After recently being tipped as a potential buyer, news is coming from several sides that Bolton Group has snapped up Spanish canned tuna producer, Conservas Garavilla. In contacting Garavilla,...
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Thai Yellow Card: TUF To Step Up Efforts Against IUU
On top of pressure from the world’s media in relation to labor issues, Thailand has just been hit with a yellow card status from the EU, meaning it is not doing enough to combat IUU fishing....
EU Issues Yellow Card To Thailand
The world’s largest canned tuna producing and exporting nation has been put on watch, and has been handed a yellow card on IUU fishing from the European Commission. After what has been...
Turkish Mini Cannery Investment Seems “Unbelievable”
Following reports of plans for mini tuna canneries to be constructed in the Solomon Islands, for some, the proposed investment from a Turkish-based firm seems “quite unbelievable.” Reported...
Philippines Off The Hook – Gets Green From EU
Philippines moves into the green on IUU, as the European Commission announces it drops the country’s yellow card. The decision sees the Filipino tuna industry avoid a potential trade ban with...
Our European Tuna Conference Top 5
With a full house of about than 300 delegates from over 40 countries worldwide, the European Tuna Conference 2015 generated stimulating discussion from every corner of the industry. We’ve put...
WWF: “WCPFC At Risk Of Becoming Irrelevant”
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has now reached this conclusion: that the WCPFC is set to lose its relevance in tuna industry management if it does not develop ways to hold distant water fishing...
Do Anchored FADs Get An Undeserved Bad Name?
The generalization around the discussion on FADs needs to be minimized. This is the view of Emily Howgate of the International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF), who, at yesterday’s European...
What Are The Future Goals For Purse Seiner Building?
While fishing companies look to buy the best and most innovative vessels, shipbuilders are doing the legwork to meet that demand, and that comes with a number of industry challenges for them...
Philippines GSP+ Could Be Short-Lived
As the Philippine tuna industry is poised to enter a fifth month of GSP+ status with the European Union, questions arise on how long the nation will hold onto its zero percent duty trade...
Why Photo E-Reporting Could Be Better Than Video Monitoring
For around two years now, Marine Instruments has been developing and implementing the use of e-reporting aboard tuna longliners and purse seiners, but with a unique spin; the technology...
Group To March In Protest Of Purse Seining
This week an anonymous group has organized a march in protest of purse seining in the Cook Islands, with the aim of raising awareness of overfishing, and the contribution of regional purse...
US & EU Import Of Canned Tuna Per Capita 2013-14
External Imports (MT) Imported Per Capita (KG) Population 2013 2014 2013 2014 2013 2014 EU 440.434 431.392 0,87 0,85 505.670.000 507.416.607 US 157.576 157.372 0,497 0,493...
Turkish Firm Plans To Build Mini Canneries In Solomon Islands
As part of a full-blown investment plan, a Turkish company says it will establish mini tuna canneries in the Solomon Islands. The Nazar Group of Companies has stated it will be injecting a USD...
Phil-Owned Indonesia Processors Want PNG Tuna
Filipino owned canneries in Bitung, Indonesia, are looking to import tuna from PNG, as they claim a ban on transshipment and unloading at sea in the Indonesian EEZ has impacted their raw...
Indian Ocean Purse Seine Fishery Turning The Tables?
The IOTC will “hopefully and finally,” be discussing the idea of limiting the number of FADs deployed in the Indian Ocean. This is what Michel Goujon, the Director of Orthongel, says is...
PNG & Fiji To Host Pacific Tuna Forum 2015
Papa New Guinea and Fiji are set to co-host the Pacific Tuna Forum 2015 in September, which will see tuna industry players from around the globe meet to share experiences and address important...
Fresh Yellowfin Price Could Rise Even Higher
Climbing prices for EU yellowfin buyers could be further on the uptrend, with the Maldives monsoon season soon approaching. A hit to this supply could intensify price hikes witnessed since Sri...
Albacore Makes Up 80% Of Traditional Tuna Producer’s Turnover
For over 100 years, a small tuna processor in Bermeo, north Spain, has specialized in bonito del norte (albacore) fishing in European waters, and in the last few decades, has had to adapt to a...
Spanish Tuna Producer Launches New Unique Stuffed Loins
Spanish tuna producer, Lumar Seafood, just launched a new range of frozen healthy tuna products, “with a unique presentation for the market.” The new health-based recipes, pictured below, are...