With over 7,000 signatures now on paper, representing over 12 percent of the entire American Samoa population, a petition to save the territory’s tuna canneries and industry is on its way to...
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GP Hits TU Business In Italy Hard
Just as Thai Union may be starting to think that Greenpeace was cooling off its campaign urging consumers to boycott the firm’s tuna products, the NGO organized another public demonstration,...
Danish Bank Sees Solution For $850m Tuna Debt
Struggling to pay off a huge national debt of USD 850 million which was used to finance an expansion of the nation’s tuna fleet, a way out could be on the horizon for Mozambique, as a...
FOS Certifies Bluefin Catch As Sustainable
The first ever bluefin tuna fishery has been certified as sustainable. The Friend of the Sea (FOS) gave an accreditation which covers both the catching of wild bluefin tuna and the value-added...
Who’s Catching Most Of The WCPO Bigeye?
Five Asian nations are responsible for 62 percent of all reported bigeye tuna catch in the WCPFC area, a region where conservation measures for the species have been heavily pushed, but until...
Internet Hit: How Huge Fish Bellied An Entire Tuna
For anglers fishing around the world it’s usually enough of a reward to catch just one huge fish when on a trip out to sea, but a fisherman in New Zealand recently got more than he bargained...
Will A Halt In US Seiner Activity Influence The BKK SKJ Price?
Reports that a weighty portion of the US fleet will be heading back to port and will remain tied up in the beginning of the new year are rapidly emerging, as low skipjack prices and rising...
PINSA Feels Time Is Right For US Expansion
As Mexico’s largest tuna fishing and processing conglomerate, Pinsa Group has set its eyes on a new target following a ruling from the World Trade Organization (WTO) to allow Mexican tuna back...
EU Pays Training To Boost PNG Processing Future
Four tuna processing firms in PNG have been offering training placements to enable students at the country’s University of Technology to gain practical experience on the factory floor and in...
NGO Comes To Defense Of TU On Social Issues
Although stating that Thai Union has reacted too slowly in cleaning up any possible worker rights violations within primary processing facilities, one NGO has applauded the company for taking...
Palau: The Future Safe Haven For Bigeye?
After unanimously approving a law to phase out commercial fishing in 80 percent of its waters, Palau is being hailed by some as the new haven for depleted tuna species, as well as a top...
Colombia Lobbies In Brussels For Ecuador’s Tuna Sector
Ecuador has finally gained a thumbs-up from Colombia to join the nation, and Peru, in a multiparty trade pact with the European Union. This week, Colombia lobbied in Brussels for Ecuador,...
Alliance “Grossly Mismanaged” Say Minority Shareholders
Philippine tuna canner, Alliance Select, is today set to hold a stockholders’ meeting where concerns about the firm’s board will be raised, and disputes between directors and minority...
Should High Seas Longlining Be Eliminated Altogether?
Is it time for RFMOs to admit defeat and give up trying to manage high seas longline fishing, something that many point out RFMO member countries continuously fail at? Sources who attended...
US Fleet Seriously Considers Tie Up
There’s a bleak outlook forthe US-flagged tuna fleet, says the President of the American Tuna Boat Association, who is stating that seiners will be left with no option but to tie up and not...
Tri Marine Expects MSC Certification By March
Tri Marine is expecting final MSC certification for its free school purse seine fishery as early as March, which would mean just over a year in assessment. The firm announces the publication...
Alliance Select: The Difference A Year Can Make
Despite a strong start to the year, 2015 appears to have proved challenging for Filipino canned tuna processor Alliance Select (FOOD:PM), as investor confidence has taken a significant tumble...
District Judge Sets Single Case Hearing On Price Fixing
The pile of lawsuits accusing major US canned tuna brands of conspiring to fix prices on the American market will be heard as one single case, and it was decided this week that this will take...
Satellite Phones Should Help Stop Observer Harassment
With the September disappearance of observer Keith Davis still fresh in the minds of many Commission members, observer safety was given a priority place for discussion at the recent WCPFC...
Solomon’s Gets Tough On Albacore Longlining
One Pacific nation is taking matters into its own hands, as it makes bold decisions on longline-based issues that failed to gain consensus during the recent WCPFC meeting. The Solomon Islands...