The EU has one of the strongest legal frameworks preventing IUU fish and seafood from entering its market. Where it excels in fresh and frozen imports, it lags behind in canned tuna and other...
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Dongwon’s CEO Buys Company Shares As Part Of Responsible Management
Dongwon Industries announced that Park Moon-seo, CEO of the holding company, purchased 5,000 shares of the company today as part of responsible management. The value rose by 2.11 percent. In...
Maltese Bluefin Company Expands Operations To China
Mediterranean Bluefin Industry Development (MBID) is the first Maltese farming company to be registered in the free trade port of Hainan Province in southern China. A company spokesperson said...
Fishing Partnerships Are A Strong Pillar Of EU’s Common Fisheries Policies
The EU has Sustainable Fishing Partnership Agreements (SFPAs) with several countries to fish for tuna and other seafood in their EEZs. These agreements are one of the most important features...
WCPO Skipjack Catch Dropped Further In August
Purse seiners fishing in the WCPO had a 21 percent lower daily catch of skipjack in August. For all species combined, the rate was 19 percent less than in July which affected the tonnages for...
Dongwon’s Competitor Launches New Flavors Of Ready-To-Eat Tuna
Korean tuna brand Ottogi, one of Dongwon's main competitors in the national market, recently launched pouched tuna in three new flavors –Old Sesame Oil Tuna, Gold Mayo Tuna, and Spicy Mara...
Skipjack Transshipments Worth USD 5 Billion
Global tuna transshipments in 2018 amounted to USD 10.4 billion at the final point of the sale. Skipjack was the most transferred fish and valued at more than USD 5 billion. Most of the...
Pacifical Welcomes PNA Seiners FAD Catch To SmarTuna Platform
Pacifical, a leader in tuna traceability, has expanded its services within the MSC-certified Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) tuna fishery. Its SmarTuna platform will now also include the...
August WCPO Seiner Catches Declined
Purse seiners operating in the WCPO increased their fishing intensity in August, but catches declined slightly from the previous month, due to a sharp fall in skipjack volumes. The fleets...
Mozambique Joins ReCon To Reuse Buoys For Oceanic Studies
The ReCon project powered by Spanish satellite buoys provider, Satlink, expanded its scope of work to recover abandoned buoys for reuse for Mozambique. It signed an agreement with the...
GLOBEFISH Celebrates 40 Years Of Analytic Contribution To Fishing Sector
GLOBEFISH was founded in 1984 to analyze trade and markets of fisheries and aquaculture products under the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). In a two-day event on September 18 and...
Costas Kadis Appointed As New EU Fisheries Commissioner
EU’s Ursula von der Leyen unveiled her new Members of the College for the 2024-2029 period on Tuesday. Costas Kadis, a Cyproit, was appointed as the latest European Commissioner for Fisheries...
Global Tuna Transshipments Worth More Than USD 10 Billion Driven By Seiner Activity
Annually, more than 27 percent of the global tuna catch is transshipped and they are worth billions of dollars, according to the latest study commissioned by The Pew Charitable Trusts. On...
European Fleets Can Continue Catching Tuna In Guinea-Bissau Waters
The EU and Guinea-Bissau renewed their fishing partnership agreement on September 18. The deal will allow seiners, longliners, and pole-and-liners from Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece, and...
EU Needs To Strengthen Its Fisheries Policies To Reap Maximum Benefits
The EU, being one of the largest consumers and producers of tuna and other seafood, needs to improve its fisheries and aquaculture policies. This was pointed out in the recently published ‘The...
Tri Marine WCPO And EPO Longliner Catches Get Blue Tick
The skipjack, yellowfin, bigeye, and albacore catches of Tri Marine longliners in the WCPO, EPO, and Solomon Islands EEZ are MSC certified. The CAB, DNV Business Assurance, recently published...
Orcas Attack Boats To Practice Bluefin Catching
Boats encountering orcas or killer whales in the Strait of Gibraltar have become almost commonplace. In the past five years, around 700 incidents have been reported. The endangered and...
Adjudicator Rules In Favor, PNA Recertified For Another 5 Years With FAD Sets
After a lengthy and costly battle, the world’s largest purse seine tuna fishery PNA has been allowed to display its sustainable logo for an additional five years. Last week, the independent...
Tori Lines Does Not Work For Shallow-Set Longline Fishery
The results of the tori line experiment on Hawaiian longliners to mitigate albatross bycatch were discussed in the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council’s Scientific and...
Filipino Tuna Fishers Continue Fight Against Employer For Withholding Wages
The tuna fishermen, who were abandoned by their employer in an American port, are fighting tooth and nail to receive their wages despite the many hurdles ahead in their path. The group,...