Filipino firm RD Fisheries has signed an AUD 1 million (USD 766,000) deal with PNA nation Nauru on fisheries access for 2017, just part of several bilateral arrangements concluded between...
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Glitch-Free MSC Checkup For NZ Albacore
The albacore troll fishery in New Zealand has successfully completed its routine five-yearly MSC reassessment, with the certification now due to run until 2022. Initially gaining MSC...
Thai Canners Regain Direct Access To Major Tuna Market
Tuna trade straight from Thailand to one major market is back in action, as Thai sources state that improved conditions within the African country allowed Libyan buyers to once again import...
Spain Accused Of Aiding “Progressive Demise” Of Bluefin
Spain’s approach to the division of its bluefin quota has been greeted with dismay by the body that represents small-scale and artisanal fisheries. The lobby group has accused the national...
US Obstacles Make Mexican Canners Develop Arab Markets
One of Mexico’s largest tuna producers is hungry for growth opportunities in new markets, particularly in the Middle East, concerned that trade obstacles with the US will only intensify....
Hit Show ‘Wicked Tuna’ Back On Air
Wicked Tuna, the popular National Geography reality TV show that pits competing bluefin fishermen against each other, is due to return for a sixth season next month. The show follows...
New EPO Seiner Rules Will Cause “Race To Fish”
Catch limits adopted by IATTC member nations will cause a “race to fish” situation among tuna purse seiners in the EPO, according to ISSF, as no separate national allocations have been set....
TU Gets Highest Asia Score On Global Sustainability Benchmark
Thai Union has been named as the top Asian company for transparency on the back of its 2016 Sustainability Report in the “Top 100 Benchmark”, which is an analysis of seafood firms. Published...
US Less Attractive For Phil Canners
The sharp fall in Philippine canned tuna shipments to the US can be explained by increased focus on pursuing other markets, which pay more for the product than US buyers, an industry...
Tuna Not Alone In Fall Of UK Canned Fish
The slump in canned tuna sales on the UK retail market has been well documented, and while the dominant product has taken the biggest hit, it isn’t alone in the trend. A drop in purchases...
Family Claims After Eating Tuna With Condom
A PNG family that found a condom in a can of tuna has been permitted to seek damages from a tuna cannery in the country, over a decade after the incident. The National Court of PNG in Madang...
PNG Canneries Powerless In Dealing With Tuna Imports
PNG’s National Fisheries Authority (NFA) has been called on to implement stricter border controls to stop what is described as an imbalance between canned tuna imports and exports in the...
Pinsa’s Big Investments Pay Off
Mexican corporation, Pinsa, has been recognized for its outstanding contribution to the domestic economy with a prestigious award titled “El Premio Nacional Agroalimentario”, or The National...
Final: EU Parliament Ratifies Exclusive WCPO Deal
The final stamp of EU approval has now been put on the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) with the Cook Islands, allowing four seiners under EU flag to fish for tuna in the...
Stricter Rules Imposed On EPO Seiners
IATTC members have adopted a resolution imposing EPO-wide catch limits for purse seine caught bigeye and yellowfin, which marks a new approach to conservation of tuna in the ocean. These catch...
Followfish Brings First MSC & Fair Trade Tuna To Europe
The first ever MSC and Fair Trade certified seafood product is set to be stocked on shelves in the European market, in the form of canned pole and line skipjack tuna, sourced from the...
Japanese Firm Kick-Starts European Expansion
A Japanese fisheries firm is set to expand its presence in Europe by beginning construction of a processing facility in Croatia, two years after its multi-million dollar acquisition of a...
US-Launched Tuna With “Lowest Level Of Mercury Possible”
Central American tuna brand, Tonnino, is now adding canned tuna to its shelf-stable line marketed in the US, which along with all of its other yellowfin products, is claimed to contain the...
GP: Thailand To Be Avoided, High Scores For Free School
An avid promotor of pole and line canned tuna, Greenpeace was recently faced with a market where no products caught with this method were available. Free-school purse seine caught tuna...
Princes’ Managing Director Departs
The Managing Director of Princes Limited, Mike Easterbrook, will retire at the end of March, following 35 years with the company, which boasts one of the leading positions in the UK and...