The European Fishery Control Agency will commence its activities from the city of Brussels, Belgium instead of Vigo, Spain as initially planned.The Council of the European Union (EU) assigned the European Fishery Control Agency to Spain at the end...
As new evidence emerges of fish being stolen from one of the poorest regions of the world, Greenpeace Australia Pacific Oceans Team Leader Nilesh Goundar has called on Pacific Island Countries to close their ports to pirate fishing boats, denying...
The tuna industry has not been this lucrative in General Santos City, the “Tuna Capital of the Philippines,†since 1970.Last year, there were at least 23 companies engaged in tuna manufacturing, eight of which have gone into exporting fresh,...
This is no tall tale or ‘one that got away’ story - astonished anglers are pulling in some of the biggest tuna ever recorded in Victorian history.Anglers from Portland to Port Fairy in Victoria’s south west are scrambling for the heavy-duty fishing...
There are 24 Omani fish processing companies presently listed to adhere to the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) system, according to a senior official of the Omani Ministry. Several of these companies are involved in the production of...
Papua New Guinea’s second tuna loin plant was commissioned in Lae last week along with a new tuna cannery.The K100 million (US$31.25 million) plant will be operated by Filipino-owned fishing concern Frabelle (PNG) Ltd.The plant’s commissioning has...
The European Union (EU) will provide limited duty-free access to its market for Thai canned tuna, sardines and rice, as part of a compensation agreement stemming from the 2004 enlargement of the union, EU officials said on Thursday. Under the new...
The European Union (EU) has agreed to compensate Thailand for economic losses consequent to the impact of the EU enlargement on Thai exports.Apiradi Tantraporn, Director-General of the Trade Negotiations Department, said an exchange of letters...
Oil-price spikes have forced fishing companies to go bankrupt in Kesennuma, one of Japan’s biggest bases for deep-sea longliners engaged in tuna fishing.â€Deep-sea fishing operations now only add to losses,†said Isato Sakuragi, adviser to a skipjack...
Ecuador could reach a free trade deal with the United States by the end of this week if the two sides can resolve difficult agricultural issues, Ecuadorian negotiators said on Monday. The deal would also involve more attractive import duties for...
Earth Island Institute’s International Marine Mammal Project (IMMP) declared victory in a series of campaigns aimed at Japan's whaling industry. On Friday, March 31st, the Japanese company Nissui, owner of whaling ships and a whale meat cannery,...
They are the bane of ecologists and fishermen, and despite generating millions of liri in production, bluefin tuna farms give the island of Malta back a pittance in taxation.With just Lm289,979 in tax from the industry in the last seven years, many...
Revealing the construction progress of the extended Phuket Fishing Port, the Port Manager Pra-muan Ruck-Jai said it is now 86% in progress. The government allocated 299 million baht to the fishing port to upgrade its facilities up to export...
Soltai, the country’s only canned tuna exporter, has been relieved of almost $19 million debt it owed the national Government.The removal of Soltai’s debt follows news of Japan’s gift of two new fishing boats and Soltai’s signing of a major export...
An international conservation group has failed in its attempt to curb southern bluefin tuna fishing in Australian waters.The Humane Society International (HSI), which claims the fishery is not sustainable, went to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal...
A South Korean fishing boat with 25 Asian crew has been hijacked by armed pirates off the coast of Somalia, officials said on Wednesday.The crew included eight Koreans, nine Indonesians, five Vietnamese and three Chinese, the foreign ministry...
The Clean Seas Tuna Limited kingfish breeding experiment has been a success, paving the way for the world's first land-based tuna breeding venture.Clean Seas Tuna Limited owned by tuna baron Hagen Stehr began breeding kingfish on land as a trial...
The Earth Island Institute’s International Marine Mammal Project (IMMP) recently announced a new website for consumers and the general public about Dolphin Safe tuna. On the website the organization very specifically names and attacks companies that...
The Galician seafood processing sector increased the volume of its production last year by 6.5% compared to 2004. The value experienced an 8% rise. These increases are slightly higher than the figures obtained by the entire Spanish cannery sector,...
