Based on the latest yellowfin stock assessment in the Indian Ocean (IO), the IOTC scientific staff concluded that catches must be drastically reduced to have more than a 50 percent chance of...
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All Major Suppliers Lost Canned Tuna Market Share In Germany In 2021
The amount of canned tuna imports into Germany hit a five-year low in 2021 with deliveries from major suppliers such as Ecuador and the Philippines especially having dropped. The latest...
Peru’s Government Wants Investments In National Tuna Fleet
During the latest plenary session of the Peruvian Congress, the Minister of Production, Jorge Luis Prado, said that it is necessary to create a national tuna fleet. Thus, he announced that the...
Finless Foods Receives USD 34 Million In Funding
US cell-cultured seafood company, Finless Foods, has received USD 34 million from investors in the latest fundraising round. The money will be used to fast-track its bluefin production as well...
Ecuadorian Canners See One Quarter Of EU Business Evaporate
Shipments of canned tuna to the EU picked up last year after they had temporarily fallen in 2020. However, the bloc’s main canned tuna provider, Ecuador, has seen around a quarter of its...
Sri Lanka Combating IUU But Says VMS For Boats Will Take Years
Sri Lanka has updated the IOTC on the legal steps it has taken for its vessels which ended up on the Commission’s IUU list last year. However, it asked for consideration over delays in...
Dutch Organic Supermarkets Introduce Return Deposit On Cans
Dutch organic supermarket chains Ekoplaza and Marqt are the first to introduce return deposit on cans. The deposit and return rate is EUR 0.15 per can. The system will be operational as of...
Spanish Fishermen Worried Over Rising Operational Costs
Spanish fishing organizations have asked for an urgent meeting with the Fisheries Minister to discuss the rising operating costs facing the sector. They also expressed their worries over the...
PNA Announces World Tuna Day Contest
World Tuna Day (WTD) is coming up soon on Monday, May 2. The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) has been the first to announce its WTD activity - World Tuna Day Art & Talent Quest...
Tuna Sector Working Towards More Inclusion Of Women
Today is International Women’s Day - a time to celebrate the achievements of women in various fields. They are involved in the tuna industry from working in processing plants cleaning loins to...
EU’s 2.2 Billion EUR Canned Tuna Market Struggling To Recover
The consumption of canned tuna by EU countries strongly recovered last year. Despite this, the quantity was not sufficient to bring the market volume back to the pre-COVID 2019 level. EU...
Russia Halting Fertilizer Exports Could Create Global Food Crisis
The war in Eastern Europe has begun to wreak havoc with the global supply chain and the latest announcement by Russia to halt fertilizer exports will lead to additional disruption. Most...
Spanish Sector Warns Of Disruption Due To Ukrainian Sunflower Oil Shortage
The Spanish processing industry has warned of a possible short-term disruption because the sector is highly dependent on Ukrainian sunflower oil. ANFACO-Cecopesca says that it is necessary to...
Tuna Sector Celebrates International Women’s Day
March 8 marks International Women’s Day (IWD), a time to commemorate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. It is also an event that calls for gender equality. It...
Research Shows That Atlantic Bluefin Spawns In Northeast US
There might good news for the western Atlantic bluefin stock as a new study shows that this tuna has a major spawning ground in the Slope Sea off the Northeast US coast. The scientists who...
Concerns Over Fuel And Exchange Rates Dominate Seychelles Skipjack Price
In February, catches in the Indian Ocean (IO) were still moderate and the processing plants in the Seychelles and Mauritius are avoiding a drop in supply so that raw material is not diverted...
Seiner Fuel Costs Soaring With Looming Ban On Russian Oil
Today, global oil prices soared over USD 130 per barrel as US and European countries are considering a ban on Russian fuel imports, prompted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A delay in...
Costa Rica Transparent With Vessel Fishing Activity
The agreement between Costa Rica and Global Fishing Watch (GFW) which was signed in July 2020, has come into effect. Since January 2022, the data of 95 vessels – commercial longliners and...
StarKist Can’t Argue Against Price-Fixing Claims Says Judge
StarKist has once again been told by a federal judge that claims brought against it by American tuna buyers for its antitrust behavior are not too old. Dana M. Sabraw, federal judge of the...
No Live Baitfish Leading To Bankruptcy Of Pole & Liners
The continuing inability to procure live baitfish from Hann Bay, Senegal, due to the Senegalese government’s veto of such purchases means three Basque pole and line fishing vessels are facing...