The document outlining the MG Kailis Group's proposal for a tuna industry trial in the Recherche Archipelago has been submitted to the Environmental Protection Authority for assessment.The process takes 28 days from submitting but the clock...
According to Mark Berman (the Bermanator), assistant director of the Earth Island Institute (EII), there have been misleading reports in the press about the Soltai tuna cannery which is the only cannery on the Solomon Islands. According to Mr....
Fiji and Niue have formalized their first bilateral air services agreement. Niue is an island in the South Pacific Ocean, located east of Tonga. Niue has only about 2,100 inhabitants.Under the agreement, Niue will transport its fish, such as fresh...
Connors Bros. Income Fund yesterday announced that, pursuant to its existing exchange rights, Bumble Bee Holdings II, LLC has delivered a notice of its intention to exchange its remaining equity interest in the Fund's principal operating...
The Australian tuna industry is questioning the models and systems used to calculate fish numbers after southern bluefin tuna continues to be listed as being overfished.The Bureau of Rural Sciences annual report into the sustainability of...
Several Ghanaian tuna fishing company offices and boats got burnt during last Friday’s fire outbreak that claimed 15 lives at the PSC Tema Shipyard in Ghana.
On Good Friday, the fire outbreak was caused by sparks from a vessel under repairs, MV...
The Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) is proposing for the financing of a study on the rehabilitation of the country’s seven fish ports as one of the agenda during Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to the country in April. Among...
Fiji Police are investigating allegations of corruption against a cabinet minister and public servants in his ministry, in regard to issuing tuna fishing licenses.Radio Fiji says the police aren’t releasing much information, except to say that...
Ecuador is facing pressure to act against the fishermen who are threatening the ecosystems of the Galapagos Islands, the archipelago that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
As revealed by The Independent, the Ecuadorian government is...
Joseph Bogdanovich, the wealthy expatriate who led Star-Kist Foods and its San Pedro-California tuna cannery, in its heyday to become one of the world's largest tuna canneries, died earlier this week at his London apartment, his son said. Joseph...
Japan and Mexico launched a free trade agreement Friday after nearly three years of discussions and delays, with Tokyo hoping to boost exports of autos and electronics to North America and Mexico betting it can lure investment and export more tuna...
According to a press release of the turtle protection group: Save the Leatherback, the United Nations Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Synthesis Report released last week, calls capture fisheries “unsustainable†and calls for the expansion in Marine...
Indonesia will most likely fail in its attempts to obtain a larger quota and a cut in import duty for its canned tuna exports to the European Union.The reason was due to the country's failure to submit a prompt proposal, which was not submitted...
In a letter dated March 17th Dr. Paolo Bray, director of the EDSMO (The European Dolphin Safe Monitoring Organization), which is a part of the US based Earth Island Institute (EII), accuses the EU of supporting the AIDCP dolphin safe logo. The...
Thousands of oil and natural gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico could be converted into deep-sea fish farms raising yellow in tuna, red snapper, mahi mahi, and flounder, under a plan backed by the Bush administration. For years, marine biologists...
Thailand’s fishermen are unhappy with what they call the government’s half-hearted offer of help. Members of the Thai Fisheries Association plan to meet on Monday before negotiating a new deal with the government.The government’s recent decision to...
The Chief of Spain’s main directorate of Fishing Resources, Fernando Curcio, will meet with the representatives of the National Association of Tuna Freezer Vessel Boatowners (ANABAC) and the Organization of Associated Large Tuna Freezer Vessels...
Next month the Basque frozen tuna producer and trader Kalamua, will open new factory in Ribadavia, Galicia, which will provide work to more than 60 employees.During a recent administration council held in Ourense, Galicia, the Basque company Kalamua...
In its March 2005 Newsletter The World Conservation published the following article, under the tile “Greenpeace has cried Wolf too many times already. Get a real issueâ€. Herewith the full text of this article:Pity the poor sea bass. It has big fishy...
Mexico is maintaining conversation with the European Union (EU) in order to open its market for its exports of tuna and sugar, indicate Mexican sources.According to Mr. Jose Guadalupe Saenz, General Director of Trade Policy for the Mexican...
Community concerns over the effects of a proposed tuna farm off the Esperance coast of southern Western Australia have forced developers MG Kailis to reduce the project's boundaries.
For more than 12 months Kailis has been conducting a study in...
That’s a good-looking piece of tuna there in the seafood case, but what exactly do you know about it? Where did it come from? What kind of upbringing did it have?
Would you like to run a quick background check before you take it home to meet your...
According to its own press release the Earth Island Institute wishes to warn consumers about the label sponsored by the Bush Administration’s U.S. Department of Commerce that falsely purports to protect dolphins. Do not buy tuna with the commerce...
