A little over a month and a half after the EPO fishing closure came to an end, purse seiners operating in this ocean are once again capturing low amounts of Katsuwonus pelamis. This has raised...
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Boston Seafood Expo To Focus On Sustainability & Compliance
Seafood Expo and Seafood Processing North America is set to take place in less than two weeks. Several major topics relating to the tuna and seafood industry will be discussed during the...
Thai Union Irked By IOTC FAD Ban, Warns Of Global Tuna Shortage
The IOTC 72-day dFAD ban has raised the ire of stakeholders in the tuna industry. Thai Union (TU) has criticized the decision pointing out that it will coincide with bans from other RFMOs thus...
Philippines Canned Tuna Producer Mega Prime Gearing For IPO
Manila-based canned tuna and seafood processor Mega Prime Foods is gearing up to explore new horizons. During the opening of a third plant on Wednesday, the firm announced its new CEO and...
American TV Show ‘Wicked Tuna’ Gets Its First Female Captain
The twelfth season of the American TV reality show ‘Wicked Tuna’ aired on February 26 on National Geographic. Popular fisher Michelle Bancewicz will compete with veterans. She will be the...
Polish Firm Graal Sells Tuna Canning Operations To German Food Giant
Polish company Graal Capital Group has sold its tuna and seafood canning operations to Lisner Holding, a subsidiary of German-based Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller (UTM). Its founder and CEO...
One More Try, PNA’s MSC Reassessment Includes FADs & Bigeye
The world’s largest tuna fishery, PNA, is adamant about getting a more significant piece of the MSC cake in the Pacific. While it has held MSC certification for its free school skipjack and...
Ecuador Makes China The Scapegoat For Its Reduced EU Loins Exports
The Ecuadorian government used the visit of a European delegation to address the autonomous tariff quota for tuna loins which China largely fills. Their national tuna industry claims that this...
Garba Fish Trading In Ivory Coast Regulated After Much Criticism
Last year, the Ivory Coast government placed a cap on the prices of faux thon (fake tuna) in the country after much backlash from the local tuna industry and other stakeholders. Faux thon is...
Will US Continue Expanding Its Canned Tuna Imports?
In 2022, US traders and retailers imported 25 percent more canned tuna. As usual, Thai processors supplied the majority of the products (60 percent), but canners in Mexico and Vietnam also...
OPAGAC’s Onboard Telemedicine System Saves Spanish Fisher
The life of a Spanish fisher who underwent four heart attacks at sea was saved by the remote health aid, 'Medici'. The incident occurred a few weeks ago. Health care is not available for...
NGO And Stakeholders To Meet At First Fiji Tuna Conference
Fiji is all set to organize its first tuna conference. Conservation International (CI) is collaborating with the Ministry of Fisheries, the Fiji Fisheries Industry Association, and WWF for the...
Major Global Highlights February 2023
February was a month of major news – from the trading in the Bangkok processing hub remaining slow to the IOTC establishing a 72-day FAD ban which will impact the catches of major seiner...
Readers Divided Whether EU Will Object To IOTC FAD Ban
The adoption of a 72-day ban on dFADs in the Indian Ocean caused quite a stir. Fleets, industries, representing organizations, and nations were aghast by the way the decision was arrived. The...
Dry Containers Currently Lower Priced Than Pre-Pandemic Rates
Dry container rates have declined to lower than pre-pandemic levels and analysts are forecasting that they might drop even more. Although prices for reefers, which transport frozen whole...
Spanish Tuna Sector Irked By Only Slightly Increased Bluefin Quota
The Spanish traditional Almadraba is all set to begin in April. The bluefin quota for 2023 was made public on February 14. The four Cádiz traps are allotted 1,643 M/T, a jump of 165 tons from...
WPRFMC Lines Up Actions For Upcoming Session
The 194th annual meeting of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC) is nearing, and officials have lined up a Summary of Action Plans. The event will take place in two...
South Indian Harbor Lands Exceptional Tuna Catches
Boats that arrived at Kochi’s Thoppumpady harbor reported unusual landings of tuna on Tuesday. The dock is the biggest fish-selling hub in the South Indian state of Kerala. The fishes – mostly...
Costa Rica To Ink FTA With Ecuador Over Tuna Exports
On March 1, Costa Rica and Ecuador will sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with 90 percent of Costa Rican exports, including tuna, entering its South American neighbor’s market duty-free....
WCPO Carrier Loadings Project Reduced Skipjack Supply
Catches in January nosedived to a four-year low, which in turn heavily reduced the volumes of whole rounds transshipped through PNA ports. Given the sheer drop in raw material transferred into...