“The Sustainable Tuna of Ecuador” brand will be introduced this week, on the first day of the IV Regional Tuna Forum, which will take place from June 20 to 21 in the city of Manta,...
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Heathrow Earns “Sustainable Fish Airport” By Removing Red-Rated Fish
Heathrow, Europe’s largest airport, has been named the world’s first “Sustainable Fish Airport”. This is a culmination from a cross-industry six-month project involving 37...
Albacore Auction Season Begins In Galicia
The Albacore or Atlantic Bonito del Norte auction season has begun in Spain. Fishermen unloaded thousands of kilograms of white tuna at the renowned Mariñana fish market in Burela,...
Veteran John Zuanich Named Alternate Commissioner IATTC
The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) has a new alternate commissioner, John Zuanich. He has been appointed by the US Department of State to act on their behalf and...
Korea Main Exporter Of Bluefin To Japan
The Republic of Korea has emerged as the main exporter of frozen bluefin to Japan in the first quarter of this year. The country sent 386 tonnes of frozen bluefin...
New Skiff For Echebastar’s Innovative Seiner
The Spanish shipbuilder Vicalsa, located in Vigo, has completed the manufacturing of an 11-meter long skiff (auxiliary boat) for Echebastar’s latest fleet addition, its purse...
Maltese Navy Rescues Migrants Stranded On Tuna Pen
A group of migrants who were found clinging to a tuna pen in the Mediterranean were picked up by the Maltese navy last week. The condition and nationalities of the 75 migrants are still not...
Seiner Saves Crew Of Damaged Racing Yacht
The crew of the professional racing yacht Ran Tan II, valued at USD 450,000, were rescued on May 30 by a Mexican purse seiner 3,000 km off the Mexican coast. Sitting on their carbon and foam...
Rare Bluefin Tuna Catches Off Texas Coast
Atlantic bluefin tuna have been caught off the Texas Coast in a rare occurrence. Two of the tuna were caught in Port Aransas. The Center for Sportfish Science and...
Ten People Fall Sick Eating Bluefin From Sicilian Street Vendors
In recent weeks, ten people were admitted to a Sicilian hospital for histamine poisoning. Patients said that they fell ill after eating bluefin bought from street vendors at various...
Ex-StarKist CEO’s Amusing Tweet To Neighbour To Cut Lawn
Donald Binotto, former CEO of StarKist, seems to have a beef with his famous neighbor, American football player Antonio Brown. The miffed Binotto took to Twitter, not...
Guinness Book Record Set On Slicing A Whole Bluefin
To set a new Guinness Book record, Masaharu Morimoto needed to slice a 200-pound tuna into 100 pieces of 3.5 ounces each in less than 25 minutes. The record-breaking attempt was held...
Thousands Of Tuna Cans Used In Toronto Design-Build Contest
An annual design-build competition in Toronto, Canada, showcased small structures made up of non-perishable goods, including thousands of tuna cans. Known as Canstruction...
Britain Trounced In UN Vote On Chagos Islands
On Wednesday, the United Nations General Assembly (UN) overwhelmingly demanded the United Kingdom (UK) relinquish the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The majority of support from UN members...
Malta Increases Number Of Tuna Cages
The Planning Authority Board of Malta recently approved a temporary permit for relocating Azzopardi Fisheries’ cages for bluefin five kilometers from the Qawra shore. Also, they...
Largest Chinese Tuna Boat Owner Buys New Seiner
On May 13, Shanghai Kaichuang Marine International signed a contract for the purchase of a new purse seiner for USD 23.6 million. A shipbuilder from Zhoushan from...
Emerging Monopoly On Tin Plate For Canning Blocked By EU?
The merger between Tata Steel and ThyssenKrupp will probably be blocked by the EU commission. The joint venture – creating EU's second-largest steel producer – could harm the competition and...
Good Albacore Fishing In Spanish La Palma
Fishermen in La Palma, Canary Islands, have been catching an increasing number of albacore for the past few weeks. Colloquially known as “chicken of the sea”, albacore tuna is...
The Solomon Islands Put Yellowfin On New $5 Note
On May 2, UN World Tuna Day, the Central Bank of Solomon Islands released a new five dollar (USD 0,60) banknote. The face features a yellowfin tuna and a fishing hook -- expressing the...
Two Fishermen Rescued By Purse Seiner In High Seas
Personnel from the Ecuadorian tuna purse seiner Cap Tino B. found two fishermen in their small boat 140 nautical miles from Manta, Ecuador. They were adrift on the high seas...