Major US tuna brand Chicken of the Sea has now introduced new “EZ-open” cans on US supermarket shelves. Four tuna products and one salmon product are now available from COS with red pull-tabs...
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Cook Islands Told Not To Spend EU Seiner Deal Money
The Cook Island government is being advised not to spend any money earned from a purse seiner fishing agreement with the EU until a court case which will be held in March, as opposition is...
Crew Document The Impressive Scale Of Seiners
Bigger vessels tend to mean bigger catches, and a greater supply of tuna to the industry. As the central pride of any tuna boatowner, their immense size and capabilities are also impressing a...
Mixed Reactions To 3,000 Ton Quota Hike
The RFMO that is responsible for managing the stocks of southern bluefin tuna has increased the total allowable catch (TCA) by 3,000 M/T for the 2018-2020 fishing seasons, gaining a mixed...
No Change Likely For US Bigeye Limits
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (Wespac) has recommended that the longline caught bigeye tuna quota remains at 2,000 tons per US island territory for 2017, and that the...
Whole Tuna Sales Push Sapmer To Profits
A solid increase in whole round tuna sales has been a major contributing factor in Sapmer’s return to profitability, following a concerning period in the red. Frozen whole round tuna revenue...
“Tuna Fisheries Struggle To Achieve MSC Level”
Although an increased 16 percent of all global tuna fisheries are now MSC certified, many still struggle to achieve the level of sustainability required for the accreditation, according to MSC...
Hawaii Longline Industry Takes Allegations Seriously
The Hawaiian longline tuna industry is working to ensure that migrant workers on US flagged vessels are being treated fairly and paid appropriately, after allegations of labor abuse have...
US Tuna Veteran Joins SoPac On Direct Gov’t Action
In an effort to increase direct interaction with governments and regions on sustainability and social issues, US fishing firm, SoPac, is welcoming Raymond Clarke to its team, who will take the...
Panama’s Rapid Catch Recovery Short-Lived?
Following years of a fading presence in EPO catch totals, the Panamanian purse seine tuna fleet bounced back significantly in 2015. However, landings so far this year are indicating that the...
Tuna Players Join Innovation Focus At SIAL 2016
The largest food innovation exhibition in the world is taking place in Paris this week, with many major tuna companies present. The 51st bi-annual food exhibition SIAL (Salon International...
The Impact Of Tri Marine’s Samoa Shutdown
The shutdown of Tri Marine’s Samoa Processing Plant, announced last week, leaves the future of hundreds of workers in American Samoa uncertain, as well as the future ownership and use of the...
Record PNA Effort Despite FAD Ban
Despite the implementation of a continued annual regional FAD ban in the WCPO throughout the entire month of September, the PNA Office has reported record tuna fishing effort levels for the...
Japan Pole & Line Fishery Achieves MSC
Meiho, a Japanese pole and line skipjack and albacore fishery, has become the nation’s third fishery to gain MSC certification, and is now the only tuna operation in the country to hold the...
Thai Tuna Exports Face Flat Growth
Despite the expectation that many Thai export markets will grow stronger in the remaining months of the year, the seafood market, including tuna, has a steady forecast. Exports of many...
Yellowfin Hike Props Up Ecuador’s Catch
A notable rise in Ecuador’s reported yellowfin catches in the EPO is keeping its total tonnages not too far behind from last year’s, despite considerable decline in its skipjack numbers. The...
Vietnam Climbs Out Of Export Slump
Vietnam’s tuna export value has broken out of a period of decline, thanks to a 2.1 percent increase from 2015, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP)....
Jordanian Wants To Open Indonesian Cannery
A Jordanian investor has expressed interest in opening a tuna cannery in Gorontalo in Indonesia. Iyad Al Shorafa, a member of a Middle East trade delegation participating in an...
Tri Marine Shuts Down Samoa Plant “Indefinitely”
The Tri Marine Samoa Tuna Processor (STP) cannery in American Samoa is to halt production indefinitely. The company’s 800 employees were informed yesterday of the decision to suspend...
Spanish Government Under Pressure Over Quotas
Fishermen of the Canary Islands are pressing the central Spanish Government over the distribution of the Atlantic bluefin quota that the territory’s small scale and artisanal fisheries are to...