Among the top producers in Ecuador, Eurofish received the highest revenue from its global tuna shipments in 2022. The country’s canned tuna market leader Nirsa was third on the list of...
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WCPO 2022 Seiner Skipjack Catches Fifth-Highest On Record
Tuna catches in the WCPO comprised 54 percent of the global volume in 2022. Purse seine-caught skipjack was the fifth-highest on record but the vessels netted more smaller-sized fish than in...
Fisheries Veteran Bashes Claims Of Cook Islands Fishers
Public-service radio broadcaster Radio New Zealand (RNZ), published the article ‘It's been a 'low' low season for Rarotonga fishermen’ on July 25. The small-scale fishers from Cook Islands...
US 300% Tinplate Tariff “Disproportionate On Poor”
The US government is considering implementing a whopping 300 percent tariff on imported tinplate steel used for manufacturing tuna cans and other canned goods. Low-income Americans that rely...
American Samoa EEZ Longline Fishery Is MSC Certified Again
The American Samoa EEZ longline fishery can continue holding on to its MSC logo for its albacore, yellowfin, skipjack, and bigeye catches in the WCPO. The assessment body, Control Union UK,...
Sharp Rise In June WCPO Transshipments, No Guarantee Of Better Supply In BKK
Harbors in the WCPO saw a sharp rise in transshipped tuna frozen whole round volumes in June after months of very low activity. Last month, 60,541 tons of tuna were discharged into carriers in...
Stakeholders Ask For Interim Reference Points For Skipjack Ahead Of IATTC Meet
The IATTC annual meeting is nearing, and several stakeholders involved in the global tuna sector have submitted their concerns and recommendations ahead of the gathering. Some of their asks...
Ecuador’s Global Tuna Trade Reaches USD 1 Billion In 2022
Ecuador’s revenue from its main tuna exports including canned tuna to global markets reached around USD 1.02 billion last year. A large portion of the shipments consisted of canned tuna in oil...
Bina Habor Tuna Team Gained Operational Knowledge From SolTuna
For years, the SolTuna cannery in Solomon Islands has been the only tuna processor in the country. It recently hosted a team from the Bina Region Arrangement for Governance (BRAG) for a study...
Peru Joins WTO Deal, Bids Goodbye To Harmful Fisheries Subsidies
Peru has decided not to provide any harmful fisheries aid by joining the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies (AFS) on July 19. By depositing its "instrument of...
Anfaco Asks Incoming Spanish Govt For Higher Tuna Loins ATQ
The nail-biting Spanish election results are out. No single party secured sufficient parliamentary seats and the fate of the new government hangs in the balance. Meanwhile, the Spanish seafood...
Excellent Haul Of Large Yellowfin Puts An End To WCPO Fishing Slump After Months
After months of poor catches in the WCPO, purse seiners operating in this region managed to net a lot more tuna in June compared to May. This sharp rise in catches was driven by higher volumes...
Cook Islands Small-Scale Tuna Fishers Accuse Govt Of Turning Its Back On Them
Small-scale fishermen in Cook Islands are having a rough time. According to them, foreign tuna vessels fishing in the country's waters, low fuel subsidies, climate change, and even El Niño...
New Conseran Tuna Plant To Prioritize Cofaco Workers Who Lost Jobs
The Portuguese Freitasmar Group is all set to begin operations at its Conseran tuna plant on the island of Pico, Azores, on July 26. The factory, built with a EUR 15 million (USD 16.6 million)...
Mauritius Objects To FAD Ban, Cites Economic Loss From Lower Tuna Supply
Mauritius officially submitted its objection to the FAD ban in the Indian Ocean, even though it stated that it fully supports conservation and management measures for the sustainable...
How Much Effort Creep Is There Among WCPO Seiners?
The increase in the efficiency and fishing capacity of tuna vessels is popularly known as “effort creep” but this is a very simple definition. Researchers say this phenomenon is difficult to...
Study Reflects Minimal Macro Plastic Debris In Industrial Tuna Fishing Grounds
Coral reefs are under grave threat, and overfishing is considered one of the prime drivers of marine biodiversity loss. The science journal Nature recently published a study, ‘Plastic...
IOTC Wants To Know Who’s Catching Tonggol & How Much?
The IOTC Working Party on Neritic Tunas (WPNT12) meeting in 2022 concluded that the tuna-like species are overfished in the Indian Ocean (IO) and stocks need improvement. Despite over a year...
EPO Seiners Caught 15% More Yellowfin In 2022
In 2022, EPO purse seiners caught the third-highest level of yellowfin in two decades. Nearly all fleets increased their volumes year on year, especially Mexico largely with dolphin sets....
Grupomar Forecasts An Excellent 2023
Antonio Suarez, President of Grupomar, foresees that the tuna fishing company will exceed 24,000 M/T this year and meet the growing demand for canned tuna. According to him, fishing activities...