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New Massive FIP Covers Indonesian Longliners In 2 Oceans
Around 250 longliners will participate in the recently announced new large-scale Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) for Indonesia, which will be led by the Sustainable...
Pet Foods Good Profit Maker For Thai Canners
Thailand’s value of exports has increased ahead of volume and the pet food sector is expected to grow, according to Thai Union. Tony Lazazzara, Director of Fisheries...
Seafood Expo Global 2021 Switches To Barcelona
The world’s largest seafood exposition is changing its home of the last 26 years. The 2021 edition of Seafood Expo Global is scheduled to take place April 27-29 at the Fira de Barcelona, Gran...
Sea Shepherd To Hunt IUU Vessels In Eastern Pacific
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is gearing to hunt IUU fishing vessels in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The activist US NGO announced that it will be launching a new...
Atuna Poll: Should Consumers Know If Their MSC-Certified Products Are Caught On dFADs?
The industry and NGO’s look down on the MSC certification of drifting FAD skipjack fishery. Neil Bohannon, Group Director Fish for Princes Limited, spoke about the reluctance of some...
Possible Radioactive Dump No Threat To Tuna
Radioactive water from the Fukushima No 1 nuclear power plant in Japan could be released into the Pacific Ocean where it will dilute. According to SPC's Oceanic Fisheries Programme...
Frinsa Takes 50% Stake In Major Portuguese Canner
Europe’s largest canned tuna processor, the Spanish group Frinsa del Noroeste, has acquired 50 percent of the Portuguese cannery A Poveira. A Poveira is located in Póvoa de Varzim and is...
Undetectable Tuna Drone Future Navy Weapon?
A new 3D-printed underwater tuna drone has been making waves. The robot can swim at a record-breaking speed of 0.85 meters per second (3.06 kilometers per hour). It mimics the movement of a...
US Canned Tuna Volume Predicted To Decline Further
Volume of sales of canned tuna has been decreasing for over a decade in the US market and according to Tri Marine International, they will continue to decline. However, higher-priced...
Top Rank For Thai Union’s ‘SeaChange’ Strategy
For the second time, Thai Union ranked number one in the Food Products Industry Index of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI). For the sixth time, the company’s global...
Readers: Plastic Packaging Has No Long-Life
Plastic packaging does not go hand-in-hand with sustainability, this is the belief of three-quarters of our readers. They don't think it is the material for the future. The...
Solomon Blue Looking To Avoid Possible Counterfeit
The Solomon Islands' processing company of the canned tuna brand Solomon Blue is now stamping its trademark on the lids of the cans, as opposed to printing it on the product's outside label....
Fisheries’ Compliance Level In IO Not Good Enough
Despite a “rather lousy level of compliance” years ago, things are looking up in the Indian Ocean region, according to IOTC’s Executive Director, Christopher O’Brien. Speaking at the IX World...
Global Fleet Increase Harms Tuna Stock
An excess in fleet capacity will put pressure on global tuna stock, pointed out Borja Soroa, Managing Director of Pesqueria Vasco Montañesa (Pevasa) at the IX World Tuna...
US & Mexico Consider Joint Position Before RFMOs
The Binational Meeting of Fishing Authorities between Mexico and the US took place this week. In the two-day assembly both parties analyzed and agreed on actions regarding the management...
Princes: FIPs Pipeline For Future MSC FAD Certification
Yesterday, during the IX World Tuna Conference in Vigo, Spain, Neil Bohannon, Group Director Fish for Princes Limited, took the floor to speak about the reluctance of some buyers in...
Strong Baht Undermines Thailand’s Competitive Power
The Thai baht has shot up to its highest level against the US dollar in six years. At the start of 2019, the exchange rate was THB 32.32 against one USD. Today, it is THB 30.49 per...
Oil Price Makes Mega Jump After Attacks In Saudi
The price of crude oil skyrocketed this weekend when it went from USD 60 to USD 72 per barrel overnight. The 20 percent increase happened after a drone attack on a Saudi Arabian oil facility,...
Global Tuna Alliance To Finally Start Up After 2 Years
Global Tuna Director, Tom Pickerell from the US non-profit, Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP), has moved on to a new role to head the Global Tuna Alliance (GTA), a new NGO that was...