Even though WCPO purse seiners intensified their efforts in April, there was a slight fall in their catches that month. Nevertheless, it was still one of the highest landings since November...
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Purse Seiners’ Salt Bags A Threat To Pacific Islands
As debates and concerns over plastic pollution are heating up, recent research shows that tons of plastics salt bags are being dumped into the ocean each year by purse seiners operating in the...
Thailand Loses Big In America’s Pre-Cooked Loins Imports In Q1
Purchases of pre-cooked tuna loins in the US strongly declined during the first quarter of the year. In 2020, suppliers boosted their deliveries for this period, but they did not manage...
Spanish SeaKings Ambitious Newcomer In The US Tuna Pouch Segment
- Advertorial - Spanish tuna processor, SeaKings, extended its product range into the consumer segment last year. In a new adventure, the foodservice specialist introduced an 80 gr retail...
Taiwanese Longliner Catches Fire In Indian Ocean
Yesterday, the Taiwanese-flagged longliner ‘De Yi No. 6’ was reported to have caught fire while in the Indian Ocean (IO). The incident occurred around 230 nautical miles off Durban, South...
The FAD Hunters Of Ecuador
For more than 11 years now, an informal buoy retrieval program has been operating in Ecuador. The initiative, started and still managed by Atunec, looked to cement a culture of healthy...
Thai Union’s Songkla Tuna Cannery A COVID-19 Cluster
Infection rates in Thailand have been increasing for a few weeks due to the highly contagious Delta variant. Songkla Canning PLC, a subsidiary of Thai Union, has been declared a COVID-19...
ANABAC’s Atlantic Yellowfin Catches Officially Carrying MSC Logo
Almost a year ago, the Spanish National Association of Tuna Freezer Vessel Shipowners (ANABAC) announced the start of its MSC evaluation for purse seiners targeting yellowfin in free schools...
Atlantic Island Fishers Angry Over EU Seiner dFADs
Traditional fishermen from the island nations in the Atlantic Ocean are protesting over industrial seiner fleets (including those from the EU) using drifting FADs (dFADs). They claim that it...
US Prohibits Hawaii Longliners From Using High-Risk Gear To Protect Sharks
The Hawaiian longline tuna fishery can no longer use wire leaders for their operations in the Western Pacific. This measure was laid down this week by the Western Pacific Fishery Management...
Spanish Immigrant Built Mexico’s Second Largest Tuna Company
Don Antonio Suárez immigrated from Spain to Mexico 53 years ago and built from the ground up one of the most important tuna companies in the nation -- GrupoMar. Over the years, he became known...
MSC Updates: Japanese Pole & Line Fishery Gets Certification
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has made announcements concerning two tuna fisheries regarding their assessments. Last week, the Japanese Kochi and Miyazaki Offshore Pole-and-line Tuna...
Media Frenzy Over Tuna Melts Spells Misery For Subway
The media is in a frenzy after the New York Times (NYT) published one lab’s results last week which stated that it could not identify the content of Subway tuna sandwiches. To the dismay of...
Somalis Outraged Over President Allowing Chinese To Catch Their Tuna
Many Somalians are enraged about the many trade agreements made by outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. Among the deals, they are flabbergasted by the granting of tuna fishing...
How Much Will Expensive Commodities Push Up Canned Tuna Prices?
The canned tuna industry is being hit by an increase in prices of several commodities such as steel, marine fuel, and vegetable oils. Hence, costs for tuna suppliers are being pushed up by...
How Wave Buoys & AFADs Can Help Protect Coastal Communities
Wave buoys connected to anchored FADs can help fisheries agencies and other stakeholders get a more accurate estimate of the anchor position of the FAD and provide essential oceanographic data...
US Pouch Buyers Favored Senegal & Philippines In Q1
The US's main supplier of tuna in pouches, Thailand, lost a big chunk of its business to processors from Senegal and Philippines. Overall, the volume of imported pouched tuna in America...
NGO Calling On Governments To Take Robust Measures Against IUU Fishing
The environmentalist NGO, Oceana, is calling on governments to do their part in the global fight against IUU fishing and introduce robust measures against this problem. This week, the...
Yellowfin Tuna, The Champion Source Of Vitamin B3
The human body needs various essential vitamins and minerals daily. Tuna is a major source of both and it provides especially high levels of niacin, or vitamin B3 to be precise. Recently, a US...
Research Finds 159 Beached dFADs On French Pacific Territory
An ongoing fisheries program on beached drifting FADs (dFADs) in Wallis and Futuna in the Pacific is helping scientists understand the extent of the ghost gear problem on the islands. The...