For months, European boat owners have urged authorities to pay heed to the fact that marine fuel, which makes up close to half of their operating expenses, has just become unaffordable. Data...
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Bluefin Cutting Event Goes For A Guinness Record
Organizers of a 150 kg bluefin cutting event in Marbella, Spain, aim for it to be entered in the Guinness Book of Records. The giant tuna will be traditionally filleted by renowned chef David...
Spanish Maritime Commission Investigates ‘Albacora Cuatro’ Fisher Deaths
The inquiry into the tragic explosion that took the lives of two tuna fishermen on board Spanish purse seiner ‘‘Albacora Cuatro’ has now been assumed by the Commission for the Investigation of...
UK Sushi Chain Stops Serving Yellowfin, Blames It On IO Sourcing
Itsu, a major UK sushi chain, will stop selling Indian Ocean (IO) yellowfin in its sushi bars. The firm has recently expressed its concern over the stock status of this tuna. This move comes...
Irish Albacore Fishers Want French Live-Fire Exercise To Stop
Fishermen want to prevent the French navy from having an exercise in the waters near the coast of West Cork. The Irish Department of Transport warned them of the safety risks of the missile...
EU Consumers’ Declining Demand For Fresh Seafood
Europeans love seafood and on average consume nearly 24 kg per capita annually. Tuna is the number one fish eaten and has remained so for years (at over three kilograms). However, this year...
Kenya Plans To Transform Small-Scale Fisheries To Boost Fish Yields
The Kenyan government is keen for the nation's small-scale fishers to expand to commercial and industrial size. Authorities are in the process of introducing laws and regulations to enable...
Atlantic Bigeye Overfished, Still EU Urges 20 Percent TAC Increase
Members of ICCAT will be debating the overfished Atlantic bigeye stock in an upcoming meeting. Several have proposed at least a 20 percent increase in the total allowable catch (TAC), despite...
Pesca’s Seiner Caught Fire In Mazatlán Port
Once again there was another incident on a purse seiner docked in Mazatlán port, Mexico. On June 18, a blaze started on the vessel named ‘Clarion’ and the assistance of the city’s firefighters...
Global Tuna Cities Explore Opportunities From Sustainably Managing Tuna
Next week, representatives of crucial tuna cities will be discussing their perspectives on the sustainable management of the tuna sector. The occasion, which will take place as part of the UN...
New US Act Holds Shipping Lines Accountable For Container Demurrage
Shipping line companies will soon be held responsible for the detention and demurrage charges of containers remaining too long at dock in US ports. On June 16, President Biden signed the Ocean...
Can Tuna Mitigate Erectile Dysfunction?
Foods high in Omega-3 fatty acids such as albacore tuna can help increase blood flow which in turn could help men with erectile dysfunction (ED) problems, according to WebMD. Tuna also...
American Samoan Longline Group Wants Boats To Diversify To Trolling
A longline tuna association in American Samoa has asked officials to help vessels in the territory’s longline fishery diversify to trolling (jig fishing) as the latter provides more profitable...
Tuna Alliance Aims For Longline Atlantic Albacore MSC
Another fishery is aiming for an Atlantic albacore longline MSC certification. SCS Global Services, the same CAB that evaluated Tri Marine's similar assessment, released the Announcement...
46 TUNACONS Seiners Nearing MSC Cert For Yellowfin, Skipjack Next?
The Ecuadorian fishing group TUNACONS - with 46 large purse seiners- has been officially recommended to obtain MSC certification for its EPO purse seine yellowfin catches. The assessment for...
Fishermen Kidnapped Police Officers At Sea
Two police officers and a coast guard were taken hostage by the crew of a small seiner when they tried to prevent the fishermen from illegal fishing. The incident occurred last Thursday in the...
Skipjack Whole Round Demand Took A Plunge In Q1
The purchase of skipjack raw material by EU processors plunged at the beginning of this year with volumes in Q1 hitting the lowest level in the past five years. EU imports fell to 7,419 M/T,...
Will Inflation Send More US Seafood Consumers To Canned Tuna Shelves?
Rising food prices have become a major source of worry for American consumers and their spending patterns have changed accordingly. Currently, 30 percent of US households are struggling to pay...
Alliance Select Appoints New CEO To Refloat Business
On June 15, Jeoffrey Yulo started as the new CEO of Alliance Select Foods International. He replaced his predecessor Raymond K.H. See, who sent his resignation letter to the Board on May 17....
WTO Unanimously Adopts New Deal To End Harmful Fisheries Subsidies
After 21 years of negotiations, countries have made a deal on rules to end harmful fisheries subsidies. After five days of talk, the WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference ended yesterday and...