoing...
Southampton Tops European Contractors In Maltese Tuna Farm Deal
Southampton Marine Services (SMS), a US company specializing in marine engineering for fishing, aquaculture, ports, and harbors, has been granted a contract to build a workboat...
Protesters Mobilize As Tsukiji Market’s Closure Draws Near
Two hours of protesting took place in Tokyo last Saturday, September 29, unrelenting despite heavy typhoon weather- calling to action several hundred demonstrators in...
Young Man Rescued From FAD After Drifting 49 Days
Eighteen-year-old Indonesian fisherman Aldi Novel Adilang was rescued off the coast of Guam by a Panamanian-flagged vessel after spending 49 days adrift at sea on an FAD. The young man...
Conxemar Kicks Off In Vigo With More Than 40 Tuna Exhibitors
The 20th edition of the annual Conxemar Fair in Vigo, Spain kicks off today, with a total of 740 companies from 48 countries participating in the event. The three-day exhibition will see more...
“Tuna Kush Cans” Take Social Media By Storm
Cleverly packaged tuna cans containing commercialized cannabis have cropped up on social media, with sly monikers such as “Black Tuna” and “Bluefin Tuna Indica” slapped around the front-facing...
Peruvian Tuna Consumer Market Still Dominated By Thailand
Even as Peru seeks to become a tuna powerhouse in the coming years, its domestic tuna consumption market continues to be dominated by Thailand. According to Alfonso Miranda, President of the...
What To Expect After Today’s Ending FAD Ban?
With annual ban on FAD fishing in the WCPO coming to an end for most fleet in the region, the big question is what next in terms of suppies? Several industry insiders had earlier...
Australia’s Fisheries Assessment: Bluefin No Longer Overfished
Wild fish stocks in Commonwealth-managed fisheries are reaching peak stability, as announced in last week’s Fishery Status Reports 2018 issued by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and...
MSC Initiates Periodic Standard Review Process
The MSC has initiated its periodic Fisheries Standard Review, under which its fisheries standard will be looked at closely and possibly revised. The main aim of...
ICCAT Grapples With Declining Atlantic Bigeye Stock
As published in a recent internal report by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), stocks of bigeye tuna in the Atlantic Ocean have collapsed to under 20...
Spain’s OPAGAC Tackles Wayward FADs In Seychelles
Previously, Spanish fleet representative OPAGAC had defended the practice of FAD fishing, assuming these devices can be closely monitored and tracked using newer...
Grupo Calvo Doubles Central America Processing Capacity
Spanish tuna market leader Grupo Calvo is extending its production floor in La Union, El Salvador. Calvo manager in El Salvador, Boris Quintanillia, has projected a foreseen...
Marfrio To Introduce New Tuna Product Line
One of the biggest players in Spain’s frozen seafood sector, Marfrio, is launching a new tuna product line at the upcoming Conexmar fair. Marfrio, which was ranked ninth in...
Rhode Island’s New Tuna Research Facility Is Breeding Yellowfin
Over USD 1.5 million was raised through the privately funded construction of a new 4,200 square foot tuna research facility at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of...
EU Flags Several High-Histamine Cases In Past Month
Five cases of high histamine in tuna shipments were detected by the EU in the last one month, taking the total number of histamine-related alerts this year to 11. Since August 31, the EU...
Up To 65,000 FADs In WCPFC Says New Data
A new study has shown that up to 65,000 FADs are deployed in the WCPO annually. The data has been released ahead of a WCPFC working group meeting on October 3rd. In a scientific paper,...
Major Global Tuna Developments In September
From the ongoing trade war between US and China that now directly impacts the tuna world to China’s visa row at a PIF summit and the GenSan Tuna Festival, September was an action...