Spanish tuna fishing company Inpesca’s seiner ‘Txori Bi’ will fly the Omani flag here on, and will continue to be owned by the company. The seiner will fish in the Indian Ocean along with...
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Alliance Select Reports Poor Performance In H1
The Philippines' tuna and seafood company Alliance Select Foods International, Inc. (ASFII) announced its financial results of H1 2025. The company reported a consolidated net income of USD...
Climate Justice For The Pacific Islands
-VIEWPOINT – When the Scientific Committee (SC) of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) meets this week, it will consider updated analysis and advice from the...
Former CFTO Seiners Renamed, Questions Over Omani Buyer Director
The Omani company Rawanq Al Salam International has renamed the three seiners it bought from CFTO to ‘Layla’, ‘Hawwa’, and ‘Nour’, flying the Omani banner. The vessels sailed previously under...
How Will EC Respond To Court Ruling On EU FAD Ban Objection?
The General Court of the European Union has invalidated the European Commission's (EC) refusal to review the EU's objection to an IOTC resolution on drifting fish aggregating devices (dFADs),...
WCPO 2024 Tuna Catches Reached Unprecedented Level
Tuna catches in the WCPO exceeded 3 million tons in 2024, the highest ever in this oceanic area, driven by incredible volumes of skipjack netted by purse seine fleets. This was revealed in the...
Rio Mare Drove Bolton’s Excellent 2024 Financial Year Results
The Italian Bolton Group recently revealed its total revenue and net profit for the 2024 financial year. It reported a turnover of over EUR 3.6 billion, 8 percent up YoY, and a profit of EUR...
Dakartuna Frustrated With Obstacles For P&L Fleet Moored In Senegal
There is no light at the end of the tunnel for the Spanish pole-and-line fleet under Dakartuna. The four vessels have been moored for more than nine months in Dakar Port in Senegal since...
Low Skipjack Levels Pushed WCPO Catch Rates Down In June
The total catches in the WCPO in June decreased, and so did the daily catch rate that month. The highest rates were reported in the EEZs of Papua New Guinea (PNG) Nauru, and Palau. Atuna...
US To Pay The Promised USD 60 Million To Pacific Islands
The US will release USD 60 million to the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) under the South Pacific Tuna Treaty. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau announced it earlier...
US Judge Orders Commercial Fishing To Stop In Pacific Monument
A federal district court judge in Honolulu ruled last Friday that commercial fishing cannot legally continue in the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument, which is located to the...
Lower Supply Of Tuna From WCPO In June
Fishing effort by purse seiners and consequently their catches in the WCPO declined in June. Most of the tunas were captured in the western zones of the PNA. During that month, there was a...
US Vegan TUNO Brand Acquired By Century Pacific
Century Pacific North America (CPNA) has bought the Loma Linda brand from Atlantic Natural Foods (ANF) that filed for bankruptcy in April. The acquirement will expand its plant-based food...
Thai Canneries’ Dramatic Increase In Yellowfin Whole Round Buying
Low skipjack catches in the WCPO at the beginning of this year were a huge blow to vessel owners and Thai canners, who reduced their trade of this fish from January to June this year. However,...
Readers: MMPA Could Be Overhauled Or Kept Intact
US legislators are considering overhauling the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), which has been a vital law to protect and safeguard cetaceans, whales, seals, and other marine species....
Little Tuna Founder Bets On Aussies’ Love For Sustainable Fish To Grow
Little Tuna is an Australian tuna brand that markets its products as “100 percent Australian-sourced tuna” as the fish is caught within the nation’s EEZ, by longliners owned by the firm, and...
Inpesca Recovers From Atunlo Disaster
Spanish tuna fishing company Inpesca closed its last financial year, 2024, with a turnover of over EUR 68 million. Inpesca was one of the shareholders of the liquidated firm Atunlo and lost...
Kyokuyo Reported Drop In Profits Despite Good Sales In First Quarter
Last week, Japanese tuna company Kyokuyo Co. Ltd. published its financial results for the first quarter of this year, from April 1 to June 30, 2025. The net sales increased, whereas operating...
Lower WCPO Skipjack Catches A Blow To Thai Canneries
Thai canneries’ buying of frozen whole round skipjack plummeted in H1 2025, mainly owing to the low catches in the WCPO this year. Most fleets delivered fewer tonnage when compared to H1 2024...
Maruha Nichiro Experienced Good Quarter Sales
Maruha Nichiro Corporation saw a slight increase in net sales year on year to around JPN 263.60 billion (USD 1.78 billion) in the first quarter, ending June 30, the company reported this week....