First quarter 2018 net profit results for Alliance Select have sailed to the highest level of the last ten years, and are substantially stronger than in 2017, the listed company has revealed....
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EU Seiners Gear Up For Bluefin Catching Season
With the four-week fishing season for Atlantic bluefin starting tomorrow, the EU purse seine fleet is gearing up to fill its allocated quotas. This year, the Atlantic bluefin catching nations...
Why US Brand Wild Planet Chooses Not To Use MSC
US tuna brand Wild Planet says it chooses not to participate in the MSC program and add the blue tick to its packaging as it feels that “MSC is continually lowering the criteria” required for...
TU Might Set $50m Aside For Price Fixing Settlements
Major Thai analyst firm, Bulaluang Securities, expects Thai Union to set aside USD 20-50 million this year for settlements in civil price fixing litigation, which not only involves itself, but...
WATCH: Japan’s ‘Tuna King’ Reigns At Tsukiji Market
Hundreds of fishmongers sell bluefin tuna at the Tsukiji market but one man, dubbed the ‘tuna king’, has been watched working and explaining his craft by over 500,000 people. In a video...
Innovations & Tech Trends At Next Week’s TUNA2018
At the world’s biggest tuna industry gathering next week, recent innovations and trends in technology in the tuna sector will be discussed by a range of industry professionals. While...
NOAA Criticized For Insufficient Probe Into Observer Deaths
The US government branch, NOAA did not do enough to investigate into the deaths of three observers working onboard vessels, according to a new report. It has been argued in the case of Keith...
GP Stings Leading Taiwan Operator On Human Rights
Taiwan’s international fishing fleet and its supply chains have strong links to human rights abuses, especially when it comes to longline fishing, a new report from Greenpeace South East Asia...
Fiji Searches Ways To Combat Ongoing Supply Shortage
The Fijian government has stressed that ensuring consistent and sufficient tuna supply continues to be a challenge for the nation’s biggest tuna processor, PAFCO. Stakeholders have been...
50% Of Italians Put Canned Tuna In Their Top 5 Foods
In Italy, around 50 percent of people say that canned tuna belongs in their top five foods, and they could not give it up, a recent survey reveals. Total consumption of the product climbed in...
EU Thinks Coastal Nations Should Get Just 10% Of EEZ Catch
With very different proposals tabled on how catch quotas should be implemented by the IOTC, there is little hope for agreement on the issue at the ongoing annual meeting, despite it being the...
20% EPO Catch Drop, Will 2018 Improve?
In total, 40,000 tons less tuna was caught by EPO purse seine fleets in this year’s first quarter, and despite many expecting landings to pick up, full recovery could be tricky. One boatowner...
Scientists Reveal Slight Increase In Pacific Bluefin Stock
Scientists have found the population of Pacific bluefin tuna has risen and now stands at 3.3 percent of its unfished levels. Although this is a small improvement from the previous stock...
1st Experimental Bio-FAD Deployed By EU Fleet In IO
The first experimental biodegradable FAD has been deployed in the Indian Ocean by the EU tuna fleet as part of the European BIOFAD project. Coordinated by the Spanish research center, AZTI,...
TU Boasts “Substantial” Progress But GP Goals Still Far Off
Thai Union has announced the progress it has made towards the “game-changing reforms” set out in an agreement with Greenpeace. The firm describes the improvements made to its supply chain as...
Century Plans Product Price Hike Amid Cost Pressures
Having experienced a slight weakening in gross profit margin in this year’s first quarter, Century Pacific is looking at ways to push the figures back up, and is planning a series of product...
P&L Group Urges IOTC To Speed Up Yellowfin Recovery
The International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNFL) is urging IOTC member nations to adopt measures that will speed up the recovery of overfished yellowfin tuna, as the RFMO’s annual meeting...
Chicken Of The Sea Resolves Walmart Price Fixing Case
Thai Union owned, Chicken of the Sea International (COS) has announced that it has reached an agreement with the nation’s biggest retailer, Walmart in regards to ongoing tuna price fixing...
EU/Vietnam FTA Benefits Loins, But Not Canned Tuna
A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed between the EU and Vietnam, which is yet to be officially implemented, is expected to increase the imports of pre-cooked tuna loins from the Asian nation,...
24 Crew Members Escape Burning Mexican Purse Seiner
The crew members of a burning purse seiner were rescued by a tanker after it received a call for help late last week. A total of 24 crew, along with two dogs, all escaped the vessel with no...