Spanish technological solutions company Zunibal is continuing with international expansion. On Wednesday, the company announced its acquisition of Echoview, an Australian firm known for its...
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StarKist Promotes Tuna Pouches For Multitaskers
StarKist has kick-started a ‘Fuel for the Modern Hustle’ campaign that focuses on positioning its ready-to-eat tuna products as ideal for today’s busy, multitasking lifestyles. American...
WCPO Longline Catches Rise But Significantly Lower Than 10-Yr Average
The WCPO longliner catches in 2024 were the highest in the past five years, boosted by albacore volumes. Vessels did not fare well with their yellowfin and bigeye fishing. The estimated value...
Spanish Albo Boosts H1 Sales By 30%, Heading For Top Year
Vigo-based canning company Hijos de Carlos Albo has increased its sales by over 30 percent in the first half of this year. Exports and a strong position in the domestic market boosted this...
EPO Vessels Capture Larger-Sized Tropical Tuna
Purse seine vessels in the EPO caught larger-sized skipjack and bigeye in 2024, while there was a slight increase in yellowfin weight compared to the previous year. Currently, the IATTC annual...
Cook Islands Eyeing For Major Transshipment Hub
The Cook Islands is working on expanding its tuna activities. Its government is exploring the possibility of establishing Penrhyn, one of the atolls, as a commercial tuna transshipment hub....
Yellowfin Catches Save Panamanian Fleet’s Performance In H1
The catches of Panama-flagged purse seiners fishing in the EPO declined from January to June this year, compared to the same period last year. Like other fleets, their target skipjack captures...
EU Alerts: Five People Sick After Eating Spoiled Yellowfin From Spain
Only two tuna-related incidents were listed in the EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) in August, contrary to the seven that were reported the previous month. Five people from...
European Commission Pushes EU-Mercosur Deal
The European Commission (EC) heads of cabinet appear to have signed a legislative proposal to implement the EU-Mercosur agreement. This week, the Commission is expected to send the text of the...
IO Purse Seiner Owners Expect Tide To Turn Soon
Skipjack fishing in the Indian Ocean continues to be poor and this has been ongoing for months. However, insiders say there are signs that the situation will turn for the better soon, meaning...
EPO Purse Seine Fleets’ Carrying Capacity Seesaws In 10 Years
The EPO fleet catches in 2024 were the highest in recorded IATTC history, driven by incredible purse seine skipjack catches. This occurred despite the lower carrying capacity of fleets. In...
South Korea Amends Law For Foreigners To Work Onboard Tuna Longliners
South Korea recently amended its Ship Crew Act, allowing foreign shipboard officers to work on its tuna longliners. Ageing workers, who have been unable to continue operations, and labor...
Azores Tuna Canners And Auction Company Lock Horns Over Cold Storage Facilities
Tuna canners in Portugal’s Azores region have pointed fingers at Lotaçor, a regional fish auction company, for the shortage of tuna storage space. Lotaçor claimed that the abundant tuna...
Kiribati Catches Hit 5-Year Peak
Kiribati-flagged purse seiners expanded their catches in the WCPO in 2024, compared to the previous year, driven by good skipjack fishing and an increase in the number of vessels. Kiribati...
French Industry Stunned By Cities Banning Canned Tuna From School Menus
Eight cities in France temporarily banned canned tuna from their school canteens, as they want to protect the health of children from high mercury levels. The municipal councils of Paris,...
IATTC 103rd Meeting Kicks Off Today
Harvest strategies, climate resilience, electronic monitoring, and dFAD ban in the EPO will be topics at the IATTC meeting starting today in Panama. NGOs had put forward position statements...
US Senators Push For Ban On Chinese Tuna Products
Senators Katie Britt and Rick Scott, from Alabama and Florida, respectively, sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick last week urging Washington to ban Chinese tuna products from...
Major Global Highlights August 2025
Trade in Bangkok was hit with uncertainties looming around the US President Donald Trump imposed reciprocal tariffs that were announced August 1 and came into effect within a week. Low...
FCF IO Albacore Longline Fishery MSC Certified But Vessels Missing In RFMO List
Last week, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified the Indian Ocean longline albacore fishery and the Mauritius EEZ longline albacore fishery, together called the consolidated IO...
Atunlo’s O Grove Plant Loses More Workers
Half of Atunlo O Grove tuna plant’s workers were dismissed this week. The factory lost the bulk of its workforce last January when 166 employees were let go as Atunlo decided to close its...