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...
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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...
EU Buyers Import EUR 1.4 Billion In H1, Sharp Drop In Philippines Supply
EU retailers and traders imported more canned tuna in the first half of this year compared to 2021. However, they cut back on their purchases from PNG and the Philippines due to sufficient...
Bumble Bee Steps Away From Good Catch Plant-Based Adventure
American plant-based food brand, Wicked Foods, has taken over the Good Catch distribution and sales in the US from Bumble Bee, which has stepped out of the joint venture partnership with the...
CAB Says Two Tri Marine Fisheries Can Be Certified For Bigeye
The certification body, SCS Global Services, has announced that the bigeye catches of two Solomon Islands’ fisheries, one purse seine and the other longline, both belonging to Tri Marine, can...
Pacific Leaders Want More Consumption From Domestic Canneries, While Imports Grow Explosively
Pacific Island nations have the world's largest tuna resource and still, their import of canned tuna from Thailand sharply increased in the first half of this year, amounting to USD 10...
Tuna Caught 30 Years After Being Tagged
A Southern bluefin tagged over 30 years ago was recently caught off the coast of Australia. Ryan Gazzola, 17, hooked the tuna weighing in at 135 kilograms off the Mornington Peninsula in...
How Tonga Got Its Fresh Tuna Shipments Back On Track
Tonga-based Pacific Sunrise Fishing's six longliner boats were washed out to sea after an erupting volcano triggered a tsunami but what hurt the company's fresh tuna business the most was...
Scientists Raise Doubts Over Pacific Marine Park Expansion
Scientists in the US Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council have doubts about the recommendation to expand a marine monument in the central Pacific Ocean. They noted a lack of...
Anger Over Approved Nauru’s Deep Sea Mining Project
Scientists and environmental groups are up in arms after an international body gave Nauru Ocean Resources Inc (NORI) the green light to conduct deep sea mining trials in the Clarion Clipperton...
New Fishing Rules For EU Tuna Boats In WCPFC Approved
This week, members of the European Parliament (EP) approved new fisheries rules into the EU legislation which apply to the bloc’s flagged vessels. This relates to their adherence to...
Why WWF’s Blockchain Project With Philippine Fisheries Failed
In 2019, WWF and Union Bank of the Philippines launched a very innovative and ambitious initiative for artisanal small-scale handline tuna fishermen. Tracey, as the app is called, is powered...
How Solomon’s Tuna Sector Defied COVID & Created Growth
The Solomon Islands tuna industry is going strong and the government is injecting money into ventures and programs to improve the entire supply chain in the sector. SolTuna cannery also...
First Hawaii Longline Fishery MSC Certified
As no stakeholders submitted any objections, Control Union UK published the Public Certification Report for its client, the Hawaii Longline Swordfish, Bigeye, and Yellowfin Fishery, which...
Still No Long-Term Deal For EU Seiners In Mauritius’ Waters
The European Parliament gave its consent to the extension of the EU-Mauritius fisheries protocol on Tuesday. The EU seiner fleet can continue its fishing operations in Mauritius' EEZ for...
Poll: Will Tuna Be Traded With Digital Currency In The Future?
Digital currencies are being used all over the world by various industries. The idea of using cryptocurrency in the global tuna sector has not taken off although some ideas are being launched....
Indian Ocean Albacore In Healthy State Say Scientists
Albacore in the Indian Ocean is in a healthy state according to the latest stock assessment results released by the IOTC. However, they advised a precautionary approach to the management of...