US retailer, Walmart, has introduced two pole-and-line caught MSC tuna products – one Solid White Albacore and one Chunk Light (skipjack), both in water –...
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Cape Verdian Investment To Boost Frescomar’s Fillet Production
Cape Verdian tuna processing plant Frescomar expects that the investment contract with the local government will result in a 20 percent increase in its production by 2020. The...
GFW Satelite Data Tracks Panamanian Tuna Seiners, Sometimes
A few months ago, Panama underlined the necessity of monitoring vessels and transshipments and combating illegal fishing. For greater transparency and to enforce compliance in its fleet,...
Accurate Transhipment Tuna Weights With Dynamometers
Measuring exactly how much tuna a purse seiner catches is not an easy task. In fact, to this day, observers and purse seiner captains work with estimates. Traditional scales are not suitable...
Big Cut In Q3 W/R Skipack Deliveries In Thailand
During the first nine months of the year (Q3), Thai buyers' demand for whole frozen skipjack sharply decreased in comparison to previous years. The low buying interest for...
MSC & SFP Experts Join ISSF Environmental Stakeholder Committee
Two new members have joined the Environmental Stakeholder Committee of the ISSF -- Bill Holden from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and Alexia Morgan from the Sustainable Fisheries...
Thai Union Loses One-Third Of Its Market Value
Thai Union shares have been continuously sliding on the Bangkok stock exchange. The Thailand-based seafood company and world's largest canned tuna player saw one-third of its market...
No EU Tuna Food Safety Alerts In November
No tuna-related food safety alerts were published by the EU Regulatory Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) for the entire month of November. The agency provides the latest...
Costa Rican Fishers Demand Stricter Surveillance On International Seiners
In Costa Rica, volunteers aiming to present a request to the government for better surveillance of purse seiner fishing in the country’s waters have already collected thousands...
Filipino Fishers To Earn Blockchain Tokens For Their Tuna
Fishermen in Philippines can soon earn a peso-backed stablecoin from a blockchain-based fish traceability pilot program called Tracey. The initiative aims to facilitate sustainable...
Thai Processors Absorbed Less Raw Material In Q3
The imports of frozen tuna raw material in Thailand continued its decline in the third quarter of 2019 (Q3) and the figures showed an overall depression year-on-year. ...
NFI & ISSF React On Conviction Of Their Ex-Chair Lischewski
Long before a federal jury found Chris Lischewski guilty of price-fixing US canned tuna, he was the Chair of important seafood organizations, specifically NFI and ISSF....
Bangkok Skipjack Holding At Depressed Level
The benchmark Bangkok tuna market SKJK1.8:BKK has temporarily stabilized, sources have said to Atuna. A limited demand from the domestic canning industry, the...
WCPFC 16 Key Priorities Include Proper Harvest Strategies
The 16th Regular Session of the WCPFC is beginning today and member nations, governmental organizations, NGOs, and other parties will be discussing numerous core issues that affect the...
Filipino And Indo Seiners Net More Juvenile Fish In WCPO
Small seiners in the domestic fisheries of Indonesia and Philippines catch more juvenile tuna with associated sets – skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye – compared to other countries, says a...
Complaints About Stench Of Pioneer Canning In Ghana
A member of the Ghanaian parliament is adamant about confronting a tuna cannery plant in his constituency due to the stench it produces, which extends for several kilometers. Daniel...
Canned Tuna Imports Regaining Momentum In North Africa
Being part of the increasingly interconnected world, the North African economies have been impacted by the global fluctuations in currencies. The constricted availability of the US dollar...
Panama’s Tuna Fleet Is Now Traceable Online
Panama has underlined the importance of monitoring vessels and transshipments by the release of its vessel tracking data via Global Fishing Watch (GFW). From now on, the activities of over 150...
Lischewski’s Counsel Wants To Appeal “Guilty” Verdict
The defense for the former CEO of Bumble Bee, Chris Lischewski, said he was disappointed in the “guilty” verdict, which was handed out to the accused yesterday. On...
Ecuador Taking Action Against Yellow Card
Ecuador has already started to take action to rid itself of the EU yellow card for when the progress of the national fishery sector will be analyzed next April or May. One of the main...