As worldwide demand for the Japanese delicacy booms, US sushi lovers have to be prepared to pay out much higher prices for this popular meal, of which tuna is a common ingredient, as prices...
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Chicken Salad Or Tuna Salad?
Chicken salads have been recalled from Whole Foods stores in the US, as it has been discovered that they in fact contained tuna instead of chicken. Nearly 200 kilos of “buffalo style...
Southern Bluefin Found In Unusual Territory
An unusual discovery has been made in the Arabian Sea as Southern bluefin have been spotted off the coast of the Arabic country Oman. Scientists of Oman Marine Science and Farming Centre,...
Albacore Season Starts For Basque Fleet
The fishing of Atlantic albacore for the coastline fleet has begun in Spain’s Basque Country. Although Spain’s fishing of the species was halted last year due to the national fleet surpassing...
PNG Observer Missing From Chinese Seiner
A Papua New Guinea national working as an observer onboard a Chinese flagged vessel has been reported missing. The incident follows a number of similar cases in the region in recent years,...
Century Expects Strong Growth Despite Higher Raw Mat Prices
The Philippines’ largest canned tuna company, Century Pacific Food, Inc. (CNPF) has confidence that it will keep seeing double digit growth in the coming months, despite some challenges...
First Indonesian Pole & Line Fishery To Enter MSC Assessment
A pole and line tuna fishery in Indonesia will now enter into MSC assessment, a first for such a fishery in the country. The nation has been expressing interest in exporting more tuna to...
EU: Guinea-Bissau Tuna Fishing Rights Unrealistically Expensive
EU tuna vessels might leave the waters of the West African nation Guinea-Bissau from November, as new negotiations for a renewed fisheries agreement have failed between the two parties....
StarKist 100 Years In Business Celebrations, At Time Of Crisis
StarKist, founded in 1917 as the French Sardine Company, is celebrating its 100th year of existence. First marketing tuna under the StarKist brand in 1942, the firm has grown to command...
Spanish Economic Recovery Drives Tuna Innovations
More investments need to be made on innovative and value added tuna products in Spain, one industry expert states. This is something Spanish brands claim to already be working on, with top...
How Korean Tuna Brands Feed A Growing Consumer Appetite
As tuna consumption rises in South Korea, and households generally get smaller, brands are responding to the shift by launching convenient, small and diversified tuna products in order to stay...
New Project Puts Spotlight On EU’s International Tuna Fleet
The sustainability and profitability of the European fishing fleet operating in African waters is to be assessed as part of a new research project named FarFish. EU flagged vessels are...
Tuna Industry Escapes Farmed Fish Disease Fears
As concerns grow over the health status of farmed fish such as tilapia and salmon, both prone to disease, biosecurity measures are being assessed to avoid further outbreaks of illness across...
Industry Calls On IATTC To Get Sharp On Observer Data
Fundamental data is still lacking from the EPO tuna fishery, according to industry group, ISSF, which calls on IATTC member nations to extend observer coverage on both purse seiners and...
Guilty Plea From StarKist Exec In Price Fixing Case
After facing charges last month, former StarKist employee, Stephen Hodge, has now pleaded guilty for the role he played in conspiracy to fix prices of shelf-stable tuna on the US market, and...
10 Million Tons Of Fish Dumped Each Year
Industrial fisheries dump nearly 10 million tons of fish back into the ocean every year, new research reveals. While in the tuna fishery there are several measures in place to avoid high...
PNA Prepares For Sale Of 45,000 Days To Seiner Operators
The number of Vessel Day Scheme (VDS) days available to purse seiners in the PNA region will see a modest squeeze for 2018, a year in which the minimum benchmark price per day will remain the...
Why German Import Slip Doesn’t Reflect Demand
Demand for canned tuna in the German market is stable and even increasing, one importer states, despite the fact that there was a substantial slip in volume reaching German buyers in the first...
Alibaba Coop Highlights TU’s Big Bets On Chinese Market
The world’s biggest e-commerce company, Alibaba, has announced a strategic cooperation with Thai Union to bring a range of its seafood products to the largest consumer market in the world;...
Mauritius Closer To Claiming IO Tuna Rich Zone From UK
Mauritius has witnessed a significant result within a dispute with the UK over the sovereignty of a territory in the Indian Ocean, which boasts important yellowfin catching grounds within its...