US imports of canned tuna have been stagnating for nearly a decade. However, monthly shipments have followed a similar pattern in each of the last four years, a spike in January followed by a...
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Ocean’s “Dark Fleet” Made Publically Traceable
Global Fishing Watch (GFW) is lifting the nebulous shroud off hundreds of illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing vessels in a real-time map made publically...
PNG FIA Chooses Manila To Discuss MSC
The association representing the fishing industry in Papua New Guinea (PNG) will be meeting in Manila today to discuss the possibility of applying for a separate MSC certification and to split...
Venezuela Trying To Recover Its Tuna Industry
Entrepreneurs of Venezuela’s tuna and longline sector took part in a round table discussion last week at the Ministry of People’s Power of Fisheries and...
Japan Aiming To Export ASC-Certified Captive-Bred Bluefin
Japanese companies are gearing up for the addition of one new menu item to their list of global exports: captive-bred bluefin tuna. Among the leading contenders in the new market...
TU Subsidiary’s Initiative To Safeguard Sea Turtles
Thai Union’s (TU) Italian subsidiary Mareblu has announced an initiative with the purpose of safeguarding sea turtles. The campaign, Tartalove, is backed by Legambiente, an environmental...
Chancerelle Opens Second Plant In Southern Morocco
Largest producer of MSC-certified tuna in France, Chancerelle, is opening a second plant in Laayoune, southern Morocco. The EUR 4 million (USD 4.6 million) plant, which will cover an area of...
Thailand Crushes Confiscated IUU Vessels
In attendance of Thailand’s recent demolition of nine unregistered fishing vessels last week were high-profile members of the international community: ambassadors and representatives from the...
Taiwanese Vessel Caught For Illegally Fishing Silky Sharks
A Taiwanese vessel has been caught for illegal fishing activities by local authorities in charge of managing fisheries on the island nation. According to Taiwan’s Fisheries Agency (FA), around...
Battles Over Tuna Quota Ahead Of Brexit
Two recent events, both involving Atlantic bluefin, has brought the Brexit issue and how it will impact fisheries to the center stage. With a little over six months left before the UK leaves...
China Tariffs: StarKist Backs It Even As Trade Body Opposes
With the supplemental action announced by the US two months ago in its ongoing trade war set to effect soon, there have been calls for backtracking. The latest to join campaign against tariffs...
Proposal For Raw Data Submissions On FAD Usage Rejected
Efforts to mitigate the environmental consequences of fishing on FADs were further delayed at this year’s Annual Meeting of Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)....
Tsukiji Re-opening: Toyosu Market Dubbed “Obsolete”
Romanticized for its labyrinth of wet stalls brimming with rare seafood and pre-dawn tuna auctions- Tsukiji market is drawing to a close its eight decades of tenure as Tokyo’s...
Crew Members Of Detained Taiwanese Longliner Speak Out
The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) issued a press release yesterday interviewing crew members of the Taiwanese longline vessel Fuh Sheng No 11, which...
New Poll: Are Bred Tuna A Threat To The Marine Ecosystem?
Earlier in the week, we reported about 350 closed-cycle bluefin escaped into the sea from captivity following the onset of Typhoon Jebi in Japan. The fish were being bred at the Kindai...
UK House Of Commons Questions On The Hook’s Funding
An audit committee setup in the UK parliament to look into sustainable fishing practices questioned the On The Hook campaign’s funding sources. Interestingly, the parliamentary hearing was...
Pacifical Presents Facts In Response To Undercurrent’s Fake News
The menace of fake news and sensationalized lies has reached even the tuna world, with a London-based seafood website, Undercurrent News (UCN), releasing an article with misleading and false...
IATTC: First RMFO To Implement New IMO Vessel Tracking Regulations
With the recent closure of IATTC’s 93rd Annual Meeting in San Diego, new regulations will be enforced upon Eastern Pacific Ocean fisheries. IATTC has become the first RMFO to amended...
Spanish Tuna Fleet Training Senegalese Sailors
Spain’s tuna fleet, under the Organization of Associated Producers of Large Freezer Tuna Vessels (OPAGAC), is facilitating the training of 350 Senegalese sailors in emergency practices,...
TU Retains Spot In Dow Jones Sustainability Index
Thai Union (TU) has retained its place in the Down Sustainability Index (DJSI) Emerging Markets. This is the fifth straight year that the Thai tuna processor has made it to the index, which...