Marshall Islands based Pan-Pacific Fisheries has signed a contract for a new purse seiner with Chinese Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding worth USD 22.88 million. The fishing company has five seiners...
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A Look Behind Dongwon’s Canned Tuna Production
Dongwon F&B Changwon factory began operations in 1986 and it is the largest cannery in Korea at 49,500 square meters. It has been producing the country’s leading Dongwon canned tuna brand...
Recent Hearing Revives PNG Communities’ Fear Over Mining Project
Papua New Guinean communities feel a strong connection to the ocean and are irked now that the deep-sea mining Solwara 1 project is being discussed again, when they had hoped to have defeated...
CNFC’s Sluggish 2023 Tuna Sales Led To Net Loss
CNFC Overseas Fisheries revealed in its 2023 annual report earlier this week that it experienced a net loss due to poor tuna catches and sales as well as higher operating expenses. The...
Ocean Rebellion Demands Tesco & John West Stop Selling DFAD Tuna
Environmental action group, Ocean Rebellion, staged a protest over tuna caught on drifting FADs (dFADs) on Tuesday in front of a Tesco hypermarket in London. A giant John West tuna can...
Fire Annihilates Dongwon Purse Seiner In Indian Ocean
A Dongwon Industries-owned large-scale purse seiner, 'Adria' was destroyed completely after it caught fire while fishing for tuna in the Indian Ocean. It is unclear how the blaze started....
US Signs New Tuna Fishing Treaty With Pacific Islands
US purse seiners can continue to fish for tuna in the Pacific Island nations' EEZs, according to the latest renewed deal between the parties. The last agreement expired in June 2023. The...
European Fishing Groups Laud New Law On Forced Labor Products
The EU recently reached a provisional agreement to apply rules prohibiting products with forced labor from entering the bloc. Fishery organizations Europêche and Cepesca welcomed the news....
Poll: Will EU Canned Tuna Sales Pick Up In 2024?
The EU canned tuna market suffered last year and data confirms this. There was a large reduction in consumer demand for canned tuna and people switched to cheaper private labels such as seen...
EU Processors’ Demand For Whole Rounds Plunged In 2023
EU processors heavily reduced their raw material imports in 2023, especially cutting back on purchasing frozen whole rounds from foreign-flagged fleets. European canneries' raw material demand...
Korea Strengthens Laws To Protect Migrant Workers On Tuna Longliners
The Korean government has increased its efforts to help foreign crew members onboard tuna longliners and other fishing vessels. On Tuesday, the Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and NGO...
Guide Released For Public To Access EU Tuna Vessels’ Information
A group of NGOs and European company, Access Info, that campaigns for public rights to data, have jointly published a comprehensive guide to help civil society, journalists, and even common...
FCF Trains Staff On Fishers’ Labor Rights
Taiwanese tuna trader FCF recently held a four-day ‘Fishery Human Rights and Social Responsibility’ training course from March 4 to 7 in Kaohsiung for its staff. The event was intended to...
Brazilian Tuna Fishers From Ceará Say 12-Mile Rule Is A Mistake
Brazilian fishing organizations want their government to adjust a rule so that it does not impede the coastal state Ceará’s tuna exports. Fishers in this region catch tuna in the high seas but...
Jealsa Shows Solidarity For 24-Year-Old Murdered Employee
Over 1,000 people participated in a rally last Wednesday in Boiro to show sympathy for 24-year-old Andrea Yturry, who was recently brutally murdered by her former partner. She had been an...
Bangkok Skipjack Price Modest Fall As Bottleneck End In Sight
Raw material supply to Bangkok is still quite high but skipjack whole rounds value has not plunged further. There is speculation that the downward pressure from continuing high supply will...
100 Percent Electronic Monitoring On Tuna Vessels Must Cross Several Hurdles
Electronic monitoring (EM) is one of the most efficient methods to monitor, control, and survey fishing operations at sea, but its compulsory implementation on all tuna vessels is moving at a...
American Samoa Fishers Accuse US Govt Of Killing Tuna Sector
American Samoan tuna fishermen have yet again pointed fingers at the US government over fishing area closures and the impact of foreign seafood imports in the country. The irked fishers...
Readers In Two Minds About 2D Barcodes
Canned and pouched tuna products have been carrying the conventional 1D barcodes for years, but lately some brands have been testing waters with the updated 2D barcodes such as QR...
Philippine Tuna Capital Leaves Only Crumbs For Fishermen
The tuna industry of the Philippines’ main fishing region around General Santos has benefited large-scale commercial fisheries and companies at the expense of the livelihoods of ordinary...