The good start of the year for US tuna pouches imports was partially negated in the second quarter of 2023. US traders and retailers purchased ten percent more prepared products than in the...
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Philippines Annual ‘Gensan’ Tuna Festival Draws To A Close
After a week of celebrations, the Philippines annual ‘Gensan Tuna Festival’ concluded Tuesday. The cultural event brings people together in General Santos known as the “Tuna Capital of...
Why EU Considers Vegetable Extracts As Food Additives
Last week, the US Food and Drug Authority (FDA) announced changes in its rules governing processing canned tuna in the country. This included revising the upper and lower limits of vegetable...
Vietnam Tuna Exports To South Korea Shot Up 468%
The EU and US continue to be the top buyers of Vietnamese canned tuna, but shipments to South Korea increased by 468 percent from January to July this year. According to the Vietnam...
EPO Yellowfin Size Decrease Need Investigation Says Scientist
EPO yellowfin catches reached a 15-year peak in 2022 when tuna vessels caught 291,826 M/T, a 15 percent rise from the year before. The sizes of these species caught on FAD sets have also been...
Philippines Claims To Be Among World’s Top Tuna Exporters
The Philippines tuna industry declared it is one of the world’s leading producers of tuna at the recent Tuna National Congress held in General Santos city. According to Drusila Esther Bayate,...
Japan Tells WTO China’s Seafood Ban Is “Unacceptable”
Last week, China announced the suspension of the import of tuna and other seafood from Japan because the latter released wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the...
US Warns Of Stern Actions Against IUU Fishing Nations In Congress Report
The US recently released a report identifying nations engaged in IUU fishing, bycatch of sharks and turtles, and forced labor. The ‘2023 Report to Congress on Improving International Fisheries...
Mozambique President Let Off Hook In Tuna Scandal UK Court Case
Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi has been left off the hook by a high court judge in London for his alleged involvement in the country’s USD 2 billion scandal, which included the fraudulent...
FFA Holds Third Meeting To Align Pacific Islands On USD 600 Mln Tuna Treaty
The Pacific Islands have been eagerly awaiting the approval of the USD 600 million support for the South Pacific Tuna Treaty (SPTT) assured by US President Joe Biden last year. The green...
Taiwanese Court Imposes Hefty Fine On Vessels Accused Of IUU Fishing
Taiwan’s Supreme Administrative Court sentenced two longliners for allegedly fishing for endangered shark species. The Taiwanese-flagged vessels ‘Sheng Ji Qun 3’ and ‘Jin Chang 21’ will be...
Half-Year US Pre-Cooked Tuna Loins Import Lowest In Five Years
American tuna processors imported a quarter less frozen pre-cooked tuna loins in the first six months of 2023 compared to what they bought the year before. Fiji and Mauritius lost significant...
EU Alerts: High Mercury Reported In Tuna From Spain And Morocco
The EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) reported three tuna-related incidents in August, two from Italy and one from Spain. On August 14, Italian officials notified RASFF of the...
Brazilians Prefer Gomes Da Costa And Coqueiro Tuna Brands
São Paulo residents using canned tuna in their sandwiches, salads, or pasta scored the products of the brands Gomes Da Costa and Coqueiro as the best. This was revealed in the annual survey...
Major Global Tuna Highlights August 2023
August was a month of major changes in the tuna industry. IATTC adopted harvest control rules for tropical tuna after much discussion. The US FDA’s new proposed rule brightened tuna producers’...
FDA Wants To Revise Limits On Canned Tuna Vegetable Broth
Last week, the US Food and Drug Authority (FDA) announced that it wants to overhaul a major regulation pertaining to canned tuna processing in the country. As part of its changes, it wants to...
US Man Rises To Fame For Tuna Addiction And Other Social Media Trends
American 30-year-old Tyelr from Kansas featured on the show ‘My Strange Addiction’ for his particularly unique fixation for smelling tuna, drinking its juice straight out of the can, and...
Ecuador’s Fisheries Deputy Minister Elected As IATTC President
Andrés Arens Hidalgo, Ecuador’s Deputy Minister of Aquaculture and Fisheries, has been appointed President by the IATTC for the next four years. He succeeds Peruvian Tuna Chamber head Alfonso...
American Samoa Longline Fleet Increased Albacore Catches In 2022
Fishers in all US territories were impacted by high fuel costs in 2022. However, American Samoa longline fishery managed to increase its albacore landings and revenue that year. The StarKist...
60th Anniversary Festival Weekend Honors StarKist Samoa Workers
Several celebration activities have been organized throughout the year for the 60th jubilee of the StarKist plant on American Samoa. The highlight is a special festive weekend taking place on...