The EU updated its regulations for bluefin fishing in its waters for industrial and small-scale vessels following ICCAT's new rules. A majority of measures received unanimous support in the...
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Residents Collect Hundreds Of Tuna That Wash Ashore Philippines Beach
A video showing people collecting hundreds of tuna that washed ashore in Aklan province in the Philippines has gone viral. YouTube channel ‘Global From Space’ (GFS) shared the 39-second-video,...
Indonesia Can Reach UN ‘30×30’ Pledge Only By 2045
Indonesia wants to expand its Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to 30 percent by 2045. Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, announced this at the Fisheries Business...
Filipino Fishers Eyeing On Boosting Catches With AFADs
The Palawan municipality government in Philippines handed over anchored FADs, otherwise known locally as 'payaos’, to over 138 tuna fishermen last year. Authorities stated that coastal...
Bolton Food And Universities Partner To Fund Sustainability Courses
The Bolton Food Group is partnering with Italian colleges to support students and academics for training and research in the tuna sector and sustainability. It recently tied up with the...
AGAC EPO Skipjack Fishery Receives MSC Blue Logo
The AGAC Four Oceans Integral Purse Seine Tropical Tuna Fishery recently received the MSC blue logo for FAD and free school caught skipjack in the EPO. It was first assessed in 2021, skipjack...
US Seafood Company Recalls Its Tuna Products With Listeria
US-based wholesaler Ocean Group recently recalled its tuna products due to the presence of listeria bacteria. The US Food and Drug Administration classified the product under 'Class 1' --...
StarKist’s New Tuna Ice Cream Launch In Japan Fake News?
Online press release distribution platform IssueWire recently issued news that a seafood company named Natural Tuna Corporation (NTC) has introduced StarKist ‘Hot Buffalo Style Tuna Creations...
Workers Of Fraudulent Spanish Tuna Company Will Receive Salaries
A Spanish court has ordered that salaries of workers in the La Rioja-based tuna company Plaza Chica must be fully paid. Plaza Chica has been in the news lately as it was being investigated for...
Irish Tuna Brand Opens Fish Tasting Center For Tourists
Irish company Shines Seafood recently opened a tuna and fish tasting center for tourists at its shop in Killybegs, the largest fishing port in the country where several cruise ships anchor....
Italy Removes Batch Of Mareblu For High Histamine
The Italian Ministry of Health recently withdrew a batch of Thai Union-owned Mareblu brand of canned tuna due to the presence of histamine beyond legal limits. This pertains to the Vero...
Bumble Bee’s Brand Design Recieves Award
Bumble Bee Seafood recently won the ‘Chief Marketer’s 2023 Pro Award for Best Package Design.' Its label shows the iconic lighthouse located at the mouth of Colombia River, near Astoria, where...
AGAC Aims For Bigeye MSC Scope Extension In EPO
The AGAC Four Oceans Integral Purse Seine Tropical Tuna Fishery wants a scope extension for bigeye on FAD sets and free school in the EPO. When the fishery was originally assessed in 2021, it...
Dongwon Tuna Continues To Be Top Lunar New Year Gift
Dongwon F&B announced that it will introduce over 100 types of 'Lunar New Year Gifts’ marketed as healthy and environment-friendly for the upcoming East-Asian holiday season beginning on...
Eight Fishers Rescued After Mini Seiner Sank In Mexico
Nine crew members of the mini purse seiner 'California' were rescued while one is still reportedly missing after the vessel capsized near the coast of Las Lajitas in Mexico. The missing...
Purse Seiner Damaged By Fire While Moored In Abidjan
The new year began disastrously for the Belize-flagged purse seiner ‘Harmonia 1’ which caught fire as it docked in the port of Abidjan in Ivory Coast. The 50-year-old vessel was in the harbor...
Chicken Of The Sea Ad Campaign Features Jessica Simpson
In a hilarious turn of events, Chicken of the Sea announced this week that it is teaming up with pop singer and businesswoman, Jessica Simpson, to promote its new tuna pouches in the “It’s The...
Thai Union Warns Against “Fraudulent Parties” Of Impersonation
Thai Union (TU), the world’s largest tuna company, recently warned that there are “fraudulent parties”making investment solicitation by “impersonating its [TU's] name, logo, and photograph of...
Registrations Are Open For Boston Seafood Expo
The 42nd edition of the Seafood Expo and Seafood Processing will take place in Boston from March 10 to 12, and registration is open. Nearly 100 tuna processing and fishing companies such as...
Madagascar Issues Licenses To 14 EU Tuna Fishing Vessels
The Madagascar Ministry of Fisheries and the Blue Economy announced last week the number of purse seiners and longliners that are allowed to fish for tuna in its waters in 2024. The licenses...