Visiting Spanish Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Elena Espinosa has expressed her government's willingness to boost bilateral cooperation with Angola and promote negotiations for a new fishing accord between the European Union (EU) and this...
Thousands of workers in the fishing industry face a year of uncertainty as more companies are resorting to drastic measures of closure and retrenchment because of financial difficulties.
The latest announcement of a factory closure came from Blue...
A bluefin tuna caught in the sea off Aomori Prefecture was sold for 5.85 million yen at the year's first auction Wednesday at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market, far less than the record high 20.2 million yen fetched in 2001. The 234-kilogram tuna...
Port Lincoln's tuna industry is cautiously optimistic about the new season. There are reports of top quality fish coming back to port, but many are mindful of last season's poor prices in Japan.
Four companies took advantage of the early...
A fortuitous decision to change route led the vessel Hoom Xiang 8 to Banda Aceh tsunami survivor Malawati, who had been floating in the Indian Ocean for five days. Ooi Wee Seong, marketing manager of Hoom Xiang Industries Sdn Bhd, which owns the...
Thailand’s Deputy Agriculture Minister Newin Chidchob said the ministry expects to pay compensation to large and small-scale fishing operators soon.
About 4,200 fishing trawlers sank after tidal waves struck the Andaman shoreline on Dec 26. About...
The first tuna are back in the cages in Spencer Gulf meaning a return to a daily routine for the hundreds of workers that rely on tuna farming.
MG Kailis Tuna once again was the first company back with general manager John Isle more than happy with...
The following article was recently published in the UK press by The Scotsman on the issue of dolphin safe:
Labeling Hides Risk To Rare Sea-life From New Fishing Methods Canned and fresh tuna sold in supermarkets under the “dolphin-friendly†label...
The non-ratification by the Senate of a fisheries convention governing the tuna-rich Pacific fishing grounds has put the Philippines in a “disadvantageous†position in the newly established tuna commission in the Pacific as the country was merely...
Continuous warnings from environmental groups on the effects of global warming have constantly fallen on deaf ears. Then as the world settled after Christmas Day celebrations, an earthquake measuring 8.9 to 9.0 on the Richter scale rocked Asia....
Much of the hardest work is still to come. But after more than seven years of tough and often tense negotiations, Pacific Island and Pacific Rim nations meeting in Pohnpei in early December officially launched the Western and Central Pacific...
Sri Lanka’s devastated fishermen sent a shipment of fish to the president as they pleaded with people to resume eating seafood, such as tuna, the wake of the Asian tsunami disaster.
At the southern fishing village of Mirissa, where around 300 boats...
Tuna industry players in General Santos, The Philippines have endorsed the proposed zoning of the Sarangani Bay in a bid to properly establish a system on the management and use of its waters and the coastal areas. Most canneries are located along...
Murcian fishermen hope that their conflicts with Valencia and Catalonia regarding purse-seining of bluefin tuna will be resolved before the end of the tuna fishing ban in the Mediterranean.
Catalonia’s recent proposal is now to limit each Spanish...
Canned food products are one of the most stolen items in supermarkets, due to its size and characteristics it is an easy target for theft. Canning producers affirm this fact. Such as other attractive items such as CD’s, books and cosmetics, canned...
Researchers were due to leave for the Great Australian Bight last Thursday night with the mission of tagging several thousand southern bluefin tuna.
The tagging is part of ongoing monitoring of tuna stocks undertaken by the Commission for the...
Two Spanish companies plan to build large clusters of windmills in the sea just off this stretch of Spain's southern shore, a gritty place of sand dunes, lagoons and sharp brown reefs. With about 400 offshore turbines, they want to capture the...
The Western Australian Government says it will investigate concerns raised by a peak fishing body over the Conservation Council's involvement with the MG Kailis proposed tuna farm off the Esperance coast.
The Western Australian Fishing Industry...
Recently atuna.com published the article: "Unpalatable Truth Behind the 'Dolphin Friendly’ Tuna in Our Shopsâ€, which was written by Mr. Charles Clover and published originally in the Scotsman on Jan 3rd 2005. Mr. Mark Palmer of the Earth Island...
The U.S. Tuna Foundation (USTF) today said that the updated Dietary Guidelines for Americans issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will help to underscore the important health...
