The Petaca Group has announced the opening of its new retail store, Shopping Almadraba, in Conil, Spain. The shop specializes in offering bluefin exclusively from the Almadraba in Barbate with...
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Dongwon’s Pan Pacific Longline Fishery MSC Certified
The first Korean fishery, Pan Pacific Yellowfin, Bigeye, and Albacore Longline Fishery, operated by StarKist's owner, Dongwon Industries, achieved an MSC certification on June 26. The...
Tomato-Based ‘Tuna’ Killed By Coronavirus
The plant-based tuna replacement company, Ocean Hugger, has announced that it is going out of business due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Co-founders David Benzaquen and James Corwell...
Gadira Launches New Almadraba Morrillo Tuna Filet
Spanish company Gadira, which sells wild bluefin from the almadrabas off the coast of Cádiz, has launched a new product – Wild Bluefin Fillet from Almadraba in olive oil. The cut of the...
Robinson Crusoe Launches New Tuna Pates
Robinson Crusoe, a subsidiary of Spanish Jealsa Rianxeira, has launched a new Tuna Pate line (Patês de Atum) in Brazil in three different flavors – Traditional, Spicy, and with Olives. The...
CLS To Test Prototype Beacons To Locate Lost Gear
CLS, a French satellite systems operator, will test prototype beacons on fishing gears this summer to help track them. These devices will be connected to the company’s satellite location and...
Accident On Board Spanish Seiner Costs A Life
A tragic accident on board the purse seiner 'Txori Gorri', owned by Spanish fishing company INPESCA, has cost the life of an African crew member. At least one other fisher suffered minor...
Catchy Song To Hook People On Record 680kg Tuna Catch
The story about the world’s largest tuna caught has gotten a song after 40 years. In 1979, Ken Fraser hooked a 1496 pound (about 680 kg) Atlantic bluefin - which has gone down in tuna legend....
Seychellois National Party Member Unhappy With EU Agreement Funds
The Seychelles Minister for Fisheries and Agriculture, Charles Bastienne, has announced that an annual USD 200,000 fund for the sustainable management of the island nation's environment and...
Ecuadorian Official Defends Shark Measures Despite Fins Seizure
The President of the Ecuadorian National Chamber of Fisheries (CNP) has defended the country’s record in shark conservation despite authorities in Hong Kong having seized 26 M/T of shark fins,...
OPAGAC Signs UN Sustainable Ocean Principles Framework
The Organization of Associated Producers of Large Tuna Freezers (OPAGAC), which represents part of the Spanish tuna fleet, announced on June 10 that it signed the Sustainable Ocean...
Discovery Channel Premiers Bluefin Fishing Series
A new Discovery Channel series focussing on bluefin fishing premiered on May 22 in the US. The show, called All On The Line, follows two vessels in which the crews are fighting to reel in what...
Vietnam’s National Assembly Approves Deal With EU
On June 8, over 94 percent of the National Assembly of Vietnam voted in favor of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA). The deal will enter into force in July -- 30 days after a mutual...
Pacific Bluefin Tuna Stock Will Soon Reach Recovery Target
The International Scientific Committee (ISC) for Tuna and Tuna-Like Species in the North Pacific Ocean has projected that the stock of Pacific bluefin tuna will soon meet the international...
Canada Albacore Fishery Deemed Fit To Keep MSC Logo
The final draft report about the re-assessment of the Canada Highly Migratory Species Foundation (CHMSF) for albacore has been published. SAI Global, the certifier overseeing the process has...
EU Adds Hundreds Of Millions To Fisheries Recovery Plan
The European Commission (EC) continues to lend a helping hand to the fishery and aquaculture sectors, just like it did in the first stages of the crisis. As European countries are starting to...
NZ Minister Under Fire For Refusing Entry To Tuna Seiner
New Zealand’s Economic Development Minister Phil Twyford came under fire today for refusing to provide an exemption for a US-flagged tuna seiner, 'Capt Vincent Gann' to undergo repairs in a...
Dongwon Longline Fishery Recommended For MSC Certification
Control Union Pesca (CU Pesca) has published the final report for the MSC certification of the Dongwong Pacific longliner fishery, which involves bigeye, yellowfin, as well as South and North...
Mexican Tuna Fisherman Taken To Hospital After Fall
A crew member on board the tuna vessel ‘Baja Sea’ was transported to a hospital after he suffered a fall that caused a hip contusion. The medical evacuation was quickly carried out by the...
COVID-19 Misery Not Yet Over For Thai Union
Today, Thai Union (TU) Group informed the Stock Exchange of Thailand that one of its workers at its European Seafood Investment Portugal (ESIP) plant has tested positive for COVID-19. As a...