Mauritania has signed a provisional application extending for another year a fisheries protocol between the country and the EU. The previous agreement expires on November 15. With the...
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Seychelles Signs Agreements With China On Fish Exports
Seychelles and China have signed three agreements, which set a framework under which fish and other aquatic processors in the island nation can gain access...
Finance Minister: Maldives Must Market Fisheries Sector
Tuna fishing is one of the Maldives' main sources of income, second only to tourism. However, low pole-and-line demand has affected the country’s productivity. The Minister of Finance, Ibrahim...
Albacora’s Super Seiner ‘Galerna Lau’ Finally Launched
At the end of October, the ‘Galerna Lau’ left the Vigo port and headed for the Atlantic Ocean. Grupo Albacora's -- the investor for the vessel as reported by Spanish media...
Spanish Companies Not Happy With Health Recommendations
Spanish tuna companies are not pleased with the country’s Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) recommending pregnant women and children under 10 years of...
Echebastar’s Alakrana Wins Innovation Award
The Basque fishing company, Echebastar, has been honored by the BTEM Food Innovation Awards in the Technological Innovation Category, which acknowledges the creation...
Pregnant Women & Children Under 10 To Avoid Bluefin In Spain
The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) has tightened its recommendations on the consumption of fish which is considered to have high mercury content, such...
Thai Union Takes Control Of Thammachart Seafood
The Thai Union Group (TU) has taken control of Thammachart Seafood Retail Co. (TSR) by buying up an additional 39.9 percent stake in the company. TSR provides professional management...
Israel Recalls StarKist Canned Tuna Due To Side Effects
Israel’s Ministry of Health has announced a recall on a series of StarKist canned tuna due to complaints of side effects by consumers. It pertains to light tuna chunks in olive oil (80 grams)...
Sad Story: Man Steals Canned Tuna With Plastic Gun
Last Sunday, a 25-year old man was arrested in Guanajuato, Mexico, for stealing four cans of tuna Dolores and a bottle of water. The young man, who was identified...
Tuna Record Catch By Newport Sport Fishers
This week, Newport Landing reported its largest catch ever on its sport fishing trips. The ‘Thunderbird’ boat caught a 174 kg bluefin off the Southern California coast. According to...
Captain Of Australian Tuna Industry Nominated For Award
Australian tuna industry leader, Dr. Hagen Stehr, is one of the nominees for the 2020 Senior Australian of the Year. The former fisherman from Port Lincoln has been...
Ex-CEO Of PNA Appointed Solomon Islands’ UN Representative
The former CEO of the PNA, Dr. Transform Aqorau, has been named Solomon Islands’ new permanent representative to the UN in New York City. He was the Chief...
33 Caught For IUU Fishing In Sarangani Bay
On October 31, authorities arrested 33 fishermen who were fishing illegally using prohibited methods within the municipal waters in Alabel town, Sarangani province,...
When Will Malaysia Use Its Tuna Potential?
Malaysia wants to utilize its tuna potential around the deep waters surrounding Labuan and Sabah. Labuan’s MP Datuk Rozman Isli has said there is a possibility to generate up to...
Bigeye Limit Allocated To US Liners In American Samoa’s EEZ
A new fishing agreement allocates up to 1,000 M/T of the 2019 bigeye limit for the territory of American Samoa to US longliners. The valid specified fishing agreement was announced by...
Smuggled Canned Tuna Seized By Colombian Coast Guard
During a Colombian Coast Guard inspection of a motorboat, 200 cases filled with 9,600 cans of tuna manufactured in Ecuador were seized. Three men, all Ecuadorian, were taken into...
Saturday Night Live Jokes About Trump and Albacore
On a recent Saturday Night Live sketch, actor Alec Baldwin, while impersonating the US President Donald Trump, took tuna to the forefront when joking about the President’s recent visit to...
EU Financial Injection For Marshall’s Tuna Fisheries
A five-year EU program to boost the development of sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in the Pacific will focus on tuna fisheries around the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI). The...
The Tomato That Wants To Be Tuna: Tunato
A new raw product has arrived at the European market, it is a 100 percent vegetarian dish with tomato as its main ingredient. It also wants to benefit from the status of tuna on...