Early morning in the heart of the southern Sri Lankan town of Galle, it’s business as usual in the main fish market.Fish sellers call out to prospective customers to take a close look at the fresh catch laid out on stone blocks – tuna, lobster,...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will investigate reports that some canned tuna sold in the United States may contain species with potentially dangerous levels of mercury, a top agency official told the Chicago Tribune in an article on...
A 191-kilogram bluefin tuna fetched 3.82 million yen ($32,800) in the first auction at Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market on Thursday morning as food wholesale markets opened for business for the New Year across Japan.This year’s highest successful...
A team of technical inspectors from the European Union (EU) are set to inspect various facilities of tuna producers and processors in the Philippines to ensure their compliance with international quality standards.Santiago Martinez, manager of the...
Clean Seas Tuna Limited has received construction approval for tuna breeding infrastructure at its Arno Bay Hatchery.The company has received construction approval for its in-ground tanks for the southern bluefin tuna hatchery breeding...
In the US “The Daily Press†published the following story:StarKist Tuna Fillets. Albacore Lemon & Cracked Pepper, Light Meat Lightly Seasoned and Light Meat Teriyaki. $2.49 to $2.89 per 5-ounce pouch.Bonnie: I tested these new StarKist Tuna...
The U.S. Tuna Foundation challenged news reports about the use of yellowfin in canned tuna, stating that all tuna species in canned light tuna contain mercury levels that are very low and are considerably less that what the federal government...
About one hundred kilos of cocaine were seized last week by the Spanish Civil Guard in the port of Vigo. The smuggled drugs were found in a container, hidden in four bags of tuna loins transported by the Norwegian ship Thomas Maezk.The cocaine was...
Congressman Faleomavaega Eni offers suggestions how American Samoa should address the continued problem of Chinese fishermen who get stranded in American Samoa because boat owners do not pay them.In late September into early October, several Chinese...
Malaysian marine police have detained seven Indonesian fishermen for encroaching in Malaysian waters off the eastern Perak state, official media said Monday.The seven men, aged between 16 and 65 and riding in two boats, were detained Saturday after...
A four-nation commission reportedly wants the southern Bluefin tuna catch to be cut by half next year to protect the endangered species.Japanese news sources said a report by the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna warned that...
Researchers left for their second trip to the Great Australian Bight for the season on Sunday with the mission of tagging over 5000 southern bluefin tuna.The tagging is conducted by CSIRO scientists for the Commission for the Conservation of...
The Australian southern bluefin tuna industry says massive amounts of illegal fishing prove that fish stocks are stronger than official estimates suggest.The annual international quota for tuna is 15,000 tons, but it is estimated that 40,000 tons...
The price of premium tuna dishes will likely rise under an international commission’s recommendation to halve the catch of southern bluefin tuna in 2007 to prevent the depletion of the species.The Canberra-based Commission for the Conservation of...
Antonio Munoz Martin looks across the harbor of this once vibrant fishing port and sees the potential dangers of charity.
All along the coast, aid groups are building small boats to replace a fishing fleet that was largely destroyed by the...
An approximately two billion French Pacific franc (US$20.85 million/€16.8 million) tuna breeding farm project for the Tuamotu atoll of Hao appears to be on the right track, indicated Hao Mayor Temauri Foster to Tahiti news sources.Foster based his...
Massive illegal fishing of southern bluefin tuna has been discovered in international waters.Federal authorities believe that about 40,000 tons of southern bluefin tuna is ending up on the Japanese market each year, while the annual international...
An Australian court is about to decide whether the bluefin tuna or the $300 million industry it supports is to face extinction.The Federal Government has been taken to court by an environmental group, Humane Society International, over a decision to...
Local tuna industry players vowed to insist on carrying the Philippine flag on their fishing vessels in the wake of Indonesia’s insistence to re-flag them if tuna producers are to fish in Indonesian waters.But newly appointed Philippine ambassador...
MMP International, a canned tuna and seafood processor based in Thailand, recently reported an increase in sales and production of 73% in only its first nine months of operation in their new production facility. Managing Director, Mr. Nontapong...
New Zealand East Coast fishermen are supporting a NZ Ministry of Fisheries (MFish) plan to add albacore tuna to the quota management system.Robin Hapi, CEO of Aotearoa Fisheries Ltd, which owns Moana Pacific Fisheries Ltd in Napier, said the company...
