This week Thai Union-owned tuna brand Mareblu has unveiled a new look and advertising campaign, designed to highlight the firm’s strong commitment to sustainability. The brand is a leader in...
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Events To Increase Market Interest In P&L
Indonesia’s Ministry of Marine affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) has announced the combination of two national tuna conferences this year where the focus will be centered on enhancing sustainable...
Spanish Canners Struggle To Compete In EU Arena
Although tuna processors in Spain have maintained their overall exports at a stable level for the last 12 months, 2015 shows a change in the inner workings of these shipments, as less Spanish...
Sea Shepherd’s IUU Hunt Moves To Tuna-Rich EEZ
The controversial anti-poaching group, Sea Shepherd, is focusing its latest efforts on tackling IUU fishing in the EEZ of Gabon, dubbed as the most tuna-rich fishing ground of the Atlantic...
EU Throws IUU Yellow Card Kiribati’s Way
Kiribati, a PNA nation with the largest EEZ in the WCPO region, has seen the EU thrust an IUU yellow card warning its way, among fears that illegally caught fish could be laundered through the...
Sri Lanka’s Red Card Barricade Is Lifted
Today it has been announced that Sri Lanka is no longer under the shackles of a European Union red card, and has been relieved of the sanction which blocked EU imports of the country’s origin...
Is A Trade Ban The Only Answer For Devastated Stocks?
Pacific Bluefin stocks, long known to be heavily overfished, have received another heavy blow this week after a scientific report placed the current population as having fallen 97 percent from...
Threat Of EU Trade Ban Maintained On Thai Tuna
Unable to shake off its IUU yellow card just yet, Thailand is still under threat of a potential EU import ban on all fisheries products, with the Commission believing that the nation is still...
EU Ratifies Mauritania Tuna Agreement
The EU has officially entered into a new fisheries agreement with the Republic of Mauritania after receiving final ratification from Parliament this week. Under the deal, EU vessels, mainly...
Slow Uptake Of VDS Fishing Days In PNA
Keeping up only a very moderate pace since the start of the year, the use of fishing days in the PNA zone by the global purse seine fleet is significantly slow so far, and there are a number...
No Stopping Thai Union’s Extraordinary Share Surge
An astonishing surge in Thai Union’s share price is proving unstoppable for now, and despite pressures on the firm being strengthened this week, the company’s stocks have risen to...
Was MSC Right To Maintain The Maldives’ Skipjack Certification?
The news many in the industry were waiting for came on Friday when it was revealed that the Maldives pole and line tuna fishery had had its yellowfin MSC certification suspended and the...
Stock Recovery Drives Spanish Bluefin Quota Hike
Spain is set to begin its bluefin catching season in the coming weeks and will enjoy a 20 percent increase to its Mediterranean catch quota. Under the agreement by the International Commission...
Aldi Rides Premium Product Wave With Fresh Yellowfin
The rise of the German discounters has just got more significant in terms of tuna, as Aldi UK continues to ride its successful premium product wave, bringing skin-packed yellowfin tuna steaks...
Petit Navire Voluntarily Cuts Yellowfin Products
Leading French tuna brand, Petit Navire, owned by Thai Union, has announced that it is going to cut its production of canned yellowfin (thon albacore) by 20 percent in an effort to reduce the...
Tuna Industry Rallies Alongside Efforts In Ecuador
Since last Saturday’s devastating earthquake in Ecuador, which has so far seen the deaths of over 400 people, the nation’s tuna industry, along with many from the international community, has...
Industry Baffled Over Maldives MSC Ruling
The outcome of the recent MSC audit of the Maldives pole and line tuna fishery, which lost its certification for yellowfin but retained it for skipjack, has left the industry “baffled”...
No Balance In Sight For Manta SKJ Price
Skipjack prices in Ecuador, a nation hit by tragedy this weekend as a devastating earthquake struck, are showing no signs of steadying just yet, as the Manta market rises to meet the same...
Seiners Supplying Thai Union Under Close Watch
As all tuna industry eyes are firmly on the Indian Ocean and the health of stocks in the region, consumers are being roped in to help keep watch over one large tuna firm in particular. Thai...
Footage Captures Tuna Guzzling Unsuspecting Seagull
Accumulating over 1.6 million views since it was posted just a few days, a video has been captured of an unsuspecting seagull finding itself on the menu of what looks to be a bluefin tuna in...