With skipjack prices hovering around the lowest level they’ve been at since at least 2010, the start of a new year can produce some interesting forecasts as to what direction things will take...
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The US Tuna Treaty: Who Will Give In First?
Facing a standoff with currently no end in sight, the US tuna fleet remains tied up in port until a solution can be reached regarding the non-payment of Pacific island fishing days that has...
Thai Union Puts Stop To Hiring Temporary Workers
Thai Union has announced that it will no longer hire temporary workers to clean seafood products within its canneries. Instead, employees will only be hired on a full time basis so that they...
Record Skipjack Catch “The Result Of Indiscriminate Use Of FADs”
Helped along by a record skipjack catch, 2015 EPO total tuna landings have soared to a level never seen before, shooting up a steep 14 percent from the previous year. According to one...
Parliament To Debate Introduction Of EU Seafood Ecolabel
After public consultation resulted in a majority “yes” vote for government involvement in seafood ecolabels, and on the EU making its own, the issue will be sent for debate in the European...
Crude Oil At 12 Year Low: Will Tuna Prices Sink With It?
Oil prices appear to be showing no sign of slowing their descent, as the current market glut has now pushed Brent crude to below USD 30 dollars a barrel for the first time in 12 years, and...
IPNLF Adds New Members To Its Inventory
Already counting a number of global brands such as John West, Marks & Spencer’s, and other organizations among its members, the International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) has added...
Why Thai Buyers Paid More For Taiwan’s Tuna
The top two tuna delivering fleets to Bangkok traders have been pocketing very different prices for their catch, with Taiwan shipments fetching an average of more than USD 250 per ton more...
US Seiners Successfully Switch Operations To EPO
For the first time in many years, and under influence of El Niño conditions, the US, as a flag nation is listed again in IATTC catch data, after netting 22,036 tons of tuna in the Eastern...
How Much Robot Technology Is In A Tuna Sandwich?
It’s hard to imagine a world without technology, but with fishing being one of the oldest professions in the world, how much have things changed, and aside from new boats, does modern...
The Reasons Behind Indonesia’s Tuna Export Growth To The USA
Indonesia’s tough approach to IUU has contributed to an increase in the country’s tuna exports over the last 12 months; that’s according to a researcher who made the statement on Monday this...
Thai Union Stock Jumps Up
With the most bullish movement in months, Thai Union’s stock value has significantly gained strength, as per-share price shoots up seven percent in just one day. After a tough couple of months...
FOS: Banning FADs Only Shifts The Problem
Believing that banning FADs or promoting only FAD-free tuna only shifts the problem, Friend of the Sea (FOS) has just introduced new criteria for its certification of tuna fisheries, which...
Which WCP Seiner Fleets Took The Heaviest Blows?
Some of Thailand’s top delivering fleets have suffered the heaviest impacts of falling demand and a large oversupply in the Bangkok market. Not only have import volumes dropped, but the...
What Price Do WCP Tuna Boatowners Really Get?
Carrier transportation costs are on the rise for WCP boatowners, and in some cases are currently representing as much as a quarter of the market price for a ton of skipjack tuna. While the...
Kroger Doesn’t Trust US Big Three Anymore
America’s second largest retail chain, Kroger, with nearly 4,000 stores across the US, has become the latest firm to cast doubt over the integrity of the US Big Three tuna brands, revealing...
Tie-Up Delays SoPac Expanding MSC Catch
With 10 days of tie-up of the US seiner fleet elapsed, the US fishing firm, SoPac, has said that it is no longer able to uphold its intention to provide the market with sustainable free-school...
Protests Against New “Swim With The Tuna” Location
Hundreds of people have taken to the water at Victor Harbor in South Australia to protest against a new “Swim with the Tuna” development which recently gained permission to be built in the...
Thai Whole Round Imports Sink To New Low
A substantial slump in whole round frozen tuna reaching Thailand’s capital has remained prevalent throughout a large chunk of 2015, with the latest data only confirming that Bangkok is still...
EU Cold Stores Stuffed With Pre-Cooked Loins
Enabling EU canners to acquire frozen pre-cooked loins from anywhere in the world duty free, eight days was all it took for the yearly tuna loins Autonomous Tariff Quota (ATQ) for 2016 to be...