The Peruvian government has invested more than PEN 3.26 million (USD 792,000) in national micro and small (MYPES) processing companies. The initiative, which includes canned tuna firms, aims...
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Spanish Farmers Achieve Best Bluefin Exports Figures Since 2004
Cartagena, a city in Spain, continues to lead in terms of bluefin exports at the national and EU level. The Minister of Water, Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Environment, Antonio...
MSC Ocean Fund Open, USD 1.3 Million In Grants For Research
The Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) Ocean Stewardship Fund is open to applications for 2022. It offers over GBP 1 million (USD 1.3 million) in grants to support sustainable fishing...
Bumble Bee Donated More Than USD 2 Million In Products In 18 Months
The US canned tuna brand Bumble Bee has recently donated more than USD 900,000 in seafood products to the country’s largest hunger-relief organization, Feeding America. The items, which were...
Scientists Strongly Recommend Introducing Tori Lines For Hawaiian Longliners
Pacific scientists of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC) have strongly supported that Hawaiian pelagic longliners use tori lines for reducing seabird bycatch. A...
Ghana To Beef Up Fisheries Enforcement Amidst Yellow Card
Ghana is looking to beef up its fisheries regulations and their enforcement given a possible EU red card hanging over its head. Hawa Koomson, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture...
Tenth World Tuna Conference Kicks Off In Vigo
Today, Anfaco-Cecopesca’s X World Tuna Conference started in Vigo, Spain. The two-day event is themed 'Disrupt Your Tuna Business' and will take place both virtually and in person. It aims to...
Deal For New Omani Processing Plant Signed
Oman is one step closer to building a new tuna processing plant in Duqm Fishery Port. International Marine Products Company signed a land infrastructure agreement with the Omani Authority for...
Maldives Eager To Get EU Preferential Duties Again
The Maldivian government is adamantly working on getting back preferential tariffs for its tuna products entering the EU. The Foreign Secretary, Abdul Ghafoor Mohamed, has been lobbying in...
Ex-TU’s McBain To Steer Singapore’s Green Finance Fund
On Tuesday, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the country’s central bank, announced the formation of a new Sustainability Group and the appointment of Darian McBain as Chief Officer...
Plant-Based Japanese Next Tuna Launched
A Japanese plant-based company has decided to make a canned tuna substitute. Tokyo-based Next Meats Co., which is well-known for creating plant-based barbecue meats, will be launching Next...
Somalia Latest IO Nation To Object To Yellowfin Plan
Somalia is the latest country to have joined the list of those opposing the quota cuts for yellowfin as proposed by the new rebuilding plan that was adopted by IOTC members in June. Last week,...
Thai Union Changes Songkla Cannery’s Name
Today, Thai Union informed the Thailand Stock Exchange and its investors about the name change of its subsidiary plant, Songkla Canning. As of September 1, the new name is i-Tail Corporation...
Seychelles Combats IUU With High Fine For Sri Lankan Captain
Seychelles Supreme Court has fined the captain of a Sri Lankan-flagged longliner USD 167,000 for fishing in the nation’s waters without a license. On June 1, Mahalingam Kanapathi was arrested...
Dongwon Tuna Gift Box Of USD 859 Sold Out In One Day
The South Korean tuna and seafood company Dongwon Industries launched this month a premium sashimi gift set for the festivity of Chuseok in September. Within one day, reservations for the...
Marshall Islands Vaccinated 132 Tuna Sailors In One Day
Marshall Islands has officially reinstalled its vaccination program for tuna fishermen. From now on, all Fridays will be reserved for commercial sailors to get their jabs, informed the...
High Risk Piracy Areas In IO Reduced
Less piracy in the Indian Ocean (IO) has resulted in changes regarding the geographic boundaries of the waters considered High Risk Areas (HRA). Starting September 1, the HRA borders to the...
Tuna Vessel Crew Rescues Migrants From Sinking Inflatable
On Sunday, crew from the Malta-flagged tuna longliner ‘Ave María II’ managed to rescue six migrants who had jumped into the water from a sinking inflatable with 60 people on board. The asylum...
StarKist Samoan Employee Deported For Forged Document
A worker at the StarKist plant in American Samoa has been deported to Samoa after it was discovered that he had forged an official vaccine document. The employee traveled to the US territory...
French Vessel Accused Of IUU Tuna Fishing In Channel Islands
English fishermen are at loggerheads with the French with the former saying that a French commercial fishing vessel has illegally fished one ton of bluefin in Jersey Island’s waters. The...