As Venezuela braces for the Holy Week vacation, considered a truce in the political diatribe, Venezuelan Tuna Fisheries Association (Avatun) president Jose Manuel Moreno has allayed fears of fish shortages, announcing that there will be plenty of...
Spain’s cannery sector invoiced EUR 833 million last year, representing 3 % increase in value compared to 2002. The country’s production of canned fish and shelfish registered 279,686 tons representing a 5% volume growth.
Exports represented 50% of...
Ghana’s Ministry of Fisheries is considering the possibility of introducing a catch quota system whereby individual vessels or companies would be given a maximum quantity to catch from Ghanaian waters in a year. It is not clear if tuna would be...
The landings of tuna in the Spanish ports of Ribeira and A Pobra need significant manual labor. The activity provides work to one hundred people each day.According to Galician sources, during the past year, the tuna vessels that arrived at these...
Last week U.S. based Earth Island Institute (EII) published the a press release in which they react on this weeks joint press release by Italian based WWF’s Mediterranean office, which was supported by Italian environmental and fisherman...
Tuna landings in Spanish ports have been quite stable in the past years.The import data on the entrance of raw tuna to the Spanish canneries also confirms that there is no reduction in the production of canned tuna in Spain, as a result of...
A feisty band of U.S West Coast fishermen is pulling in a healthful catch of small albacore tuna for boutique canneries from California to Washington, branding their tuna “the other albacore'†both low in mercury and high in beneficial fish...
The government of Maldives and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Wednesday signed a Rf93.8 million (US$7.3 million) five-year project supporting biodiversity conservation in Maldives.
The project will assist in the conservation and...
In yet another step towards expanding its business in China, the Singaporean company See Hup Seng said it has entered into a joint venture to repair and maintain more than 500 fishing vessels of CFNC, one of China's biggest fishery enterprises....
Indonesia’s Fishery and Marine Resource Ministry is committed to allocate at least Rp90 billion every year to step up fishery and marine resource research, Minister Rokhimin Dahuri said here Thursday.
“As a country with abundant fish and marine...
New Zealand's Tuna fishermen fear ruin over plans to include their by-catch in the quota management system.
NZ Gisborne Commercial Fishermen's Association president and veteran tuna long-liner Colin Kerr said the introduction of the quota...
The political organization “The Green Left Org" published the below article on its homepage, which looks at the classic film “The Wide Blue Roadâ€, and relates it to today's fishing industry:
In a remote and picturesque fishing village on an...
Citing the depletion of the country’s tuna resources, the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has warned commercial fishing boats against the use of illegal tuna purse seine nets.
BFAR assistant regional director Fatma...
The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) has said it expects a gentle transition with the retirement of its first and only secretary, David Ardill, last month.
Mr. Ardill’s successor is Alejandro Anganuzzi, who has been the IOTC’s deputy secretary...
A quarter of Australia Queensland's tuna fishing vessels are out of action as operators become embroiled in a financial crisis.
The strong Australian dollar, and economic downturn in Australia's two biggest tuna customers, Japan and the...
Madang town suffered one of the longest blackouts ever yesterday, causing both panic and confusion among residents, and losses to businesses. Power was cut at about 7.30am and restored only at 9.07pm - 14 hours later. But the joy lasted only 42...
Australian Tuna fishermen say they have been warning authorities for years about the problems facing the industry.
The East Coast Tuna Boat Owners Association recently met with the Federal Fisheries Minister Senator Ian McDonald to ask for an...
Philippine businessmen and their counterparts from Indonesia’s North Sulawesi have tightened their trade and investment ties with the launch of US$12 million cross-border investments.
Domingo Teng, president of the Philippine Socsksargen Federation...
Australia's Opposition Labor Party says the nation's customs service is no longer seizing foreign boats caught illegally fishing in Australian waters, several of these IUU vessels are long liners targeting tuna.
The Opposition says the new...
In an effort to crack down on false labeling of tuna products, the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will add tuna, whale and certain pork products to DNA printing. This will prevent fraudulent labeling and marketing of...
Only 10% of the Galician fleet complies with the new purseseining regulations.
The new legislation issued by the Spanish Ministry of Fishery obliges the purseseining fleet, which fish in the Northeast Cantabrian, to have certain dimensions which the...
Citing new evidence that the omega-3 fatty acids found in seafood improve brain function in middle aged people and actually lower the risk of mental impairment as people age, the U.S. Tuna Foundation (USTF) today reminded the public that canned tuna...
To many food lovers, sushi has become a near religion, and a cornerstone of the faith is that the fish is extraordinarily fresh. Its priests are chefs with seemingly mystical abilities to summon fresh fish from all corners of the globe.
But because...
According to Papua New Guinea government sources, the port of Wewak is to be expanded soon.
The wharf is expected to be extended by 50 to 100 meters thus enabling large tuna fishing vessels to enter the port and unload catches for the tuna loining...
Given the total of imported canned tuna consumed in Chile, a loss in the exchange rate has immediately stimulated the sale of this product.