The strategy of Ecuadorian tuna industrialists to obtain support for the negotiations in the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with United States (US) has now become a political issue.Last week, the representatives of the tuna sector were invited by the...
I’ve been in Tokyo for a day now, and today I visited the Tsukiji fish market, the world’s largest, which handles more than 400 types of seafood every day. This includes fresh tuna weighing more than 600 pounds each, which are auctioned off in...
Mindanao’s largest cold storage facility could soon rise up in this city to further boost the country's tuna industry, a top executive said. Ritche Rivera, executive vice president and chief operating officer of RD Group of Companies, recently...
They are accused of stealing millions from a tuna fishing firm in Latin America. A Pa. lawyer was named but not charged.A Texas man conspired with associates in Puerto Rico and Miami to steal $4 million from a Venezuelan tuna fish company and wire...
Malaysian Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Tuesday launched the international tuna landing centre here and lamented at the absence of Malaysian-owned companies in the lucrative tuna fishing industry.Only two...
Tuna industry players here committed to adopt various sustainable fishing practices as part of the country’s participation in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) that was tasked to manage the dwindling tuna resources in the...
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has quashed a call for exports of the southern bluefin tuna to be banned.
The Humane Society International (HSI) says the species is at risk of becoming extinct and it was challenging the Federal Government's...
Two engine crew were killed while another was seriously hurt during an explosion inside the engine room of a tuna fishing vessel owned by RD Fishing. Firm officials said the explosion occurred last March 29 in Papua New Guinea.
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Somali pirates are demanding $400 000 for the release of a South Korean fishing vessel seized with a crew of 25 Asians this week off the coast of the lawless nation, elders said on Friday.Village elders -the traditional power base of rural Somalia-...
The new Operative Program for Inspection and Survey was formally set up last week in order to establish preventive coastal measures against illegal fishing in Mexico.According to the Mexican Commission for Fisheries, this program aims at performing...
Somalia’s interim government was confirmed on Sunday to have engaged in negotiations for the release of a South Korean fishing vessel and its 25 crew, seized last week off the coast of the war-torn country.Ali Mohamed Gedi, prime minister of the...
According to a report by the global news agency Reuters the EU fleet is threatening the livelihood of the people in Mauritania. Here below the full article by Reuters:
Harouna Diop remembers the days when there were only six small wooden fishing...
They’re taller than the average footballer, weigh as much as a fridge and have hundreds of anglers clamoring to catch them. Schools of giant southern bluefin tuna have invaded the waters off the South-East Australia.Their sudden appearance over the...
The Philippine tuna handline fishermen, which rely mainly on pump boats in their operations, was cited as among those that was hit hardest by the high fuel prices. Diesel fuel and petroleum-based lubricants easily eat up 40 to 60 percent of the cost...
The US based Turtle restoration project released a press article, which expresses their view on tuna fishing, and the decline in the resources. They are calling for a global ban on tuna longlining. Here belwo the full text of their press release:...
Port Lincoln’s Clean Seas Tuna has received higher-than-expected prices for its southern bluefin tuna, lifting its revenue ahead of budget.Clean Seas managing director Marcus Stehr said yesterday Japanese buyers last month paid an average 1800 yen...
The Ghana Tuna Association (GTA) has urged the government to expedite action on the establishment of the proposed Tuna Faculty at the Regional Maritime Academy (RMA) to train the requisite Ghanaian personnel in tuna fishing in order to promote the...
The European Union (EU) has rejected a proposal by Tanzania to restart negotiations on the agreement on tuna fishing zone beyond the 12 nautical miles from the latter's coast.Saleh Pamba, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Natural Resources...
â€Higher prices for canned tuna are very likely in the coming months," Globefish stated. "This might have a big impact on the European market. Consumer resistance is likely to be felt, for this important commodity.â€Canned tuna is still a relatively...
The FSM patrol boat FSS Palikir returned March 30 to its base in Pohnpei after a surveillance operation of more than nine weeks in Palau and FSM waters, marking the longest excursion of any of the country's three patrol vessels to date.Arranged...
