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Blue Boat Plague Continues Despite Yellow Card
Illegal blue boats are back in unpermitted Pacific waters, island state officials stress. Despite the fact that Vietnam, where most of these small fishing vessels come from, has received a...
BB’s Lischewski Tries To Stay Out Of Price Fixing Arena
Lawyers representing Bumble Bee Foods CEO Chris Lischewski have filed a motion seeking to avoid him being added as a defendant in the civil litigation surrounding the US canned tuna price...
Solomon Islands Drops Pacific Albacore Agreement
Solomon Islands has opted out of the Tokelau arrangement on albacore, as officials argue it is too restrictive on tuna catch. Concerns have been voiced over the decision, as it is stated to...
Philippines Negotiates To Keep Exclusive High Seas Access
The Philippines is pushing for the extension of exclusive access to a tuna-rich high seas pocket for its purse seine fleet, as the arrangement expires at the end of this year. Getting the...
WTPO: New FAD Definition Needed For Western Pacific
A new definition of a FAD needs to be adopted by the WCPFC, stresses the World Tuna Purse Seine Organization (WTPO), which states that currently there is confusion and misunderstanding between...
Vietnam To Issue Hefty Fines To IUU Perpetrators
Vietnam’s National Assembly has passed a revised law on fisheries and now several parties associated with vessels involved in illegal tuna fishing will be handed substantial fines as well as...
ISSF: Juveniles “Not Really Bycatch” But “Undesirable”
ISSF has released a new report assessing the bycatch of tuna purse seiners using FADs, focusing mostly on sharks, rays, finfish and turtles. While the study does take juvenile yellowfin and...
BKK SKJ Price Slips Slightly As More Carriers Arrive
After a sharper slump in late November, the Bangkok skipjack price has weakened slightly more, as an increased number of carriers arrive and unload in the Thai capital. Catches have been...
WCPFC Chair: Zone Vs. Flag Management Critical Meeting Issue
With WCPFC side meetings already kick-started, the annual gathering of the Commission will be in full swing next week, and one of the major debates according to Rhea Moss-Christian, WCPFC...
Marine Reserve To Hit Mexican Consumers’ Pockets
The Director General of Grupomar has said a new marine reserve, recently given the go-ahead by the Mexican government, will result in increased costs being passed on to the consumer. The major...
Will Vietnam’s Export Boost Be Short-Lived?
Vietnamese processors have seen a significant boost in the value of their tuna exports in the first eight months of this year, continuing a trend that has been linked to high tuna prices as...
“Strong Reduction” On FADs Wanted From WCPFC
The industry and several environmental organizations agree that improved monitoring of FADs is needed in the Western and Central Pacific, stressing this ahead of the annual gathering of the...
PNA To Finalize Disputed Longline VDS
The same Vessel Day Scheme (VDS) that is currently in place for purse seiners fishing in PNA waters is now also being rolled out for longliners in the region. The implementation is...
No Stopping MSC In Major EU Tuna Market
Consumers in the Netherlands are spending significantly more on fish carrying the MSC label, as sales of such sustainably certified products have recently soared, a new study finds. A...
Princes Wins Appeal On “Misleading” MSC Product Claims
Major European tuna firm, Princes, has won its appeal against a decision from the Dutch Advertising Code Foundation (Stichting Reclame Code), which had previously determined that certain...
StarKist Samoa Could Wipe Out Any Chance Of TMI Return
The American Samoa StarKist cannery is in negotiations with Tri Marine International (TMI) in order to take over its cold storage facility in Pago Pago. With the TMI plant shut down...
TU Eyes Impressive Performance In China, But Not In Tuna
Still betting on its USD 8 billion turnover by 2020, Thai Union is expecting impressive performance in the Chinese market next year, but products other than tuna will be bringing in the bigger...
Spain’s Quota Distribution “Unfair”
The Spanish archipelago, Canary Islands, has criticized the government of Spain for its supposedly unfair distribution of the Eastern bluefin quota. Despite the recent significant catch limit...
Firm Bets On Canned Tuna Sales To Outperform Other Fish
Global canned tuna sales are projected to outperform the value growth of the ambient seafood category as a whole in the coming years, according to new market research. Convenience aspects are...