Kenya’s tuna catches account for less than one percent of the total Indian Ocean (IO) volume. This is well below this African fishery’s potential and experts claim that the reason for this is...
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Italian And Spanish Canners Bought A Lot More Pre-Cooked Loins
Tuna producing nations Spain and Italy's buying of frozen pre-cooked loins increased during the first nine months of this year. Other tuna canning countries such as Portugal and France also...
Atuna Readers Predicted No Consensus On FAD Sets
The 95th IATTC meeting was held last week and among the topics, stricter control on the tropical tuna FAD fishery in the EPO was discussed. Leading up to the gathering last week, there has...
IATTC Meeting Utter Flop, Members Fail To Reach Consensus
Tuna conservation measures in the EPO for 2021 were discussed during this year's annual meeting of the IATTC which concluded last Friday. However, member countries failed to reach a consensus...
Growth And Change Of Port Lincoln’s Tuna Industry
The history of the South Australian city of Port Lincoln breathes tuna and its Southern bluefin fishing goes back to the 1930s when small boats fished in the Great Australian Bight (GAB)....
EU Lifts Yellow Card On Kiribati
Kiribati can now breathe a bit easier. After nearly four and half years, the European Commission (EC) has lifted its yellow card on the country for making important progress “in addressing the...
Plant-based Tuna Alternative Expands In EU
US-based Gathered Foods has enlarged its footprint in the European market with its Good Catch brand for vegan seafood. After launching its products in over 300 Tesco stores across the UK in...
Is EU’s Delegation’s EPO Agenda Undermined By EU Companies?
The IATTC meeting will be coming to a close today after week-long discussions. We will soon be able to see what type of measures have been agreed to be undertaken in terms of tuna stock...
Salvadoran Minister Questioned Over Canned Tuna Scandal
The controversy around the suppliers of canned tuna for government COVID-19 food packaged distributed in El Salvador continues. This time, deputies of a special commission created by the...
MSC Suspension On Herring Fisheries Will Hit Retail Hard
This week, independent assessors announced that all eight Atlantic Scandinavian (Atlanto-Scandian) herring and blue whiting fisheries will have their MSC certificates suspended on December 30....
US Thinks It Deserves Larger Bigeye Quota
Ahead of the upcoming WCPFC meeting, the US proposal to increase the bigeye quota for the nation’s longline fleet in Hawaii has been supported by the Western Pacific Regional Fishery...
Worms Found In Tuna Can Sabotage Against Colombian Food Program
One mother in Colombia claimed that a canned tuna product that her son got through a school food aid program contained worms. The School Feeding Program (PAE) is considering that the event...
Chinese Aggressively Expanding Their EU Loins Biz In Q3
The unsatisfied EU processors' hunger for low priced frozen pre-cooked loins has increased this year and Chinese suppliers are leading the pack of exporters trying to fill this need,...
SKJ1.8:BKK Price Experiences Modest Pick Up
After weeks of sluggish movement in the skipjack market in the global tuna hub of Bangkok, there has been some weak signs of revival but the relative conservative mood in the market has not...
3 Countries Blocking Seiner FAD Deployment Limit Proposal At IATTC
An important proposal on getting a grip on FAD use in the EPO submitted to the IATTC by Colombia is being rejected by three country members. The document, which was backed by the EU and most...
Anfaco’s Resistance To Change Reason For President’s Exit
The resignation of Calvo Group's CEO, Mané Calvo, as President of the Spanish National Association of Manufacturers of Canned Fish and Seafood (Anfaco-Cecopesca) was announced in late...
AI Software To Recognize Fish During Unloading Operations
The pilot phase of a new artificial intelligence software for fish identification and classification has been successfully completed. During the one-year project, the system had an 80 percent...
Banning FADs Reactivation In EPO Essential For Tuna Conservation
The annual IATTC meeting is currently taking place via video conference due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some industry representatives believe it is time for the RFMO to reach a consensus when it...
StarKist Workers Stuck On Island
Many workers at American Samoa StarKist cannery are stuck on the island and will be unable to return to the Independent Republic of Samoa because two coronavirus cases were reported in their...
Think Tank Concludes Seafood Traceability Could Double Profits
Seafood traceability is not only good in terms of being a tool to reach sustainability but also fundamental to optimal business performance, says the new report from the non-profit financial...