Imports of frozen whole round tuna to the EU have been dropping with the arrivals reaching the lowest level in the last five years. Meanwhile, the canning industry bought record-high levels of...
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Poll: What Price Will Retail Canned Tuna Be In 2022?
The canned tuna industry has been having a hard time this year. Processors have been faced with high expenses from freight costs to other commodities such as steel and vegetable oils. These...
Adjudicator To Intervene In OPAGAC MSC Objection Process After Dialogue Failed
Parties have not been able to find a common ground during the consultation period regarding the objection against the OPAGAC WCPO MSC certification. Thus, the MSC independent adjudicator in...
Four American Samoa Cannery Workers Killed In Crash
Four StarKist employees were tragically killed in a car accident in front of the American Samoa cannery last Friday. Local media reports alleged it was caused by a drunk...
Japan’s Top Tuna Port Rocked By Skipjack Theft Scandal
Yaizu, a tuna port city in Shizuoka Prefecture of Japan has been rocked by a skipjack theft scandal and recent indictments for this crime include a former President of a well-known processor....
Tuna Vessel Rescues Six Sailors From Sunken Fuel Carrier
An Indonesian tuna vessel with six sailors on board that it rescued on December 12, arrived at port this weekend. The ‘KMN Hasil Tuna’ found the men drifting at sea after the fuel carrier...
Costa Rica Launches New Eco-Label For Sustainable Seafood
The Costa Rican government has launched a new eco-label for sustainable seafood. The ‘Pura Vida’ Costa Rican Seafood & Aquaculture collective mark looks to help consumers differentiate...
IATTC Achotines Laboratory Marks 25 Years Of Researching Yellowfin Spawning
The IATTC recently announced that it had reached a milestone of 25 years of sustained spawning of yellowfin at its Achotines Laboratory in Panama. This lab was established in 1985 as part of...
Looking Forward To Trini The Tuna’s Return For Christmas
Every December, Trini the tuna visits the port of L'Escala in Spain where locals welcome it with open arms. The event has even become a tourist attraction and many look out for its arrival. In...
EJF Investigation Leads To ICCAT Banning Illegal Tuna Longliners
The international NGO, Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), has said that ICCAT has blacklisted a fleet of longliners for illegally catching and transshipping tuna. However, it expressed...
ATUNEC Helps With Logistic Of Vaccination Event In Port Of Manta
A new vaccination center in the Port of Manta has been set up to give the first or second doses to children aged five to 11, reported El Diario Ecuador. The jabs are free of charge. The...
Albacore WR Imports Down In The EU, Indonesia Supply Strongly Up
The demand for frozen whole round albacore slightly softened among EU processors during the first three quarters (Q3) of the year. Similarly, the average price per ton of the product also...
Chinese Longline Fishery Enters MSC Assessment In IO, WCPO & EPO
The Chinese tuna longline fishing company Zhejiang Ocean Family is starting the process to obtain MSC certification for its skipjack, bigeye, albacore, yellowfin, and swordfish catches in the...
Are High WCPO Yellowfin Catches Caused By La Niña?
The chances that the La Niña phenomenon will continue in the Pacific through the winter months until approximately April 2022 is almost certain. Although no guaranteed influence on tuna...
Environmentalists: “Shell’s Seismic Survey Will Harm Marine Life”
Environmental groups and local experts in South Africa have filed motions in the nation’s High Court against Shell’s start of seismic surveys to explore for petroleum systems off the Eastern...
Readers: UK Retailers Let Go Ethical Standard For Low Price
In the UK market, a canned tuna price war is taking place between retail market leaders and the discounter Aldi. So, while supermarkets are very outspoken about improving the management of the...
Venezuelan’s President Front Man Laundered Millions Of Dollars Via Canned Tuna Imports
A member of the National Assembly of Ecuador has stated that Alex Saab laundered around USD 300 million for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro through imports such as canned tuna from...
Omicron Pushes WTO Negotiations On Harmful Fisheries Subsidies To 2022
Negotiations on harmful fisheries subsidies by the World Trade Organization (WTO) have been postponed until next year. The 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) which was to take place in...
Filipino Artists Hold Concert To Raise Money For Tuna Fishing Communities
Well-known Filipino artists have teamed up with WWF Philippines for a three-night virtual concert, “Holiday Serenade”, to raise money for 21 tuna fishing communities in Lagonoy Gulf and...
Most IUU Fishing In WCPO Due To Seiners’ Captains Misreporting
The annual volume of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) tuna in the WCPO has dropped over the past decade, according to the latest Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) report....