The President and CEO of the world’s largest seafood processing and exporting company has admitted that, this year, Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF) has been hit by “the perfect storm”....
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Dardanel Launches Line Of FOS Certified Tuna
Dardanel Önentaş Gıda San. A.Ş., the major canned and seafood producer in Turkey, has obtained Friend of the Sea certification for its entire tuna and clams product line. Following a thorough...
EU Invests 8.5 Million In ANFACO Research
The European Union has invested Euro 8.5 million (USD 11.5 million) in ANFACO for research that targets to strengthen its position as a reference technology center. The money will go...
South Africa Docks Stolen IUU Longliner
A longline vessel flying the Omani flag that has been docked in the South African, Table Bay Harbor Station 153 is being investigated by the Department of Agriculture, Forest and Fisheries as...
Israel To Lower Duties On Canned Tuna Imports
Canned tuna imports into Israel are to face lowered customs tariffs after Finance Minister, Yair Lapid, has signed an order to see a decline in the duty this product carries. The...
Walmart’s Secretive Project On Seafood Sustainability Programs
According to the Alaska Journal of Commerce last Thursday a secretive project aimed at developing “criteria to evaluate seafood sustainability programs” began with an October 9th...
“EU Pacific Tuna Strategy Based On False Data”
Despite objections and claims of utilizing false data, European Parliament’s report on the “Comprehensive European Fisheries Strategy In the Pacific Region” was accepted by a vast majority of...
Indonesia Starts Researching World’s Largest Tuna Catch
A paused tuna research project that studies the biological growth of tuna, its migratory routes and hatchery methods is due to restart at the Central Research Center for Marine Aquaculture in...
Targeting EPO Yellowfin As Solution To Falling Catches
A project to enhance the tuna catches of fishermen in the Caldera region of Chile will target yellowfin tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO). Caldera fishermen met with the Regional...
ACP Trade Officials Meet EU To Talk On Tuna
African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) trade officials are meeting with the European Trade Commissioner, in Brussels, to jointly review the future path for the Economic Partnership Agreements...
Fukushima Shows No Effect On Canadian Caught Albacore
Raising concerns of contamination of tuna caught in the eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) has urged scientists to carry out assessments of Canadian caught Pacific albacore tuna to assure the...
6 International Specialties Infuse “Vier Diamanten” Tuna
Austria’s leading canned fish brand, Vier Diamanten (in English Four Diamonds), is offering its customers a line of international specialties that includes six variations of tuna from the most...
Spanish Captain Gets Six Months Jail Over Seiner Crash
The Captain of the Spanish tuna seiner, Almadraba Uno, Wednesday received a six month jail sentence following the collision of the vessel with rocks off the coast of Senegal. The ship ran...
Canada’s Bluefin Fishery Down To 15 Boats
The second phase of the fishing season for the Prince Edward Island, Canada’s bluefin tuna fishery, opened on Friday with individual tags issued to only 57 of the 359 strong tuna fleet....
Philippine Industry Wants Tuna Lobby Group
The tuna industry has made an urgent call to Malacañang to establish the Philippine Committee for the Advancement of Highly Migratory Fisheries (PCAHMF) as a lobby group to defend the...
Prosalud Firming Its Grip On Central American Tuna Markets
Prosalud is one of the companies in Latin America showing, within the tuna sector, leadership on innovation and quality throughout its extensive list of products. Its Sardimar brand, which...
EU Parliament OK’s Tuna Fishing Deal With Mauritania
On Tuesday, the European Parliament approved the ratification of the fisheries agreement between the EU and Mauritania. The deal allows for the fishing activity of 14 tuna seiners, seven pole...
Hawaiians Worried About Price Effect Of Reduction Bigeye Quota
Bigeye tuna lovers in Hawaii could face a price hike for fresh sashimi and poke in 2014 due to a proposal that would place a limit on the catch of the species for the Hawaiian longline fleet....
Ecuador Skipjack Catches Show Strong Increases Despite Ban
Tuna catch by the Ecuadorian fleet in the eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) has risen a considerable eight percent when comparing January to September this year with the same months in 2012. Total...
Spain Requests An Increase In Bluefin Quotas
The Spanish General Secretariat of Fisheries confirmed the recovery of bluefin tuna in the Atlantic and Mediterranean oceans at the ICCAT Scientific Committee meeting in Madrid last...