Shemen Industries Ltd. (TASE:SHMN) is about to acquire Remedia from Heinz (NYSE:HNZ) and Moshe Miller for NIS 20 million. Heinz owns 51% of Remedia, and Heinz Remedia founder Moshe Miller owns the other 49%. The deal will not include Food d’or Trade...
The Spanish Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has put a stop to the tuna fattening activities in the cages of the tuna farms located on the Canary Island of Lanzarote.
According to the Delegate of Popular Party (PP) for Las Palmas de Gran...
A Kaohsiung-based fishing company said Sunday that its tuna fishing boat “Tongyi No. 668â€, which was reported missing Jan. 12, is probably on its way to Indonesia or Singapore.
Based on information from the ship's satellite locator, the fishing...
Full production at the two canneries resumed last week, with StarKist Samoa on Monday and COS Samoa Packing after their annual two-week shutdown for the Christmas holiday. During the downtime, both companies underwent annual maintenance checks and...
Connors Bros. Income Fund last week completed its previously announced issuance of 6,420,750 Units (including 305,750 Units issued pursuant to the exercise in full of an over-allotment option granted by the Fund) to a syndicate of investment dealers...
The tsunami waves have had a devastating impact on the fisheries sector and aquaculture infrastructure in many countries of the Indian Ocean, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization’s latest impact audit.
In Sri Lanka, more than...
Namibia’s Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources has expressed concern over the state of the fishing industry. Last year ended with news of retrenchments and 2005 started with more news of Namibian factories closing down.
A statement issued by...
The European Commission (EC) and the EU countries debated last week on the possibility of increasing the import quotas of processed tuna from Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia to help to the countries damaged by the tsunami, reported...
The Galician tuna sector woke up to their worst nightmare. While Spain was asleep, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Miguel Angel Moratinos, informed Prime Minister of Thailand, Mr. Thaksin Shinawatra, about the disposition of the Spanish Government...
The European Union (EU) will study the possibility of transferring the communitarian vessels, which are assigned to be scrapped, to Asian countries affected by the tsunami as an aid for their fishing fleets, of which many targeted tuna.
This was...
The government has asked the United States and the European Union (EU) for import duty facility on its tuna fish and shrimp.
Director General for Capacity Expansion and Marketing at the Maritime and Fisheries Ministry Sumpeno Putro said the United...
On his return from a four-day visit to Spain, Commissioner Joe Borg, responsible for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, in response to questions on the proposed European Fisheries Fund for the 2007-2013 periods, said that aid would be available for...
After consulting EU member states and meeting with representatives of Asian nations, the EU commission has decided not to increase the single duty quota for Asian canned tuna. Thai companies had requested an increase of the quota due to the Tsunami,...
At least thirty percent of Fiji’s oceans and coastal waters (qoliqoli) will become marine protected areas by 2020. That’s one of the many commitments made by Fiji at the International meeting of Small Island Developing States currently underway in...
The demand of sardine for tuna farms in Mexico has enabled the sardine fleet of Ensenada to continue operating on a permanent basis to keep up the supply. It has also reactivated the supply of sardines and other pelagic species like mackerel and...
The Ecuadorian tuna sector was offered a new alternative by the United States, which would allow a rapid rebate for tuna fished by Ecuador-flagged vessels. So any tuna caught by vessels carrying flags from countries such as the United States,...
A total of 128,000 tons have been caught by the Mexican tuna fleet during last year, according to the final figures released by the Tuna Exploitation and Dolphin Safe National Program in Mexico and as informed by the President of the Fishing Chamber...
Thai Union Frozen Products PCL (TUF.TH), the world's second-largest canned tuna producer, projects both revenue and net profit in 2005 to surge more than 15% in dollar terms, thanks to lower production costs and increased demand for shrimp...
He still fears the sea, but Rupasingo Rodrigo has finally resumed fishing.
Almost a month after tsunami hit the shores of Sri Lanka killing over 38,000 people, many of the devastated fishermen are beginning to stir again. Rodrigo was the captain of...
Nigeria Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR), says there are a lot of investment opportunities in fish industry in the country. The potential for off-shore tuna catches along the Nigerian coast is estimated at about 10,000 M/T....
