The Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) overseeing the Tri Marine Western and Central Pacific skipjack and yellowfin fishery MSC certification did not receive any objections since the final draft...
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Somalia Latest IO Nation To Object To Yellowfin Plan
Somalia is the latest country to have joined the list of those opposing the quota cuts for yellowfin as proposed by the new rebuilding plan that was adopted by IOTC members in June. Last week,...
FCF Wants A Second MSC Cert Covering All PNA Zones
Taiwanese tuna trader, FCF, has announced that it will be entering assessment to get another MSC certification within the WCPFC convention area. This time it involves the Nauru skipjack,...
IUCN List States Some Tuna Stocks Are Better Despite Concerns
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has said that several tuna species are recovering due to conservation efforts but stocks in certain oceans such as the Pacific...
SKJ1.8:BKK Drops While Canners Are Hammered By Cost & Labor Challenges
The skipjack raw material price is clearly dropping in Bangkok but not fast enough for processors who are being hammered by various overhead costs such as exorbitant shipping rates and a hike...
EU Alerts: Rio Mare Tuna Recalled In Croatia & More
In August, the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) received alerts for six tuna-related incidents in the EU. The notifications ranged from transportation issues to non-declared...
Spanish Seiners Allowed To Share IO Yellowfin Quota
For the second year in a row, the Spanish fleet in the Indian Ocean (IO) will be allowed to share the country’s tuna quota. Boat owners fear that their vessels will fail to exhaust the...
Tuna Industry In Galicia Struggling To Spark Interest In Young People
The Spanish region of Galicia is struggling to get young people interested in becoming fishers. Currently, 65 percent of active sailors are of retirement age or higher, which in Spain is 65...
Princes “Extremely Disappointed” With IATTC’s Politics Over EPO Tuna
UK company Princes is clearly unhappy with IATTC’s latest debacle of not having settled on conservation measures for tropical tuna during the RFMO’s meeting held last month. “We are extremely...
Family Business Goes For Controversial Atlantic Bluefin MSC Assessment
Another bluefin fishery has gone for MSC assessment which might stir up controversy just like last year. The Certification Assessment Body (CAB), DNV, announced on August 31 that Spanish...
China Losing Big While Thailand & Philippines Grow In EU Loins Market
The demand for pre-cooked tuna loins slightly softened in the EU during the first half of this year compared to the previous year when elevated retail hoarding purchases sparked higher...
How Much Greenwashing Is There In The Tuna Sector?
Investments in sustainable projects are growing around the world and by 2025, Assets Under Management (AUM) financed globally in such funds and portfolios could reach USD 53 trillion. As this...
WCPO 2020 Seiners Catches Fall By 9%, P&L Nosedived
Global tuna catches in 2020 were down mainly due to an 11 percent volume drop from the WCPO area. This was the result of lower purse seine skipjack landings as well as pole-and-line and...
IPNLF Wants Bigger Cuts For Industrial Fleets On Overfished Atlantic Bigeye
Small-scale fisheries are disproportionately impacted by catch limit impositions in the ICCAT convention area, claims IPNLF. Thus, the Foundation is asking the RFMO to acknowledge this when...
EU Markets Start Showing Signs Of Recovery In Q2
The canned tuna trade skyrocketed last year but has not been able to maintain those same levels in 2021. During the first half of the year, EU purchases fell enough to put them at their lowest...
Thai Union Changes Songkla Cannery’s Name
Today, Thai Union informed the Thailand Stock Exchange and its investors about the name change of its subsidiary plant, Songkla Canning. As of September 1, the new name is i-Tail Corporation...
Fire Destroys Nearly 20% Of Frabelle PNG Plant
Yesterday, a fire broke out in Frabelle Group’s tuna processing facility in Lae, Papua New Guinea (PNG), damaging some areas. Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr., President of Frabelle Group, told...
Seychelles Combats IUU With High Fine For Sri Lankan Captain
Seychelles Supreme Court has fined the captain of a Sri Lankan-flagged longliner USD 167,000 for fishing in the nation’s waters without a license. On June 1, Mahalingam Kanapathi was arrested...
Greenwashing An Obstacle For Trillions Of Sustainable Investment Funding
Sustainable investments are fast becoming mainstream but there is concern from investors about whether there is greenwashing taking place. As tuna companies are increasingly moving towards...
FADs For Super Seiners Cause Of IATTC Failure
The IATTC meeting finished last week and members did not manage to see eye-to-eye on new conservation measures for tropical tuna in the EPO. However, multiple sources that attended the meeting...