Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou said April 12 that the country’s East China Sea tuna fishing industry has grown substantially over the past year, attributing this achievement to the landmark...
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Greenpeace Scales Down Pacific Activity To One Employee
Greenpeace is closing its Pacfic regional office in Fiji at the end of the month. Greenpeace did not believe a Fiji office was needed to do in the Pacific what they need to do says Ben...
Salvaging Of Korean Owned Vessel Started In Ghana
In Ghana the salvaging of a sunken tuna vessel in the port of Tema has started. The Ganananian press reports that the vessel is named M/V Madamfo, which weighed about 860 metric tons at the...
Tesco Supplier Bows To Greenpeace Demands
Oriental & Pacific’s owner, LDH, has given into Greenpeace demands and has told campaigners that from April 2015 it will only sell sustainable caught tuna. Tesco and Greenpeace entered...
Tuna Farmers Dream New York Restaurant
A bluefin tuna farming company has high hopes of opening a restaurant in New York to serve its farm-raised fish. The firm believes that its methods can help meet the booming global demand for...
Japan Wants FTA But Not On Tuna
Japan wants to protect its domestic tuna market, and for the seafood to not be part of a recently announced free trade agreement. While several of Australia’s major industries are set to...
The Mega Tuna Market That Few Know About
It’s a tuna market that not many know of, and it’s positively booming. The Arab world is collectively importing far more Thai canned tuna than any other global market, with the European Union...
Study: USA Imports Alarming Amounts Of IUU Tuna
A new report published in scientific magazine Marine Policy has found that alarming amounts of tuna products exported to the United States are from IUU catch. Based on 2011 data, the study...
200 North Korean Vessels Active Off West African Coast
As many as 200 North Korean owned trawlers are suspected to be illegally fishing in African waters every year. This is according to a recent report by Sub Regional Fisheries Commission (SFRC)...
Legal Petition Seeks To End US Pacific Bluefin Fishing
A legal petition has been filed to urge US National Marine Fisheries Service to ban fishing for Pacific bluefin tuna. Issued by the Center for Biological Diversity, the petition calls for an...
Tourist Tour Of Tuna Canning Industry
Tourists in A Coruña, a Galician city in Spain, will have the opportunity to take guided tours of the region's tuna canning industry. The history of the business will be explained on the route...
2014 El Niño: New Data Suggests Major Impact
With new data suggesting this year’s El Niño will have a major global impact, the migration of tuna is likely to be significantly affected. Anthony Barnston, with the International Research...
Sanford And DongWon Accused Of Underpaying Crews
Sanford and DongWon have both been hit with accusations of underpaying crew members. Papers filed with the New Zealand Employment Relations Authority say that Korean owned DongWon Fishing Co...
Hispanic Celebrity Chef Bumble Bee’s New Brand Ambassador
Bumble Bee Foods has taken on Hispanic Celebrity Chef, Doreen Colondres, as its brand exclusive chef partner and ambassador. Owning one of the US big three tuna brands, Bumble Bee is joined by...
Demand For Tuna Friendly Fishing Boats Rises
High demand for tuna friendly fishing boats is emerging in parts of India. Ships that have been constructed by the Machilipatnam Boat Building Centre (MBBC) are becoming more and more...
Ali’s Sustainable Skipjack Sold At A 255% Premium
A Netherlands-based company, that goes by the name of Fish Tales is promoting a new MSC, pole and line canned tuna product under the name of its Maldives fisherman, Ali Mohammed. Sold at 255...
An Increase In Global Supply Of Pole And Line? What Did You Think?
With an ever increasing demand for pole and line tuna emerging throughout the industry, is the global supply of this product likely to increase? Let’s see what you thought… Despite growing...
Canadian Resistance Against Tuna Long-Lining
A Canadian MP believes that the possible arrival of longline tuna vessels gaining access to the Gulf of St. Lawrence will cause a threat to the Prince Edward Island tuna industry. Lawrence...
Tri Marine Appoints New GM For New Samoa Cannery
The appointment of a new General Manger for Tri Marine’s new cannery has been announced. Herman Gebauer will step up to the position for Samoan Tuna Processors from April 16th. According to...
Call For Non-IUU Certificate For US Tuna Imports
A call is being made for a proof of legality and transparency of US tuna imports in the form of non-IUU catch certificates. According to a study to be published in Marine Policy, as much as...