International NGO, Pew Charitable Trusts, is calling again for a two-year ban on the commercial fishing of Pacific bluefin tuna and for the WCPFC to take action on the dire future that the...
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WCPO Tuna Catch: What’s Behind The Drop?
The latest annual WCPO tuna catches have shown significant decline from the previous year, and an end to a three year consecutive rise in volume. But which species contributed most...
Is Sea Shepherd Assisted Vessel Detention Unlawful?
The detention of the tuna vessel found holding dead sharks has no legal basis according to a Spanish Organization for longliners (ORPAGU). The anti-pouching group Sea Shepherd was involved in...
PNG Frets Over Losing UK Tuna Trade
Officials in PNG are concerned over the possibility of losing duty free tuna trade with the UK, following the country’s Brexit vote earlier this year. In recent years, the UK has been the...
Angola’s Ambitious Plan To Be African Tuna Player
In a move to rejuvenate its canning industry,Angola is taking advantage of its tuna resources by launching its own canned fish industry as part of a private initiative welcomed by the Ministry...
MSC On Canned Tuna Not Necessary For Kroger
Earlier this year, the US’s second largest retailer, Kroger, announced a range of seafood sustainability goals with a 2020 deadline attached. But in a move that aims to reach MSC certification...
Closer Eye On Spanish Fleet In IO
The Spanish tuna fleet in the Seychelles has signed an agreement to develop a new electronic observer program onboard its vessels in the Indian Ocean, a region that has been criticized in the...
WCPO Catch Plunges For First Time In Years
For the first time in four years, the latest annual (2015) WCPO tuna catch total hasn’t reached a record breaking figure, having taken nearly a 200,000 ton plunge from the previous year. The...
Thousands Of Atlantic Tuna Tagged
The Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) has launched a project to tag and track 6,500 tuna in Canary Island waters that will run until late October. According to Bajo El Agua, among the...
Tesco Lists New Princes “Drained” Tuna Range
The UK’s leading food retailer has started selling a new drained tuna range from Princes, which is not MSC certified or caught by pole and line. The drained product line hopes to give...
PNA MSC Goes For Its 5-Year Checkup
One of the largest MSC certified tuna fisheries in the world is about to go through a scheduled reassessment process on it sustainability accreditation. By August next year, the PNA...
US Big 3: Lack Of Evidence To Prosecute
Two of the three defendants of the US canned tuna price fixing case have filed motions to be removed from proceedings, claiming that the prosecution has not produced enough evidence to warrant...
Thai Union Gets Exemption To Haul GBPs In
As one of few companies recently awarded a treasury-center (TC) license from the Bank of Thailand, TU has secured itself currency import exemptions at a time when some of its subsidiaries’...
Dongwon “Hand Packed” MSC Albacore Hits US Shelves
Under the brand name ‘Blue Harbor’, a range of MSC certified albacore products are hitting the shelves of US retailers, and Dongwon-owned StarKist appears to be behind the move. The brand...
TU Firms Grip On Vietnamese Canner
Continuing with its M&A trend, Thai Union is now planning to up its stake in Vietnamese canned seafood processor, Yueh Chyang Canned Food Co. (YCC). TU’s subsidiary firm, Songkla Canning...
Kyokuyo’s Profit Boosted By Skipjack Price Rise
Japanese fishing and processing firm, Kyokuyo Co. Ltd, has announced an increase in operating profit, thanks to a recovery in the price of skipjack, which its overseas purse seine operations...
Sea Shepherd Involved In Detention Of Spanish Vessel
A Spanish longliner was found to have holds filled with dead sharks in an inspection in Central African waters last week. The ‘Alemar Primero’, which is licensed to fish for ’’tuna and...
Stronger Demand For PNA VDS Days
The uptake on purse seine fishing days in the EEZs of PNA nations has shown a steady climb over recent weeks, following slow demand earlier in the year. As stated in the latest PNA Tuna Market...
Fresh Tuna Gaining Pace In UK Market
While shelf-stable tuna sales in the UK market have been suffering somewhat, fresh and frozen offerings of the fish are gaining popularity among consumers, with year on year increases recorded...
Will US Seiners Avoid All Bans?
US seiners have reported one of their biggest EPO tuna hauls for 2016 in the month of June, taking the half year total to just below 27,000 tons, and there is no indication that the speed of...