After a month of fishing, Vietnamese fishermen have returned to Tuy Hoa City port with good tuna catches, landing an average catch of 1.7 M/T per handliner. However, the earnings were...
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Update: Good Catch Raises USD 32 Million Capital
Startup Gathered Foods, the owner of plant-based seafood brand Good Catch, has managed to attract another investor during its oversubscribed funding round that took in USD 32 million. General...
Trade Dynamics Between America’s And Europe’s Tuna Industries
As the European continent is the largest canned tuna consumer area, its trading standards and practices are of high importance to the industry. On the first day of the AMAtuna2020 Adolfo...
Indonesian AP2HI Sets Sights On MSC For Its Tuna Fisheries
The Indonesian Pole & Line and Handline Fisheries Association (AP2HI) has contracted third-party independent auditors, SAI Global, to undertake full assessment of its skipjack and...
Maruha Nichiro Buys Toyo Reizo’s Bluefin Farms
One of the world’s largest seafood companies, Maruha Nichiro Group, announced a deal this week to purchase the bluefin farming operations of Toyo Reizo Co, the latter owned by Mitsubishi...
Albacora Steps Back From Barreras Shipyard
On Monday, Spanish seafood company, Albacora, and Mexican petroleum company, Pemex, transferred their political rights over the Barreras shipyard in Vigo to...
Canned Tuna Brand Promotes Responsible Voting In Peru
In Peru, after a survey revealed that 35.8 percent of respondents stated they were unsure of whom they are voting for, canned tuna brand, A1, has launched a campaign to promote...
Aldi UK Stocks Vegan Tuna For Veganuary
Aldi UK is offering its customers vegan tuna alternatives in the month of January. Many Brits undertake the challenge of eating only plant-based food, called Veganuary, until...
Tuna Stocks: Threats And Improvement Measures
What is the current state of the global tuna stocks, what threats do they face, and what are the best measures to improve them? Guillermo Compeán, Director of the Inter-American...
Man Accused Of Damaging Tuna Poler Statue
The man who allegedly damaged the Tuna Poler statue in Port Lincoln, Australia, is set to appear in court. Local authorities claim that the cost of the alleged act of vandalism...
Thai Union Honored For Its Sustainability Reporting
The Thai Union Group received the Sustainability Disclosure Award, which recognized the company's sustainability reporting. The prize was awarded by Thaipat Institute and...
Croatia’s Bluefin Exports On The Rise
During the first eight months of 2019, Croatia’s exports of fresh and chilled bluefin almost reached the same level as the full-year figures of 2018. In total, the country exported 2,800...
Consumers To Win Rio Mare Canned Tuna In Contest
Italian Bolton Food has begun its fourth edition of “A tuna for all” contest for consumers to try to win canned tuna from its Rio Mare brand. Customers need to purchase at least EUR 5 worth of...
Albo Honors Its Retired Cannery Women
In December, Spanish cannery Albo honored a group of retired women who used to work in its canneries. The 2019 Women Award was presented to these ex-workers, some of whom visited the current...
Diving Into Colombia’s Latest Tuna Market Developments
During the first day of the upcoming Americas Tuna Conference, Miguel Ángel Rosales García, International Commercial Director of Atunes y Enlatados del Caribe (ATUNEC), will dive into one...
Bluefin Washes Up On North-East Beach In UK
A bluefin of approximately 2.5 meters in length washed up on a beach at the town of St Fergun, in the north-east UK. The fish, which is estimated to weigh around 190.5 kg, was...
Indonesia Displeased With Chinese Coast Guard Incursions
Indonesia is unhappy with Chinese vessels, including the Coast Guard, entering its EEZ. The country’s Foreign Ministry filed a formal complaint with China over alleged violations in its waters...
Baja California Sees High Value From Bluefin In 2019
The fisheries and aquaculture sector in Baja California had a fruitful 2019 and bluefin generated the highest production value last year, amounting to USD 56.6 million....
Two Workers Injured After Crane Falls At Tuna Company
Two men were injured in an accident while they were loading fishing nets to be transferred to a seiner. The incident occurred this week inside a tuna company on Gabriel Leyva...
Fund Reopened For Investments In Sustainable Fisheries
The Blue Investment Fund has been reopened by the Development Bank of Seychelles (DBS). The Fund has been established with proceeds from the world’s first sovereign Blue Bond and is intended...