A fishing monitoring project which has been branded as “unprecedented” is now underway in Ghana, with a portion of the African nation’s tuna fleet now equipped with various trial systems set...
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Enormous Yellowfin Impresses On Instagram
With yellowfin tuna recorded as overfished in the Atlantic Ocean, capturing an image of one fully grown at an age of eight years old and close to two meters in length is relatively rare in the...
Is A Marine Park Compatible With FAD Fishing?
Announce a plan to create a marine reserve and at same time sell fishing rights in that same area to purse seine operators with a reputation of fishing with FADs; can that be an effective...
Tri Marine Pulled Into Price Fixing Firing Line
Amended class action complaints in a string of price fixing claims against the US market’s leading canned tuna corporations have now also pulled Tri Marine into the firing line and claim that...
TU Sets Up Companies In Dubai
As part of a previously announced mission to take on the Middle East market, Thai Union shareholders have approved an investment to establish two subsidiary companies in Dubai. Among others,...
Thai Canner Doubling Production Capacity
A Thai canned tuna producer has announced that the opening of its new factory will take place in early 2016, and will see the firm double its canned tuna capacity and begin to look for new...
EU Buyers Turn Away From Ecuador’s Tuna
Shipments from Ecuador to the EU are still showing stark differences to last year’s volumes, as canned tuna exporters struggle to hold on to an evaporating market share. Asian processors...
Greenpeace Campaign Against TU: Bad News For Entire Industry?
Greenpeace appears to be showing no signs of slowing down its attack on Thai Union, and this week has released a new infographic as part of its “Not Just Tuna” campaign, aiming to further...
Golden Prize Labor Conflict Escalates
Employees at Golden Prize Canning in Thailand have initiated a strike in reaction to non-movement from company management on recent unfair labor claims. After receiving a letter from the Thai...
Thai Industry Urges: “Stop Building New Boats”
This week individuals from the Thai tuna industry have been making their voices heard and expressing their fears over the seemingly never-ending construction of tuna vessels, of which they...
TU’s Profit Soars Despite Pressures
In the face of significant pressures, Thai Union’s third quarter profit margin has surged to a record high level for the past four years, rising consistently to 17.3 percent. The firm reports...
Walmart Attacked Over Selling Mexican Brands
America’s largest retailer, Walmart, has been accused of selling canned tuna under Mexican brands caught by methods which according to a US Dolphin activist, harm or kill dolphins, with...
Century’s Brands Show Stellar Performance
With net income rising 22 percent during the first three quarters of the year, Century Pacific is putting its successes down to a boost in branded product sales, with local demand staying...
Just How Big Is ICCAT’s FAD Problem?
With FAD management pegged to be the hot topic at this week’s ICCAT meeting, members are expected to be discussing their use and the impacts they have on the fishery. But just how big is the...
Does The Future Of Tuna Lie In Cooperating States And Markets?
A recent Amsterdam workshop titled “Tuna Futures” has concluded that the successful future of tuna management lies in the cooperation of both governments and markets, two intuitions which have...
Safeway Faces Lawsuit On Underfilling Cans
Ranked as North America’s second largest supermarket chain, Safeway has been accused by a putative class of customers for cheating shoppers, and underfilling cans of its private label tuna,...
NGOs And ISSF Pushing ICCAT To Regulate FADs
Set to begin today, the 24th edition of ICCAT’s annual meeting is being held in Malta, and global NGOs have been setting out their recommendations as to which issues are in need of critical...
Bigeye Prices Expected To Surge By Year End
Due to falling imports resulting from a the weaker yen, bigeye tuna prices in Japan, one of the major markets for this species, are expected to rise sharply towards the end of the year....
Military Presence In Thai Tuna Cannery
Golden Prize Canning, a Thai canned tuna processing company, has just two more days to respond to an eight point letter issued by the Thai Tuna Industry Association (TTIA), relating to...
Report: 31% More Drifting FADs
Despite an uncountable amount of calls from NGOs and in some cases, the industry, to manage and limit the use of drifting FADs, the proliferation of these floating objects has increased by...