The Fishing Industry Association of Papua New Guinea (FIA PNG) recently revealed that while fishing fleets have policies and regulations in place, sometimes crew can be unaware because of a...
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The Future Route For Europe’s Tuna Processing Industry
What will be the impact on European tuna producers and traders if President Trump puts his money where his mouth is and imposes a 25 percent tariff on EU imports? Is it a likely scenario now...
Marine Instruments Tunadrone Completes Field Tests In Pacific And Atlantic Oceans
Marine Instruments took on the challenge of developing a drone for purse seine tuna vessels when existing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) were primarily designed for land-based use and unsuited...
Thai Union Recognized As Most Sustainable In S&P Global Ranking
The S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2025 ranked Thai Union Group PLC in the top one percent and the company stated that it “has been recognized as one the world’s most sustainable...
Carrefour And US Food Firms Among Latest To Sign Tuna Transparency Pledge
The Nature Conservancy-initiated Tuna Transparency Pledge has been expanded with six new signatories. These include French retailer Carrefour, US food servicer Aramark, US seafood companies...
Is China Making A Strategic Move Into Tuna-Rich Cook Islands?
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown’s latest decision to enter into multiple deals with China did not sit well with the Pacific Island nation’s allies New Zealand and Australia. Brown...
American Samoa Congresswoman Asks Trump For Help With Pacific US Fleet
The American Samoa tuna fishing industry is placing high hopes on US President Donald Trump’s presidency in reopening the controversial Pacific Remote Islands marine protected areas (MPAs)....
Major Global Highlights February 2025
Raw material prices in Bangkok witnessed a slight increase in February, whereas, the fishing situation continued to be grave in the Indian Ocean. A canned tuna recall by Thai Union’s US...
Bermeo World Tuna Capital Pushes For Traceability In Tuna Fisheries
The Bermeo World Tuna Capital (BWTC) recently put forward a set of recommendations to the European Commission for the European Oceans Pact. BWTC urged the need for sustainable tuna fisheries,...
Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Ranks Strengthen With Former Tuna Expert
Former Thai Union's Sustainability Director Darian McBain has joined California-based Monterey Bay Aquarium as a Senior Fellow. McBain will work remotely from Singapore with Monterey Bay's...
Balfegó And AZTI Will Pilot Bluefin Project In Cantabrian Sea
Spanish tuna fattening company Balfegó has partnered with research company AZTI to bring bluefin operations to the Cantabrian Sea. Juan José Navarro Cid, Balfegó’s Responsible Project Director...
Canadian Consumers More Conscious: Meteoric Growth In MSC Tuna
Canadians consumed 582 percent more MSC-certified tuna in the past three years propelled by increasing availability of such products. They have a preference for canned tuna as only 0.5 percent...
Sustainability And Regional Cooperation Formed Crux Of Honiara Summit 2025
The Honiara Summit 2025 concluded today in the Solomon Islands. Government representatives from all the Pacific Island nations were present at the event where sustainable tuna and other...
Vietnam’s Tuna Industry Continues To Cry Foul Over Skipjack Size Regulation
The government-introduced regulation last year over skipjack size continues to hurt Vietnamese canners who are now forced to buy tuna from outside markets. Processors in Vietnam, one of the...
ETC2025 Explores If There Is Still Room To Grow In Tuna Fishing
Skipjack catches in the WCPO exceeded every expectation and Thai packers have never imported so much frozen whole round tuna as in 2024. Also, the EPO reported record-high skipjack volumes. Is...
Orthongel: A Responsible Fleet That Moves With The Times
-VIEWPOINT- In the hyper-competitive global tuna market, Orthongel's French fleet defends an approach based on traceability and responsibility, guaranteeing verifiable compliance with these...
EU Tuna Fleet Stakeholders Assert Critical Role Of Blue Tech
The EU tuna fleet stakeholders and blue technology companies gathered last week to discuss how satellite data, artificial intelligence (AI), and advanced maritime equipment are key to managing...
EJF Report Indicates Abuse Of North Koreans On Chinese Longliners
North Koreans are being forced to work onboard Chinese tuna longliners fishing in the Southwest Indian Ocean and many of them are working under abusive conditions. This was revealed by the...
FAO Funded Program Pushes Majuro Tuna Companies To Sustainability
The FISH4ACP project has begun work to improve the sustainability of water and energy used in the operations of tuna and other seafood fishing companies in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall...
Can Pacific Islands Tackle Climate Change Impacts With USD 120 Mln?
The impacts of climate change threats lurk in the Pacific Islands. To combat them, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) recently announced USD 107 million in grants to the 14 Pacific Island nations...