EU canners’ demand for frozen pre-cooked loins rose in the first nine months of 2024. Chinese processors' business thrived during this period. Usually, they sell their products in Q1 when...
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EU Alerts Show Four Tuna-Related Incidents Last Month
The EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) listed four tuna-related incidents in December due to different health threats. Belgian authorities entered an alert into the EU system on...
Tuna Fishing Crew Safety A Priority For Vietnamese Govt
Vietnam wants to ensure the safety of its fishers working on tuna and other seafood vessels by introducing new rules and regulations. The government asserted that several shortcomings need to...
Canada Recalls Century Tuna Product
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced last month that Century Tuna’s Flaked Light Tuna Hot & Spicy Style (180 g) has been recalled due to undeclared gluten on its label. The...
NOAA Proposes New US Pacific Bluefin Quota In EPO
NOAA has announced new regulations for the Pacific bluefin according to the latest conservation measure adopted by the IATTC in September. The proposed rule would implement annual and trip...
North Pacific Albacore Catches In 2023 Hit Decade-Low
The albacore stock in the North Pacific Ocean (NPO) is healthy but catches hit a 10-year low in 2023, the International Scientific Committee (ISC) recently said. The drop in landings by the US...
French Polynesian Longline Volumes Rose Dramatically Over 5 Years
French Polynesia has a small national tuna fleet that comprises longliners and artisanal vessels that mainly catch albacore. Over the past five years, they have increased their catches by a...
Over 1.2 Tons Of Cocaine In Tuna Shipments Seized In Ecuador
The Ecuadorian police seized over 1.2 tons of cocaine in canned tuna shipments headed to the Vigo Port. ‘Operation Poseidón LXIII’ was carried out on December 24. Officials discovered black...
Parts Of Colombian Tuna Seiner Recovered, Fishers Still Missing
The Ecuadorian Navy is searching extensively for the 21 fishermen who were on the Colombian-flagged tuna seiner 'Patricia Lynn' which went missing on December 21 while fishing off the Manta...
Maldivian Economy Impacted From Poor Tuna Sector’s Performance
The purchase of pole-and-line tuna by domestic processors declined by 44.9 percent up to November in 2024 according to the latest Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) report. The consequences for...
US West Coast Governors Request Aid For Suffering Albacore Fishers
US governors on the West Coast want government aid to help the ailing albacore fishing sector. They called for a federal fishery disaster to support communities reliant on the industry after...
Atunlo Cape Verde Workers Want Out Of “Unfair” Contracts
Atunlo workers of the Cape Verde plant will submit a document to a local court for a collective dismissal to get out of their contract, announced the coordinator of the General Industry,...
EU Canned Tuna Imports Continued On Downward Path In Q3
EU canned tuna imports in the first nine months of 2024 fell slightly compared to the year before. Products from both non-EU and European processors dropped, mainly Ecuadorian tuna business...
Angola Buys Spanish-Made Seiner
Spanish shipyard Astilleros del Ulla delivered a tuna purse seiner to Angola last week. The 23.95 meter long 'Delta II' has already arrived in its home port of Namibe. The vessel was built...
Uncertainty Over 17 Crew Members After Contact With Seiner Lost
Colombia-flagged purse seiner 'Patricia Lynn' disappeared from the radar on the night of December 21. Family and authorities fear for the fate of its 17 crew members, mostly citizens of Manta,...
Japanese Fisher Who Caught Most Expensive Bluefin Dead After Boat Capsized
Two Japanese fishermen lost their lives last week when they were fishing for bluefin ahead of the auction at the Toyosu market to be held next month. The captain, 70-year-old Ryoichi Fujieda,...
New Zealand Seeks “Public Submissions” On Tuna Fishing Treaty
The New Zealand government recently announced that it is seeking public submissions ahead of amending Annex II of the “Treaty on Fisheries between the governments of certain Pacific Island...
Ex-Fishermen From Seatech Resume Protest To Be Heard
Former workers of Colombia-based Seatech International protested for the second time on December 16. The producer of canned tuna brand Van Camps is accused of late payment and exclusion of...
NOAA Announces Changes To Magnuson-Stevens Act
The US is gearing up to make some changes to the existing regulations of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, crucial to the management of tuna and other fisheries within national waters. The final rule...
Year In Review
2024 is coming to a close and what a year it has been for the global tuna industry. The Red Sea Crisis pushed freight prices to the peak in April hindering canned tuna trade but the delayed...