NOAA Fisheries held a public hearing on Tuesday on a proposed rule allowing fishermen in the US Virgin Islands to use spearguns commercially to catch and sell tuna. These fishers hold the...
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Warming Oceans Impacting Tuna Farms & Migration Patterns Of Fish
Warming sea surface temperatures are affecting tuna beyond changes in their migration and feeding patterns, with declining oxygen levels and increased bacterial growth potentially posing...
EPO Skipjack Catches On FAD Sets Slide
Total catches of tuna and tuna-like species in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) declined in 2025, driven mainly by a decrease in skipjack catches, according to a report submitted to the IATTC...
General Santos Kicks Off Scaled-Back Tuna Festival In Aftermath Of Earthquake
General Santos in the Philippines has decided to go ahead with its Tuna Festival on a reduced budget and tighter safety measures after the June 8 earthquake disrupted the city and its tuna...
Major Global Highlights August 2026
The price of frozen whole round skipjack continued its upward trajectory in all main processing hubs. The Trump administration was sued by 25 US states over the latest tariffs. Spanish company...
Pamela Maru Takes Up FFA Leadership Role
Pamela Maru has been appointed Deputy Director-General of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), making her the first Cook Islander to be appointed to an executive role at the...
Walker’s Tuna Snags Major Coles Deal For Aussie Market Foothold
Walker’s Tuna, the retail brand of Mooloolaba-based Walker Seafoods Australia, began sales in Coles supermarkets across the nation from August 9. The products comprise MSC-certified albacore...
Thai Processors Cut WR Yellowfin Buying By A Quarter
Purchases of frozen whole round yellowfin by Thai processors showed a downward trend since the beginning of the year. In the first six months, Thailand imported 25 percent less raw material...
IATTC Annual Meeting Kicks Off
Today, the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) started its 104th annual meeting at the Epic Sana Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal. The Commission's decision regarding the management...
MIFCO Raises Skipjack Price To Boost Fishermen’s Income
Maldives state-owned tuna processor, MIFCO, has raised its purchase price for pole-and-line skipjack by five percent as the government seeks to support sustainable fishing and ensure fishermen...
INFOFISH Unveils Speaker Lineup For TUNA 2026
INFOFISH has updated the speakers for TUNA 2026, with 34 industry leaders to discuss key issues shaping the global tuna sector at the event to be held in Bangkok in two weeks. Among the...
Valencia Opens Door To First Bluefin Fattening Farm
Valencia is set to get its first bluefin fattening farm off the coast of Pilar de la Horadada, after the regional Fisheries Department permitted the operator to repurpose a facility originally...
Bumble Bee To Close Santa Fe Springs Cannery
Bumble Bee Foods will stop production in its Santa Fe Springs tuna processing plant in November as it consolidates its supply chain operations, with a final shutdown targeted for early 2027....
Japan’s Demand For Frozen Whole Rounds Plunges Back To Normal
Japanese demand for frozen whole round tuna in the first half of the year plummeted, on account of a large inventory buildup in 2025 and higher raw material prices this year, pulling import...
Nicaragua Monitors Yellowfin Stocks In Pacific EEZ
The Nicaraguan Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture (INPESCA) recently conducted a 15-day biological monitoring survey of yellowfin and other fish stocks in Nicaragua’s Pacific Ocean EEZ....
TUNA 2026 Adds Industry Voices As Bangkok Tuna Summit Nears
The global tuna industry is set to converge in Bangkok in just two weeks for the much-anticipated INFOFISH TUNA 2026. INFOFISH has unveiled additional speakers, including the event’s keynote...
Australia’s New Tuna Roadmap Targets Premium Prices, Stronger Industry
Tuna Australia has unveiled a roadmap to expand the country’s longline tuna industry, putting seafood processing, exports and product innovation at the center of its growth strategy. The group...
FCF Deepens Sustainability Push Across Its Fishing Supply Chain
Taiwanese seafood supply chain company FCF Co. Ltd. is turning retired purse seine nets into safety goggles for longline fishing crews, linking marine-waste recycling with worker protection....
Sangaa Clark Looks Back On Decades In PNA Tuna Fisheries Management
Sangaa Clark, the CEO of PNA Office, has helmed the organization for more than five years and was the first woman to hold the position. After decades of working in tuna fisheries, she is...
India And Seychelles To Cooperate In Digital Tuna Fisheries Innovation
India and Seychelles are keen on signing a memorandum of agreement (MoU) to deepen their cooperation over tuna fisheries, work on joint initiatives, and explore digital technologies for marine...