A tragic accident on board the purse seiner 'Txori Gorri', owned by Spanish fishing company INPESCA, has cost the life of an African crew member. At least one other fisher suffered minor...
News
NGOs Sue Trump Over Allowing Fishing In Marine Monument
Environmental groups are suing US President Donald Trump over his decision to open the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument for commercial fishing under the US Antiquities...
Report: StarKist Cannery Management Fears Minimum Wage Hike
The American Samoan government and the Chamber of Commerce (CoC) believe that the upcoming minimum wage increases on StarKist Co. could lead to the closure of its cannery. If this were to...
Indonesia Detains 47 Poaching Vessels In Just 9 Months
Indonesian officials continue their attempts to fight IUU fishing in their waters. Recently, patrol vessels of the Directorate General of Marine and Fisheries Resources Surveillance (PSDKP),...
Ecuador Unable To Challenge Asian Dominance In US Canned Tuna Market
As the second-largest exporter of canned tuna in the world, Ecuador's annual deliveries to the US are surprisingly insignificant. As a matter of fact, for the past three years it represented...
Global Ocean Plastic Policies Far Too Relaxed Shows Report
Plastic waste in marine environments is a topic that has been heavily discussed for decades. A new report from researchers at Duke University synthesized ocean plastic pollution policies from...
Douglas Hines’ AFT Holdings Cuts Ties With FCF
Nearly three months after Greenpeace came out with its report asking Taiwanese trader, FCF, to assure American consumers that its products are IUU-fishing free, AFT Holdings has decided to...
Thai Union’s Niruttinanon Family Member Named As Israeli Cannabis Investor
A member of the Niruttinanon family, which partly owns Thai Union, has been named as a new investor in the Israeli medical cannabis company, Better Holdings, which is incorporated as Cann...
NGOs Frustrated With MSC Closely Following Standard’s Review
Last month, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) started consultations for the review of its global fishery certification standards. The members of the Make Stewardship Count coalition have...
Catchy Song To Hook People On Record 680kg Tuna Catch
The story about the world’s largest tuna caught has gotten a song after 40 years. In 1979, Ken Fraser hooked a 1496 pound (about 680 kg) Atlantic bluefin - which has gone down in tuna legend....
Seychellois National Party Member Unhappy With EU Agreement Funds
The Seychelles Minister for Fisheries and Agriculture, Charles Bastienne, has announced that an annual USD 200,000 fund for the sustainable management of the island nation's environment and...
Mexican Tuna Seiners Now Carry Health Professionals
In Mexico, tuna fishing companies at the port of Mazatlan are improving their COVID-19 measures on board seiners after some crew members tested positive for the virus. This time, they are...
Court Denies Big 3 Request To Temporarily Pause Price-Fixing Suit
The US Big Three's petition to pause the procedures related to the civil multi-district price-fixing suit that is currently ongoing was denied by the Ninth Circuit court on June 15. Last...
Lischewski Insists On Innocence In Letter
Former CEO of Bumble Bee, Chris Lischewski, is definitely going to be serving time even though his lead counsel announced in court during the sentencing that they will be appealing. But on the...
Tug-Of-War In Bangkok Keeps Skipjack Price Level
The mood for the Bangkok skipjack market seems to be changing from the low outlook and there is every indication that it is looking up. This is due to the currently ongoing tug-of-war over the...
Criminal Complaint Against Costa Rican President Over Tuna Licenses
Members of the Costa Rican fishing sector have filed an official criminal complaint against the country’s President, Carlos Alvarado, for allegedly approving a way to sell purse seine tuna...
Indonesian Tuna Retail Supplier Thriving While Others Shut Down
The Indonesian tuna and seafood industry has been extremely hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, just like in many other countries worldwide. Closed plants and low demand are where the situation...
Lischewski Gets 3 Years Prison Term For Price-Fixing
A federal judge in California has sentenced the former CEO of Bumble Bee, Chris Lischewski, to 40 months in prison and ordered him to pay a fine of USD 100,000. This amount is to be settled...
Could Monsoon Season Drive Seychelles Price Up?
The unclear worldwide market situation for skipjack has influenced the Seychelles price as it is following the downward trend in Bangkok of the last weeks. On top of that, the tuna catches are...
Philippines’ Export Growth Leans Heavily On German Market
The tonnage of canned tuna that the Philippines shipped to the EU has been steadily increasing. As a matter of fact, in 2019, local processors sold the highest volume of the last five years,...