Maldives and Turkey have formulated a new Free Trade Agreement (FTA) which will be tabled in the Turkish Parliament for approval and is likely to be implemented by the end of this year. The...
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Vietnamese Producers Protest Over Skipjack Size Regulation
Vietnamese fishing industry stakeholders demanded that the regulation stating skipjack must be minimal 50 cm has jeopardized their businesses and the livelihoods of fishers. The Department of...
Staff Recommends IATTC To Improve Data Collection To Manage FADs And Their Impact
The annual meeting of the IATTC begins today in Panama City. Topics such as harvest strategies of several tuna species, bycatch mitigation, and FAD management and its measures are on the...
US Demand For Pouches Reduced in H1
American retailers and traders imported less pouched tuna in the first half of this year. All suppliers saw a decline in their trade except for Vietnamese processors, who regained volume by...
Curtain Raises For Annual Filipino Gensan Tuna Festival
The 26th edition of the Philippines ‘Gensan Tuna Festival’ kick-started yesterday. The yearly event to celebrate tuna, the backbone of General Santos' economy, will host an array of cultural...
Major Global Highlights August 2024
August was an exciting month for the global tuna industry with several sweeping events. The Maldives government announced that it will reopen the yellowfin longline fishery which raised...
FCF Wants MSC For Its IO Longline Albacore Fishery
Taiwanese tuna company FCF is pursuing an MSC certification for its longline albacore catches in the Indian Ocean and Mauritius EEZ. The CAB, SCS Global Services, published the Announcement...
Grupomar To Further Reduce Carbon Emissions From Tuny Plant
Vertically-integrated Mexican tuna company Grupomar recently signed a renewable electricity supply contract with Iberdrola México for its processing plant in Manzanillo as part of its...
EPO 2023 Volumes Rose To Record Levels With Seiners Setting On FADs
Total tuna catches in the EPO hit an all-time-high in 2023, driven by peak skipjack volumes and yellowfin numbers, according to the latest IATTC report. Fish caught on FAD and dolphin sets...
Maldives President Overturns Cabinet’s Resolution On Longline Fishing
In a shocking turn of events, on Thursday, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu decided not to open the country’s EEZ to longline fishing. The Cabinet passed a resolution on June 13, permitting...
PNG Works On New Strategy To Boost Its Position As Tuna Hub
The Papua New Guinean government has announced the next step in boosting the country’s role in tuna fishing and processing in the Pacific region. In the first quarter of 2025, a National Tuna...
Tons of Spilled Tuna In Manta Quickly Recovered Thanks To Bystanders
A flood of frozen skipjack landed on the asphalt of a roundabout in the Port of Manta due to a defective truck door. Around three tons of fish fell out of the container and blocked the...
Aldi & Hy-Vee Strengthened Tuna Sourcing But Other US Retailers Need To Improve
According to Greenpeace USA, 14 out of 16 major US retailers are failing in their work to strengthen their tuna supply chains regarding human rights and sustainability. However, in its third...
IATTC Staff Call Out Need For Refining Bigeye Harvest Strategy
The IATTC staff has put forward a set of recommendations to the Commission for the successful development of harvest strategies (HS) for tropical tunas ahead of the RFMO's annual meeting from...
The Importance of Verification: Why Go Beyond Traceability and Regulatory Compliance?
-Viewpoint- For over a century, supply chain management has focused on reliability and efficiency. However, in today’s market, these traditional goals are no longer sufficient. Regulatory...
‘Seafood For Life’ Campaign Begins In UK
The UK public body Seafish has initiated a new campaign ‘Seafood for Life' which kick-started this week. It wants industry stakeholders to share “positive and uplifting stories to improve the...
China’s Fisheries Training Program Lends A Helping Hand To Somalia
Last month, the Chinese government and Somalia's Ministry of Fisheries and Blue Economy collaborated for a 20-day training program in Beijing (from July 10 to 30) to enhance the African...
Spain To Give EUR 17 Million Grant To Fishing And Aquaculture Firms
The Spanish government has called tuna and other fishery producer organizations and associations to submit proposals for the allocation of EUR 17 million in grants to guide their different...
OPAGAC Deputy Manager Says Yellowfin Catches In Seychelles “Back To Normal”
While vessel owners have been lamenting over the sharp drop in tuna catches in the Indian Ocean, Spanish seiner organization OPAGAC has said that capture volumes of yellowfin in Seychelles EEZ...
Pew Says EM Standards In The EPO Are At Stake
The Pew Charitable Trusts (Pew) stated that two working groups chaired by the US have not finalized their efforts to allow RFMOs to take action this year to improve transparency and combat...