In the past few days, there have been multiple reports of orcas attacking fishing vessels in Spanish waters. Many boats have had to be towed after the aggressive harassment. The reports,...
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Safe Catch: Coal-fired Plants’ Pollution Liable For High Tuna Mercury Levels
Since Safe Catch was launched in 2015, it has established itself as one of the leading companies when it comes to tuna mercury testing. And now the technology that they used and invented has...
Korean J/V Fishers In Ghana Told To Avoid High-Risk Pirate Zones
In recent years, the number of kidnapping incidents of South Korean tuna fishing crew around the waters of Ghana and nearby maritime areas has increased. This week, in a highly unusual...
WTO Declares US Tariffs On Chinese Loins Violate Rules
The latest ruling by the world’s largest trading body will hopefully soon bring relief to Chinese tuna suppliers and the Americans who buy the products. The WTO has declared that US tariffs on...
Spanish And French Seiners Accused Of “Going Dark”
A UK NGO has accused several Spanish and French-flagged tuna seiners belonging to some of the biggest boat owners of failing to transmit their Automatic Identification System (AIS) data for...
Costa Rican Govt Turns Its Back To Tuna Plant
After more than a year since Alliance Fisheries Inc. presented its tuna plant project in Costa Rica, the government has shown no interest in it. The investment of CRC 89 billion (USD 148.92...
10% Of US Restaurants Close Due To COVID-19
Foodservice has been one of the sectors hardest-hit by the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Lockdowns and social distancing forced restaurants to close temporarily, vastly reducing the demand for...
Australian Longline Fleet Rings Alarm On Crew Shortage
The Australian tuna longline fleet depends on its foreign crews to stay in operation. The overseas workers are employed on a temporary '482 visa' to fill the jobs for which the industry cannot...
EU 2020 Canned Tuna Imports Grow Despite Brexit Gap
Due to Brexit, the volume of canned tuna sent to the UK in the first half of 2020 (H1) is almost an enigma. This has had an impact on the exports information from the supplier. However,...
India Builds New Tuna Harbor
The construction of a standalone tuna harbor in Thiruvottiyur Kuppam village in Ennore, India, is no longer permanently monitored by the National Green Tribunal (NGT). This measure to verify...
Credit Suisse Keeps Denying Wrongdoing In Mozambican Tuna Fraud
A court battle involving Mozambique's two billion dollar fraud, which includes the bonds to finance a tuna fishing fleet (EMATUM) that never materialized, continues in London. One of the banks...
Veda Continues To Inflate Manta’s Skipjack Deals
Good EPO tuna catches in the first months of this year combined with the COVID-19 crisis pushed down the skipjack price at the port of Manta. However, in the weeks leading to the first veda in...
Australian Tuna Companies Join To Develop Innovative Products
Three Australian bluefin farming companies joined in a new venture to develop and market innovative products for domestic consumers as sales in the main overseas market, Japan, have...
Good Sales Skyrocketed Century Pacific’s Shares Again
For the Philippine tuna processor, Century Pacific Food, Inc. the good results achieved during the first quarter of 2020 (Q1) continued through Q2 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In the...
Aussie Longliners Hooked High Number Of Yellowfin In 2019
Despite the fall in the number of Australian longliners operating in the WCPO, this fishery's vessels increased their tuna catches in 2019, especially yellowfin. According to estimated WCPFC...
Smaller EU Absorbs Record Tuna Tonnage In Last Five Years
Europeans' demand for canned tuna strongly increased during the first half of 2020 (H1). Many retailers experienced above normal sales due to the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly after March...
Thousands Of Tunas Finally Released In Malta After A Year
Thousands of illegal bluefin have been released back into the ocean in Malta after the tunas had been drifting at sea in two cages for a year. A legal battle started between the owners and the...
Traders Seal Lower-Priced Forward Skipjack Contracts In Bangkok
It seems the upward momentum for the price of skipjack in Bangkok from the WCPO has hit its peak, and following a predictable pattern seen in the past few years, is now sliding down as the FAD...
Japan Once Again Asks For Bluefin Catch Quota Hike
Japan’s Fishery Agency said on Friday that it has proposed to the WCPFC Northern Committee an increase in the country's catch quotas by 20 percent for small and large Pacific bluefin. It...
First MSC Bluefin Auctioned At Toyosu Market
The first MSC certified bluefin was sold at Toyosu fish market last week for double the price than usual for this tuna at 6,800 JPY (USD 64.1) per kilogram because of its...