Exports of Thai canned tuna during 2019 experienced a very modest increase in comparison with the year before. Although the overall three percent increase in volume reported by Thai...
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ANF Might Sue Diversified Communications Over Boston Show Ban
Atlantic Natural Foods (ANF), owner of the Loma Linda plant-based alternative brand that includes TUNO, has announced that it is considering legal options against the producers...
EU IUU Legislation: A Trade Barrier Or A Game Changer?
The fight against illegal fishing is a big issue in the global tuna trade and there is still a lot of pressure on governments to eradicate this problem. Several recent events have also brought...
Malta Recalls Rio Mare Olive Oil Tuna Cans Over Plastic
The Maltese health authority has issued a product recall on Bolton Group-owned Rio Mare canned tuna in olive oil due to pieces of plastic found in one of the items. The Environmental Health...
TUNACONS Making Part Of Its FADs Eco-Friendly
The purse seine fleet of TUNACONs in Ecuador has announced that by the end of this year, it will replace 20 percent of its traditional FADs with EcoFads. The move aims to strengthen the...
Company Stops Fishing In Palau Due To Marine Sanctuary
As of January 1, the Palau National Marine Sanctuary (PNMS) closed 80 percent of Palau’s EEZ to any form of fishing. The fishing company Palau International Traders Corporation (PITI) is...
Overall Price Drop For 2019 Thai Canned Tuna Exports
Interest in Thai products increased slightly for canned tuna buyers while the average price of the deliveries suffered a drop in 2019. This is according to Thai Custom’s full-year figures of...
Full Cotton The Best Biodegradable Rope Material For FADs
The results of a study of biodegradable ropes for FADs concluded that 100 percent cotton ropes should be utilized with fish aggregating devices as an alternative to the submerged nets...
Albatrosses Fitted With Sensors Pick Up On IUU Fishing
A group of scientists have decided to equip hundreds of albatrosses with sensors to detect vessels conducting illegal fishing. Some 169 wandering and Amsterdam albatrosses were fitted with the...
Is The Tuna Industry Prepared For A Long Price Depression?
The present overcapacity of the global purse seiner fleet and the conservation measures in place might lead us to a new longer-lasting depression as the current skipjack prices in Manta and...
MSC: Important To Promote Sustainable Bluefin Fishing
MSC has stated that it cannot confirm if a bluefin fishery consisting of only one vessel might achieve its certification in its response to World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) objection to the issue....
Spanish Vessel Targeting Bluefin Possibly Sank In Atlantic Ocean
Fears that a handliner targeting bluefin in the Atlantic has sunk along with its crew might have been confirmed today after two closed life rafts were found near a coastal town in Cádiz,...
IATTC Current Yellowfin Assessment Not Reliable For Management Advice
The results of the EPO yellowfin stock assessment for 2019 showed this tuna at a red level, which means that the target reference points (TRPs) are estimated to have been exceeded. The...
Credit Suisse Denies Liability In USD 2 Billion Mozambique Scandal
Credit Suisse has denied knowledge of the USD 2 billion-dollar scam (which included USD 850 million in tuna bonds) and bribery tied to loans from the bank to Mozambique. It also rejected the...
Tesco Scraps Plastic From Canned Tuna Multi-Packs
UK retailer Tesco, has announced that it will be fully eliminating plastic from multi-pack canned products including tuna effective March 2. The supermarket stated that the cans will be...
Thai Union SEALECT Tuna Launches 5 New Flavors
Thai Union’s SEALECT Tuna has partnered with Pa Waen, a well-known local brand for Thai mixed chili paste, to launch five new flavors – galangal, turmeric, bird’s eye chili, pepper, and...
Greenpeace Calls On FCF To Guarantee Legal Bumble Bee Products
Right on the heels of the news that FCF was cleared to buy the US tuna giant Bumble Bee, Greenpeace is calling on the Taiwanese company to assure American consumers that its products are 100...
Judge Approves Bumble Bee’s Sale To FCF
A US bankruptcy district judge has given the conditional go-ahead for the sale of tuna company Bumble Bee to Taiwanese trader, FCF, for about USD 930 million, stating that the sales process...
All Atlantic Albacore Stocks Are Doing Well
Atlantic albacore is not overfished according to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). The RFMO's scientific report states that the stocks in the North...
NZ: High Underreporting For Non-Observer Longliner Trips
Fishers on non-observed longliner fishing trips targeting migratory species such as tuna appear to be failing to report non-fish bycatch. This is according to the Annual Review Report for...