A letter signed by four Democratic Congressmen has been sent to the US Coast Guard and NOAA, requesting “immediate enforcement action” over accusations that some of Hawaii’s longline fleet is...
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ISSF Puts Bulk Of Responsibility On RFMO Shoulders
ISSF has taken the time to see what difference a year has made in terms of tuna management, reviewing the hits and misses of 2016. Although its members are some of the biggest fishers,...
StarKist Pursues MSC On Doorstep Supply
StarKist is seeking MSC certification on the albacore and yellowfin longline fishery in American Samoa, and now in the first stages of assessment, the expected conclusion date is August 15th,...
Today’s Tri Marine Stop: Takeover Looming?
Today is the last planned day of operation for Tri Marine’s American Samoa tuna processing plant, leaving hundreds of workers without a job. While there’s reportedly been interest, there’s no...
Tuna Price Fixing Impacted Other US Canned Seafood
Price fixing activities that have allegedly been conducted by the “Big 3” tuna companies in the US, are said to have pushed up the prices of other packaged seafood, according to plaintiffs...
Tight Import Rules Bring Japanese Production To EU
As two katsuobushi plants have opened in Europe in the last two years, it is clear that the demand for the dried skipjack product, a Japanese delicacy, is significantly increasing among both...
Will Vanuatu’s 5 Year Plan Work?
Vanuatu has launched its first fisheries policy, which is intended to provide direction for the next five years, in the nation’s latest bid to realize the potential of its tuna resource, which...
GP: Thai Labor Issues Move To “Lawless Waters”
Labor abuse is still occurring in the Thai fishing industry, according to claims from Greenpeace Southeast Asia, however it believes this has moved to more remote waters, where regulation can...
Cook Islands First To Take More Control Of Longliners
The Cook Islands has become the first island nation in the Pacific to adopt a quota management system (QMS) to control catches of albacore and bigeye tuna in its longline fishery, which comes...
Ecuador Secures Unharmed EU Tuna Access
A multilateral trade agreement that has been years in the making, will now see the official addition of Ecuador, as the EU Parliament has voted in majority to back the deal. It’s reported that...
Powerful Tuna Image Wins Best Photo Spot
A striking tuna-centered photo that was taken to support the view that there is a stark situation of overfishing in the South China Sea, has caught the attention of National Geographic judges,...
Japan To Launch Indo-Based Tuna Plant?
Japan is looking to make the best of Indonesia’s relaxation of policy regarding foreign investment, and is ready to open its own tuna processing facility in the nation, according to fisheries...
Industry Leaders Sign 10-Point Sustainability Pledge
Eight major seafood companies, including tuna leaders, Thai Union and Dongwon Industries, have signed a declaration committing to action on ocean stewardship. The 10-point statement...
Pacifical Cooperates With Kiribati On First Tuna Plant
Pacifical has announced its cooperation with Kiribati Fish Limited (KFL) to supply MSC certified tuna to the market, which is caught and processed in Kiribati, within the country’s first...
What Could Mining Mean For Pacific Tuna?
Leading fishery figures in the Pacific Islands have reservations over a mineral extraction project in PNA waters, with there being concern that the mining could compromise the tuna resources...
More FADs In PNA Increases Need For Tracking
FAD management is a major initiative of the PNA and with a growing use of FADs identified in the region, the need for their use to be tracked and managed is said to be increasing. A new survey...
Covering Short Positions Sends SKJ Price Up
Previous resistance from packers to accept higher skipjack prices has weakened, as the market moves up to levels unseen since May, in what continues to counter the usual post-FAD-ban trend....
CFTO Key Supplier To French Katsuobushi Plant
The production of a katsuobushi plant, which was opened earlier this year in France by Japanese seafood company, Makurazaki, will be aided through a supply deal reached with French tuna...
FADs On High Seas Loophole Created By Weak WCPFC?
With little to show for solid action taken at last week’s annual meeting, there is an opinion that the WCPFC is falling behind the other tuna RFMOs in several areas, and that with weak...
Is TU Watering Down Its Sustainability Commitments?
Thai Union has announced today that by 2020, 75 percent of its branded tuna products will be MSC certified or sourced from a Fisheries Improvement Project (FIP), which seems to be watered down...