Spain will be requesting a 14 percent increase on its Atlantic bluefin tuna quota at the upcoming annual ICCAT meeting, starting November 18. The Cape Town hosted discussion will see Spain ask...
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Ematum, Mozambique’s New State-Owned Tuna Fishing Company
New state-owned tuna company, Ematum, yielded 8.5 percent on the sale of Mozambique’s first dollar bond of USD 500 million for a seven-year issue. The proceeds will go towards the expansion of...
Larger S-Bluefin Quotas For Japan And Taiwan
Larger catch quotas for southern bluefin tuna have been granted to Taiwan and Japan for next year. Taiwan’s Fisheries Agency announced that after two years under strict regulations under an...
Asdomar’s “True Italian Tuna Quality”
The owners of the Italian tuna brand, ASDOMAR, market their brand as the “true Italian tuna quality”, in a time that the Italian economy is facing high employment and economic austerity. The...
Descendants Of The Bounty Mutineers To Ban Tuna Fishing
On land, nature reserves are ten a penny. About one-sixth of the earth’s land surface is protected in one way or another. Reserves at sea are much scarcer, covering, at most, 3%. But a...
Video Gives Insight In the High Tech War On IUU Tuna
Operation Kurukuru, a surveillance system operation designed to tackle illegal fishing throughout the Pacific, has produced results that could have the potential to lead to prosecution...
Ivory Coast “The Come-Back Kid”
Once the leading exporter of canned tuna to the European Union, and after having suffered heavily from Asian competition and -not so long ago- from political unrest and instability,...
PNG’s Ambition To Become World’s Second Biggest Processor
Philippine companies are planning to further gear up their investment and development activities in the Papua New Guinean (PNG) tuna industry which could contribute the country’s...
Ecuador Secures Zero Duty Into EU
Ecuadorian tuna exports to the European Union are to continue to enjoy zero percent duty tariff. EU’s new General Scheme of Preferences (GSP), which will see duty-free benefits for Ecuador’s...
Venezuelan Demand Boosts Portuguese Exports
A dramatic increase in the demand for imported canned tuna from the Venezuelan market has seen Portugal’s exports to the socialist South American country rocket. Canned tuna exports from...
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Could Echebastar Gain MSC For Tuna Fishery Despite FADs?
The Echebastar Indian Ocean tuna fleet is under full assessment for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification despite RFMO data revealing substantial rates of fishing on FADs in...
Purse Seine Fleets Hold “The Power”
The longline tuna fleet has become subject to increased regulations including potential cuts in its bigeye tuna fishing limit and the proposal of on board video monitoring in the Western and...
Spanish CO Yellowfin Intercepted In Italy
With Spanish yellowfin dominating EU Rapid Alerts for this month, slices of yellowfin tuna exported from Spain have been found to contain carbon monoxide. Italian authorities notified the...
PNG Requests ANFACO To Render Evidence On “Smuggling”
Officials in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) National Fisheries Authority (NFA) are shocked and have ordered a full investigation into recent “smuggling” allegations by ANFACO. In a letter issued to...
DWN’s Subsidize But Call For Reduction At Same Time
Concerns surrounding continued subsidization of tuna fishing have been raised by the Pacific Islands Tuna Industry Association (PITIA). The association believes that state grants to the...
WCP Tuna Fleet Size Spinning Out Of Control
Concerns about more tuna vessels entering Pacific waters are rising among Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Leaders. The tuna fishing industry in the region is failing to meet...
Pacific Nations Want Financial Compensation If Forced To Shut Tuna Fisheries
Pacific tuna fisheries that could be forced to close early because of catch quotas in the region say they want financial compensation. Member countries of the Western and Central Pacific...
Saupiquet Introduces New Variety Of Tuna Fillets In Club Can
French company Saupiquet has added a new variety to its line of tuna products that dominate the German market. The tuna fillets packed inside a club can come in a choice of natural, extra...