Last week, FCF Fishery announced its intention to expand its MSC certification in the Pacific Ocean to include FADs sets. The news comes on the heels of the MSC standard changes, under which...
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Nauru Ambitiously Expanding Its Flagged Seiner Fleet
One of the smallest Pacific island countries, Nauru, has taken a risky move by expanding its own tuna fleet with joint ventures and moving away from just leasing fishing rights. Nauru has a...
PNA & FFA Order Seiners To Get Observers Home
To counter the COVID-19 crisis and prevent the spread of the disease, PNA countries and FFA members have decided to temporarily halt observer coverage on all tuna purse seiners in the WCPO...
How Global Food Supply Interruption Could Be Prevented
As the COVID-19 pandemic is gaining momentum, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Chief Economist, Maximo Torero Cullen, has outlined a framework concerning how countries can...
Thai Union Pays Interim Dividend To Prevent Impact On Shareholders
On March 27, Thai Union’s Board of Directors approved the payment of an interim dividend of THB 0.22 (UDS 0.0067) per share for 2019. The company has postponed the 2020 Annual General Meeting...
Spanish-Owned Seiner Held In African Port Due To COVID-19
A tuna purse seiner is being held in the Port of Abidjan after it was refused permission to leave due to a possible case of coronavirus among the crew. The fisherman who had a fever and other...
Spanish Small-Scale Bluefin Season To Start In April
Today, the Spanish government has unveiled a document establishing a set of criteria for the 2020 bluefin season for small-scale traditional fishing in the country. The bulletin...
Coronavirus Shutdown Could Disrupt Pacific Transshipments & Supply
Over the past few weeks, the global viral pandemic has prompted many Pacific Island nations, especially within the PNA, to implement a complete lockdown or declare a State of...
Catch Tuna In Nintendo’s New Animal Crossing
Gamers hooked on Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons can catch many different types of fish including tuna in order for their avatars to survive. In the simulation, users start out...
Low Air Freight Amid Covid-19 Affects Artisanal Tuna Fishers
Small-scale tuna fishermen who mainly supply fresh fish for exporting are among the most affected by the coronavirus. Due to a vast disruption in the supply chain, a great number of these...
Spain & Germany Tighten Grip On British Tuna Market
For the majority of 2019, the UK was negotiating a withdrawal agreement with the EU, but this did not have a big impact on canned tuna trading as the kingdom’s imports...
Report: Majority Of FIPs Haven’t Reached MSC Certification
The latest report on global fishery improvement projects (FIPs) shows that 92 percent of these initiatives have not become MSC certified over the years. It also states that the huge...
EU Gives Economic Aid To Support Fishery Sector
A temporary aid framework has been adopted by the EU to allow its members to provide economic relief to the fishing and aquaculture sector during the coronavirus pandemic. According...
COVID-19 Might Boost Vietnam’s Tuna Exports
The Vietnamese tuna industry is forecasting that its exports will increase around 15 percent in 2020, surpassing USD 719 million. According to VASEP, this is in great part due to the...
World Bank Loans Millions To Costa Rica’s Tuna Fisheries
The World Bank (WB) has approved millions of dollars in a loan for the sustainable management and the improvement of economic opportunities of tuna and other essential fisheries in Costa Rica....
Judge Refuses To Clear Lischewski On Price-Fixing
A federal judge in the US has denied acquitting former CEO of Bumble Bee, Chris Lischewski, for price-fixing stating that the defendant did not convince the court that there was...
Fisheries Aspiring For MSC Can No Longer Compartmentalize
As of today, fisheries aspiring to start the process towards their MSC certification can no longer compartmentalize. The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) unveiled this as one of the new...
French Fishery Also Aims For Bluefin Certification
In the midst of the controversial MSC certification for a Japanese Atlantic bluefin fishery, another company targeting the same species is also hoping...
Governor Exempts StarKist Samoa From Emergency Measures
American Samoa’s Governor, Lolo Letalu Matalasi, has granted StarKist Samoa and its suppliers an exemption from the conditional 6am-6pm business hours under the COVID-19 emergency...
Californian Fishers Throwing Unsellable Tuna Into Sea
Deep-sea fishermen who have been at sea for weeks have returned to San Diego, California, to be stuck in a horrible situation – they cannot sell their fresh fish because of the closures...