The crew of RD Fishing purse seiner Dolores 787 has rescued two adults and three children from a drifting banana boat at sea near PNG’s border with Micronesia. The unfortunate family was about...
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Pakistan Intends To Boost Its Tuna Industry, Again
Pakistan is not benefiting from the large tuna resources in the Indian Ocean due to their human resource incapacity and lack of understanding on maritime issues. As a result,...
Tesco’s Ambition To Sell 100% Sustainable Tuna
Tesco is listening to its customers’ demand for high quality, sustainable fish, according to Helena Delgado Nordmann, Responsible Sourcing Manager for Seafood for the supermarket chain....
EU To Evaluate Ecuador’s Progress Combating IUU
Next April, the EU will carry out its first evaluation of Ecuador's progress in its fight against illegal tuna fishing. A technical commission from Brussels will visit the South American...
SAP Quality Awards Award Jealsa
The Spanish seafood company, Jealsa Rianxeira, was awarded during the SAP Quality Awards 2019 ceremony held in Madrid - for the development of a new program that improves...
Peruvian Tuna Industry Has Ambitious Plans
The President of the Peruvian Tuna Chamber, Alfonso Miranda Eyzaguirre, said during the II International Tuna Congress that the national tuna industry seeks to generate 15,000 new jobs and to...
Grupomar Leads Sustainability Fishing In Mexico
In Mexico, Grupomar’s subsidiary, Maratuna, has been awarded first place in the category of Grand Scale Commercial Fishing in the Sustainable Fishing and...
Training To Become A Ghost Gear Remover
A group of 70 people including 16 divers completed training from the Global Ghost Gear Initiative on how to remove ghost gear off the Panamanian coast safely. The two-day workshop...
Study Shows “Effort Creep” Doubled Commercial Fishing Capacity
New technology has helped commercial fishing fleets to double their fishing capacity every 35 years, says a recent study conducted by researchers from the University of British Columbia’s...
Investigation Reveals Cause Of Fire Onboard US Seiner
Poor training and a lack of oversight are to blame for the sinking of US-flagged purse seiner ‘Jeanette’ after flames devoured the vessel, an investigative report has concluded. The...
Jealsa Manufactured Over 1 Billion Cans In 2018
The Spanish canned seafood company, Jealsa, manufactured over 1 billion cans in 2018, which represents a turnover of EUR 639 million. The business owns canned tuna...
Foreign Vessels Get 1 Year To Land A Portion Of Their Catch
The Peruvian government has put into effect a measure that gives foreign-flagged fishing vessels a maximum period of one year to deliver at least 30 percent of their catches or their...
Thai Union Launches New SEALECT Tuna Fitt
Thai Union has launched a new line of canned tuna in Thailand to attract health-conscious consumers -- the SEALECT Tuna Fitt. According to the company, these...
NOAA Wants To Reduce Observers On Board
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) new camera program for fishing vessels will begin in 2021. It was scheduled to start in January 2020 but was delayed to...
Spanish Calvo Honored With Best Responsible Practice Award
Grupo Calvo’s Responsible Commitment Objectives received the ninth prize for Best Responsible Practice Awards by the Club of Excellence in Sustainability. The tuna company has defined 17...
¿Puede la tarjeta amarilla obstaculizar la certificación MSC de Ecuador?
Guillermo Morán, Gerente de la organización de armadores ecuatorianos TUNACONS, subirá al escenario como orador de la 3ª Conferencia...
Maltese Bluefin Farming Sector Sees Growth
Despite the sea slime controversy that had put Malta’s aquaculture industry in the spotlight, the sector grew by almost a fifth last year with a total output of EUR 239.2 million (USD 265...
Work For India Tuna Harbor Continues As Scheduled
The work for the new tuna fishing harbor in Tiruvottiyur Kuppam in Chennai, India, is progressing as scheduled. Currently, drivers in the Ennore...
Pacific IUU Surveillance Sights 646 Vessels
Fifteen Pacific nations recently participated in the annual Operation Kurukuru, a 12-day multinational coordinated regional maritime surveillance exercise targeting IUU fishing in the...
NOAA’s New International Affairs And Seafood Inspection Director
The US-based agency, NOAA, has appointed a new Director for its Fisheries’ Office of International Affairs and Seafood Inspection. Alexa Cole, who has held...