After indulging during the year-end holidays, many people always plan to eat healthier food and lose some weight at the beginning of a new year. So in January, numerous diets to get rid of...
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Photojournalist Explores The Reality Of Traditional Tuna Fishing
In his new book, photojournalist Francesco Zizola captures the world of tuna fishing with images of Sardinian traditional tonnare (in Italy) or what in Spain is known as Almadraba. ...
Liancheng’s New Chinese Tuna Plant Built In 80 Days
A new tuna processing plant has been opened in the Chinese city of Xiamen paving the way for the region to grow its marine economy. The facility, financed by the Liancheng Overseas Fishery...
Year In Review: 2020
What a ride 2020 has been! The world and the tuna industry were shaken by a year that turned out to be quite an anomaly. The COVID-19 pandemic impacted industries across the globe, and the...
Tuna May Help Block COVID-19 Transmissions
Tuna is among those food items with preventive qualities against COVID-19 infections. Scientists from the Bohai University in China concluded this after their research showed that a...
20 COVID-19 Cases Related To Spanish Cannery
COVID-19 incidents inside Spanish tuna processing plants continue as health authorities detected 20 positive cases among the staff of Consorcio Group. The company is based in Santoña, Galicia,...
EU Increased Redistribution Of Pre-Cooked Loins During Q3
The export of pre-cooked tuna loins from EU countries remarkably increased during the first three quarters of 2020. The majority of the new volume was traded within the economic bloc with very...
PNA Wants FAD Fishery Certified To Meet New MSC Rules
The PNA fishery has announced its intention to extend its MSC certification to include FAD sets and bigeye. It currently holds the sustainable logo for its skipjack and yellowfin free school...
Last Minute Brexit Deal Sets Limits For Canned Tuna
After months of negotiations, the EU and the UK finally reached a trade agreement that seems to satisfy both parties’ demands. On paper, the news means that the tuna business will continue as...
Vietnam Talks Social Responsibility Following EVFTA Success
Months after the tuna trade agreement between the EU and Vietnam came into force, the Asian nation has been adamant in showing that it is up to the economic bloc’s standards. The regional...
Drop In VDS And Transshipments Hits Marshall Islands’ Financials
Limited catches and low transshipment activity in Marshall Islands have contributed to a fall in income for the country. The Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority (MIMRA) is expecting...
Sharp Profit Decrease For John West UK
Twenty-nineteen was a rough year for the Thai Union-owned UK retailer, John West Foods. Its annual turnover went down from GBP 186.4 million (USD 253.5 million) in 2018 to GBP 165.9 million...
Nauru The Best Catching Ground For Seiners During November
The WCPO seiner fleet caught a high share of tuna in PNA waters in November compared to the high seas. Consequently, with rising catches, there was substantially increased transshipment...
Bangkok Skipjack Market In Year-End Lull
With the holiday period and the end of the year approaching, the Bangkok tuna hub has been experiencing very low trading activity for whole round frozen skipjack. Trading has hit a lull with...
Second Ecuadorian FAD Fishery Going Into MSC Assessment
This week the MSC newsletter carried the announcement of assessment of another Eastern Pacific purse seine skipjack and yellowfin tuna FAD fishery for 11 mostly small...
WCPFC Work On Tropical Tuna TRP To Progress In 2021
The WCPFC has a plan to come up with target reference points (TRPs) for tropical tuna in the Western Pacific Ocean but this will depend on the progress made next year. Yesterday, the...
Peruvian Tuna Fisher Drowns Tangled In Seiner’s Net
A fisherman died on board the Peruvian-flagged tuna purse seiner ‘Eten Diez’ on December 20. The tragic event occurred after the 47-year-old chief of deck, Gerald John Ibarburu...
Western Pacific Skipjack Catches Peaked In November
WCPO seiners hit the peak in catches in November despite the drop in overall effort. It was also an excellent month for fishing skipjack. After the WCPFC FAD ban came to a close at the end of...
Can Canned Tuna Market Sustain Gained 2020 Volume Next Year?
This year has proven to be good business for the tuna industry -- retail sales for canned products went through the roof early in the year with customers hoarding shelf-stable goods during the...
IATTC Agrees On Conservation Measures, Rolls Over For An Extra Year
IATTC members finally reached a consensus about the EPO's tropical tuna conservation management measures for 2021 during an extraordinary session that took place virtually yesterday. The RFMO...