Spanish firm, Satlink, has developed "the most powerful buoy ever", which is currently under testing and is advertised as having the ability to be able to differentiate between tuna species...
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Walmart Lists 50+ Tuna Execs As Alleged Conspirators
More than 50 tuna company and organization executives have been listed as alleged “conspiracy players” in an amended complaint filed by leading US retailer, Walmart, in the civil proceedings...
How Ocean Switching Impacts US Fleet’s Supply to BKK
It’s been well documented that some US flagged tuna purse seiners switched operations to the EPO in 2015, and stayed there for the most part of last year, in a bid to keep up significant catch...
Doctors Say Child’s Condition Not Caused By Mercury In Tuna
A UK mother is relating her daughter’s ill health to the eight-year-old’s nearly daily consumption of canned tuna causing mercury intoxication, as reported by tabloid newspaper, Daily Mail....
More US Retailers Join Price-Fixing Legal Fight
Two more US supermarket chains have joined the likes of Walmart, Kroger and Hy-Vee in filing complaints that accuse the US Big 3 canned tuna brands of fixing prices, a move that coincided with...
PNG Throws Out Discount For Seiners
The PNG government says it will ensure that more tuna is processed domestically, instead of being shipped to foreign plants, and has set forward a plan to end the sale of fishing days to...
EU Loins Quota Defended By Spanish Government
The current volume of pre-cooked tuna loins permitted to enter the EU duty free each year is being defended by the Spanish Minister of Fisheries, as she states that it offers the right balance...
UN Wants Cut Down On Multi-Billion Global Fisheries Subsidies
The reduction of fisheries subsidies will be a key issue at a UN conference next month, with one official describing them as creating a "race to the bottom" in exploiting global stocks. It is...
Spanish Fleet Wants Strong Joint Effort On FAD Management
The development of a harmonized FAD management scheme was on the top of the agenda when the tuna industry met to discuss the use of the devices recently in Madrid. Proper administration of FAD...
Philippines Gets Protective Over Important Tuna Spawning Zone
The Philippines is working to better the protection of its waters and take a serious stance on fighting IUU fishing through a number of measures, including making the Benham Rise, an important...
Teenager Catches Breathtakingly Big Bluefin
A teenager from Louisiana made a remarkable catch when he recently hauled onboard a bluefin tuna seven times his size in the Mexican gulf. The female fish weighed in at 835 pound (379kg), a...
EU Electronic Catch Certificates Not Before 2019
While there has been widespread urgent desire to see Europe's fight against IUU seafood imports assisted by a centralized, electronic Catch Certificate Scheme (CCS), due to delays it is not...
Tuna Export Recovery Pushes Up Century Profit
Century Pacific has announced a healthy net profit rise for the first quarter of the year, for which it partly credits a recovery in the tuna export market. Touching just over PHP 700 million...
Japan Ratifies Its Stance In Growing Global IUU Fight
Japan has ratified the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), which is an accord designed to fight IUU fishing through international collaboration, seeing one of the largest tuna consuming...
WWF Rates Just 10% Of Tuna Products Green
Giving only a tenth of tuna on Sweden’s shelves a green light in its latest “Fish Guide” update, WWF makes a clear recommendation to consumers, stating that they should only buy tuna with an...
An Emerging South American Tuna Player
Although Guyana is a nation not yet heavily involved in the tuna industry, this could be about to change, as there are high hopes for the South American country’s first tuna plant, expecting...
Fresh Tuna Histamine Outbreak Linked To Sickness In Spain
A Spanish tuna distributor has been temporarily closed down, after a batch of fresh tuna has reportedly made at least 50 people sick from histamine poisoning, and has now been recalled,...
Plaguing Blue Boats “Opportunistic” In Tuna-Rich Pacific
Blue boats thought to be coming mostly from Vietnam have been encroaching on Pacific island waters, and although there is no evidence of them targeting tuna specifically, they are described as...
US Retailer Makes Responsible Tuna Sushi Switch
US Retailer Hy-Vee has now transitioned all of its sushi to be sourced from responsible fisheries, including its yellowfin tuna offering. The move follows on from a previous commitment from...
Seychelles & Ghana Forge Stronger Tuna Trade Links
Ghana and the Seychelles have signed a fisheries agreement aimed at promoting best practices in several areas concerning tuna fisheries. Notably, the two African nations will collaborate on...