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New Spanish Brand For Canned Tuna: Gran Gourmet
The Spanish canning company Santoña Grupo Consorcio presented its new premium brand, Gran Gourmet, a “very high quality” tuna, and other products at the Gourmet Fair held...
Tahiti Seeks Dismantling Of Wrecked Taiwanese Tuna Vessel
The Government of French Polynesia is asking for offers to remove the Sheng Long Yu 21 from an atoll in the Tuamotus. The long line tuna fishing boat ran...
Seafood Connections Buys Stake In Spanish Inlet Seafish
Japanese business group Maruha Nichiro is investing in a 33 percent holding via its subsidiary, Seafood Connection, in Spain-based Inlet Seafish. This Valencian company specializes in the...
Tuna Now Featured In Superfoods For Pets
Various pet product brands have diversified to include tuna pet food lines. Redbarn recently launched its grain-free, high-protein wet cat food containing various tuna recipes:...
Starkist Debuts Tuna Ice Cream For April Fool’s
Hot Buffalo Style Tuna Ice Cream was announced to be available yesterday on the company’s official Facebook page. The cold treat was said to be made with wild-caught tuna and topped with “a...
Tax Money Spent On Tuna Sandwich Thrower
Activist Avery Ng was first convicted of assault in 2017 for trying to throw a tuna fish sandwich at the former Chief Executive of the City of Hong Kong, Leung Chun-ying. Recently a court...
Spain Assumes Command Of Atalanta Ops Against Piracy In IO
Although piracy has fallen drastically compared to threats ten years ago, the Spanish tuna vessels operating in the area still maintain armed surveillance on board. The Rota Naval Base...
Volume Of Mexico’s Pacific Bluefin Tuna Catch Fixed For 2019
The annual catch volume of 2,800 tons for 2019 has been set by Mexico's Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader). The amount for 2020 is the same for bluefin tuna...
Armón Shipyard Floats Third Superseiner For Albacora
The Spanish cannery Albacora’s third seiner is in the final stretch of construction. The ship, named “Galerna Lau,” is a deep-sea fishing boat with a registered tonnage of 3,700 GT. The...
Spain Becomes Bafelgó’s Second Bluefin Market
Balfego’s sales of bluefin within the Spanish market for the first time in 2018 reached 25.99 percent of the total turnover recorded by the company in that year. With...
One-by-one Tuna Brand Featured In Seafood Expo
The Indonesian Pole & Line and Handline Fisheries Association launches its one-by-one tuna brand at Boston Seafood Expo this week. According to a press release, the new umbrella brand for...
Brazilian Tuna Boat Caught Fishing Illegally
Only one of the two Brazilian-flagged boats fishing illegally off the east coast of Uruguay was captured by the Navy on Wednesday, March 13, according to Marcelo Etchevers, the...
Oman Bans Export Of Tongol Tuna
Exporters in Oman could face a fine of RO100 (USD 259,73) if they export longtail “Thunnus Tonggol” tuna. The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MoAF) has banned the export...
OPAGAC Seeks Another Aenor Certification
OPAGAC’s Spanish tuna fleet have begun to take steps towards an APR Aenor Conform Certificate. The certification will certify the chain of custody of canned...
Solomon Island Suffers From Terrible Oil Spill
“We cannot swim. We cannot eat,” locals of Rennell Island in the southern tip of Solomon Islands complained after almost 700 tons of oil were spilled in Kongobainiu reef four weeks...
First Australian Bluefin To Zhengzhou Xinzheng Airport
For the very first time, an international air cargo of boxes of Australian bluefin have been flown to Zhengzhou Xinzheng Airport. The bluefin cargo was distributed to numerous domestic...
Palau Joins 2023 IUU Pledge
Palau has recently made a pledge to stop illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) by 2023. By January 1, 2020, the country will implement the Palau National Marine Sanctuary (PNMS),...
Aceh Tuna Exporters Halt Exports To Japan
Exporters of tuna in Aceh, Indonesia have stopped delivering tuna to Japan due to an almost three-fold increase in air cargo tariffs in the past month....
Taiwanese University And IOTC Cooperate On Fox Shark Tracking
A training course for deep-sea fox satellite identification for Taiwanese students was conducted by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) at the Kaohsiung University of Science and...