The Spanish North Atlantic albacore fishery scope extension to add vessels of the French association OP Pecheurs D'Aquitaine received MSC certification. Korean Dae Hae yellowfin, bigeye, and...
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NOAA Puts Forth Expansion Plan For US Tuna Fisheries Electronic Reporting
US federal agency NOAA announced a fisheries proposal on electronic reporting last week which could be introduced at the beginning of next year in the Greater Atlantic and Southeast regions of...
Anfaco Meets New Spanish Lawmaker For Stricter Regulations On Vegan Tuna
Executives from Spanish canning association Anfaco met the newly elected Secretary General for Consumption and Gaming Andrés Barragán this week to reiterate their demand to ban the use of tuna...
American Samoa Wants More Clarity On ELAPS Seiner Rule Change
American Samoa has once again expressed the economic impact of the updated Effort Limit Area for Purse Seine (ELAPS) rule for the US seiner fleet. Taotasi Archie Soliai, the Director of Marine...
EPO Seiner Fleets Pass Record 2023 Skipjack Catches Already In July
Purse seiners fishing in the EPO have caught extraordinary volumes of skipjack. By July, they had already surpassed the entire 2023 volume. This is astonishing as last year these vessels...
Will Anfaco’s Plea Result In A Level Playing Field For Processors?
The EU has different sustainable standards and regulations for canned tuna produced in third-world countries and those made within the bloc. This creates unequal competition in price and...
US Denies Port Privileges To Several Tuna Longliners
The US has denied US port privileges to tuna and other fishing vessels of 17 nations accused of IUU fishing and high bycatch from using driftnets, effective from October 10, 2024. It includes...
Anfaco Cries Foul Over Uneven Implementation Of Common Fisheries Policy
Spanish canning association Anfaco-Cecopesca has yet again highlighted the need for greater attention to the tuna and fish processing sector in the EU and Spain. The association tabled its...
Thailand Reduced Albacore WR Intake In H1 2024
Thai demand for albacore frozen whole rounds fell steeply in the first half of 2024. Thai canneries cut down their business with major supplying fleets, except Malaysia. Thai processors...
IATTC’s Measures Applauded But Still More Work To Be Done Say NGOs
The IATTC annual meeting concluded with the consensus to extend the current conservation measures for tropical tuna for another two years. Besides adopting interim standards for electronic...
Wofco’s 2023 Net Profit Jumped By 30 Percent
The revenue of the Spanish Worldwide Fishing Company (WOFCO) for 2023 grew significantly compared to the year before and its net profit jumped by a massive 30 percent. The group not only...
Yellowfin Longline Fishery Would Have Hampered Maldives’ Sustainability Image
The government's announcement to reopen the yellowfin longline fishery in August after a five-year-long gap raised the ire of the archipelago’s handline fishers who fish for this species and...
IO Coastal States Gathered To Reach Consensus On Catch Limits
The 36th session of the G16 Like-minded Coastal States of the Indian Ocean took place last week in Maldives. The purpose of the meeting was for the members to reach an agreement on the IOTC...
Somalia Makes Firm Decisions On Tuna Fishing Licenses
The Somalian Ministry of Fisheries and Blue Economy recently released new comprehensive Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to regulate tuna fishing activities in its EEZ of over 830,389 km2...
Newly Developed Sensor Can Detect Highly Accurate Mercury Levels In Tuna
A group of Korean researchers recently developed a sensor to detect mercury ion (Hg2+) levels in tuna products at a nanometer (one billionth of a meter) level. Jinsung Park, Joohyung Park, and...
IATTC Adopts Minimum EM Standards
The interim minimum standards for electronic monitoring (EM) were adopted on the last day of the IATTC meeting. NGOs have been pushing for this decision before and during the meeting. Atuna...
Court Approves Dismissal Of Fraudulent Managers In Atunlo Plant
A Portuguese Court ruled that three managers of Atunlo’s loining plant Central Lomera Portuguesa could be fired for allowing EUR 3 million (USD 3.31 million) in unpaid invoices. The facility...
Maersk Claims New Container Technology Is Revolutionizing Tuna Transport
Major shipping line Maersk underlined that its StarFreeze containers have been ensuring the freshness of tuna, caught by longliners, during its journey from reefer carriers to destination...
Sarah Malloy To Oversee American Samoa For NOAA
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) new Regional Administrator, Sarah Malloy, will assume the role from today. The sustainable use of marine life activities in the US...
Dongwon Collaborates With LG Electronics On Target CO2 Neutral By 2050
Korean companies Dongwon Group and LG Electronics signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to reduce the carbon emissions of Dongwon by more than 40 percent by 2030. The Group, whose...