â€Chile ended year 2003 with a high dollar exchange rate, but the new dealings of canned tuna in the country...
A new tuna canning method designed by Galician engineer Antonio Sartal will allow to verify the health conditions of each tin. Technical industrial engineer Antonio Sartal is expected to become a complete revolution in the canning industry. The...
Researchers tagging southern bluefin tuna in the Great Australian Bight are not having any trouble locating fish to tag although weather conditions have affected fishing.
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)...
Fishery Sub-delegation in Baja California will initiate an inspection to the Mexican tuna farms in order to verify that the licenses granted are still effective and what investments are currently being developed, informed Luis Alonso Tiznado, head...
France's former nuclear test base at Hao Atoll in the Tuamotu archipelago of French Polynesia will become a US$40 million tuna farm, according to a French newspaper, Les Echo.
Backed by French, Japanese and Chinese finance, it’s due to begin...
Now that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have issued new advice for pregnant and nursing women about fish consumption, the U.S. Tuna Foundation (USTF) today launched a national advertising...
There is a new book, published by Rhode Island Sea Grant and the National Marine Fisheries Service, called “Guide to Sharks, Tunas & Billfishes of the U.S. Atlantic & Gulf of Mexico.â€
It's a wire bound, water-resistant handbook chocked...
Since Charlie the Tuna debuted in 1961, the popular fish has weathered a storm of controversy. As canned tuna marks its 100th anniversary, Americans consume more than 1 billion pounds of tuna per year, more than any other type of fish.All but 1...
Two small planes from France and Spain collided over the Mediterranean while scouting for tuna ahead of the fishing season, plunging into the sea with five people aboard on Wednesday.
The French coastguard said two bodies had been recovered and the...
â€Tuna nets with smaller openings that catch smaller tuna are illegal.â€
This warning was made by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, as it cited the depletion of the country's tuna resources because commercial fishing boats continue to...
The European Commission has moved to update EU legislation on prohibiting imports of Atlantic bluefin tuna from Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone – after cooperation with the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)....
In an attempt to clean up its outcaste status, Belize has stuck off 300 fishing vessels from its registry. By doing so it hopes to gain some Atlantic tuna quotas. Many fishing vessels registered with Belize have in the past failed or refused to...
The Spanish Mediterranean tuna fleet, which is mainly concentrated in L’Atmetlla, Tarragona started the Bluefin tuna season with delay due to bad sea weather conditions.
Two of the six tuna vessels left for Africa three weeks ago to catch Bluefin...
American Samoa's top political leaders have been invited to attend the 2004 World Tuna Trade Conference, where Congressman Faleomavega Eni has been invited to be a speaker at the international gathering set for June 3-5 in Bangkok, Thailand.
The...
The American Albacore Fishing Association (AAFA) announced Thursday that it will seek an eco-label from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). This is the first tuna fishery to publicly announce it is seeking certification AAFA said it has entered...
The following fact sheet on the mercury public health scare was released Friday by the U.S. House Committee on Resources:
Unfortunately, nothing reverberates better than a public health scare in today's politics. The alarmist headlines and...
Two Indonesian fishing boats with 12 Indonesian crewmembers have been apprehended in the southern Philippines as one of the navy ships searched the area to locate Sunday's abducted foreign nationals.
Both the fishing vessels were intercepted...
The Coastguard in Auckland, New Zealand expects a grounded fishing boat will remain trapped until Thursday night.
The 50-foot tuna trawler was heading in with a catch when it became stuck in sand close to the shore at Whatipu, north of the entrance...
The New Zealand fishing company Sealord has pulled out of a joint venture in the Cook Islands after less than a year because of fish supply worries.
Sealord said in a statement it had been looking for year round supply for export.
“The fishery has...
Colombia's fish exports is expected to increase by nearly 30,000 tons as a result of the reinforcement of its tuna fishing fleet with 5 Bolivian vessels with a catch capacity of 1,000 per vessel, informed the director of Incodor, Mr. Arturo...
The Navy, at the week-end, called on all stakeholders in the fishing industry to find a lasting solution to the problem of using light and other chemicals for fishing expedition in order to protect the industry from collapse.
The Navy has noted with...
Some 300 delegates from 35 Asia Pacific countries are taking part in an international conference (PrepCom VI WCPFC) on fishery and marine which is being held form April 19-24 in Bali, an Indonesian official said.
Tuna fishing is an important topic...
Despite the tuna record catch of 2003, the Mexican fleet has registered low yellowfin tuna captures during the beginning of this year, with a 40 % catch drop during the first two months, compared to last year's figures.
Data provided by the...
WWF regularly support actions aiming at reducing dolphin and cetacean mortality in fisheries. For many years, the Conservation organization and other international environmental associations, in particular Greenpeace International, have worked on...
The National Fisheries Institute, the nation's largest seafood trade association, weighed in with industry reaction to the recommendations of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy. The Commission released its report yesterday.
“We agree with...
