All the brands associated with the Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association (ASBTIA) can now display the Friend of the Sea logo on their products as the accreditation entity...
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Thirty Swedes Fall Sick From Consuming Restaurant Tuna
The Swedish Food Agency, Livsmedelsverket, reported that thirty people in the country fell sick after consuming tuna possibly contaminated with histamine. No deaths were reported. The Agency...
Aussie Tuna Industry Asks Govt To Quit Pestering China
Tuna exporters in South Australia have criticized the rhetoric of their country’s politicians against China stating that it will hurt their business with the Asian economic giant. Australian...
China Building Three New Tuna Longliners
The construction of three Chinese tuna longliners is moving forward, as the hulls of the boats were closed a couple of weeks ago. They are expected to be completed in October. The vessels are...
EU Parliament Approves ICCAT’s Broadened Scope On Sharks
On May 13, the European Parliament approved a protocol to amend and broaden the scope of the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). A major change will be the...
Yellowfin Drives MSC Expansion In US Market
Although the volume of MSC certified tuna available remains relatively very low in the Americas, this amount has increased by at least 300 percent in the past five years. Most of the growth is...
MSC Starts Consultations For Standard’s Review
The open consultation on the MSC Fisheries Standard Review has officially started, and among the proposed revisions is the development of new standards for the harvest control rules. This...
EPO Q1 Tuna Catch Highest In Decades
Tuna catches in the EPO are better than ever. IATTC data for the first quarter of 2020 revealed record-high volumes since the RFMO started posting this information online in 2007. Fleets in...
Solomon Islands’ Longliners Battle IUU Fishing With E-Monitoring
The government of Solomon Islands is working with the Spanish engineering firm, Satlink, for a new project to better monitor and manage its tuna longline fishery electronically. Through this...
Japanese Uni Releases Hilarious 3D Printed Tuna Mask
With a mask shortage due to the global pandemic, a Japanese university has provided people with an out of the box solution of printing their own personal protective equipment. Kinki...
Over 50% Of MSC Tuna Sold In The EU And Growing
Generally, European consumers buy more MSC than those in the rest of the global markets, and in 2018/19 they purchased 51.5 percent of the total, according to the latest data by the Marine...
TU’s Pioneer Cannery Coronavirus Outbreak Reported After 3 Weeks
Nearly a month after 533 workers in the canned tuna processing Pioneer Food Cannery in Ghana tested positive and the facility shut its doors, its parent company Thai Union announced the...
New Isolation Area For COVID-19 Fishermen In Manta
To better cope with the number of COVID-19 patients in Manta, a new isolation area has been built. Twenty fishermen, currently in quarantine on board their respective fishing vessels three...
Fairtrade Indonesian Handline Yellowfin MSC Certified
MSC has announced that a FairTrade small-scale fishery association in Indonesia has become the first handline tuna fishery in the world to achieve the renowned sustainable certification. The...
Strong Recovery For Dongwon Industries’ Shares
Dongwon Industries Co., Ltd., a Korean-based marine products processor and owner of StarKist, has experienced a turbulent ride on the South Korea Stock Market (KOSPI) since early March as its...
Spanish Chef Showcases ‘Tuna Ear’ Dishes In Restaurant
Customers can now order artful culinary dishes with parts of a bluefin ‘ear’ in Tunateca, a renowned sushi and tuna restaurant specializing in Balfegó bluefin in Barcelona. This cut is located...
WPRFMC Wants To Supply StarKist With Tuna From MPAs
The Western Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Council (WPRFMC) has sent a letter to the US President asking him to consider lifting restrictions on marine monuments in order to support...
French NGO Accuses MSC Of Label Fraud
A new study is accusing the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) of creating a false 'guilt-free' reality to fit the desire of consumers who are increasingly concerned about their tuna and seafood...
FIA Receives MSC In PNG Waters For FADs And Free School
The purse seine fishing vessels targeting skipjack and yellowfin through FADs and free school catching belonging to boat owners who are part the Fishing Industry Association (FIA) of PNG have...
Fishermen With COVID-19 Symptoms Dock In Galápagos Islands
In Ecuador - one of the countries hardest-hit by the COVID-19 virus in South America - fishermen on board tuna vessels have been reported to have symptoms related to the virus. Last week, a...