The crew of a Calvo tuna boat arriving in El Salvador from Spain was quarantined due to COVID-19 related symptoms. There is no confirmation if it is in fact coronavirus, but the 15 fishermen...
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ATUNEC: Ecuadorian Tuna Industry Under Attack To Expand Galapagos MPA
The operations of the Ecuadorian tuna industry are the target of permanent social media attacks by those looking to expand the marine reserve in the Galapagos. This is what Luigi Benincasa,...
Canners Win, EU’s Annual Loins Quota Increased
The EU has reached a decision on the controversial autonomous tariff quota (ATQ) for frozen pre-cooked loins volume for the period 2021-2023. Although it represents an increase in the current...
Tuna & Seafood Mislabeling In Hawaii Hinder Consumer Sustainability
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules lack specificity when it comes to tuna and seafood labeling, which might leave consumers without sufficient information on what they are eating,...
‘Tuna Per Tutti’ Via The Food Bank
Since February, Italian tuna brand, Rio Mare, has donated 860,000 cans of 80 g tuna in olive oil to the food bank in Lombardy, Italy. The people in this region have been hit the hardest by the...
Ayam Brand Introduces Ready-To-Eat Frozen Pasta Tuna Lunch
Ayam Brand Malaysia known for its canned tuna in Southeast Asia has introduced a new ready-to-eat frozen pasta tuna lunch – Green Curry Tuna with Organic Spaghetti. Consumers can enjoy...
Indian Boat Owners Accuse Industrial Vessels Of Light Fishing
Boat owners in Chapora, Goa, at the southwestern coast of India, have alleged that large fishing vessels are overfishing in the area by using LED lights, a prohibited practice. They have asked...
Civic Group Wants Bigger Fishing Ban Area In The Galapagos
The conversation around the Galapagos tuna-rich EEZ continues. This time a civic initiative under the name ‘More Galapagos' is arguing for the enlargement of the marine protected area (MPA) in...
ISSF Asks IATTC To Limit FADs In EPO
Prior to the upcoming IATTC annual meeting, industry-led International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has asked that fish aggregating devices (FADs) numbers be limited in the EPO....
Piracy In Gulf Of Guinea A Growing Concern For ANABAC
Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea has been increasing, which is worrying a big part of the Spanish purse seine fleet that operates in those African waters. Anertz Muniategi, Director of the...
IO Skipjack HCR Breach – Consequences For Which Fleets?
Even though the harvest control rule (HCR) has been breached for skipjack within the Indian Ocean (IO), currently there is no clear indication of what the IOTC is planning to do regarding this...
Indian Ocean CFTO Fleet Close To MSC Skipjack FAD Certification
The consultation period is open for stakeholders to comment on the MSC Public Comment Draft Report of the Compagnie Française du Thon Océanique (CFTO) certification in the Indian Ocean (IO)....
Pew Advices Management Procedure For ICCAT Skipjack
The second round of correspondence regarding the various tuna stocks in the ICCAT region started this week. In a statement, The Pew Charitable Trusts said that addressing bigeye rebuilding and...
NGOs Ask Taiwan To Address Forced Labor On Longline Vessels
Nearly two months after the US placed the distant water fishing fleets from Taiwan and China on a “dirty list” that showed that their fish are produced from forced labor, a group of...
PNA Names Sangaalofa Clark As New Chief Executive
A new Chief Executive has been named for the Pacific tuna group of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA). Dr Sangaalofa Clark will be replacing Ludwig Kumoru, who served in the role for the...
Longliners Cutting Off Albatrosses’ Beaks In Southwest Atlantic
Fishermen in the southwest Atlantic are mutilating live albatrosses caught in their longliners’ hooks by cutting off their beaks. The sailors then proceed to throw the birds into the ocean...
Container Tuna Transshipments Need Better Oversight
There has been a significant increase in containerization across oceans in terms of tuna transshipments but they need better governance as they do not come under the RFMOs’ purview. This is...
Chinese Bonito Canners Get Business Back With Price Dump
Earlier this year, the US-China trade war resulted in a strong reduction of 'tuna-like' species imports - labeled as chunk light - into the US. The Asian country has been the leading supplier...
Canned Tuna Cannibalizing US Pouch Business
The import of tuna pouches into the US for the first nine months of the year has been quite low compared to the last two years. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the country has been experiencing...
“RFMOs Should Have Same Definition For Overfishing”
A recently published scientific paper is stating that all tuna RFMOs should move towards a common definition when it comes to overfishing. This is quite a bold statement to make given the...