Vessels that are part of the Canadian bluefin fishery may be forced to install onboard surveillance cameras, after a two-year trial that piloted the scheme to monitor compliance, came to an...
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Chinese Firm Bounces Back After Indo Lock-Out
The impact that Indonesia’s stricter fisheries policy has had on foreign companies has become clear with Chinese firm, Pingtan Marine Enterprise, announcing that its vessels that are licensed...
TU Poland Loses Legal Appeal, Defendant To Sue
Thai Union Poland has failed in its appeal against the verdict that cleared two Polish firms of violating marketing and competition laws. The defendant, and former majority shareholder of one...
UK Canned Tuna Sales Struggle To Get Back On Track
The tuna-dominated ambient seafood division is seeing a continued sales drop in the UK retail market, among stagnant fish product purchases overall. Slight growth has only been seen in the...
Thai Canners Get Renewed Chance Of EU Free Trade
Free trade talks are set to be restarted between the EU and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), of which a successful conclusion could see the high 24 percent tariff levied on...
Fisheries Group Stresses Urgency On WCPFC Harvest Control Rules
With concerns over the slow progress of 2016 talks, a group of fisheries organizations has stressed to the WCPFC the importance of taking much stronger action at this year’s meeting, in order...
Spanish Retailer Earns Fresh MSC Certification
Eroski has become the first Spanish retailer to gain MSC Chain of Custody (CoC) certification for its fresh fish counters, but this big step in the MSC direction has not yet been taken for its...
Century Enters FTSE Global Equity Index
Filipino canned tuna leader, Century Pacific Food Inc. (CNPF), is set to be listed on the highly-tracked Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) Global Equity Index Series (GEIS) for Asia...
The Full Extent Of Shrinking US Demand
Full 2016 figures are now in, and illustrate the full impact that declining demand for canned tuna in the US market has had on the biggest suppliers to the country. Overall last year, the...
Stakeholders Want More Time To Influence Echebastar MSC
The MSC has decided to extend the period in which stakeholders are allowed to comment on fishery assessments within its pilot simplification process, including Spanish firm Echebastar’s purse...
The Implications Of Trump’s Tariffs On US Prices
With warnings that the price of consumer goods will rocket if Donald Trump follows through on his pledge to levy increased duties on imports from countries that the US has a trade deficit...
EPO Catch Limits “Too Complex”
The conservation measures adopted at last month’s IATTC meeting have been greeted with skepticism by bodies such as the EU and ISSF, which question whether they lead to effective management of...
Seychelles Considers Not Complying With Yellowfin Catch Cut
The Seychelles’ appeal to have its fleet’s Indian Ocean yellowfin catch reduction calculated differently to the rest, has been objected by one other nation, leaving officials considering...
Trump Pushed To Reopen Protective “No Fishing” Zones
With environmental issues not high on Trump’s agenda, a push from the US House Of Representatives could have US Marine National Monuments (MNMs) under substantial threat, as it’s argued that...
China’s “Tentative” Tariff Reduction To Boost Tuna Supply
Exporters in the US, the Marshall Islands, and Canada, are set to benefit from China having temporarily slashed import tariffs on six species of frozen whole round tuna, in what is a bid to...
Boost In Catch Spurs Confidence For Vietnamese Exports
Tuna catch in Vietnam is on the up, with expectations that 2017 will build on the successes enjoyed last year by the nation’s tuna industry, especially for exports to the European market....
Trump Tax To Impact All US’ Major Tuna Suppliers
The price of canned tuna faces the prospect of a sharp increase in the US market, with Donald Trump considering a 20 percent import tax to be levied on goods purchased from any nation with...
Lack Of FAD Caught Demand Drives SKJ Price Drop
The Bangkok skipjack price has taken another tumble, following the downward route started late last month, after a long period of continuous climb in the market. One of the main factors...
The Victims Of Thailand’s “Yellow Card” Driven Reforms
Cleaning up Thailand’s fisheries industry has been high on the government’s agenda since the EU handed the country a yellow card on IUU fishing in April 2015. Nearly two years later, dozens of...
Costa Rica To Put Higher Price On Tuna Access
A new ruling to regulate tuna fishing in Costa Rica’s EEZ will be issued by the nation’s government, a decision that is aimed at controlling fishing activity to protect tuna stocks and the...