COS (Chicken Of the Sea) Samoa Packing Company’s work force of 2200 employees once again achieved the exceptionally rare industry safety milestone of 3 million safe employee work hours on March 10, with 321 consecutive days of safety without a lost...
The release of several hundred Indian fishermen by Pakistan as part of Islamabad’s goodwill gesture to boost the Indo-Pak confidence building measures has given hope to Indian fishermen in this coastal hamlet that Pakistan will return back the...
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council concluded a four-day meeting in Honolulu last week where they unanimously voted “to undertake a suite of domestic and international initiatives to address the over fishing of bigeye tuna in the...
The Indian foreign trade policy did not spell out any measures for import of suitable tuna fishing vessels. An estimated 40 are needed in order to meet the Center’s objective of incentivising a large-scale shift from shrimp to tuna catching....
The strain within the community of the Spanish Port of Vilagarcia keeps on increasing. Harbor workers reiterated how critical their working situation is. Since the beginning of this year, work has continued at minimum levels, because tuna shipments...
The National Marine Fisheries Service is considering allowing the filleting of Atlantic tunas aboard party and charter boats at sea, and the idea is getting wide support among canyon fishermen.One of the problems canyon fishermen have had with the...
During a meeting held at the Chamber of Commerce of Vigo (Spain) the responsible of the Guinean Center of Fishing Surveillance and the Technical Councilor of the Ministry of Fisheries of the Guinean Republic introduced the Guinea-Conakry Fishing...
A meeting related to the tuna sector of the European Union is being held in Bilbao, Spain during April 11th and 12th. Several issues of high importance for the future of the European tuna manufacturing industry and the tuna fleets will be discussed...
On April 8th, Mr. James Tsai was re-elected as the Chairman of the Taiwanese Purses Seine Fishing Committee together with Mr. Eric Hsin Lin Tsai who was elected as the Vice Chairman of the Committee. The Committee will continue to support the...
With over 1.400 exhibitors, the 2005 edition of European Seafood Exposition (Brussels Expo, April 26th to 28th) promises to be a key moment for the European seafood industry. While the European Commission is gearing up to develop a long term...
According to statistics provided by the Ecuador Observers’ Program (PROBECUADOR) and published in the Ecuador Fishing report of March, Ecuador registered a catch of 149,386 tons last year and therefore obtained the position as leading tuna fishing...
The Basque fishermen disagreed to the practice of pole and line fisheries by the Galician swordfish fleet in the waters of the Biscay Gulf, neither in the French nor British Atlantic areas. This is due to the fishing quotas authorized by the...
Centre Partners Management LLC has sold its last 10% of Connors Bros. Income Fund, a deal which allowed Centre to exit Bumble Bee Seafoods LP at an overall return of 8.5 times its original investment.Connors Bros. Income Fund is an unincorporated...
Top government and military officials from France, Australia and New Zealand are meeting in the New Zealand capital, Wellington tomorrow (14 April) to discuss the possibility of joining forces to fight increasing illegal fishing of especially tuna...
In a bid to tap into China's robust economic growth and huge population, Thai Union Frozen Products Plc (TUF), the country's largest processor and exporter of canned and frozen seafood, is investing US$4 million (155 million baht) for a 50%...
The economy in Southern Philippines is expected to post strong growth this year due to positive developments in the tuna sector, area of tourism, foreign trade, mining and agricultural sectors, the Mindanao Economic and Development Council (Medco)...
H.Z. Azam Enterprise, the owner of the Azam-1 fishing ship (Kapal Lingkong), has created history in the Brunei fishing industry by being the first fishing ship to have successfully caught tuna in the deep seas of Brunei since it began operations...
The United Nations’ Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) confirmed the arrival to the Galapagos on April 10th of a delegation which will evaluate the islands’ situation. The archipelago was declared Natural Heritage for the...
Philippines and Japan have agreed to set for September this year the tentative signing of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement or JPEPA. The reduction of the import tariffs on fresh, frozen and canned tuna is part of the...
Peruvian authorities have broken up a major cocaine smuggling ring that was being run out of a canned tuna processing plant.
During a raid on Saturday, authorities arrested 10 people, including the plants' 74-year-old owner.
Police found a...
Last April 12th the European canning sector requested to the European Commission for an increase on the market protection clauses that can prevent the entry of Asian canned tuna into the European markets. The quantities will be 25,750 tons from...
“Animals are treated better†than the way fishermen are treated in the American Samoa Territory declared District Court Judge John L. Ward II, and he was “extremely concerned†about it after he made sure a Chinese fisherman had a place to stay and...
With today's announcement that the revised Food Pyramid urges Americans to “get started†on a healthier lifestyle, a new survey by Harris Interactive(R) reveals that 51 percent of U.S. adults who have ever eaten seafood say they are eating more...