The Spanish Popular Party (PP) asked the country’s President, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, to reprimand the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Miguel Angel Moratinos, for his proposal to open the European market to Asian tuna products. Mr. Moratinos had...
BREAKING NEWSLast Friday, January 21st the 25 member states of the European Union agreed to support the EU Commission proposal to reduce the duty for canned tuna from Thailand and Indonesia from 24% to 20,5 % starting April 1st 2005. The reason for...
The 25 members of the European Union agreed to anticipate the duty reduction for the Asian countries affected by the Tsunamis. Therefore, since last Friday, January 21st, Thailand has a clear opening to place its canned products in the European...
The Malaysian police are making arrangements through Wisma Putra to hand over to the Taiwanese Government the crew of a Taiwanese tuna boat who mutinied against their captain. The crew of the Taiwanese boat also included three Dutchmen.
Malaysian...
Thanks to globalization and lack of infrastructure, there has been a sharp reversal of fortunes for Kerala that for long had a vibrant presence in India’s seafood export. With a coastline of 580 km, Kerala has 121 registered fish processing units,...
A delegation from the Albacora Tuna Fishing Group recently visited the Ecuadorian Embassy in Spain. The delegation consisted of Mr. Ignacio Saenz de Ibarra, Delegate Advisor and Mr. Joaquin Gomez Villegas Director of the Albacora Group. The purpose...
According to Spanish press reports the Spanish canning industries are on the alert due to the duty reductions on Thai tuna. Thailand is the first tuna producer and exporter world-wide and its products will saturate the European Market. Spanish tuna...
A delegation from the European Union (EU) arrived over the weekend to resume talks with the Angolan government on renewing an accord allowing some 67 European boats to fish tuna and other species in Angolan waters.
This is second EU attempt to find...
A high-level foreign affairs delegation from the Philippines left for Palau last Saturday to ink a pact on a tuna fisheries cooperation between the two countries this week, according to sources in the local fishing industry.
The Philippine tuna...
The European Union agreed Monday to send decommissioned tuna fishing boats to Asian countries hit by the devastating tsunami to help in the reconstruction of local communities.
EU fisheries ministers cleared a scheme to compensate European...
Bringing nearly 30 years’ food industry experience with him, including leadership positions at Ruiz Food Products, Anheuser-Bush and Nestle, John Signorino begins his newest role as president and CEO of Chicken of the Sea International, the company...
FMC FoodTech introducing TwinTecÔ, SeamTecÔ and SuperAgiÔ at the Interpack 2005 Fair, in Hall 6 – stand D68.
With TwinTecÔ FMC FoodTech are the first in the industry to integrate the filling and seaming operation in one single machine. The...
After 52 years of building tuna purse seiners, trawlers, tugboats and other vessels on the Lake Washington Ship Canal in Seattle, Peter Schmidt has decided to relinquish the helm. However the company will continue building tuna purse seiners and...
The Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) is confident of increased supply of tuna for the manufacture and processing of tuna products with an improved port facility that could accommodate bigger local and international fishing vessels...
Indian Seafood exporters have welcomed the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with Thailand which should see tax-free import of tuna and other fish into the country mainly for reprocessing and export, making the industry work to its full capacity....
Eighteen mainland Chinese deckhands who commandeered a Kaohsiung-based tuna fishing boat in mid-January took control of the vessel again Tuesday after negotiations over severance pay with the Taiwan company that owns the boat were broken off. A...
Spanish companies dedicated to vessel scrapping are glad to hear that the French-Spanish proposal to donate to Tsunami-hit Southern Asian fishermen with the used vessels that were going to be scrapped, only concerns artisan boats with a maximum...
Panama could become an exporter of farmed tuna thanks to the experienced obtained in the laboratory of Alchotines in Pedasi, where they are cultivating tuna and other species.
The Panamanian Marine Authority signed a cooperation agreement on...
The PNG National Fisheries Authority plans to draw up a new model aimed at energizing Papua New Guinea's domestic tuna fishing industry.
NFA is looking for consultants to undertake a study into reviewing the cost structure and building sustained...
The Spanish Group Albacora, one of the most important in the tuna business worldwide, recently visited Ecuador. The group has already invested USD 36 million through their Ecuadorian company Salica, located in Posorja. Once this project is...
