In the aftermath of Cyclone Pam’s 270km winds, survivors in Vanuatu grow desperate for food and water. Clubbing together to provide much needed aid for the hungry, several Pacific tuna seiner...
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Tuna Are Being Caught And Studied In Scotland
Bluefin tuna made it once again to the world stage today, and not for overfishing issues, but because a team in Scotland is tracking the movements of north swimming bluefin, and says the study...
Yellowfin Tuna Hype Storms Instagram
Outstanding photos of yellowfin tuna have been stacking up on the image based social media platform, Instagram, this week. From an amazing video of yellowfin feeding at the water’s surface, to...
Thai Union Places Young Managers With International Subsidiaries
The Thai Union Group’s Management Associate (MA) graduates are set to take flight to the group’s tuna producing subsidiaries around the world, as part of the internship completion of the...
Boatowners And PNA To Meet Over 2 Month Closure
Tuna resource owners are passing the buck to the fleet operators, as they stress that boatowners are the ones that need to take full responsibility to initiate a fishery closure. However, a...
Entire Crew Missing As Tuna Vessel Is Swept Away In Cyclone
Nine fishermen have gone missing after a tuna longliner was violently swept away by Cyclone Bavi in Marshall Islands’ waters last week. A seven vessel search for the missing crewmembers began...
Costco Tuna Import License Suspended By Authorities
Costco, one of Canada’s top wholesalers, has allegedly failed to consistently implement the right food safety checks, and has had its license to import tuna and other fish in to the country...
ANFACO: Need To Increase Loins Quota By 40% “Undeniable”
While Spanish seiner operators in the Indian Ocean demand a total elimination of the EU’s zero duty quota for pre-cooked tuna loins, ANFACO, representing Spanish tuna canners, believes...
Cook Islands Ready To Sell More Tuna Fishing Days
The Cook Islands’ could be seeing a boost in fishing day trade, and therefore skipjack catch, as its Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) has been given approval to head up a second round of...
Garavilla CEO Denies Rumors That Firm Is For Sale
As sales rumors fly, Garavilla’s CEO firmly denies that any such negotiations are currently taking place. Rumor is rife throughout the industry that Spain’s second largest tuna canner,...
WWF: “MSC Not Perfect But We Share Common Ground”
At the Seafood Expo North America last weekend, Bill Fox, the Vice President of Fisheries Conservation at WWF US, iterated the NGO’s support for the MSC eco-label and the common grounds they...
Disappointment With PNA On Calls For Closure
Hope for a potential kick-start for the tuna industry to crawl out of its current price crisis has likely been dampened, as PNA officials show what many boatowners will see as a disappointing...
Details On US’ Action Plan Against IUU Revealed
After announcing a plan for enforcement against IUU in December, the US ‘Presidential Task Force on IUU Fishing and Seafood Fraud’ has now released a report detailing the goals, the action...
ANABAC: “Price Should Not Be A Reason For Loins Quota”
The head of ANABAC, one of the purse seiner organizations that is a member of CEPESCA , says the EU’s annual zero duty quota for pre-cooked tuna loins must be eliminated on its current basis,...
Major Effort By Thai Gov’t In Boston To Unnerve Slavery Claims
In an almighty push to get Thailand’s labor and human rights reputation on the right track, as many as eight government agencies have joined forces. The Thai government has high hopes that its...
Low Demand Hurts Vietnam’s Tuna Exports
Vietnamese processors are also experiencing their share of the global price crisis and the current lack in demand. The impact has been a significant 22 percent slump in tuna export value....
Strong Interest For Mediterranean Tuna Quotas
After being awarded with an increase in national tuna catch quota, despite reports of selling off its quota last year, one ICCAT nation now has 13 fishing companies interested in exploiting...
Italy Selects Tuna As Product Of The Year
One centennial tuna brand from Europe is still keeping up with the times, and standing out in its local sector, as it has been elected canned product of the year 2015 by a national quality...
“That’s Concrete Evidence That Tuna Are Getting Smaller”
As growing volumes of juvenile tuna catch are continuously reeled in by large foreign purse seine operators, concern from local fishermen is intensifying. When General Santos City attempted to...
Two New Tuna Ports To Boost Domestic Processing
In a bid to boost domestic processing, and a continued push to curb IUU, one major tuna catching nation will be developing two new ports. The project, aimed to stop illegal shipment to the...