Concerns about the health of the skipjack stock in the EPO were put to rest last week when the IATTC staff presented its latest stock assessment results during the annual meeting of the...
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Lischewski Asks Judge Not To Revive Claims In Kansas State
Chris Lischewski, former CEO of Bumble Bee, has asked a Californian federal judge to toss out a bid by a Kansas-based wholesale grocery distributor to revive a lawsuit against him. He said...
Century Will Not Pass On Rising Costs To Consumers
Century Pacific Food has revised its growth forecast for this year and expects its earnings to slow. At an investors' day meeting on May 24, Christopher Po, Executive Chairman of Century, said...
Mandatory Gear Change On Hawaii Longliners Reduce Shark Mortality
As of May 31, Hawaii longliners targeting bigeye are no longer allowed to use wire leaders that whitetip sharks cannot bite through to free themselves. Also, the gear has to be removed before...
Mega Carrier Vessels Contributing To Global Supply Chain Problems
Mega container ships may be part of the global supply chain problem given that their ever-increasing sizes mean more logistical issues as well as challenges when these vessels cannot offload...
Thailand And Mexico See Sharp Drop In Q1 US Purchases
American buyers purchased 10 percent less canned tuna at the beginning of 2022, especially from Thai and Mexican processors. The total value of the business amounted to around USD 157 million....
Interactive Game To Teach Fishermen Financial Knowledge
An education game called “Fish N’ Learn” for local fisherfolk has been created by the Philippines Central Bank (BSP). It aims to teach 1.9 million fishermen how to improve their financial...
Sapmer Reduces Loss In 2021
French fishing company, Sapmer, published its full 2021 annual report on May 20 and omitted the half-year figures. Sales had increased and were mainly made in the second half of the year. The...
Majority Of Readers Expected Negative IOTC Outcome
Last Friday, the IOTC annual meeting concluded and, as the majority of our readers expected, no agreement was reached on future cuts in yellowfin catches. This is a great disappointment for...
India Dominant Obstructor Of IOTC Progress On Yellowfin Rebuilding
The IOTC annual meeting last week turned out to be another frustrating affair for most parties as the Commission failed to reduce yellowfin catches. Despite great enthusiasm and ideas from...
No Headway In EU-Senegal Talks Over Seized Boats
Talks between Spanish and Senegalese officials are going nowhere with several Basque tuna vessels still stuck in Dakar Port and not being allowed to fish. Last week, the Spanish Minister of...
Juan Vieites Leaves Anfaco After 42 years Of Dedicated Service
Last Friday, Juan Manuel Vieites Baptista de Sousa announced that he is retiring as Secretary-General of the Spanish processors' organization, Anfaco-Cecopesca. Roberto Alonso will succeed...
Japanse Longline Fishery Goes For MSC Without Completing Its FIP
On May 13, Control Union (UK) Limited announced that Fukuichi Fishery Co., Ltd has started the process to obtain an MSC certification for bigeye, yellowfin, and albacore longline fishing in...
Mexico Temporarily Eliminates Tariffs On Imports Of Tuna
The Mexican government announced this week the elimination of import duties on several food products, including canned tuna. The decree, in effect for one year, is meant to alleviate and try...
US Pacific Tuna Group Close To Certification in WCPO & EPO
The conformity assessment body (CAB), SCS Global Services, has determined that the US Pacific Tuna Group’s Eastern and Western Central Pacific Skipjack, Yellowfin, and Bigeye Tuna Purse Seine...
Thai Canners Increased Yellowfin Imports By Over 20 Percent
Imports of whole round frozen yellowfin by canneries in Thailand hit a five-year high in Q1 2022 and the price of these shipments also reached a peak level. Overall, this business amounted to...
MSC And PNA React To Shark Guardian’s Shark Finning Allegations
MSC and PNA have reacted to the document published earlier this month by the UK NGO, Shark Guardian, which alleged that some vessels under the Tri Marine MSC certification in the WCPO had...
Canned Tuna Consolidated Third Position In US Seafood Consumption
Although overall seafood consumption in the US dropped in 2020, more canned tuna was bought. The shelf-stable item ranked third in the National Fisheries Institute’s (NFI) recently released...
EPO Skipjack Stock Is Healthy, IATTC Staff Says After Stock Assessment
Most of the concerns regarding the health of the EPO skipjack have been put to rest by the latest IATTC stock assessment, which deems the stock healthy. The RFMO’s Scientific Advisory...
Dongwon Raises Value Of Assets – Including StarKist – By 53%
After earlier valuing StarKist at zero and receiving backlash from a group of angry shareholders, Dongwon Group has readjusted the merger ratio between Dongwon Industries and Dongwon...