The latest prices concluded on whole round skipjack and yellowfin tuna in the Indian Ocean hub of the Seychelles represent significant increases from last month, as fishing slows down somewhat...
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Marshalls Calls On G7 For “Urgent Discussion” On IUU
Officials from PNA nation, the Marshall Islands, are calling for the relevant G7 and Pacific Island Ministers to meet before the end of the year to urgently discuss illegal fishing practices...
Peruvian Authorities Seize Tuna From Ecuadorian Seiner
An Ecuadorian flagged tuna purse seiner has had skipjack and other tuna catch seized by Peruvian authorities, after reportedly violating a ministerial resolution that limits foreign vessel...
Vietnam Blames EU Export Drop On Yellow Card
Vietnam’s tuna product exports to the EU have fallen in recent months, and representatives of the processing sector credit this to the yellow card IUU warning held by the Asian nation. The EU...
How The EU Is Tackling Discarded Fishing Gear
The European Commission is working on tackling the eight million ton plastic problem that enters the oceans each year – a large volume of which it says is fishing gear. The Commission joins a...
Should Coastal Nations Get Bigger IO Catch Quotas?
A number of Indian Ocean coastal countries have backed a proposal for 100 percent of the average annual historic catches in their waters to be used as the basis of catch quotas given to their...
Mixed Views On Impact Of Price Fixing Saga
Bumble Bee Foods is unlikely to suffer from the price fixing scandal, according to just over half of those who voted in the recent poll. However, many industry professionals believe the...
Taiwan & Kiribati Shake On Fisheries Pact
Officials from Taiwan and Pacific island nation, Kiribati, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), which is said to underscore a shared commitment to safeguarding environmental...
Why The EU Market Desperately Needs More WCPO YF
With the EU market’s demand for tuna products strengthening, Henk Brus, Managing Director of Pacifical, has addressed the question of where increased future supply should come from, especially...
Americans To March Against Trump’s Ocean Proposals
Tens of thousands of people are expected to March for the Ocean tomorrow with the aim to put pressure on the Trump administration. While the US President looks to cut the NOAA budget, expand...
Beating Plastic Pollution Focus On World Oceans Day
Today marks World Oceans Day – an event internationally recognized by the United Nations. With plastic continuing to impact the oceans and marine life, preventing plastic pollution and...
Grupomar: Industry Must Innovate In Evolving Market
The domestic market in Mexico has been evolving due to changes in population and lifestyle, and the industry must keep innovating to achieve growth in sales, according to Grupomar’s CEO,...
IPNLF To Prioritize MSC Catch Despite Criticizing Standard
The 14 members of the IPNLF have made a commitment to “preferentially source” MSC certified one-by-one caught tuna over non-certified tuna, when it comes to Indonesian fisheries. This latest...
Yellow Card Improved Ghana’s Tuna, But Other Stocks Collapse
After receiving and shifting a yellow card IUU warning from the EU, Ghana’s tuna industry has made a number of improvements and it now benefits from “relatively good stability”, according to...
Tuna Veteran Bill Perez Passes Away
The former plant manager at Samoa Packing (Chicken of the Sea) and StarKist Samoa, William Bill Perez has passed away in his home in Hawaii at age 76. Perez was well-known in the international...
TU’s Seychelles Plant Calls Crisis On Yellowfin Supply
The current extent of yellowfin tuna supply is worrisome for the Thai Union owned Indian Ocean Tuna (IOT) cannery, which goes as far to say that 300 jobs are on the line as it is processing...
South African Tuna Fisheries Enter Unique MSC Project
Two South African tuna fisheries have been selected for pre-assessment against the MSC standard as part of a unique project. The Council will work with the fisheries to set them “on a path...
Lischewski Hearing Delayed For “Effective Preparation”
The hearing of Bumble Bee CEO, Christopher Lischewski, within the US criminal price fixing case, has been postponed until August 15th, to allow the defendant the necessary time for “effective...
IN BRIEF: Spanish Prime Minister Enjoys Bluefin On His Last Day
On his last day as Prime Minister of Spain, Mariano Rajoy enjoyed eating bluefin tuna while dining with his ministers. The bluefin was caught and fattened by Spain’s biggest bluefin catcher,...
IN BRIEF: Consumers In Portland Paying Double For Canned Tuna
The cost of a can of tuna in the US city Portland, Oregon is double what consumers are paying in Michigan, a new study finds. After comparing the prices of over 30 grocery products across the...