For a long time now, the European tuna fleet –the world’s largest fleet in regards to captures with 350,000 tons per year and 67 vessels- has been requesting the European Commission to sign new fishing alliances with at least 15 coastal countries. This way Europe will continue to maintain its position of second world leader in tuna canned production, after
The new challenge will be the renewal of the 13 fishing agreements that the European Union already has with third countries. Also two more new agreements have recently been added, one of them was signed for the very first time with a Pacific country as
A resolution already approved by the European Parliament, after the European fishing sector' request, states that more political and legal improvements and advances are needed to keep control over the imports of raw tuna and loins, in order to avoid creating a dependence on the Asian and Latin American imports. However the European fishing sector also positively noted that the European Union has worked hard to develop and support the most outstanding current food industries.