The Philippines’ handline caught yellowfin fishery has started to make progress in sustainability management through a collaboration with Artesmar, a fishery improvement project launched last...
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New Tuna Cannery Opens In Brazil
This week sees the opening of the first canned tuna and sardine factory in the northeast region of Brazil. The cannery has the capacity to produce around 10 million cans of fish every month,...
Global Tuna Catch Second Highest Ever
It’s finally out. For the first time, the total global 2012 tuna catch reported by the RFMOs has been announced, and big numbers have hit the record. Soaring to the second highest ever tuna...
Ecuadorian Tuna Processor Invests $8.5M In Plants & Fleet
Ecuadorian tuna processor, Grupo Buehs, has recently invested USD 8.5 million into the renovation of its fleet and processing plants, in a bid to push exports and differentiate its products in...
Tuna Price Drops Send Sapmer Into 1H14 Loss
French tuna fishing company, Sapmer, has posted a substantially disappointing financial result for the first half of this year. The firm’s Board of Directors has put the significant net loss...
Huffington Post: “Let’s Make FAD-Free Tuna The Next Trend”
Ranked number one of the 15 Most Popular Political websites in 2012, The Huffington Post has recently been reporting on the negative impacts of FAD fishing on the global tuna resource, and...
Investigation Into GenSans Explosion Unsolved & Ongoing
A grenade explosion in General Santos City this week has left authorities looking for motives, after nine people were injured. No offenders have been found so far, nor has anyone owned up to...
UK Supermarkets Pledge To Be Honest About Sustainable Tuna
A group of major UK retailers has agreed to re-brand tuna and other seafood products with two new labelling standards designed to clearly identify the sustainable source of the product; the...
The World’s Top 10 Biggest Purse Seiners
Out of the more than 750 purse seiners (250 GRT +) fishing for tuna throughout the world’s oceans, there are some vessels that boast a huge gross tonnage, reaching 4,000 M/T and up. Together,...
TUF Fails To Mention Its “Utmost Important” Certification
When Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF) released its first ever sustainability report this year, it detailed numerous measures taken towards sustainability development, including a number of...
Pop-up London Restaurant Serves Selection of Premium Canned Tuna
Canned fish takes the centerpiece at a new pop-up restaurant–come-art installation, launched in London. For six months only, ‘tincan’ will be serving up the delights of the canned fish market...
Frinsa Now Third Largest Processor In Spain
Galicia based tuna manufacturer, Frinsa, is now the third largest canned tuna processor in Spain after Jealsa Rianxeira and the Calvo Group. With a 15.3 percent annual turnover increase from...
Soft Demand Relaxes Global Skipjack Market
Further weakening has hit the Bangkok skipjack market this week, with a modest decline in prices occurring. While only a slight decrease from levels last month, Thai traders that have already...
Hammerhead Snatching Tuna Caught On Cam
An epic video of a hammerhead shark stealing a fisherman’s tuna catch on the US west coast has made it onto the web this month. Video news hosting website, Newsflare, had a recent video posted...
Conservas Campos Launches 2014 Commercial
Spanish canned tuna brand, Conservas Campos, has released a new commercial for this autumn, prompting its Ecuadorian consumers to stay with Campos tuna. The commercial, titled ‘Yo Me Quedo Con...
Thai Tuna Industry To Work With NGOs On Labor Conditions
While the Thai Tuna Industry Association (TTIA) has said it does not agree with all of the statements that have come from human rights advocacy investigations into the tuna sector in Thailand,...
Skipjack Caught Near Copper River Alaska?
A skipjack tuna was recently caught in a gillnet at the mouth of the Copper River in Alaska, reports Alaska Dispatch News. Steve Moffitt, a Research Biologist with the Alaska Department of...
How Much “Origin Tuna” Can The Philippines Land?
With the announcement that it is looking likely that the Philippines will be granted GSP+ status with the EU, the country’s tuna industry growth will highly depend on the volume of its exports...
Canadians Appear Relaxed To Mislabeling Of Tuna
Canadian press have reported that the public seems to be very relaxed about the mislabeling of seafood in the US and Canada; recent studies indicate that 33 percent of fish sold in stores,...
The Guardian: “The Tuna We Buy Is Killing Sharks In Indonesia”
British newspaper, The Guardian, has reported that “the tuna we buy is killing sharks in Indonesia,” referring to the domestic distribution of shark fins acquired during the commercial fishing...