The IATTC annual meeting will take place from September 2-6 and the EU delegation has put forth several proposals regarding FADs, management strategy for bigeye, and assessment for yellowfin...
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Thai Pet Food Trade Reaches Historic High
The Thai pet food business has grown exponentially and hit peak level in the first half of 2024. This is good news for tuna processors in the Asian country who are heavily involved in the...
Tuna Median Fins To Revolutionize Bionic Underwater Vehicle Study?
Tunas which are among the top predators of the ocean, swim long distances for migration within a short period. A group of Chinese researchers have looked into this aspect of the fish species,...
Blue Bond & Reducing Subsidies Integral For Chinese DW Tuna Fleet
China has the world's largest distant water fishing (DWF) fleet which has quadrupled since the 1950s. This makes it important for its tuna vessels, one of the crucial groups of species fished,...
Bangkok Tuna Prices Centre Of Discussion For Tri Marine Executive At TUNA 2024
Matt Owens, Sustainability Director at Tri Marine gave a detailed insight into the status of global tuna stocks, the impacts of climate change, and how skipjack and albacore pricing has...
Middle East Growing Market For Thai Canners in H1
The canned tuna trade took off well in the first half of this year for Thai processors. The exports to the most important markets increased, but also to smaller customers, which went up 15...
MIFCO Lists Initiatives For Revamping Its Business
Plans to revitalize Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO) are crystallizing and the state-owned tuna processing company aims to attract more foreign investors. Ahmed Shiyam, Minister...
Dongwon Bets On New Strategy To Expand Foothold On Global Market
Korean tuna giant Dongwon is focusing on acquiring global food companies and reviewing a joint brand establishment through its US subsidiary StarKist. Dongwon, through mergers and acquisitions...
Tuna-Rich Maldives Declares Two New Marine Protected Areas
The Maldives government has decided to add two new Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) at Boduhithi and Okkobe lagoons in Kaafu Atoll. Boduhithi, located in the North Malé Atoll of Kaafu, is known...
Wild Planet Teams Up With US Brands For Limited Edition Tuna Product
The Wild Tuna Snack Pack features Wild Planet pole-and-line caught skipjack with Dill Pickle, combined with Simple Mills Fine Ground Sea Salt Almond Flour Crackers, and Chosen Foods Classic...
Spanish Ministry Counted Crew Numbers, No Need To Expand Tax Rule
Hiring qualified deck and engine crews has become a major problem for Spanish boat owners. The Ministry of Fisheries acknowledged the issue and made a roadmap to promote generational...
Brits Love A Tuna Lunch
Tuna was a popular seafood with millennials and Gen Xers when dining out in 2023 while canned tuna was mostly consumed by families, concluded Seafish. Brits are fond of eating tuna for lunch,...
Well-Intentioned Consumer Program Showed Wrong Tuna
The Dutch consumer information program ‘Alles op Tafel’ recently discussed whether one can eat canned tuna responsibly. It was a well-meant show that busted the myth that bluefin is the only...
Bangkok Skipjack Price Softens, Freight Still A Concern
Skipjack raw material trade is keeping level at Bangkok processing hub with only a slight softening in price despite continued high supply. Sources mentioned that deals have been contracted...
Albacora Workers Attacked In Guayaquil Demand To Return Home
Around 30 Spanish employees of Albacora have been holed up in a hotel in Posorja, Ecuador for two days after their bus was shot at earlier this week. They were returning from the shipyard in...
PNG Impending Joint Venture With RD Fishing For PMIZ Project Take-Off
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is pushing forward the Pacific Marine Industrial Zone (PMIZ) in Madang Province and it will be done in two phases. After months of negotiations, the island state has...
Thai Canned Trade Saw Sharp Rise In H1, Egyptian Demand Picked Up
Thai canned tuna producers expanded their trade in H1 2024 with nearly all major global markets, a sharp contrast to the same period in 2023 when business was bad. Canners already had a good...
EU Alerts: Three Histamine Cases Reported
Five tuna-related incidents were reported in July in the EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF). France informed of two major issues with imported products. On July 2, Belgium alerted...
Major Global Highlights July 2024
July was filled with news over changes in the global tuna industry. A Spanish federal court brought charges against 12 companies and individuals for illegal bluefin smuggling which included...
Japanese Trader Sojitz Expanding In US Tuna Sushi Business
Japanese Sojitz Corporation has purchased the US supermarket takeout sushi business Sushi Avenue Inc. to expand its tuna and seafood operations and to get a foothold in the US. The amount for...