Taiwan’s Fisheries Agency (TFA) has been accused by Greenpeace of failing to penalize two tuna longliners that were caught illegally harvesting and importing shark fins into Taiwan. In April,...
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Minister Wants End To Foreign Fleets In Indonesian Waters
The Indonesian Minister for Fisheries and Marine Resources, Susi Pudjiastuti, is calling for an end to the overcapacity of foreign vessels in the country’s EEZ, following the losses of the...
Investments In Preventing Fires & Deaths Aboard Tuna Vessels
The Ecuadorian Tuna Association (ATUNEC) has donated a total 19 special fire-fighting suits to the Manta Port Authorities (MPA) in order to tackle emergencies such as the recent burning of a...
PNG Fishing Days Reach USD 12,000 In Public Tender
Source: PNA Full text from press release below: The CEO of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) recognized Papua New Guinea’s National Fisheries Authority for conducting a successful...
Cooks Adjusting Albacore Quota System Ahead of WCPFC
The Cook Islands is intending to sign the Tokelau Arrangement, which will impose catch quotas on albacore tuna under a framework to manage the south Pacific longline fishery. Tokelau is the...
Century Pacific Planning USD 7.7 Million Cold Storage
Mulling over plans to build a cold storage facility worth around P350 million (USD 7.7 million), Century Pacific, the Philippines’ canned tuna market monopolist, is planning construction...
New Container Cargo Port For Manta Tuna Exports
The construction of a new container port in Ecuador could begin soon, as plans to develop a privatized import/export hub aim to cut logistics costs for Manta’s tuna industry, and provide...
Last Minute Offensive To Stop Philippines’ Zero Duty
The battle in the canned tuna market has intensified, as the Spanish MEPs make a last minute offensive move on the possibility of the Philippines being granted zero duty trade with the...
Coles Announces Very Low ‘Everyday’ Tuna Price
One of the leaders in the Australian private label market, Coles, has recently released a new TV commercial promoting the ‘everyday’ fixed cost of its own brand 95g canned tuna products, in...
Dongwon Investing In Top US Salmon Processor
The food and beverages division of Dongwon Enterprise, Dongwon F&B, along with subsidiary company, StarKist, has acquired a minority share in a major US salmon processor, Silver Bay...
Malta Certified By EU As ‘Fully Compliant’ With ICCAT
Malta, one of the EU’s main catchers of bluefin in the Mediterranean, yielding an annual export value of EUR 100 million in this sector, has been ratified by DG MARE as being fully compliant...
Sri Lanka Yellowfin To Be Off IUU Red List In 2 Months – Is It Possible?
According to Sri Lankan press, the Indian Ocean island nation, which was recently handed an IUU red card from the EU, could be taken off the ‘red list’ by the end of December. Reports state...
Why Canned Tuna Dropped From #2 Position
Once the number one consumed seafood in the United States, canned tuna products have now slipped to number three, with shrimp and salmon leading the way. According to NOAA data, American’s...
Spain Hits Back At “Monster Boats” List On Inaccuracy
Spain’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment has outwardly rejected a “Monster Boats” report released by Greenpeace for its lack of rigor, and stresses it is far from the reality of...
MW Brands: Why We Are Paying EUR 2 Million To WWF
In what has been described as a ‘green spin’ move by Greenpeace, MW Brands, the Thai Union subsidiary company that is responsible for big tuna brands like John West and Petit Navire, has...
Are Eco-FADs As ‘Eco’ As They Are Made Out To Be?
Recently, John West opposed Greenpeace’s campaign against FAD fishing by clarifying that in fact, it is making efforts to limit fishing bycatch by “working to implement eco-FADs, which prevent...
Reversing Falling Seafood Consumption For Better American Hearts
Public health advocates and the fishing industry are teaming up in a mission to get Americans to eat more seafood. Their recommendation of twice-weekly consumption is based on the proven...
Mexico To Lose USD 25 Million A Year On Tuna
The Mexican tuna industry is set to lose as much as USD 25 million per year in revenue, as it announces an aim to cut its bluefin tuna catch in the EPO, by as much as 40 percent during 2015...
ICCAT Catch Document Scheme Not EU Compliant
The conclusion of a recent study has alerted that the ICCAT bluefin catch document (BCD) scheme does not meet the minimum standards required under the European Union’s IUU regulation. This...
VMS And Observers Priority For ISSF
ISSF is strongly advocating for the use of Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) and the presence of 100 percent on board observer coverage for Atlantic and Mediterranean tuna fisheries in the run...