The owners of two foreign tuna fishing boats recently seized by the authorities in Mozambican waters off the coast of the central province of Sofala, have been fined 16 billion meticais (about 667,000 US dollars), and their illicit catch has been...
Although Thai products will generally face higher tariffs in the 10 countries joining the European Union next month, exporters may benefit by using the new member states as a gateway to the rest of the market, trade experts say.
The tariff...
Straight talk and manipulative mumbo jumbo-separate stories of government candor and corporate cowardice:
Have you seen those ads from the canned tuna industry touting StarKist and Bumble Bee as “a safe & healthy food for everyone� Two...
Davao Gulf has been found to be an important spawning and nursery ground for tuna, according to a study commissioned by the Philippine Fishery Resources Management Project of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR).
The report said the...
The PNG Cabinet last Friday suspended managing director Dr. Chapau of the National Fisheries Authority (NFA and appointed Lamiller Pawut as acting managing director.
Fisheries Minister Alois Kingsley on Monday announced the change, citing...
The entry of 10 new member nations into the European Union will benefit both Thailand and the EU in terms of foreign investment rather than providing a boost to trade volume, academics said yesterday.
Thammasat University political scientist Dr...
The annual fish consumption per capita in Spain reached 36.5 kilos in 2003 reported the Food Panel from the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Food (MAPA).
According to MAPA, the total spending on fish consumption totaled Eur 9,504.30...
As a result of the continued and uncontrollable price increases on beef, the consumption of fresh tuna seems to be the be the best alternative for the Venezuelan consumer. The kilo price for fresh tuna steaks/and loins, after the latest price...
A $385-million merger of seafood companies Connors Bros. Income Fund and Bumble Bee Holdings LP is not quite in the net, with U.S. antitrust regulators requesting more time on Thursday to review data.
The U.S. Department of Justice's request...
Sales Miau Drop 2% In 2003 - Exports Up 16%
The Spanish tuna cannery Bernardo Alfagame, owner of the canned tuna brand Miau, reported a sales turnover in 2003 of 80.6 million units, which represents a drop of 2.18 percent in comparison with 2002;...
Ecuador said on Friday it had cleared outstanding disputes with U.S. companies to sustain a series of trade preferences and start talks next month for a free trade agreement with the United States. This could greatly benefit canned and frozen tuna...
Significant progress has been made on how to implement measures to protect the Pacific's tuna stocks.
Sources in Australia said that the Pacific Tuna Convention would likely come into force at the end of June 2004.
Greenpeace's oceans...
The Fiji Ministry of Forests and Fisheries has great ambitions, and is striving to make fishing in Fiji a billion-dollar industry in 10 years time. Minister Konisi Yabaki said this is a realistic forecast given the huge leakage persistent in one of...
Children of employees at Del Monte Foods administrative offices in San Francisco, CA, and Pittsburgh, PA, joined millions of girls and boys across the country to participate in Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work(R)Day last week. This program aims...
Engr. Gil Dureza, chief of Bureau of Investment of the Philippine city of Davao, said two projects -- P80-million cold storage facility for tuna and a coconut oil processing plant-- will be implemented in Davao region. Mr. Dureza said General...
Alex Aitken, a snapper fisherman from Leigh, New Zealand, and Peter Robinson, a tuna fisherman from Newcastle, Australia, have shared the €18,000 first prize in an international fishing competition organized by SEO/BirdLife (BirdLife in Spain) to...
Lifting up a bedraggled tarpaulin on his old wooden boat, Angolan fisherman Manuel Hanuti points to the day's meagre haul of a dozen red snapper and a few swordfish.
With paltry catches like this, Hamuti said he would be lucky to make US $100...
Any time you think it's a small world, you're not thinking about the food you eat. Mitch Koritansky of 10th & M Seafoods was hustling Tuesday morning to locate tuna. It seems the commercial fishers on the Atlantic side of life have been...
Fiji’s leading tuna fishing company says many Chinese-based ventures have packed up and gone home after their license applications were rejected. Graham Southwick, the managing director of Fiji Fish Marketing, says the government’s tuna licensing...
The European Commission has tabled a proposal for the creation of an EU Fisheries Control Agency as a key part of the drive to improve compliance with the rules under the 2002 reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). The Agency will strengthen...
The U.S. Commerce Department has been aware for five years of allegations that government observers on Mexican tuna-fishing boats were regularly taking $10,000 bribes to concoct false reports that they were not netting dolphins, according to an...
The management of Bumble Bee’s tuna cannery in Puerto Rico, located in Mayagüez, complained during a public hearing of the Congressional Treasury Commission last week, that the Porto Rican Educational Department is considering to buy canned tuna...
U.S. Congressman Faleomavaega from American Samoa announced this past Wednesday that he is aggressively fighting to exclude tuna from the Thailand Free Trade Agreement and is working with StarKist to protect American SamoaÃs economy and the jobs of...
Bumble Bee Holdings L.P and Connors Bros. Income Fund jointly announced yesterday that the transaction combining the two companies (the “Transactionâ€) will close today, Friday, April 30.
The completion of the Transaction is subject to certain...
