The Marshall Islands hosted a three-day National Ocean Symposium on ocean dialogue and action to protect and sustainably manage the ocean. The event kicked off on August 5 and concluded today....
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Thai Union’s Canned Tuna Sales Depresses H1 Results
Ambient sales for Thai Union fell by 9.2 percent in H1 2025, primarily due to unfavorable financial exchange impact, lower average selling prices, and lower tuna prices in the second quarter....
Bangkok Skipjack Trading Stagnant
Trading for skipjack in the Bangkok processing hub is moving at a glacial pace. The market had already slowed as negotiations on a tariff deal between Thailand and the US were ongoing but even...
Fishers, NGOs Call Out Taiwan Longliner Owners’ Apathy
Last month, news organization CNN published a report on the plight of migrant workers on board Taiwanese longliners. One of the topics highlighted in it was the lack of WiFi on vessels, which...
Most Tuvaluans Wants To Flee Island Amid Climate Change
Last month, 8,750 applications were submitted by Tuvaluans for permanent Australian residency, as part of a Tuvalu-Aussie program. Under the initiative, 280 Tuvaluans would be given permanent...
EU Court Pushes European Commission To Review IOTC FAD Ban Objection
Two weeks back, the EU General Court annulled the European Commission’s refusal to review the EU's objection to an IOTC Resolution on drifting Fish Aggregating Devices (dFADs), mainly a 72-day...
Malaysia Increases Efforts To Combat IUU Fishing By Foreign Boats
Malaysia has introduced a new system to enhance its oversight of foreign tuna and other vessels to combat IUU fishing. The Electronic Port State Measures (e-PSM) system was launched last week...
Thai Union Reports Lower H1 Sales & Strategic Partnership With Mitsubishi
Thai Union’s sales in the first six months of 2025 disappointed. The costs were reduced, but other financial items were higher, consequently net profit decreased by 3.4 percent. It sold less...
Slow Skipjack Catch Is Not Main Concern For IO Tuna Industry
Purse seine skipjack catches in the Indian Ocean are at a low level and led to a slight increase in the prices in July. The fish migrated more up north in the ocean, common during these...
Less Micronesian Seiners Captured More Tuna
The catches of Micronesian-flagged purse seiners increased in 2024, despite a drop in the number of vessels, compared to the previous year. The volumes hit a five-year high owing to the good...
Fiji Holding Tight To Albacore That Forms Backbone Of Economy
Officials from the Fiji and Tuvalu Ministries of Fisheries met last week to secure tuna raw materials, mainly albacore, essential for Fiji’s processing industry. The meeting was intended to...
EU Alerts Show Seven Tuna-Related Incidents In July
The EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) listed seven tuna-related incidents in July due to different health threats. A couple of them pertained to histamine and mercury...
Dongwon Industries Completed Incorporation Of Dongwon F&B
Dongwon Industries, the holding company of Dongwon Group, announced today that it has concluded the process of incorporating Dongwon F&B into a wholly-owned subsidiary, through a...
Should Thai Processors Brace For Unfeasible Origin Rules For Exports to US?
Last week, the US stated it would impose a 19 percent tariff on goods from Thailand, a decrease from the 36 percent announced a few months ago. Though this was a huge relief to Thai canners,...
FiTI Claims Indonesia Needs To Address Critical Tuna Fisheries’ Matters
Indonesia recently took its first Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) Taking Stock assessment to investigate the online transparency of its tuna and other marine fisheries management....
Taiwanese Longline Fleet And Its Catches Made Growth
The number of Taiwanese longliners operating in the WCPO rose considerably over the years, and so did their volume of catches. In 2024, the capture of Taiwan’s longliner fleet, one of the...
Indonesian Fishers Say Their Case Against Bumble Bee Has Merit
Four Indonesian tuna fishers are arguing that they have the right for their case against Bumble Bee Seafoods to be heard in court. In March, they filed a lawsuit against the tuna company in...
Taiwan Longliner North Pacific Ocean Catches Rose
The Taiwan tuna fleet is one of the major ones catching tuna and tuna-like species in the Pacific. In the North Pacific Ocean catches for the longliner fleet grew in 2024. In the NPO, there...
NewPrinces To Acquire Carrefour Italy
In a surprising move, NewPrinces will soon get ownership of around one thousand Carrefour retail stores in Italy. The conglomerate, one of the largest food manufacturers in the country, said...
Italian Soil Experts Turn Tuna Waste Into New Value-Added Product
Tuna processing waste has been utilized effectively in many industries. A group of Italian researchers have found out how to produce a plant fertilizer from tuna sludge. Adele Muscolo, the...