The President of the Peruvian Chamber of Tuna, Alfonso Miranda Eyzaguirre, has been reelected as Vice President of the IATTC. Miranda has described his appointment for the second term as...
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Calvo Releases 2017 Annual Report
Spain’s canned tuna market leader, Calvo, has released its annual report for 2017 in which it announces that last year ended with a new turnover record of around EUR 618 million (USD 720...
Sajo Accused Of Using Pressure Tactics To Boost Sales
Some employees of Sajo have claimed that the South Korean deep sea fishing company forced them to purchase gift sets before the Chuseok and Lunar New Year holidays over the past decade in...
Influx Of Recreational Fishing In Northern Pacific
Washington’s Westport Marina attracts droves of commercial fishing boats and recreational trawlers by the hundreds each year, during the summer months when abundant schools of North Pacific...
Port Lincoln Opposes Oil Exploration In Bid To Save Farms
The Port Lincoln City council has become the 13th local council to oppose oil drilling in Australia’s southern coast. The issue has divided the community as the regions bluefin farmers have...
Japan’s Quota Proposal Talks Underway
The WCPFC’s Northern Committee has kicked off talks on whether or not to increase the catch quota for Pacific bluefin tuna, as proposed by the Japanese government. The suggestion to increase...
US Stops Purchasing Chinese Seafood Amid Tariff Threat
Seafood buyers in the US have halted their orders of Chinese seafood as the threat of increased duties looms, according to industry sources. The additional 10-percent duty on Chinese products,...
Prosecutor Withdraws Case Against Alliance Executives
The Regional Trial Court (RTC) in Makati, a city in the Philippines’ Metro Manila capital region- the country’s financial hub and location of the stock exchange- has agreed to withdraw a case...
Initiative Aims To Turn Pacific Tuna Ports Green
Headway in the Pacific Community’s (SPC) Green Pacific Port initiative was accelerated in a collaborative venture between island nations of the Pacific, with deliberations on the...
Peru Wants To Process 100,000 M/T By 2021
As part of its 2021 Bicentennial Plan, Peru seeks to expand its tuna processing capacity to 100,000 metric tons. The weighty figure might seem an ambitious reach, considering that the local...
High Value Yellowfin Boosts GenSan’s Business
Region 12 of the Philippines, which includes its ‘tuna capital’ General Santos, has retained its top position in terms of value of commercial seafood production. Tuna continues to play a...
OPAGAC & Tunacons Sign MOU On IATTC Cooperation
Tunacons and the Producers’ Organization of Large Tuna Fishing Freezer Vessels (OPAGAC) have taken a step towards formalizing a collaboration that will prioritize activities and facilitate the...
Sajo’s Diversification Plan Raises Questions
A slowdown in South Korean market has forced one of the three major local tuna industry players, Sajo, to diversify. One of the areas the South Korean firm has been exploring is the meat...
Main FAD Buoy Supplier: We’ll Retrieve Our Buoys To Clean Oceans
Following the announcement of its partnership with The Ocean Cleanup project, Spanish firm Marine Instruments has revealed further details on how it plans to help extract plastic waste from...
Britain Vs France: Fishing War Amplifies As French Net Tuna
British fishermen, who were recently attacked by French scallop fishers, have been left “fuming” after vessels flagged to France caught bluefin tuna from UK waters. They have claimed the...
China Visa Row Sparks Controversy At PIF Summit
The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) summit began on a dramatic note as China, attending the event as a “dialogue partner”, threatened to pull-out amid a visa row with host nation Nauru. The...
China Visa Row Sparks Controversy At PIF Summit
The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) summit began on a dramatic note as China, attending the event as a “dialogue partner”, threatened to pull-out amid a visa row with host nation Nauru. The...
Yellow Card Hurts Vietnam’s Canned EU Exports
Vietnamese exports of canned tuna to the European Union (EU) suffered a sharp decline in the first half of this year, highlighting the negative impact of yellow card issued to the country last...
Russian Scientists Take On The Tuna Robot
Scientists from a Russian university have carried out laboratory tests on the ‘Tunets’, which is a tuna-like robot intended for underwater research. The project is still in the initial stages,...
Spanish Canners: We Need Duty Free Loins To Stay Competitive
Anfaco, the organization that represents Spain’s canning industry, has said the tuna sector needs a greater pre-cooked loin quota “to be competitive and maintain its industrial activity”. The...