The fishing industry is a major source of employment for Yemen’s poor, especially those inhabiting coastal areas. Workers in this sector provide for 1.7 million citizens, that is, 8.6 percent of Yemen’s population.In the following interview, John...
To avoid future problems between the Philippines and the Republic of Palau concerning possible violations into each others' territorial waters by fishing intrusions, top officials of both sides agreed to push for the formal signing of a Fishery...
A FAO meeting on world fish trade is to be held from 30 May - 2 June in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Over 50 countries will participate in the event which is the tenth meeting of the FAO Sub-Committee on Fish Trade.The event is expected to bring...
Palau has signed a memorandum of agreement with three foreign fishing companies operating in the country, Palau Horizon reports.The agreement will implement regulations that can generate more income for Palau. The regulations include a 50 percent...
Major players in the Philippine tuna industry are supporting moves to regulate fishing zones in the country and the total allowable catches of three major tuna species to ensure sustainability of stocks in the long term.These measures are among the...
The Colombian Authorities informed that about 50 tons of tuna and shark meat that entered illegally into Colombia from Japan would be released to people from the poorest neighborhoods in Cartagena de Indias.The Police Commander of the Bolivar...
For the moment, set aside any persnickety thoughts you may have about canned tuna. Admittedly, it was hard to get me to eat it. But recently I tasted imported tuna packed in a jar - definitely a food moment that has changed my perception of...
A shop in Portugal plans to start selling ice-cream in flavors like shrimp, cod, tuna and grilled sardines when it opens next month, Lusa news agency reported on Thursday.The “Coromoto†store in the southern fishing port and canning centre of...
Tanzania is blessed with a myriad of economic opportunities on land and at sea, and in the services sectors. Some economic analysts coin Tanzania as the ‘economic sleeping giant’ in terms of its potential for growth.Tanzania’s mainland has over 200...
American businesses have offered help in lobbying the US Congress to allow talks on the Thai-US Free-Trade Agreement (FTA) to move forward, according to the Thai Chamber of Commerce. Judy Benn, a director of the US Chamber of Commerce, recently met...
The world’s top tuna traders and policymakers will meet in August in Manila for an international conference that will tackle scientific issues affecting the sustainability of tuna stocks in the global market, Bayani Fredelusces, executive director...
Spanish officials agreed that they would declare that a 200-ton cargo of fish stolen from West Africa is illegal, when they receive official confirmation from Guinea - following six days of Greenpeace occupation and several hours of diplomatic...
The Philippine Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) apprehended a 42-ton Taiwanese vessel while allegedly poaching and operating long-line tuna fishing within the country’s territorial waters at Palanan Point...
There is a $500 reward for returning implanted archival tuna tags from Atlantic bluefin tuna. A team of U.S. scientists from the University of New Hampshire, Virginia Institute of Marine Science and Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, along...
A dispute between Japan and China over maritime economic zones has seen Japanese fishing boats being turned away from alleged gas-rich waters. This has prompted Japanese authorities to express concerns over a possible violation of Japan’s sovereign...
A $1 million Federal government grant aims to develop a year-long supply of fish for overseas markets.Australian Minister for Fisheries senator Eric Abetz announced $30 million would be invested in the fishing industry throughout the country, with...
The central coastal Phu Yen Province is planning to build a US$5 million tuna processing port funded by Japan’s non-refundable assistance fund, facilitating export services.A Japanese international consult company has completed design of a tuna...
U.S. based Health magazine today announced that StarKist Tuna Fillets(TM) is a winner in the 2006 “Best in Foods†Awards. Reeling in the accolades - StarKist Tuna Fillets is among 25 of the best foods of the year that will be featured in the...
Rather than focus on quick relief measures, the government should devise longer-range strategies to tackle oil price-related issues while leaving the private sector to adjust to the new energy environment, corporate leaders said earlier this...
More than half of the estimated 300 fishing trawlers based in the southern resort province of Phuket have been forced to stay in port, moored and out-of-action, due to surge in oil prices, Phuket Fishery Association President Somyos Vongbunyakul...
