Drifting FADs (dFADs) are once again at the forefront of conversations in the global tuna industry. This time a group of more than 100 NGOs and retailers published a report calling for...
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Susan Jackson: ISSF A Necessity For The Tuna Sector
The greatest value of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) is that it brings together different stakeholders in the tuna industry to work together on common goals. Susan...
EU Alerts: Italians Raised Several Warnings About Spanish Tuna
Tuna-related incidents reported to the EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) in September ranged from poor temperature control to food poisoning. Out of the seven issues reported,...
Indonesia Set On Boosting Its Already Monumental Tuna Catches
Indonesia has the potential to further expand its fishery sector, according to the country’s Deputy for Maritime Sovereignty and Energy at the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investment...
US NGO Takes First Step Into Tuna Trading Business
Today, the US-based environmental NGO, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), announced a partnership with the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) for a joint venture company to supply MSC sustainable...
MSC Reports Increases On Tuna But Gives No Insight In Whole Round Weight
Sales of MSC tuna products around the world have increased considerably in the past year, according to the Marine Stewardship Council. The organization is attributing the growth to the notion...
Spanish Pole-And-Liners Won’t Be Able To Fish In Morocco
The fisheries and trade agreements between the EU and Morocco have been recently annulled by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) taking away the right to fish for several Spanish-flagged...
StarKist Mascot Turns 60, Happy Birthday Charlie
Yesterday, StarKist’s mascot Charlie the Tuna celebrated his 60th birthday. The famous icon for decades has been urging Americans to eat tuna. He was honored with a miniature of himself and a...
Kenyan Tuna Crews Allege Abuse On Board Chinese Vessels
Several Kenyan crew members have alleged abusive working conditions on board Chinese-owned fishing vessels operating in the Indian Ocean. This was revealed during the Senate’s Labor and Social...
Dongwon Group Diversifying From Fish To Livestock
The Dongwon Group is diversifying its business from fishery to meat. It recently carried out an organizational restructuring by establishing a livestock division under its subsidiary Dongwon...
EU & Japan Say No To Special Session On DFADs Reduction Proposal
The issue over a major drifting FADs (dFADs) proposal submitted by Kenya that was laid out during the IOTC annual meeting in June has not been resolved. The recommendation pushed for an...
Japan’s Skipjack Imports Crash, Indonesia Suffers Most
Sales of frozen whole round tuna to Japan have taken a big hit in the first half of the year (H1). Imports reached the lowest level in at least the last five years, pushed by the lack of...
Conxemar Starts In Spain, Brings Industry Face-To-Face
Today, one of the biggest seafood trade shows kicks off in Spain. The first in-person event since the pandemic took the world by storm. Conxemar opened its doors to wholesalers, importers,...
John West’s 2020 Turnover Sees Slight Hike Despite Pandemic Sales
Despite 2020 being a year when pandemic-induced hoarding of shelf-stable products took place, canned tuna and seafood company, John West Foods, experienced only a slight increase in its...
Little Investor Confidence In Sapmer’s Reorganization
After a dramatic loss of EUR 24.5 (USD 28.4) million, a financial debt of EUR 130.9 (USD 151.9) million, and a 32 percent reduction in revenue in 2020, French fishing company, Sapmer, had to...
Women Crew To Be Added To Fiji Longliners?
Fiji is making efforts to include women in more areas of the tuna sector and this includes fishing jobs on longliners. However, there is “gender blindness” in the longline fishing industry,...
PEW: RFMO Negotiations Dominated By “A Small But Powerful Few”
The traditional management approach used in RFMOs of lengthy negotiation has contributed to overfishing and depletion of species. This is according to Pew, who says that often during RFMO...
Spanish FAD Fleet Increasing Use Of Smart Buoys
The long-distance Spanish purse seine tuna fleet has been increasingly replacing traditional buoys with smart ones. This is according to a study carried out by technology company Satlink,...
FAD Ban Transshipment Volumes Hit Peak
Transshipments during the FAD ban period rose in August this year to the highest level of the past two years in the same period. Data from the PNA region shows that transshipment volumes in...
Tuna Loses Crown In British Market After Temporary Reign
Retail sales of tuna in the UK dropped slightly during the first half of the year. In 2020, panic buying of canned products pushed tuna temporarily to the top as the most popular seafood....