Italian brand Nostromo – owned by Grupo Calvo – is stepping up its marketing techniques. It has partnered with tech company ShopFully to use Hyperlocal Intelligence (HI) – a form of artificial...
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Seychelles Gears Up For Second Coastline FAD Retrieval Mission
Seychelles is accelerating its course of action to clear FADs washing up on its reefs, lagoons, and coastlines. After a successful ten-day clean-up event last October, the Seychelles...
Higher WCPO Fishing Effort Not Translated Into Higher Catches
The increase in total purse seine fishing effort in the WCPO continued in November, reaching the highest level of 2022. However, the result of their activities fell slightly by three percent...
Readers Believe SIMP Changes To Likely Affect US Chunk Light Trade
Earlier this month, US fisheries officials announced the expansion of the number of species that will fall under the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP). Imports of tuna-like...
Irish Displeasure With Foreigners Fishing Tuna In Its Waters Grows
Irish fishermen cannot catch Atlantic bluefin in the country's EEZ because no quota has been allocated under the EU's Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). Meanwhile, fleets from its...
Updated Maruha Nichiro Blue Bond Does Not Exclude Tuna Fishing
Seafood giant and trader, Maruha Nichiro Co. has updated its Blue Finance Framework first launched in September 2022 for the first Japanese Blue Bond. The adjusted framework includes natural...
Majuro Expects A Rebound In Skipjack Transshipments
Fisheries data shows that tuna transshipments in Majuro port in the Marshall Islands have been rebounding since transfer operations plummeted in 2020 during the COVID pandemic. Officials are...
EU Seiner Fleets Cry Foul Over India’s FAD Ban Proposal
India’s recommendation to ban drifting FADs in the Indian Ocean has the EU fishing fleets seeing red. The Asian nation submitted its document ahead of the Special Session due to take place in...
StarKist Rated Top Trusted Canned Seafood Brand In US
American tuna brand StarKist, with its multiple-flavored pouches and cans, secured the top spot for the most trusted canned seafood brand in the country. Marketing research firm BrandSpark...
Next Tuna Project Partners In Development Of Soft Pellet Feed
Skretting – the world’s largest producer of fish feed – has announced its collaboration with Next Tuna to provide soft-extruded pellets to feed Atlantic bluefin in the latter's upcoming farm...
CFTO & Via Océan Want MSC Logo For Atlantic Skipjack And Yellowfin
The Compagnie Française du Thon Océanique (CFTO) and Via Océan fishing companies are aiming for the MSC sustainable blue logo for their fleets' skipjack and yellowfin catches. The Announcement...
Dongwon’s Top Executive Gets New Role In Company
Dongwon Group has announced Eunhong Min is the new CEO of Dongwon Industries - the holding company of the fishing and seafood trading group. Min joined Dongwon Systems as its Vice President in...
Slow Start After Veda, But Already Lower Manta Skipjack Deals
The second EPO tuna closure ended last week and has already impacted the skipjack trading price in Manta. Seining operations are currently taking place at full capacity in the region. Although...
Kiribati Tuna Fishers Hope For Better Days Out At Sea Amidst Crises
Global warming is real and fishermen in Kiribati claim that they are reeling under its impact. They have pointed out natural and man-made disasters are affecting the peaceful lives of locals...
Shrinking US Seiner Fleet’s Skipjack Catches Hit 40 Year Bottom
US purse seine fleet captains had an abysmal fishing year in 2021 when their vessels netted rock-bottom levels of skipjack not seen in nearly 40 years, according to the latest WCPFC data. This...
TUNACONS Wants MSC Scope Extension For EPO Skipjack
The Ecuadorian fishing group TUNACONS – with 46 large purse seiners and three coastal seiners – announced that it is seeking a scope extension to reassess the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO)...
Taiwan Signs New Pact To Deploy Observers On Longliners In Seychelles’ Waters
In a strategic move, Seychelles and Taiwan's longline boat owners signed a deal for multiple fishing contracts for the Asian fleet to operate in the coastal nation's waters from the beginning...
Study Says One-Sixth Of High Seas Fishing Hours Potentially IUU
A study claims that 17 percent of the high seas fishing hours in 2021 were potentially vessels carrying out IUU fishing. It based its findings on the ten-year observation of GPS data of around...
NGOs Demand US To Put Costa Rica Under Microscope
Costa Rica has come under the spotlight for fishing violations. A coalition of over 18 marine organizations presented evidence to the US government proving the allegations – mainly for...
India Wants 5 Year Ban On DFADs In Indian Ocean
India submitted a proposal to the Special Session of the IOTC to ban all drifting FADs in the Indian Ocean, effective January 1, 2024. This follows India’s strategy against purse seine...