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Seychelles Skipjack Price Depressed By Small-Sized Catches
The small-sized skipjack caught in the northern part of the Indian Ocean continues to influence the price in Seychelles. The purse seiners’ catches have not improved in the past weeks, and...
French Polynesian Firm’s New Longliner Kicks Off Operations
French Polynesian shipbuilder Technimarine Tahiti recently delivered a new tuna longliner to its parent company, Vini Vini Group, expanding the firm’s 19-vessel fishing fleet. The longliner,...
Fire on Ecuadorian Tuna Vessel Spurs Probe Into Alleged Cartel Ties
Tuna purse seiner “Gold Tuna” caught fire near the port of Manta in Ecuador in the early morning of February 2. The vessel was allegedly linked to a well-known narcotics crime family. ‘Gold...
ISSF Tightens Labor Audits For Tuna Processing Plants
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has strengthened its social and labor commitments. This week, the industry-led organization introduced a new measure for conducting...
Popular US Tuna Products Recalled Over Unsanitary Warehouse Conditions
Thousands of items, including canned tuna from StarKist, were recalled in December by Minneapolis-based firm Gold Star Distribution Inc., after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found...
Readers: Banning Transshipments At Sea Is Feasible
A recent study titled “An Expanded Evaluation of Global Fisheries Management Organizations on the High Seas” stated that prohibiting at-sea transshipment would strengthen the long-term...
Ecuador’s Novel Tuna Gummies To Fight Child Malnutrition
The Ecuadorian government recently partnered with NGO World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to develop fish gummies, made from tuna and other marine species, which they assert would “help to combat...
Mexico’s Fleet Hits Five-Year High As Yellowfin Catches Surge
Mexican purse seiners sharply lifted the tropical tuna catches in the EPO between January and September last year, propelled by a surge in their yellowfin captures. Fishing activity by the...
RASFF Shows Improved Oversight In Tuna Supply Chain In January
It does not happen often that the EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) has no notifications on tuna-related incidents in a month. But for January 2026, there were no incidents...
Datafish Expands Monitoring Services On Tuna Vessels
Data collection and monitoring are essential for sustainable fishing operations. Technology solutions company Datafish collaborates with the Spanish fleet for monitoring. It has also joined...
Thai Pet Food Sales Grew By More Than 50 Percent In 5 Years
The pet food business is booming for the Thai canning industry, particularly for tuna producers. Last year, Chanintr Chalisarapong, President of the Thai Tuna Industry Association during the...
Maldives Plans Scale-Up Of Canned Tuna Production
Maldives’ Fisheries Minister Ahmed Shiyam said the government is looking to increase daily canned tuna production, while outlining the factors behind the currently low output levels. The...
Tuna Hauls Propel Peru Seafood Exports To New High
Peru’s tuna and seafood shipments climbed 16.5 percent in 2025 from a year earlier, nearing USD 4.27 billion, supported by stronger landings of tuna, anchovies, and squid. Officials linked the...
FiTI Says Seychelles’ Tuna Management Plan Crucial But Underlines Shortcomings
Seychelles has made significant progress in ensuring the monitoring of its purse seine and longline catches over the past year and worked on the crucial Tuna Fisheries Management Plan. The...
Doubled Yellowfin Netting Saves Ecuadorian Fleet’s Total Catch
The Ecuadorian purse seine fleet landed slightly less tuna in Manta during the first nine months of 2025. The huge drop in skipjack was largely offset by more than twice as many yellowfin...
Venezuelan Seiner Catches Fire and Sinks
Venezuelan-flagged purse seiner, 'La Peña', sank in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on Saturday night after a fire broke out on board. The vessel had 27 crew members. La Peña, which departed the...
Ecuador And Colombia Trade Dispute Erupts
Ecuador and Colombia have begun imposing 30 percent tariffs on each other’s goods from February 1, a move that would threaten billions of dollars in bilateral trade, including tuna shipments...
Major Global Highlights January 2026
The opening weeks of 2026 brought several noteworthy developments for the global tuna industry. Trading in major processing hubs, Bangkok, Seychelles, and Manta, remained almost the same as in...
Irish Supermarkets Accelerate Shift To MSC-Certified Tuna
Aldi, Lidl, and Tesco expanded their MSC certified seafood range and were the top suppliers of sustainable tuna to Irish consumers last year. Last week, MSC published its ‘UK and Ireland...