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“Governor Has No Interest In American Samoa Tuna Industry”
Apparently, American Samoa’s Governor, Lolo Moliga, seems to have no interest in the biggest and only industry in the territory, the tuna industry. This is according to Tautai O Samoa Longline...
Limited Growth Possibilities For African Tuna Fisheries
Expansion possibilities for the EU tuna fleet in African tuna fisheries in the Atlantic Ocean are limited, according to a recent report from the European Commission. Restricted availability of...
Video Teaches Africans To Get Best Value Out Of Fish
A 16 minute video for a “Clean Fish Better Life” campaign has toured through 36 major landing sites in Africa to teach people on how to get the best value out of fish. The sessions, broadcast...
Child Labor Accusations Caused By False Passports
A number of interviewed employees of Thai Union (TUM) and Unicord have said that the companies employ underage 14-17 year old migrant workers in their tuna processing plants. However, the...
Tonno Callipo’s Successful Facebook Contest
Italian tuna brand, Tonno Callipo saw its “A Showcase of Quality” competition launched on Facebook come to a successful end. The company, specializing in the quality production of tuna and...
Norway Starts Experimental Catch Of Bluefin
The Fisheries Ministry in Norway has made the decision to start a bluefin tuna fishing trial. This follows the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas’ (ICCAT) awarding...
Can Tuna And Oil Drilling Co-Exist?
Can tuna and oil drilling co-exist? The answer is yes, according to Brian Jeffriess, Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Association Chief Executive Officer. Industry experts say that significant...
Wages Thrown Into The “Buy American” Mud Fight
We’ve published about it several times, and now the news has also hit the renowned financial newspaper Wall Street Journal. As top United States tuna brands battle it out to be regarded as...
Albacora Introduces FAD With “Practically” Zero Bycatch Mortality
The largest vertically integrated tuna company in Europe, Albacora Group, which operates about 25% of Europe’s total purse seiner catching capacity, has introduced an innovative Fish...
Korea And Australia Sign Free Trade Deal
Australia and South Korea have signed a free trade agreement which is expected to generate hundreds of jobs in the tuna industry. Australian bluefin tuna shipped to Korea will have its tariffs...
FDA Reconfirms Low Level BPA On Canned Food Safe
A study undertaken by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has claimed to reconfirm that the presence of BPA in food cans is safe in low amounts. The data from the research...
Operators Have To Prove Not To Use FADs
Operators of tuna fishing vessels in Costa Rica will have to prove that they are not using Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) as part of new, stricter rules announced by the country’s President,...
41 Tuna Vessels On EU IUU List
The European Union has updated its “list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing” and 41 tuna vessels have made the cut. Compiled of 67 fishing boats in total,...
Philippines To Ask Indonesia For Safe Shortcut Tuna Boats
The Philippines is to ask Indonesia to grant it a safe passage for tuna fishing vessels in its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) this month. It has been said by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic...
Albacore Crisis Should No Longer Be Ignored In WCPFC
A regional effort to insist the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) to tackle the Fiji albacore crisis is necessary. This is according to WWF’s Western Central Pacific...
Longliners With Skeleton Crews Fill Up Suva’s Tuna Port
Fiji’s Suva port is getting clogged up with an increasing number of tuna longliners and trollers which have even been described by some as “an eyesore.” Authorities responsible for the harbor...
Gulf Of Bengal The Next Battle Ground For Tuna
A drop in catches of large yellowfin, supposedly fueled by poaching by foreign vessels on the East Coast has seen tuna boat operators from Visakhapatnam (Visak), India to raise concern. Over...
Big Iranian Tuna Deal Sinks Trader
A spoiled sale of nearly USD 3 million worth of tuna into Iran has sunk a New Zealand tuna company, seeing it fall into liquidation. Oceanic Seafoods in Auckland was put into voluntary...
Europol Seizes 484 MT Yellowfin In Search For Fakes
As much as 484 tons of yellowfin tuna was seized by Europol, and earmarked as fake, for being incorrectly labelled and not having the required traceability documents. In the Interpol-Europol...