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Global NGO Gets USD 1.9 Mil To Improve Sustainable Tuna Work In Northeast Asia
International non-profit Ocean Outcomes has received a three-year USD 1.9 million investment to scale up its sustainable tuna longlining initiatives across Northeast Asia. It had previously...
EU Bought Less WR Tuna In Q3, Philippines Business Almost Completely Disappeared
The amount of frozen whole round tuna delivered to the EU during the first three quarters (Q3) of the year was the lowest in five years. The extremely poor yellowfin deliveries pushed down the...
Buyers Deny StarKist Allegation That Judge Had Conflicts Of Interest In Tuna MDL
Counsel for plaintiffs in the multi-district lawsuit (MDL) over tuna price-fixing in the US has told a Californian Appeals Court that District Judge Jannis L. Sammartino did not break judicial...
Stagnant Trade Causes Seychelles Prices To Remain Fixed
The tuna trade in Seychelles has come to a temporary standstill. All commercial vessels have stopped fishing and only a few Spanish-flagged seiners will resume operations at the end of...
OPAGAC Close To Resolving WCPO Objection, But Got Another One In Atlantic
The consultation period for the objection submitted against the OPAGAC MSC assessment in the WCPO was scheduled to end last week. However, the independent adjudicator has extended it until...
WCPFC Extends At-Sea Transshipments Measure Until March 2022
The WCPFC will be extending the provisional measures temporarily allowing at-sea transshipments for purse seiners and the suspension of observer coverage for these vessels until March 15,...
Maldivian Fishermen Demand Better Yellowfin Prices
Last week, the Maldives fishermen from the Bodu Kanneli Masverige Union (BKMU) held a rally to voice their concerns about yellowfin fishing in the country. They are asking for better value for...
Vietnam Tuna Shipments To The Middle East On The Rise
The volume of tuna being shipped to the Middle East from Vietnam has strongly increased and is positioned as a bright prospect for future trades. According to the Vietnam Association of...
Princes Partners With EDM For Bioplant, To Use Waste From Tuna Processing
International food and drink group, Princes, has partnered with a new bioplant venture, which is set to reduce carbon emissions from its Mauritius tuna processing sites by 8,650 M/T per...
Stock Exchanges Make No Effort To Detect IUU Fishing By Listed Firms
The non-profit financial think tank, Planet Tracker, recently released a report that claims that some publicly listed companies undertake IUU fishing. It also states that a number of the...
Cocos MPA Expansion Going Ahead Despite Fishers’ Opposition
The expansion of the Cocos Marine Conservation Area (ACMC) in the Costa Rican EEZ is moving forward despite strong opposition from the tuna fishing sector. In early November, the Ministry of...
US Tuna Fishers Want Homeland Security To Get More Involved With Pacific Islands
The outcome of negotiations at last week's WCPFC meeting was a great disappointment for US tuna fishing companies. Now they are urging the US government to embrace a new geopolitical strategy...
StarKist vs US Govt: Judge Unimpressed With “Minced” Tuna Definition For Pouches
StarKist and the US government were at each other's throats again over high duties that the company has to pay for its tuna salad lunch pouches. One of the judges at the US Appeals court...
Subway Wants Plaintiffs Penalized For “Irresponsible” Tuna Lawsuit
Subway has once again asked a Californian federal court to throw out a lawsuit alleging that it is misleading customers about the tuna in its sandwiches. The fast-food chain argued that...
Devaluation Of Sapmer Shares Seems Unstoppable
Publicly listed French fishing company, Sapmer, has seen its share value take an erratic course in 2021. The company's 2020 results and the sale of two tuna purse seiners did not reassure...
Eating Tuna Twice A Week Could Save Money For Consumers & Health Sector
A study suggests that an increase in seafood consumption could not only help consumers improve their health but also potentially aid in saving millions of pounds in the UK. The research was...
OPAGAC: More Time Is Needed To Fully Adopt Biodegradable FADs
The Spanish fishing companies grouped as OPAGAC have said that more time is needed before the fleet can fully adopt biodegradable FADs (bio-FADs). In a statement, the organization claimed that...
Indian Ocean Squid Vessels Possibly Catching Tuna Illegally
Vessels in the Northwest Indian Ocean (NWIO) squid fishery might be illegally catching tuna and tuna-like species. This is according to a report released by Trygg Mat Tracking (TMT), a...
CNFC To Renew Its Tuna Longline Fleet
Chinese tuna company, CNFC, intends to raise around CNY 400 million (USD 62.7 million) to renew and expand its longline fishing fleet. On December 4, the firm made the announcement saying that...