Employees of the Pesquerías de Almadraba in Barbate, Spain, started their first day of striking today after the company breached an agreement without negotiation. The issue revolves...
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What Are You Doing To Celebrate World Tuna Day?
For the past four years, the tuna sector has been officially celebrating World Tuna Day on May 2 – a day of recognition for not only the world’s most commercial fish but one that supports and...
GTA Wants Consumers To Take A More Proactive Approach On Tuna Sustainability
Rather than just talk about tuna sustainability, do something about it, is the main message behind the Global Tuna Alliance’s (GTA) recent statement to consumers. Without explicitly pointing...
Plant-Based Bumble Bee’s Partner Secures Millions In Funding
The owner of the plant-based tuna and seafood replacement brand Good Catch, Gathered Foods, announced yesterday that it secured USD 26.35 million in funding. The investors include Louis...
Study Shows How Tuna Benefits People Susceptible To Alzheimer’s
Consumption of fatty fish such as tuna can provide a large resilience to Alzheimer’s disease in people at higher genetic risk of developing it. This is part of the conclusion reached by the...
Seychelles Pushing For Vaccinating Foreign Tuna Fishermen
The Seychelles health authorities are making efforts to vaccinate foreign fishermen working in the island nation’s waters. They are coordinating with local shipping agencies to make this...
Australia’s Last Tuna Cannery Set To Close As It Failed To Secure New Contracts
Australia’s last tuna cannery, Port Lincoln Tuna Processors (PLTP) is set to stop its operations by the middle of the year as it has failed to secure new clients for its facility. The plant...
Two Crew Dead & Remaining Men Positive With Virus On IO Seiner
What can only be called a nightmare for any vessel operator has come to pass for French fishing company Sapmer. Two of its crew members on its tuna seiner ‘Belle Isle’ have died from the...
COVID-19 Vaccination A Priority For Seiner Crews?
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a massive challenge for tuna fleets across the world. Like many others in the fishing industry, they have had to put into practice prevention measures to...
WCPO Seiners Skipjack Catches Peaked In 2019
Purse seine skipjack catches in the WCPFC area have hit record high levels but data shows that yellowfin amounts have been falling since 2018. This has continued this year which has been...
Spanish Tuna Fisherman Fined After Evading British Police For 7 Months
Around seven months ago, the Gibraltar police found itself chasing the boat of a Spanish tuna fisherman after he was asked to show his license. The man successfully evaded them due to some...
Low P-E Ratio Make Dongwon’s Shares A Good Buy
Korean tuna company, Dongwon Industries stocks have pulled up this year after suffering a massive fall last year due to the global pandemic. The share price of Dongwon Industries ended at...
Will Mauritian Canned Tuna Conquer Indian Market?
Since April 1, Mauritian tuna exporters have preferential market access to India due to the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) coming into force....
Tuna And Dolphins Wash Up On Ghanaian Coasts
Ghanaian authorities have been flummoxed by tuna, dolphins, and other large fish washing up on some of the country's beaches over the past few days. More than 60 dead cetaceans and other...
COSI & Thai Union Settle USD 13 Million In Price-Fixing Case
Chicken of the Sea International (COSI) and its parent company, Thai Union Group, have arrived at a settlement amount with a group of Direct Purchasers in the class-action lawsuit brought...
Can Microplastics Get Into Tuna Meat?
There is growing concern that ocean plastic pollution affecting marine organisms is also having an impact on humans. A major worry is that microplastics that are undetectable to the naked eye...
Ecuadorian Canners Victim Of Drug Traffickers
Yesterday, officers of the Port Investigation Unit in the port of Guayaquil, Ecuador, seized four tons of cocaine. Two tons were found wrapped in jute sacks inside a container filled with...
Malta’s Fisheries See Improvements Rewarded With Higher Quota
Maltese tuna farms welcomed an increase in the tuna quota after the European Commission (EC) approved a request by the Mediterranean government. Ranchers have been allowed to breed 10.26...
Overwritten Dates On Ecuadorian Canned Tuna Raises Alarm
Colombian authorities have been made aware of irregularities on tuna cans imported from Ecuador. The batches in question have alterations on the cans that are against the health and safety...
Major Global Tuna Highlights March 2021
During the month of March, the tuna industry was confronted with several high-profile issues. The IOTC meeting led nowhere, and members failed to agree on the next step for the yellowfin...