During the first six months of the year, US canned tuna buyers imported roughly 66,109 M/T, a four percent increase year-on-year. The total demand has grown almost 20 percent in...
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Canadian Fishermen Reel In 418 Kg Bluefin
Last Sunday, a group of Canadian fishermen caught their first bluefin: a 418kg specimen that took almost one hour and a half to reel into the boat. The fish was taken by Glen Best and his...
EPO Fleet Caught 20% More Skipjack As Of July
After a dramatic drop last year, the 2019 skipjack catches in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) are showing a 20 percent rise compared to 2018. Until July 28 this year, a total of 213,182...
Is PNG’s Zero Duty Preference Eroding?
Is Papua New Guinea’s zero duty on imports of tuna products into the EU subject to preference erosion? In the last few years, its major competitor in the Pacific region, Philippines, has had...
European Deliveries Dominate Hungarian Tuna Market
Hungarians' consumption of canned tuna coming to their supermarkets from other EU nations reached a total of 3,292 M/T in 2018. This is a 12 percent surge from the 2,946 M/T imported...
New Albacora Super Seiner Collides With Tugboat
Newly-constructed Albacora superseiner, the Galerna Lau, has been returned for repairs after it suffered damages from an accident while being transported to the Spanish port of El Musel. The...
Croatian Kali Tuna Opens New Plant In Hong Kong
Kali Tuna, a Croatian-based bluefin company owned by Japanese firm, J-trading Inc., is expanding its presence in Asia. It is opening a new Hong Kong-based facility intended to serve as a hub...
Russian Bank Demands USD 535 Million Loan Payback From Mozambique
Russian bank, VTB, has given the Mozambican government an ultimatum – to pay their outstanding loans or be declared in default. VTB and Credit Suisse are linked to Mozambique’s hidden...
Kroger Removes Yellowfin From Multistates After Histamine Poisoning
In over 15 US states, chilled and raw yellowfin steaks have been removed from seafood counters of supermarket chain, Kroger. According to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the move...
SKJ1.8 Continues To Edge Up In Manta
The Manta price for skipjack has been edging up in the last two weeks, due to a fall in landings during the first veda period. The traded price for SKJ1.8:MNT is at USD 1,350 per M/T. That is...
Lischewski Price-Fixing Case Update
Another pre-trial conference has been set in the price-fixing case against Chris Lischewski, former CEO of Bumble Bee. It will be held on Tuesday, October 1, at the US Northern District...
EU Alerts: Nitrite-Treated Tuna Incidents In Several States
During the month of August, the EU Regulatory Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) reported 10 tuna-related incidents, including border rejections due to...
‘Tuna’ Found Swimming In Freshwater In Japan
Twitter views went through the roof when a video was posted online showing what was presumably a bluefin swimming three to four...
Black Smoke In Majuro Lagoon: Seiner On Fire
On Sunday, Koo’s 102 purse seiner caught fire while anchored in the Majuro lagoon in Marshall Islands. The fire started on the bridge and the seven crew members were...
Taiwan May Share 300 M/T Of Bluefin Quota With Japan In 2020
Japan’s bluefin quota will remain unchanged but it can acquire 300 M/T of Taiwan’s catch quota in 2020, according to a decision reached at the four-day meeting of the WCPFC Northern...
Study: Skipjack And Yellowfin Predicted To Move To EPO
Skipjack and yellowfin are projected to move eastward in the next 30 years due to climate change. This will, in turn, reduce the total tuna catch by 10 percent within the waters of Pacific...
Vietnam Ramping Up Fake Tuna Exports To The US
The US-China trade war is creating another casualty in the tuna business. In the first half of this year, US imports of tuna-like species from China were nearly halved from 5,744 M/T...
PNG Aims To Increase Domestic Production
The government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) intends to increase the country's domestic processing of tuna catches within the next three years. Fisheries Minister Dr. Lino Tom said...
Solomon Islands Fishery MSC Report Open For Comments
The MSC Full Assessment report for the Solomon Islands longline albacore and yellowfin tuna fishery is now available for comment. Stakeholders have 30 days to make any...
The US And China Back To Negotiating Table
In the midst of the ongoing trade war between the US and China, both countries have agreed to go back to the negotiating table in Washington, CNN reported. According to the...