Mexico’s National Aquaculture and Fisheries Commission (Conapesca) announced purse seiners that paused operations during the first phase of the IATTC veda will resume operations from October 9, following the end of the fishing closure on October 8.

After Ecuador, Mexico has the EPO’s second-largest tuna fleet with 61 vessels, but only 16 opted for the veda that began August 6. Those vessels can resume fishing on October 9 in the EPO. The remaining vessels are expected to participate in the second closure, running from November 9 through January 11, 2027. Forty-four of Ecuador’s 107 purse seiners opted to pause fishing during the ongoing veda. Of those, 35 are Class 6 vessels, with fishhold capacity exceeding 363 M/T, raising the risk of a supply crunch for Ecuadorian processors. The country’s canneries have already been grappling with declining skipjack supplies for months.

SIAL 2026, the biennial international food trade show in Paris, is approching on October 17, where several tuna companies are set to showcase their products. The event is expected to bring together about 8,000 exhibitors from 130 countries and 295,000 food-industry professionals. Some of the tuna companies that will mark their presence at SIAL are Princes UK, Frinsa, Marbelize S.A., Albo, Callippo, Jealsa, Ricardo Fuentes, and Grupo Consorcio. Registration to visit Sial is still possible. The event will conclude on October 21 at the exhibition center Paris Nord Villepinte.

SIAL Paris is one of the world’s largest food and beverage trade fairs, held every two years in Paris, France. It brings together food producers, processors, retailers, distributors, and buyers from around the world to showcase products, explore new business opportunities, and discuss industry trends across categories, including seafood, meat, beverages, and prepared foods.

Thiraphong Chansiri, CEO of Thai Union, received the Global Seafood Alliance’s Wallace R. Stevens Lifetime Achievement Award for three decades of leadership that helped build Thai Union into the world’s largest tuna producer. The award was presented earlier this week at the Responsible Seafood Summit 2026 in Bangkok. For Thailand, the award is international recognition of a business leader who helped build a domestic seafood processor into one of the industry’s largest companies. Thiraphong led that growth while raising standards for traceability, worker welfare, and environmental responsibility, read a statement from Thai Union.

Chansiri, who focused on sustainability during his speech at the event, said that Thai Union had no blueprint when it started its sustainability journey. “We simply decided that a company our size could not stand on the sidelines, and over time we became a force for change. My hope for the next generation is that they can build on what we started and take it even further.” The Wallace R. Stevens Lifetime Achievement Award, established in 2004, recognizes individuals whose leadership, integrity, and commitment to responsible production have advanced the seafood industry worldwide.