October is National Seafood Month in the US. NOAA is promoting wild-caught fish such as tuna and other marine aquaculture products to Americans by highlighting their health benefits. From...
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Drones Suitable For Dolphin Abundance Survey
A trial survey by researchers and the Mexican fishing industry shows that using drones to capture data about dolphin abundance is possible. Recently, a document showing an update on the...
Broader Roles For Women In Pacific Tuna Sector
Women already have a crucial function in the tuna processing sector but according to FFA, they should be playing a much broader role at all levels of management. The Pacific Islands Forum...
Ecuador’s Industry Aims To Get MSC For 22% Of IATTC Tuna Catches
Over a year after TUNACONS revealed its plans to enter MSC full assessment in the EPO, the news is now finally official. MSC has published the Announcement Draft Report, which shows that the...
Philippine Yellowfin Handline Fishery Goes For MSC Assessment
The conformity assessment body, SCS Global Services, announced the Comment Draft Report for the Philippine small-scale yellowfin handline fishery operating in the country’s EEZ. The client...
Tuna Grossly Underperforming On MSC Compared To Other Species
Tuna might be, according to FAO, the world's most consumed wild ocean species. However, when it comes to it being marketed as sustainable-certified, the tuna sector is far from being a leader....
US Places China & Taiwan’s Fleets In Forced Labor “Dirty List”
The US Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) has for the first time added the distant water fishing fleets (DWFFs) from Taiwan and China to a report which shows that their fish products...
John West Wins MSC UK Canned Brand Of The Year
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has named John West as the 2020 UK Canned Brand of the Year. It was awarded for the number and volume of products certified as sustainable by MSC and for...
TU Successfully Concludes Repurchasing Shares Initiative
On the last day of September, Thai Union concluded the period of shares repurchasing which started on April 1. The company revealed that the sales and the amount paid did not exceed the limits...
Major Global Tuna Highlights September 2020
September marked a month full of activity in the global tuna industry. As the FAD ban reached its end, skipjack prices went down. Meanwhile, as the first veda in the EPO also neared its...
Costa Rica Tuna Sector Worried About Expanding Protected Area
The Costa Rican tuna industry is anxious that the area where fishing is not allowed in its EEZ will be enlarged after an Executive Order supported by the President was announced. If this new...
Sino-Van Plant In Vanuatu Planning To Produce Canned Tuna
Vanuatu’s Sino-Van fish factory is planning to produce canned tuna a year after it began operations. Since 2019, it has been exporting fresh and frozen tuna. The government will be injecting...
Study Shows Tuna DNA In Brine Difficult To Trace
Scientists have stated that due to their high value and great demand, tunas are likely candidates for seafood fraud. They found that extensive processing in tuna canning operations can lead to...
Large Longliners Allowed Back Into American Samoa’s Prohibited Area
A US appeals court has overturned a decision made three years ago and has ruled that large longliners can now operate in American Samoa's prohibited area. In 2017, a US federal judge had ruled...
Bangkok Skipjack Price Continuing Its Historical Downwards Glide
Today, on the last day of the WCPFC FAD ban, the value for skipjack raw material in Bangkok is following the historical trend and has fallen, which was exacerbated by the lukewarm demand from...
Dutch Ports Handled Record Tuna Volume In H1
The hike in canned tuna demand during the COVID-19 crisis was evident in the inflow of imported products to the Netherlands, which took a massive jump during the first half of 2020 (H1). The...
Calvo Sourcing More Yellowfin While Working Towards Sustainable Goals
The majority of the tuna used by the Calvo Group in 2019 was sourced from the EPO, followed by the Atlantic Ocean, and then the WCPO. This is what the company’s recently published Annual...
IO Skipjack Breaking Harvest Control, Won’t Affect MSC Certs
Catches for skipjack in the Indian Ocean (IO) dropped in 2019 but were still over the volume that the IOTC's harvest control rule (HCR) set for the area. The question that immediately arises...
EU Fishers Want Investigation Into Chinese Dumping Of Pre-Cooked Loins
In a strongly worded message to the European Commission (EC), fishing organization Europêche has submitted a formal complaint to EU officials asking them to start an anti-dumping investigation...
US Tuna Sales In Hospital Cafeterias To Recover First
The world’s largest agricultural bank has predicted that the US institutional foodservice sectors will not fully recover for the next three years which will impact tuna and seafood suppliers....