Peruvian authorities recently investigated a franchiser of the wholesale supermarket, Makro, in Lima, to verify if products are being sold at advertised prices. They discovered that items such...
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Brussels Show’s New Dates Proposed To Exhibitors
The organizer of the previously postponed Seafood Expo Global, Diversified Communications, is considering holding the event on June 23 - 25. The trade show was originally scheduled to take...
Initiative To Collect Ghost Gear In Maldives
The International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) along with the Olive Ridley Project have launched a new initiative to collect and recycle ghost gear in the Maldives. The project will be...
Oman’s Fish Processing Center To Start In 2022
Oman’s fish processing center, located in the Fisheries Industrial Zone of the Special Economic Zone (SEZ), is expected to start production in early 2022. Known as the International Sea Food...
Uncertainty Surrounds Upcoming RFMOs’ Meetings
The coronavirus continues to spread worldwide and stronger measures such as lockdowns and travel bans are being implemented by numerous governments. This could potentially impact global tuna...
Customers Swirl Tuna In Mouths Says The Onion
In the art of wine tasting, it is essential that a person remembers the five Ss – See, Swirl, Sniff, Sip, and Savor. Well, that is what customers can expect to do while savoring tuna at the...
Yet Another Tuna Event Postponed Due To Coronavirus
The government of the Spanish city of Barbate has officially postponed the XIII Tuna Gastronomic Week. The decision was taken in light of the current national lockdown resulting from the...
Cases Set To Continue In US Courts
Cases against tuna companies are set to continue at the moment despite the coronavirus outbreak. The US Federal Courts are taking precautionary measures and have adopted visitor restrictions...
EU And UK Postpone Brexit Talks
The European Commission announced yesterday that the next round of Brexit negotiations between the EU and the UK, which were to be held in London next week, will be postponed due to COVID-19...
The Show Must Go On, But When?
Trade expositions organizer Diversified Communications surveyed exhibitors and attendees about possible new dates for its North American seafood show, in Boston. The three-day event was...
Norway Increases Tuna Quota
The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries has allocated a 312 M/T quota for Northern bluefin - the highest in years. This will be divided among eleven vessels, three more than previously. Tuna is...
Salvadorian Fishermen Rescued Near Nicaraguan Coast
Four Salvadoran fishermen who were reported missing on March 1 were rescued five days later by a Nicaraguan-flagged tuna vessel named ‘Angi Luis Quiara’. The latter is not in the IATTC Vessel...
Brazilian Tuna Fishing Vessel Sinks In Atlantic
A tuna fishing vessel sank near the north coast of Brazil, around 112 kilometers off the coast of São Francisco do Sul, in the Atlantic Ocean. All 23 crew members were rescued by another...
EU Alerts: No Tuna Incidents Reported During February
During the month of February, no tuna-related incidents were reported to the EU Regulatory Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF). This means that within the EU territory, there were no...
Wicked Tuna Returns With New Season
The ninth season of ‘Wicked Tuna’, the hit series on the National Geographic Channel, aired on March 1. The US reality TV show added three new captains, two of them bluefin fishermen from...
Coronavirus Keeps Visitors Out Of Japan Fish Market
The touristic Toyosu Fish Market in Tokyo, Japan is closing its doors to visitors in an attempt to prevent the coronavirus from spreading further within the country. So far, Japan has reported...
Maldives Processors Blame Coronavirus For Low EU Purchases
The Maldives Seafood Processors and Exports Association (MSPEA) have pointed out the coronavirus as the reason for the decline of tuna purchase in European countries. It claimed that yellowfin...
Seafood Expo Global Still On Track Despite Coronavirus
After concerns about the novel coronavirus were raised, Diversified Communications, the organizer of the annual Seafood Expo Global confirmed that the next edition of the event will go on as...
Eating Tuna Helps Neurons Affected By Zika Virus
One of the consequences of the Zika virus is a neurological complication, which causes the inflammation of neurons and their possible death. Scientists at the University of Brasilia have...
EU Council Authorizes Trade Talks With UK
The EU Council today has adopted a decision authorizing opening talks with the UK. The negotiating directives adopted today are based on the draft recommendation put forward by the Commission...