American Samoa villages are having problems with the employees working at the StarKist Samoa tuna cannery. A guest workers law allows the company to hire people from Samoa to fill the jobs,...
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Indonesia Seizes Local Vessels For IUU Fishing
One foreign-flagged boat and 21 Indonesian-flagged vessels were seized for IUU fishing by the Indonesian Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. This came about from the surveillance...
Oman Objects To Its Vessels Being On IOTC’s IUU List
After ICCAT blacklisted three Omani-flagged longliners in December for illegal fishing, these vessels have ended up on the IOTC IUU list. This week, Omani authorities sent a letter to the...
Shortfall In Russian Steel Pushes Up Empty Cans’ Price
The shortage of steel due to economic sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine is going to place extra pressure on tuna processors as prices for the metal are rising. On March 15,...
PNG FIA Wants To Join The Crew Safety Bandwagon With FISH Standard
Crew safety has become one of the most talked-about issues in the fishing industry in the last couple of years. Boat owners and organizations looking to stand out from the pack and take a step...
World Tuna Conference 2022 Returns To In-Person Meeting
World Tuna 2022, the tuna trade conference and exhibition in Bangkok, will take place this year as a hybrid event that can be attended either in-person or virtually. Today, organizer InfoFish...
Driver’s Strike Goes On Despite Half-Baked 1 Billion EUR Agreement
The truck drivers’ strike that has been shaking up Spain for the last two weeks is set to continue despite officials calling to resume normal activities after a deal was reached during the...
Albacora Expands Tuna Fishing Operations With Tanzania Deal
Albacora is expanding its overseas tuna operations and has registered its subsidiary, Pemba Tuna Limited, in Tanzania. The Spanish tuna fishing company will also help train local sailors and...
10-Year International Fishers Safety Treaty Still Far From Implementation
The Cape Town Agreement (CTA) has been ratified by Kenya, bringing the list of countries supporting the initiative to 17. Despite the pact being formed a decade ago, this is still distant from...
WCPO Transshipment Volumes Took A Big Drop In February
Fewer loads of tuna were transshipped in PNA ports in February following a fall in overall catches by purse seiners in the Western Central Pacific region. Transshipment volumes fell by 23...
PNG Industry Wants Deep Cuts In VDS Tuna License Fees
The PNG Fishing Industry Association (FIA) wants the country's fishing policies to be revised so that domestic seiners can get cheaper VDS days. Otherwise, PNG's economy will be negatively...
BB’s Former Owner Lion Capital Likely To Face Price-Fixing Claims
A Californian federal judge has decided that tuna buyers have presented sufficient evidence to pursue antitrust claims for price-fixing canned tuna against the former owners of Bumble Bee,...
Zahara de los Atunes Tuna Route Comes Back After 2 Years
The Zahara de los Atunes Tuna Route in Spain is set to come back this year after having been cancelled for the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event will take place from May...
Grupomar Clashing With Peruvian Firm Over Failed Joint Venture
An ongoing legal battle is currently taking place in Peru between the Mexican tuna fishing company Grupomar and the Peruvian firm CASAMAR. The clash has been going on for more than three years...
Microplastics In Canned Tuna Mainly Due To Water In Canning Process
A group of scientists has found microplastics (MPs) in commercially canned tuna in analyzed samples in Ecuador. Products in brine were found to have more polymers than items in oil but this is...
Satlink Helping Maldives Reduce Ghost Gear
Spanish satellite buoy technology company Satlink has teamed up with two international organizations to establish a program for the collection and recycling of abandoned, lost, or discarded...
Boat Owners Give SKJ1.8:BKK A Big Push Upwards, No Relief In Sight
The fallout from the ongoing Russian-Ukraine war has been massive and the global tuna sector like many other industries has been feeling the impact. The Bangkok whole round frozen skipjack...
Japanese Longliner On Fire, Four Crew Members Missing
A Japanese-flagged tuna longliner caught fire 185 kilometers southeast off the coast of the island of Tanegashima on March 21. The vessel, ‘Yujinmaru No. 51’, had a crew of eight fishermen on...
WCPO Catches Declined In February After Slight Recovery
In the WCPO waters, purse seine captains caught less tuna in February. This was partly due to slightly less fishing effort deployed during this time, although, skipjack and yellowfin daily...
Sovereign Guarantee Of 11.3 Million EUR For Tuna Cannery In Angola
The President of Angola, João Lourenço, has approved a state guarantee loan so that the company Alva Fishing can build a canned tuna processing plant in the country. The project was...