After worrying lows towards the end of 2013, a slow but steady rise in the price of canning-grade albacore in American Samoa shone a more positive light on the market. However, after around...
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Seven Year Peak Of World Yellowfin Catch
After steady landings since 2005, the global yellowfin tuna catch has made a significant come back and risen to its highest level in seven years. The data for worldwide landings of the main...
Chinese Sign Deal For Tuna Plant in Lae
Papua New Guinea is set to get a brand new on shore tuna processing plant worth USD 22 million. According to Islands Business, Hailisheng Group Company Limited and the PNG government have...
Is New York City Going To Ban Bluefin At Sushi Bars?
New York City council has introduced a measure this week that would ban all products sold as bluefin tuna, in a bid to support the conservation of bluefin populations. NYC council member, Alan...
Almadraba’s Report Clear Signs of Bluefin Recovery
The South Spanish almadraba industry has recorded a total of 6,300 individual bluefin tuna caught in traps during this year’s season. However, to avoid illegal catch of over quota bluefin,...
Can Low Skipjack Price Make Seiners Stop Fishing?
The Bangkok skipjack price has now significantly dropped to a level of USD 1,350, with even a few cases of USD 1,300 under negotiation. This price situation is driving some vessel owners to...
Low Tuna Activity At Barcelona Seafood Expo 2014
Marking its third edition, Barcelona’s Seafood Expo Southern Europe 2014 has got off to a flying start, boasting around 165 exhibiting companies. The three day event, formally known as Seafood...
PNG Official: High Costs Cause Of Raw Mat Moving To Thailand
The PNG Government needs to do a lot more work if it wants to improve the nation’s fisheries. This is the view of Job Pomat, Chairman of the board of the country’s National Fisheries...
India Seeks Foreign Fleets To Catch 179,000 M/T Of Tuna
A recent report has highlighted the abundance of underexploited yellowfin and skipjack resources in the Indian Ocean, and calls for a deployment of 1,178 deep sea fishing vessels (DSFVs)...
100 Year Old Tuna Company Continues To Innovate
Centenary Italian tuna processing company, Callipo, has recently launched two new glass jar ranges among its yellowfin tuna products. The first new range, “Per Primi,” essentially means “for...
Philippines Strive for Yellowfin Quality Not Quantity
According to WWF, one in every five tuna caught is fished in the Coral Triangle, a six-million square kilometer ocean area. The region is said by the NGO to generate 40 percent of the Western...
Petition To Save Bluefin Fails To Reach 10,000
International NGO, SierraRise, has failed to obtain the signed support of at least 10,000 petitioners demanding action to be taken towards saving bluefin tuna populations. Over a month ago,...
Pacific National Monument “Very Little Tuna Fished“
Conservation International is intent on backing the US President’s proposals for the expansion of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (PRIMNM), claiming that “there is very...
China Tuna Suspends IPO After Greenpeace Complaint
China Tuna Industry Group has suspended its listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, following a complaint letter issued by Greenpeace. The company, which intended to go public with an IPO of...
Global Albacore Catch Hits 10 Year High
The global landings of albacore tuna significantly escalated in 2012, rising to the highest volume recorded since the year 2000. Accounting for around six percent of the total 2012 global...
Portuguese Tuna Exports Continue To Rise
Recent studies show that tuna exports represented 25 percent of Portugal’s total annual seafood exports in 2013, indicating a 27 percent growth in tuna export volumes since the previous year....
Greenpeace Trying To Block USD 150 Million China Tuna IPO
Greenpeace has issued a complaint letter to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and demanded that the IPO of the China Tuna Industry Group should be suspended. The NGO believes the firm’s business...
The First Atlantic Bluefin In-Land Broodstock?
The world’s first ever in-land Atlantic bluefin broodstock project is to take place in Murcia, Spain, with the aim of relieving pressure on current Atlantic bluefin tuna stocks, reports the...
21 Out-Of-Quota Bluefin Intercepted In Spain
Authorities have intercepted the unlawful import of 1,173 kg of illegally caught bluefin tuna this week on the south Spanish coast. Spanish press has reported that the bluefin, captured in the...
Former Member Abandons EII And FOS Tuna Policy
Frime SA, a major Spanish tuna trading company, has taken a big step, and made the decision to abandon the tuna policy of both the EII Dolphin-Safe and Friend of the Sea certifications, the...