Lower tariffs for Thai tuna products have not been given the go-ahead by the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament. The Committee has approved the report on the prospects of a Free...
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IPO For Another Asian Tuna Giant
The Philippines’ biggest tuna processor, Century Pacific Food Inc., has filed an application to sell up to 227.32 million shares in its company. Its initial public offering (IPO) is planned at...
Rule Change Permits Canary Bluefin Fishing
It has been announced that the Spanish government has changed its rules and will allow Canary pole and line vessels to fish for bluefin tuna in the islands’ waters between February and May,...
No Tuna Farm For Former War Criminal
A plan for a 200,000 meter squared tuna farm to be owned by retired war criminal, General Ante Gotovina, has been unanimously denied in a vote of the Kornati Municipal Council in Dalmatia,...
Success Of Petit Navire’s New Innovative Product
French tuna canner’s brand, Petit Navire, has had great success with its new line of tuna steak products that can be heated in the microwave. The brand, which is owned by Thai Union’s...
3 Positive Factors That Make Thai Union “Blessed”
This year is set to be optimistic for Thai Union (TUF) as the company is expected to be “blessed” with three positive factors, according to SCB Securities. Their analysts have predicted that...
Only Total Cut-Back Can Help Albacore Population
A Fijian tuna fishing group believes that a reduction in fishing licenses will do nothing to regenerate the South Pacific albacore tuna population, and only a total cut-back on fishing will...
Potential New South Pacific Bluefin World Record
A potential record breaking Pacific bluefin tuna has been caught by Kiwi angler, Kevin Baker, in the last hours of a fishing trip. The possible IGFA All-Tackle record catch was hooked off the...
Canners Deny Allegations Of Fraud On Tuna
Spanish tuna canners are fiercely denying allegations that one in four tuna products in Spain have fraudulent labeling. A CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) European study reported its...
Getting Educated About “Tunanomics”
Journalists from around the Pacific are gathering in New Caledonia this week for a two day meeting on “Tunanomics.” But what is it? The term is used to explain the economic dimensions of...
West Africans Told To Intensify Oversight On Dongwon
West African governments have been told by Greenpeace to intensify their oversight on Dongwon Industries after it was charged with defrauding the United States government. The South Korean...
How China Keeps US Albacore Fishers Closer To Home
The United States albacore tuna fleet is being forced to focus on catching close to shore as drastically low tuna prices make it less economical for them to buy fuel in order to make long...
Is Palau Able To Enforce Its 100 Percent Closure?
Palau’s waters will become a marine sanctuary where no commercial fishing will take place. The country’s president, Tommy Remengesau, has said that the 200 nautical mile exclusive economic...
Top Exec Leaves Fiji Fish For New Tri Marine Venture
It has been announced that Russell Dunham has joined Tri Marine as Director of Fresh and “Ultra Low Temperature” (ULT) Frozen Tuna Operations for the Central and Western Pacific Region. As the...
EU Invests Heavily In Combatting IUU – But Is It Enough?
Since 2010, around 230 controls to combat illegal fishing in all EU Member States have been made by the European Union’s European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA). During the past four years,...
Access 34 EU Tuna Vessels To Mauritius EEZ OK-ed
The European Union Council of Ministers has ratified Protocol between the European Union and the Republic of Mauritius at its ECOFIN session. This is part of definitive endorsement of its...
The Faith Of The Former Tuna Capital Of the World
During commercial fishing’s heyday in the Port of Los Angeles, 16 tuna and sardine canneries operated across the harbor on Terminal Island. From 1912 till 1972, it was considered the...
The Diet That Makes Monkeys Smarter, And Us?
A new study has revealed that monkeys that ate a diet rich in Omega-3 fatty acids, found in oily fish like tuna, had brains with highly connected and well organized neural networks. It was...
Why A Tuna Baron Says Culling Sharks Is A Must
An Australian tuna baron has said that despite drawing widespread public criticism, authorities in Western Australia had got it right in moving to protect swimmers with a shark cull. He said...
EU Refuses To Accept VDS For Its Tuna Vessels
The European Union has refused to accept the Vessel Day Scheme (VDS) of the PNA countries for its tuna seiners fishing in the Pacific Ocean. Pacific Island leaders have said they are critical...