Dr. Eric Ago Kwei, board chairman of Pioneer Food Cannery, producers of StarKist Tuna and other tuna products, has on behalf of the company received the SGS Health and Safety Certificates at a ceremony in Tema.
Business and Environment Manager of...
Philippine Tuna industry players are hopeful that the country’s Senate will ratify before August an international fisheries convention that sets the conservation and management of tuna resources along the Pacific fishing grounds, including the...
The artisan fishery with special nets (almadraba) placed in front of Barbate Port and used by Almadraba Fisheries Company has initiated its first catches for the bluefin tuna new campaign; therefore two week ahead of time.
The “almadraba†consists...
Australian Navy patrol boats have fired warning shots on Indonesian fishing trawlers working illegally off the Northern Territory coast.Twenty-seven vessels have been boarded and 240 crew arrested in the past week as Australia steps up the campaign...
The economy contracted in 2004 because of delays in implementing an upgraded public works program and the closure of the single largest private sector employer. A large step-up in central government expenditures and net lending, funded through...
The Indian administration is now planning to take tuna fishing in a big way. “We have a huge potential for tuna fishing in the Andaman Sea and that should exploited,†Dr. R.B. Rai, director of Port Blair’s Central Agricultural Research Institute...
An innovative Port Lincoln tuna cannery is on the verge of major sales to the U.S., providing the first solid evidence of the benefits of the U.S. Free Trade Agreement.Retail giants Walmart and Trader Joes are among scores of U.S. companies which...
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....
Spanish boatowners did not obtain the results they were expecting regarding a solution to the steep increase of the diesel price, during a meeting held recently between the authorities of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Food (MAPA) and the...
Not only does the ban in Taiwan on U.S. grade beef have local consumers hungering for more, there’s another shortage that’s driving up food prices. It’s the Bluefin tuna season, but due to the scarcity of the fish, Taiwanese restaurants and five...
Mexican National Commission of Aquaculture and Fishery (CONAPESCA) has initiated a seminar with the Fisheries Sub-Delegations of the Mexican States, to improve the integration and response procedures towards the requests for commercial fishing...
Tri-Marine International has reorganized its senior management in response to increasing demand for value added tuna products. Rick Heroux will be responsible for this segment of Tri Marine’s global business.“We are very pleased that Rick Heroux has...
The “super freeze†or “ultra freeze†freezing tunnel systems recently installed by the Spanish company Frigorificos Almadraba de Barbate S.L. (Frialba) in the Port of Barbate are now operational, and working at full blast. Last week, the first...
Lately, Spanish investments in Ecuador have noticed moderate values compared to the total volume of Spanish investments in this country. Ecuador’s complicated political situation at this moment, and the difficult legislation and the legal...
Local Philippine tuna exporters are increasing their shipments to China this year in a bid to capture the growing Chinese market for canned, fresh and frozen processed tuna.Domingo Teng, president of the Socsksargen Federation of Fishing...
The Spanish National Association of Canned Fish and Seafood (ANFACO) is participating at the European Seafood Exhibition (ESE) in Brussels, which commenced today April 26th until Thursday 28th. The ESE is the most important international fair for...
Two experts from the Marine Resources Assessment (MRA) are in Mauritius to set up an administrative framework common to all members of the IOC to regulate fisheries. David Ardill and Neil Ansell will have to implement a mechanism that should allow...
The board chairman of Pioneer Food Cannery Limited, the Ghanaian affiliate of H.J. Heinz and producers of Star Kist Tuna products, Dr. Eric Ago Kwei is retiring after twenty-eight (28) years of service with the company.
A ceremonial dinner to mark...
In the Maldives private companies have now been allowed to venture into formerly MIFCO exclusive areas and purchase fish, Fisheries Minister Abdulla Kamaluddin revealed on Monday.The decision was made last month and all operators have so far...
Official forces from Canada, Russia and Japan will join the U.S. Coast Guard this summer to control illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing in the North Pacific Ocean. Air patrols of the area began on Saturday.The Canadian Air Force and...
During 2004, the Spanish tuna canning Calvo Group invoiced 307.9 million euro, 19% more than in 2003. The forecast for 2005 is to reach 355 million euro.Furthermore, the company’s EBITDA level (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and...
A team of marine scientists has mapped the undersea journeys of Atlantic bluefin tuna and concluded that tighter restrictions should be placed on fishing to protect the feeding and breeding grounds of this top migratory predator—one of the most...
Twenty out of 50 purse seiners and long-liners at the Malaysian International Tuna Port in Batu Maung have been grounded following the nationwide diesel shortage.Fisherman Ching Sai Min, 40, said many boats could not go out to sea as the operators...
Papua New Guinea is the only South Pacific country that took part in the 13th European Seafood Exposition, this week, where 1500 exhibitors from 65 countries will showcase their sea food products.Expedition leader Norman Barnabas said that the...
