Century Pacific Food Inc. (CNPF) reported its second-quarter financial results, posting a nine percent increase in earnings on a YoY basis. The earnings growth was driven primarily by a...
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Tuna Farmers To Tackle Slime Problem
Four Maltese tuna farmers have declared that they will take a number of measures to reduce the waterborne leakage of waste from their bluefin farms. The operators have said they will place...
IN BRIEF: TU Expands Intl Team With Analyst
Thai Union’s Chicken of the Sea Frozen Foods has hired a market analyst and Urner Barry reporter, Angel Rubio. His title at the firm will be Senior Category Manager and he will be responsible...
IN BRIEF: Mexico Plans 2 Month Fleet Shut Down
The Mexican purse seine fleet prepares for the 72 day closure period in which all of its 38 purse seiners will halt fishing operations. From November 9 thuntil January 19th, no Mexican seiner...
David & Goliath To Work On Chicken Of The Sea Brand
The creative agency David & Goliath will be working on the Chicken of the Sea brand to get it to “stand out from a sea of sameness”. It plans to revitalize the image of the company that...
Tuna Toss Gets “Life-Like” Makeover
The tuna tossing world championship at Port Lincoln’s ‘Tunarama’ festival has been given a makeover in time for next year’s competition. The tuna throwing event has been described by the...
Irish & Basque Fleets Fight Over Albacore
A greater presence of Irish vessels has “disturbed” Basque fishermen as they are finding it difficult to share the Spanish coasts and its Atlantic albacore, also known as ‘bonito del norte’...
Fight Between Tuna Workers Ends In Death
A fight broke out in a tuna factory in Papua New Guinea between two workers last week. The heated argument led to the ultimate death of one of the employees after he was allegedly slashed with...
PAFCO Set To Increase Production By 10% Each Year
The albacore processor PAFCO has opened its new coldstorage facility after a number of years in development. The Fijian firm has faced supply shortages in recent times but it expects the...
IN BRIEF: Japan To Propose Quota Increase
The Japanese government plans to propose a 15 percent raise in catch quotas for Pacific bluefin tuna. This is after scientists found there had been a slight increase in stock levels by 10...
Bycatch Data Source: Can It Make A Difference?
An interactive workshop was held in New Caledonia to showcase a new tool from the WCPFC that aims to help address the bycatch issue fisheries face. The Bycatch Management Information System...
Indonesia Tightens Import Regulations
The government of Indonesia has released a new regulation for its seafood imports in an attempt to better regulate what is coming into the country. Now only importers with certain licenses...
Yearly 10% Fleet Reduction To Address EPO Capacity
WWF US has completed a study on the methods to reduce fleet capacity in the Eastern Pacific tuna purse seine fishery and has provided the results to the IATTC. The NGO analyzes the economic...
Anti-Piracy HQ Moving To Spain After Brexit
The European Union has decided to move the headquarters of its anti-piracy mission, Atalanta, from London to the Spanish port of Rota once Britain officially leaves the EU. The mission will...
30% Of Eroski’s Tuna From “Sustainable” Fisheries
The Spanish supermarket chain Eroski has announced that in the first half of 2018, 30 percent of all of its canned tuna sold in its stores came from “sustainable and responsible” fisheries....
Could Tuna Ice Cream Become A Hit?
An Italian ice cream maker has added tuna flavored ice cream to the menu at his café, Barberry’s Mondo Gelato. While it may be seen as a publicity stunt by some, the Italian has claimed there...
Firm Launches China’s 1st Fiberglass Longliners
The Chinese fishing company Dalian Ocean Fishing Company (DOF) is said to have launched China’s first fully fiberglass low temperature tuna longline vessels. The announcement from the company...
Govt. Agencies Cautious Of Backtracking On Mercury
The author of the latest research paper regarding the mercury and selenium content in tuna and seafood has said that while he does expect responses from government agencies on the report,...
PAFCO Ups Its Employees’ Salaries
The main tuna plant in Fiji, Pacific Fishing Company (PAFCO), has announced a salary increment of 12.5 percent for all of its non-management employees. Despite now upping its workers’...
All Peruvian Seiners Halt In First EPO Closure
All Peruvian flagged purse seine vessels will stop during Session A of the EPO closure. With the majority of fleets opting for a 50/50 split of their seiners across the two closure periods,...