Spanish North Atlantic Albacore Artisanal Fishery is applying for an MSC scope extension for the fishing area of its two gear types, pole-and-line and trolling. The species and the 27 vessels...
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UK Researcher Studies Impact Of Consuming Tuna & Seafood In Early Childhood
A UK-based researcher is conducting a study on the importance of tuna and other seafood in the first 1,000 days of life – from the time of birth to a baby's second birthday. According to Megan...
Zunibal Invests In Tech Company To Enhance AI Tuna Fishing
Spanish satellite buoy manufacturer Zunibal has acquired a 20 percent stake in a technology company, Cambrian Intelligence, to work on enhanced solutions for sustainable tuna fishing by using...
India Urges Maldives To Release IUU Fishermen
Political leaders and fishermen’s associations from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu have demanded the release of 12 tuna fishers who have been detained in Maldives for illegally fishing in...
Philippines Built New Port In Davao To Attract Tuna Landings
The newly built Mati City Fish Port in Davao Oriental was inaugurated by the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) this week. The facility will handle and distribute fish and...
Costa Rican Police Find Drugs In Tuna Cans
Last Sunday, officers of the Public Force of Costa Rica seized 3.5 grams of marijuana from a man who had hidden it inside tuna cans for local distribution in the capital city of San José. The...
UN And Red Cross Sends Canned Tuna As Food Aid For Civilians In Gaza
The United Nations and Egyptian Red Cross sent twenty trucks with desperately needed food, including canned tuna, and water to the people in Gaza where the conflict has cut them off from the...
EU Red Card Major Setback For Trinidad And Tobago’s Chilled Tuna Exports
The EU issued a red card to Caribbean nation Trinidad and Tobago last month. Its tuna and other seafood products will now be banned from entering the European bloc. The Commission stated the...
Vietnam Tuna Province Passes Inquiry, No IUU Cases
Vietnam has been working relentlessly to remove its EU yellow card. A delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development conducted a trip on October 15 and 16 to Phu Yen...
Norway Uncovers Tuna Fraud
Norwegian officials found a high level of carbon monoxide in a tuna sample that was imported from an Asian country. The Norwegian Food Safety Authority tested 15 samples of fresh and frozen...
Canada And UK Step Up To Fight IUU Fishing In The Pacific
Canada and the UK recently announced that they will join in the fight against illegal fishing in the tuna-rich Pacific Ocean. The nations are lending support to the Joint Analytical Cell...
Japanese Purse Seiner Rescues Infants And Women From The Pacific Ocean
Japanese purse seiner 'Wakaba Maru No. 7' rescued 14 people on a boat adrift 160 km off Papua New Guinea (PNG) in August. The crew of the vessel, owned by Kyokuyo Susan Co. Ltd., spotted the...
Big Money For Israeli Start-Up In Cell-Based Tuna
Wanda Fish Technologies is the latest to join the bandwagon of firms exploring cell-based technology to cultivate bluefin. It recently secured USD 7 million in seed funding to create...
Conxemar Concluded With Record Edition
The 24th Conxemar International Frozen Seafood Products Exhibition closed on October 5 in Vigo with over 26,736 visitors and exhibitors from 110 countries. This was three percent more...
First Female Manager Leads Thai Union IOT Plant
On October 1, Jamikara Techasaratoole became the new General Manager of the Indian Ocean Tuna (IOT) plant in the Seychelles. She took over from her predecessor, Ricardo Luzio, after joining...
China Gets Two More Tuna Longliners For The Atlantic Ocean
The Chinese state-owned company Sino-Ocean Co., Ltd. has received two tuna longliners that were built by Dalian Liaoning Shipyard. The 52-meter-long vessels, ‘Jinfeng 2’ and ‘Jingfeng 4’ will...
Croatia Fails In Effective Control Of Bluefin Farms
The European Commission (EC) is working to ensure that bluefin aquaculture farms abide by the EU rules. Last week, the commission announced that it has decided to send a “reasoned opinion” to...
Mexico Allocates Bluefin Quota For 2023 And 2024
The Mexican government recently announced the allowable catch volume of bluefin for its fleet for 2023 and 2024, applicable from September 25. The Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural...
Marlin Attacks Tuna Boat
Five crew members were rescued Sunday after a marlin caused a leak in their tuna boat 30 miles (48 km) off the coast of Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands. The predator was likely fishing...
Pacific Island Nations Sign Historic UN High Seas Treaty
Sixty-seven countries signed the United Nations High Seas Treaty, also officially known as the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty (BBNJ), in New York on Wednesday. They affirmed...