The Smartfish NGO promises double the price for tuna landed by Mexican fishermen in Oaxaca City, South of Mexico. Such a claim has never been heard before. The organization is dedicated...
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Filipino Tuna Fisheries Expansion: First Of 33 Boats Launched
The Philippines Fisheries Authority has launched a program that will provide tuna fishing boats to four towns in the Ilocos Region, in the northwestern region of the country. They are 62-foot...
Cost Of Steel Cans To Drop, 10 Percent Capacity Offline
Recently, tin and steel prices have dropped dramatically due to weakening global demand for steel. It is a welcome relief to the canned tuna sector which has been facing rising costs for...
Thai Pet Food Production Rising Sharply
The global pet food market is projected to record yearly growths for the next five years as a result of more people owning furry companions. Thai processors are increasing their operations in...
Time Is Ripe For ICCAT To Adopt Harvest Strategy
The undeniable success of the ICCAT Atlantic bluefin stock recovery plan now requires modern sustainable management as a follow-up to the current quota allocation. The need is increasing as...
Japan Makes Fashion Statement: Jackets From Recycled Fishing Gear
The nation with the largest tuna consumers in the world is now taking initiatives to do its part for environmental conservation. Mr. Kodai Kato, a utility management company employee,...
Russian Vessel Caught Fire In South Korean Shipyard
A South Korean shipyard was the scene of a fire that broke out in a tuna long liner being repaired. According to police and firefighters, a fire on the Russian vessel with a holding capacity...
Smaller Suppliers Sold EUR 53 Million More Canned Tuna To EU In H1
Smaller suppliers around the world managed to largely expand their canned tuna business with EU markets by 17 percent or EUR 53 million in the first half of this year. These processors fall...
Polynesian Tuna Campaign Warmalis 2 Takes Off
After the success of the first Warmalis mission, carried out in 2021, the second one took off from Papeete in French Polynesia on September 14. The project is carried out to understand the...
Dynamic Ocean Closures Can Reduce Bycatch By Half But Challenging To Implement
Bycatch remains a threat for numerous species in the oceans, and static temporary closures are used as a tool to reduce their catches. A study found that dynamic ocean management will...
Post Royal Burial, MSC Sustainability Week Begins
The Sustainable Seafood week restarts this week after it was postponed due to the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. The campaign was to be held between September 16 and 23 but will now last until...
US Stations Two Patrol Boats In Ghana To Fight IUU
It is not a common occurrence that a delegation from the US visits Ghana to discuss fisheries issues. The US has no fishing activities in the nation's waters. The US agreed to support the West...
Fishing Sector Accuses NGOs Of Cherry-Picking Sciences
Since June 2020, the EU has been working on a framework, Taxonomy, to facilitate sustainable investments. The expert platform to assist the European Commission (EC) in developing its...
Rebounding Tourism Strongly Spurs Spanish & Italian H1 Overseas Sourcing
Canned tuna imports into the EU strongly recovered in the first six months of the year, and most of the product was headed to Mediterranean nations Italy, France, and Spain. With pandemic...
WCPFC Wants To Increase Survival Rate Of Dolphin ByCatch
In December 2021, the WCPFC adopted the Best Practice for the Safe Handling and Release of Cetaceans which has now been translated into an infographic for seiner and longliner fishermen. WCPFC...
Jealsa Works On Adding Value To Fish Waste
Five Spanish companies, including Jealsa, form the consortium that initiated LIFE REFISH, which aims to create high-value-added products from fishery and aquaculture waste and by-products. It...
Dead Captain Leaves Crew In Panic
A Taiwanese tuna longliner was found drifting North of Guam by the Japanese Coast Guard on September 17. The captain, at age 59, died a natural death, but the Indonesian crew was unaware of...
StarKist Samoa Workers’ Family Life Impacted
StarKist Fish Packaging Company in American Samoa intends to start a recruitment mission for 500 workers from neighboring Samoa. The scope of expertise is not limited to the tuna processing...
Pacific Women Successful In Fisheries Jobs Through Leadership Program
The Pacific Fisheries Leadership Program, launched by the New Zealand Government in 2018, works to strengthen the skills and abilities of new leaders in the sector. Already 237 Pacific...
Improved Labor Standards Proposal Puts More Obligation On Crew Providers
The Technical and Compliance Committee (TCC) meeting begins on September 21 and just before it, a draft document on improved crew labor standards for fishing vessels operating in the WCPFC...