Afritex Ventures, a company headquartered in Mauritius, has teamed up with American retailer Fresh Thyme Market, to introduce fresh tuna products into the US. The African company has a...
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Asda Pledges To Reduce Bycatch In Seafood Supply Chain
UK’s second-largest supermarket, Asda, has pledged its commitment to safeguarding endangered, threatened, and protected (ETP) marine species and prevent them from entering its seafood supply...
IOTC Corrects 2021 Catch Limits, Allocates Almost 14,000 M/T More Yellowfin
Last December, IOTC revealed the catch limits for each of the fleets targeting yellowfin in the Indian Ocean (IO). However, new information has come to light that the quota had to be adjusted....
Thai Union Secures USD 400 Million Loan To Achieve Sustainability Goals
The Thai Union group has received a massive loan worth hundreds of millions of dollars which will be used to pursue the company's sustainability goals. If such objectives - which include more...
Not Much Progress In Thai Union’s FIPs Yet
As part of its Tuna Commitment and SeaChange® sustainability strategy, global company Thai Union (TU) firmly promised to have a minimum of 75 percent of its branded tuna products sourced from...
Thai Union Invested In NOTuna Product Made From Fruit Fly Larvae
Israeli start-up, Flying SpArk, makes alternative proteins from fruit fly larvae. One of the items produced via this process is NOTuna – a product that looks like canned tuna chunks and seems...
Ireland’s Food Safety Authority Recalls Tuna But Fails To Show Origin
The Food Safety Authority (FSA) of Ireland put out an alert on Monday to recall batches of tuna products but curiously did not announce the country of origin of the items. The call back...
IOTC Clash: Maldives Calls For A Massive Yellowfin Cut By EU Seiners
The discussion around reducing yellowfin catches in the Indian Ocean (IO) is going to have some IOTC members butting heads during the upcoming Special Session in March regarding this tuna...
Were Indonesian Pole & Liners Using FADs Illegally?
Indonesia's pole-and-line tuna industry is highly reliant on fish aggregating devices (FADs). Despite this, until very recently, a governmental decree excluded the use of this gear for this...
Europêche: IOTC Must Use Stick Approach On Nations Using Large-Scale Drift Nets
The Association of National Organizations of Fishing Enterprises in the European Union (Europêche) gave a strongly worded statement that the “EU and IOTC parties to stop turning a blind eye”...
WCPFC Longliners Must Choose Shark Conservation Method
The deadline is approaching for longliners targeting tuna in the WCPFC area to adopt one of the methods proposed by the RFMO to minimize their shark bycatch. During the WCPFC annual meeting of...
Conservationists: Hundreds Of Thousands Of Bluefin In UK Waters
Some parties have said that Brexit has opened up an opportunity for UK fishermen to take part in the conservation of the bluefin tuna fishery. According to the Express Co UK, conservationists...
EU Increases Northern Albacore TAC For 2021
The EU has fixed the total allowable catch (TAC) levels for 2021 for several species of tuna and other fish stocks. The council regulation published on January 28 is applicable in the Union’s...
Over One-Third Of Philippines Origin Skipjack Goes To The EU
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has released its full-year fisheries results for 2020 of the country's domestic fleet flying the Philippines flag. The landings of almost all tuna...
Lab Test Reaffirms Tuna Present In Subway’s Subs
Lab tests conducted by Florida-based Applied Food Technologies have confirmed Subway’s tuna sandwiches contain tuna as an ingredient, according to Inside Edition. Journalists from the American...
NASA Tech Helping To Save Whale Sharks
The precariousness of the whale shark stock, a species in danger of extinction, has led tuna RFMOs and other organizations to set out plans to mitigate its mortality. One of these initiatives...
Spanish Fleet Wants Priority For COVID-19 Vaccination
The Spanish tuna fleet has asked the government to allow its crew priority access to the COVID-19 vaccine. The request considers that tuna fishermen are performing essential jobs. The...
Dozens Of Genetic Markers Show Difference In Pacific Albacore Stocks
Researchers at the Oregon State University (OSU) have learned that dozens of genetic markers in Pacific albacore can help them determine which side of the equator the tuna comes from. The...
Japanese Longline Fishery Gets MSC Logo For 2 Vessels
The Japanese longline fishery, Owasebussan, has officially been certified with the MSC sustainability logo. The decision came after no objections were filed to the final draft report published...
Half Of PNA Members Quit Pacific Islands Forum
Deep tensions in the Pacific region were revealed when five nations of the Micronesian region, Palau, the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI), the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),...