For many years now, Seychelles has been fighting illegal fishing. The African country has a vast exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of 1.3 million square kilometers and limited surveillance...
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MSC Certification Terminated For Pole & Line
The pole and line yellowfin and skipjack tuna fishery of Mexico’s Baja California has been withdrawn from the MSC certification process. According to this week’s announcement by the Marine...
MSC Certification Terminated For Pole And Line Fisheries
The pole and line yellowfin and skipjack tuna fishery of Mexico’s Baja California has been withdrawn from the MSC certification process. According to this week’s announcement by the Marine...
Large New Tuna Coldstorage In Spain
The Spanish cold storage and logistics center Frigalsa (Frigorificos de Galicia, S.A.) located in Vigo, has now obtained the concession rights from the Port Authority to occupy the facilities...
Shareholders Aren’t Assured By TUF Confidence
As Thai Union (TUF:TB) once again announces positive projections for the rest of 2015, investors in the listed company, for now, appear not to be sharing such strong confidence. The world’s...
Japan Prepped For The End Of A Falling Market
With prices of bigeye and yellowfin tuna landed by Taiwanese vessels quoted at the same level as last month, wholesalers in Japan are confident that the falling market for these two species...
Frime Launches ‘Tuna Space’
A new establishment in Catalonia, Spain is bringing the world’s tuna, its top products and all the necessary know-how on the industry into one place: Espai Tonyina. This ‘Tuna Space’ is a...
MSC: Which Of 21 Million Tuna Sandwiches Is Sustainable?
With the UK market consuming a whopping 21 million tuna sandwiches each year, in the run up to World Oceans Day (June 8th) MSC is asking sandwich lovers to think “How can I be sure that this...
Thai Processor Blacklisted By Trade Association
Asian Alliance has been hit with a severe sanction, as the major Thai tuna processor has been included on the “Black List Of Unreliable Companies” of international trade association,...
3 Month Closure For Small Part Of Philippine EEZ
A small part of the Philippine EEZ will be closed to fishing operations for three months as the government attempts to protect spawning tuna. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Recourses...
“Thai Canners Packing For EU Need To Improve”
Despite acknowledging a range of positive improvements in two specific Thai tuna canneries, the NGO Finnwatch says its investigation has revealed that discrimination still exists in the...
IPNLF Estimates 300% Rise Of Drifting FADs
At a 300 percent rise, recent estimates surrounding the potential increase of drifting FADs (dFADs) in the Indian Ocean have come at a concerning level. The International Pole and Line...
Asiservy Crowned Best Ecuadorian Exporter
As part of the fifth edition of PREMIOEXPOR, this year’s award ceremony saw tuna producing company Asiservy take the title of Best Exporting Company in Ecuador. Awarded by the Ecuadorian...
Albacora To Sign Pact To Protect Non-EU Crew
Albacora will be making history today, as the world’s largest purse seiner operator will sign the first collective agreement in Spain for non-EU crew members in the fishing industry. The pact,...
Balfegó Fills Annual Tuna Quota In Just 4 Days
After bringing stereoscopic cameras to the water this season, the Balfegó Group, one of Spain’s top fresh tuna exporters has set a record, completing its bluefin tuna fishing quota for this...
Slavery And Underfilling Drawing Strong Reactions
In 2013, top US canned tuna brand StarKist was legally accused of under-filling its cans, and the discussion has now re-surfaced as the leading firm has been required to compensate USD 12...
Do You Think StarKist Is The Only Under-Filling US Canner?
Top US canned tuna brand StarKist has recently had to pay out around USD 12 million in compensation after it was found to have under-filled its tuna cans below the federal minimum averages....
Oil Price Drops After Short-Term Spike
After closing the month at a short-lived spike, the global benchmark Brent crude oil market has devaluated again, with a slight fall to USD 65.08 per barrel today. On Friday, crude oil prices...
Ematum Struggles To Pay Back Millions In Debt
The Mozambique government is in significant doubt that the Mozambique state-owned tuna fishing company Ematum will be able to fund the September repayment of its USD 850 million debt....
Vietnam Invests In Fishing Centers To Link Tuna Firms
At the cost of USD 72 million, Vietnam is investing in five fishing centers in major areas, which are focused on strengthening links between regional seafood businesses. Situated in the Khanh...