The fleet commanded by Balfegó has captured its entire bluefin quota – a total of 2,200 M/T – in just seven days. According to the Spanish tuna company, this shows that this...
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Unusual Arrivals Of Full IO Spanish Flagged Seiners In Galicia
Spanish flagged purse seiners are sailing to harbors in Galicia, Spain, to unload their Indian Ocean (IO) caught whole-round frozen tuna. They are also staying in the region for maintenance....
Korea Main Exporter Of Bluefin To Japan
The Republic of Korea has emerged as the main exporter of frozen bluefin to Japan in the first quarter of this year. The country sent 386 tonnes of frozen bluefin...
Secrecy Over Wespac Finances Triggers Press Probe
Thousands of dollars from a federal fund have been misused by members of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (Wespac), according to the latest investigation by a...
Spanish Maritime Authority Say Small Boats Catching Tuna Away From Coast A ‘Maritime Risk’
Spain’s civil maritime authority has received complaints about small and medium-sized boat owners fishing albacore (Bonito del Norte) outside of their catch areas, which is a...
Court Blocks Mozambique Govt Deal With Tuna Fraud Creditors
Mozambique's top court has ruled that the USD 850 million Eurobond issued by state-run Ematum SA in 2013 is illegal. The Constitutional Court of the country said in a ruling...
Bottleneck Drives Prices Further Down In Bangkok
The latest deals in Bangkok have been concluded and prices for whole round frozen skipjack SKJ1.8:BKK are at USD 1200 CFR per M/T, falling about 8% in the...
Princes NL Reports Now 94% Responsibly Purchased Tuna
Princes Foods Netherlands says it made a big step towards meeting its goal of offering 100 percent responsibly purchased tuna as reported in their press release of June 4. The...
US Tariffs On Mexico To Impact Tuna Exports
Tariffs that the US is planning to impose on Mexico will have an impact on the canned tuna exports from the South American nation. President Donald Trump announced last week that the US will...
New Skiff For Echebastar’s Innovative Seiner
The Spanish shipbuilder Vicalsa, located in Vigo, has completed the manufacturing of an 11-meter long skiff (auxiliary boat) for Echebastar’s latest fleet addition, its purse...
Major Pacific Anti-IUU Operation Shows Minor Infringements
A multi-national patrol to tackle illegal, unregulated or unreported (IUU) fishing in the South West Pacific took place from May 19 until May 30. Director of...
Med Tuna Route Sails Past Historical Sites
Tuna Route, a project aiming to promote the route of bluefin tuna and long-term sustainable tourism has kicked off from the port in Trapani, Italy. A ship with stakeholders...
StarKist Wants 50% Discount On USD 100M Fine
StarKist, owned by Korean Dongwon Group, says it is struggling to pay the USD 100 million fine for the canned tuna price-fixing conspiracy. The fine would endanger the company’s...
Maltese Navy Rescues Migrants Stranded On Tuna Pen
A group of migrants who were found clinging to a tuna pen in the Mediterranean were picked up by the Maltese navy last week. The condition and nationalities of the 75 migrants are still not...
Seiner Saves Crew Of Damaged Racing Yacht
The crew of the professional racing yacht Ran Tan II, valued at USD 450,000, were rescued on May 30 by a Mexican purse seiner 3,000 km off the Mexican coast. Sitting on their carbon and foam...
Brand-New Thai Union Refinery Burns, Possible Arson
A fire broke out at the recently opened Thai Union Ingredients Tuna Oil Refinery Plant in Rostock, Germany, on Saturday, June 1, 2019. Damages are estimated at around 25 million...
Innovative Cell-Based Bluefin Technology By US Firm
Bluefin is a without a doubt the highest-priced species in the tuna industry. Over the years, tuna companies have tried various types of aquaculture for this lucrative...
Nitrite Treated Tuna Uncovered In Switzerland
Fresh tuna has a nice red color but when exposed to air the meat usually starts to turn brownish. Based on the fact that red-colored tuna sells better and portrays a fresher...
OPAGAC APR Sustainability Logo Introduced On Isabel And Salica Brands
Canned tuna responsibly-caught by OPAGAC purse seiners will hit the shelves of Spanish supermarkets this month. The cans will carry the APR logo (Tuna From...
Minister: 60% Of 7600 Indonesian Fishing Vessels Owned By 20 Businessmen
Up to 80 percent of the Indonesian catch is still exported illegally, mostly by offloading the catch onto foreign vessels outside Indonesia's 200-mile EEZ. According to Indonesia’s...