A total of 3,178 fishing and non-fishing boats are operating in the WCPO, according to the latest information from WCPFC. Japan has the most number of vessels, followed by the Chinese and...
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Big Fish Inaugurates New Production Facility
Maldivian fresh and frozen yellowfin loins producer Big Fish has begun operations of its newly built ultra-low temperature (ULT) facility on Himmafushi Island. This expands the company's...
EU Begins Digitalization Of Its Fisheries & Vessels
The EU new rules for the fisheries control system entered into force on January 9. It is part of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and it is applicable to all EU vessels and those that are...
Registrations Are Open For Boston Seafood Expo
The 42nd edition of the Seafood Expo and Seafood Processing will take place in Boston from March 10 to 12, and registration is open. Nearly 100 tuna processing and fishing companies such as...
Ecuadorian Tuna Sector Loses 5% Of Global Trade, Slips In EU Market
Ecuadorian tuna companies had a challenging 2023 and lost business in the EU but they seek to recover market share this year. Processors are also eyeing to expand trade in North America....
CFTO Third French Company To Sell Seiners?
Disappointing results have forced two French tuna fishing companies to make far-reaching decisions. Rumor has it that Compagnie Francaise du Thon Oceanique (CFTO) also is experiencing some...
High November WCPO Transshipments Promise More Skipjack Supply
Purse seiners operating in the WCPO continued with high levels of catches in November and large volumes were transshipped in PNA ports. Processing hubs can expect another month of substantial...
Madagascar Issues Licenses To 14 EU Tuna Fishing Vessels
The Madagascar Ministry of Fisheries and the Blue Economy announced last week the number of purse seiners and longliners that are allowed to fish for tuna in its waters in 2024. The licenses...
Spanish Police Seize 120,000 Tuna Products In Major Food Fraud Bust
The Spanish Civil Guard recently arrested four people for relabeling and preparing tuna products in unsanitary conditions in a La Rioja-based company. Over 120,000 tuna jars and pouches and...
Pacific Islands Partner With Satlink To Recycle Buoys
Spanish company Satlink has been giving used sonar buoys a second life via its Project ReCon since last year. It has introduced this program in the Pacific Islands. The Pacific Community...
China And Ecuador Meet Half Of Spain’s Tuna Loin Demand
Spanish canners imported fewer frozen pre-cooked tuna loins in Q3 2023. The Ecuadorian processors saw their sales drop massively. In the first nine months of 2023, Spanish processors reduced...
Good WCPO Tuna Fishing Continued In November
Purse seiners continued their excellent catches in November 2023 and were benefiting from the ending of the WCPO FAD ban. For the seventh month in a row, most of the catch was made in Kiribati...
Anfaco-Cecopesca Fears Lack Of EU Funds Will “Paralyze” Investments
The canning association Anfaco-Cecopesca recently expressed concern that is has not received support from the Strategic Projects for Recovery and Economic Transformation (PERTE) funds to boost...
Namibian High Court Acquits Tuna Fishing Company Of IUU Charges
The Namibian High Court has vindicated Nata Fishing Enterprise of illegal fishing and human trafficking accusations. Two of its tuna vessels, ‘Shang Fu’ and ‘Nata 2’ were seized by the...
Spanish Chef Slicing Tuna Gets 4 Mln Views And Other Social Media Trends
Food blogger Yves Silvain recently shared a video of popular Spanish chef Quique Dacosta cutting a four years dry aged tuna belly portion that went viral with over 4 million views. Silvain...
Study Reveals 75% Of Global Fishing Activity Is Not Publicly Tracked
A group of researchers recently pointed out in the paper ‘Satellite mapping reveals extensive industrial activity at sea’ that “human activities at sea are not well quantified.” The study...
Nauterra Postpones Construction Of New Seiner
The current difficult situation in the EU tuna fishing sector and lower consumer demand in Spain caused Nauterra (formerly Grupo Calvo) to postpone the building of a new purse seiner. In 2019,...
Filipino Tuna Fisher Rescued After Week Of Ordeal In South China Sea
A Filipino tuna fisherman survived eight days at sea by drinking rainwater and eating the fish he caught. The survivor, 31-year-old Rosalon Frans Cayon, was rescued by a Chinese fishing boat...
Toyosu New Year Bluefin Auction Hits New Record
The bid for the first bluefin auction of this year at the famous Japanese Toyosu market reached JPY 114.24 million (USD 787,000) on Friday, the fourth highest in history. The 238-kg bluefin...
Asian Processors Facing Exploding Freight Rates Due To Red Sea Crisis
The ongoing crisis in the Red Sea due to attacks on vessels by Houthi militants has led to freight rates shooting up dramatically. The global tuna industry is waiting with bated breath to see...