Filipino-owned Frabelle Corporation, considered one of the world’s largest fishing companies, is bullish that its production of tuna will more than double with the addition of its latest...
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WCPFC Director: Vote Might Be Needed
The Executive Director of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission says the member groups may have to vote next week if they can’t agree on new regulations. The main item on the...
Indonesian Fishermen Claim Exploitation
Indonesian fishermen working on European flagged tuna vessels that dock at New Zealand ports have made claims of exploitative working conditions and unfairly low pay. Speaking to Michael...
“Outlook WCPFC Meeting Rather Grim”
The outlook and prospect of an agreement for the upcoming WCPFC meeting next week in Cairns, Australia, looks rather grim according Greenpeace Pacific Oceans Campaigner, Duncan William, who...
“The Tuna Fisheries Game Changer”
The Papua New Guinea National Fisheries Authority (NFA) continues to take giant strides towards enhancing the way multi-billion dollar tuna fisheries are managed not only within the country,...
Dolphin-Friendly Logos Have The Potential To Mislead
That familiar dolphin sticker slapped on tuna cans for two decades worked. The global dolphin-friendly campaign in the 1990’s has seen the death rates of dolphins captured in fishing gear...
USA On Collision Course With PNA Over Bigeye
The proposal that would subject the USA’s longline tuna fisheries to a 45-percent reduction in bigeye tuna catch, which is being proposed by the 8 PNA nations (Parties of Nauru Agreement), is...
Decision Day For Atlantic Bluefin And Albacore
As the final day of the ICCAT annual meeting, today will see the Commission make important decisions on the future catch quota for Atlantic bluefin and albacore. Only last year the ICCAT began...
US Bluefin Research Centre Could Close
In an environment of increased competition among researchers for funding, the University of Massachusetts’ Large Pelagics Research Centre (LPRC) may face closure. The LPRC gained an...
Docking To Preach Tuna Sustainability In San Diego
A Greenpeace vessel, on a mission to spread the message of sustainable tuna fishing, has docked along San Diego’s Embarcadero. On its tour from Canada to San Diego, Greenpeace has talked in...
Med Bluefin Quota Remains Unchanged
The 23rd ICCAT annual meeting has closed with the decision to maintain the current annual catch quotas for bluefin tuna in the East Atlantic and Mediterranean. The 13,400 ton catch limit for...
Saudi Explosive Market Growth Benefits Indonesian Canners
Saudi Arabia’s tuna imports jumped a huge 46 percent from 2011 to 2012, according to Trade Map Data, remarkably increasing its presence in the world tuna market. The West Asian country climbed...
Second IATTC Tuna Fishing Ban Begins
The 2 month ban from the IATTC on commercial tuna fishing in the eastern Pacific Ocean started on Monday November 18th and will be in action until January 18th next year. Under the agreement,...
Thai Catches Towards Total Collapse – Productivity Falls By 90%
Heavy fishing off Thailand’s coast, combined with little regulation has left the region’s waters severely depleted. Reported by Chinese News Station CCTV News, according to official...
Mexico Back To WTO On “Tuna-Dolphin” Label Conflict With USA
A longstanding “tuna-dolphin” dispute between Mexico and the US is set to go another round at the World Trade Organization (WTO). Mexico City formally filed a request for the establishment of...
EPA Study: Mercury Levels In Women Of Childbearing Age Drop 34 Percent
A study has revealed that blood mercury levels in women of child bearing age have dropped 34 percent from a 1999-2000 survey to a follow-up study from 2001-2010. Between the investigations,...
Malta Doubles Bluefin Farming, Generates €58 Million Growth In 2012
Malta has doubled the amount of bluefin tuna it is breeding in captivity, increasing the island nation’s turnover in the aquaculture industry by as much as €58.2 million from 2011 to 2012. The...
100 Percent Observer Coverage To Stop Tuna Laundering
Greenpeace believes that transshipments at sea are facilitating the laundering of illegal and unreported tuna catches worldwide. The environmental group stresses that this on-water transfer of...
Manfield Puts An End To MCM Select Foods’ Business
Seeing no opportunities to sell its remaining investment in canned seafood supplier, MCM Select Foods, private equity firm, Manfield Partners is now in the process of closing down the UK...
Costa Rica Is Giving Away Its Tuna Resources, Says Opposition Leader
Broad Front Party lawmaker and presidential candidate José María Villalta speaking on LA Talk Radio with Rainforest Radio’s Jani Schulz and Tico Times’ David Boddiger on Wednesday, Nov. 20....