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Spain Announces Its Indian Ocean 2024 Yellowfin Catch Limit
Spain recently announced that its flagged vessels have been allotted a quota of 42,903 tons to catch yellowfin in the Indian Ocean (IO) for 2024. This was the same catch limit for its flagged...
Readers Are Optimistic EU Canned Tuna Trade Will Improve In 2024
EU canned tuna imports fell drastically in 2023, the lowest quantity in five years. This can be attributed to several reasons, such as peak raw material values, costs along the supply chain,...
Spanish Consumer Group Reports Vegan Product “Mislabeled” As Tuna
A Spanish consumer organization has denounced a tuna company for marketing its vegan products as frozen bluefin. The Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU) recently reported this item,...
Seafood Expo Global Barcelona Will Be Largest Edition Ever
The thirtieth edition of Seafood Expo Global will welcome more than 2,050 exhibitors from 84 countries in Barcelona and has expanded its space by four percent to 51,227 square meters. The...
Frinsa Launches Vegan Products Sans Tuna Alternative Claims
Spanish tuna cannery Frinsa is the latest to enter the vegan market. It recently launched 12 new products under the FIISK brand made from pea protein. Interestingly, Frinsa has not marketed...
Former Ecuadorian Senior Official Stands Trial For Illegal Deals With Albacora
Carlos Pólit, former Ecuadorian Comptroller General of State is accused of taking bribes from Spanish tuna company Albacora to “help with its pending tax matters with Ecuadorian authorities.”...
JBT Marel Corporation Inches Closer To Reality As Both Boards Approve Acquisition
US-based John Bean Technologies (JBT) announced on April 5 that it has executed a definitive transaction agreement to takeover Icelandic company Marel in a USD 3.6 billion (USD 3.9...
Liberia Asks To Continue As IOTC CNCP
Liberia requested the IOTC for permission to continue as a Cooperating Non-Contracting Party (CNCP) because it has reefer/carrier and support vessels flying its flag that transship tuna in the...
Spanish Canned Tuna Exports Remained Stable Despite Major Price Hike
Spanish canneries managed to maintain their business with EU and other international markets in 2023. This is noteworthy given that domestic sales of canned tuna dropped last year and...
FCF & EII Distance Themselves From Zhejiang Ocean Family After IUU Allegations
Recently, Zhejiang Ocean Family (ZOF) was put under the spotlight because some of its tuna longliners were accused by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) of IUU fishing, labor abuse,...
Spanish Court Orders Jealsa To Pay EUR 50,000 To Fired Worker
A Spanish court has ordered tuna processor Jealsa to pay EUR 50,000 (USD 54,000) as compensation for damages to one of its workers whom the company fired over accusations of “being late,...
ISSF Report Shows 10% Global Tuna Stocks Overfished
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) states that 86 percent of the total tuna catches worldwide come from stocks at ‘healthy’ levels. There was also a one percent...
Philippines And PNG Make Overtures For New Tuna Deal
The Philippines and Papua New Guinea (PNG) intend to expand their tuna trade. It will be the top priority for next year's 50th anniversary celebrations of diplomatic relations between both...
Dongwon To Expand Business With Aggressive Mergers
As of last week, Dongwon Group has a new Chairman, Kim Nam-jung. He took up the position that had been vacant since 2019 when his father and the company's founder Kim Jae-chul stepped down....
EU Canned Tuna Exports To Global Destinations Fell In 2023
EU canned tuna exports to global markets declined in 2023, especially the volumes sent to EU markets dropped by a large tonnage. EU processors delivered 269,154 tons of this product last year,...
Seiner Rescues Six Papua New Guineans Stuck At Sea For 37 Days
A Marshall Islands-flagged seiner ‘Lometo’ recently rescued six people who were left adrift in the Pacific Ocean after their small boat was swept away by bad weather. All of them were handed...
Korea Says Japanese Tuna Can Be Eaten Amid Fukushima Contamination Threat
Korea recently confirmed that its latest batch of imported skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye from Japan were radioactive-free. Korea, like many other fish-importing nations, has raised concerns...
American Samoa Determined To Protect Its EEZ From Chinese Tuna Boats
American Samoa recently alerted the US about Chinese vessels rampantly fishing for tuna in its EEZ. The US territory believes this is a threat because its economy relies largely on tuna,...
Andrew Choe Bumble Bee’s New CEO
Bumble Bee Seafoods announced Tuesday that Andrew Choe has been appointed CEO of the company effective April 1. He takes over the role from Bumble Bee Chair of the Board, Jerry Chou, who...