The tuna vessels own by the Spanish Calvo Group in El Salvador have been revised and confirmed to meet all the regulations to protect and avoid the death of marine turtles. The Calvo Group Operation Manager, Mr. Miguel Angel Penalba, reported this....
China Fishery Group Ltd. said Monday it will offer 57 million new shares at S$1.25 in its Singapore initial public offering and mainboard listing.
The Cayman Islands-incorporated company, which operates 34 trawlers in the Pacific, Atlantic and...
The Marine Products Exports Development Authority (MPEDA) has launched a new financial assistance scheme to enhance fishing industry by way of technological upgradation and modernization of marine fishing boats in the country.Under this new...
Star-Kist Samoa and COS Samoa Packing resumed production last week, as planned. Public announcements had ran advising shift supervisors and their crews to report to work as scheduled.A few of the shifts started Sunday evening while full production...
A delegation of the Venezuelan National Fishery and Aquaculture Institute (INAPESCA), supported by Venezuelan National Guard, succeeded in preventing a five-ton shipment of tuna from being processed and commercialized in the Venezuelan market. The...
Clean Seas Tuna Ltd said it was on track to achieve its objectives for this financial year.
The fish farming group’s managing director, Marcus Stehr, said the company had been working hard to ensure its business plans were implemented on time. “We...
The People’s Committee of the Vietnamese central Phu Yen Province said that they will organize its first ocean tuna festival this spring to honor offshore fishermen and advertise its specialty - ocean tuna.This will be the first folk festival held...
Something extraordinary is happening to the world's market for Japanese sliced raw tuna, or “sashimiâ€.Representatives of the Turkish tuna growing industry visited Japan at the end of last year and met with Fisheries Agency and environmental...
The Ecuadorian tuna sector is waiting for the United States to grant its tuna with duty free benefits, or heavily reduced duty rates, during the last round of negotiations for the signing of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between both countries....
In response to a request submitted by a group of about 90 representatives of the European tuna sector from Spain, Italy, France, and Portugal, the European Commission (EC) has pledged to analyze the possibility of implementing biologic bans to tuna...
Connors Bros. Income Fund announced last week that its trustees have approved a cash distribution of $0.1125 per unit for the month of January 2006 payable on February 28, 2006, to unitholders of record at the close of business on January 31, 2006....
According to a Turtle Restoration Project press release revised FDA data just released shows that ahi (bigeye tuna) is high in mercury, averaging 0.639 ppm of mercury. The highest mercury test result in ahi (bigeye tuna) exceeded the FDA’s 1.0 ppm...
Europe’s fish stocks will remain under serious threat of extinction unless EU member states step up their efforts to police the fisheries sector.
This was the stark warning from the European commission on Thursday following the publication of its...
Underscoring the safety of canned tuna for all Americans, new findings from the government's food safety agency -- the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) -- confirm that canned tuna contains mercury levels that are very low and are considerably...
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council in Honolulu concluded yesterday a four-day Ecosystem Social Science Workshop involving more than three dozen experts from the United States, Australia and the Pacific islands. The social...
The European Union is currently evaluating if the Philippines’ smoked tuna products will be given the chance to reenter the European market after these were banned some years back because of some concerns over their safety.
Ambassador Jan De Kok,...
The European Commission Council of Ministers ratified the ruling made by the European Parliament on the adoption in the Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program (AIDCP) throughout the European Union (EU) territory.The Mexican...
The Spanish Calvo Group inaugurated, yesterday Wednesday 25th January, a new tuna canning factory in the port of La Union, in the East of El Salvador, a strategic point off the Pacific Ocean. Calvo presence in this country commenced four years ago...
Revenue for fishermen last year increased by 36 per cent, an increase of more than Lm651,000, the National Statistics Office said yesterday.In the last quarter of 2005 revenue for fishermen increased by 50 per cent, compared to the same period in...
Andrew Wright is the new executive director of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission. The Australian took on the leadership of the Commission in October and now operates from Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. Pacific...
The Chicago Tribune Newspaper continues to publish negative articles about mercury in tuna - here below you find the full text (atuna):
Newly released government data provide the best evidence to date that some cans of light tuna -one of...
The U.S. Tuna Foundation last week called the continuing series of reports in the Chicago Tribune irresponsible journalism designed to alarm the public about a healthy and popular food when all government studies in the U.S. and abroad confirm that...
What are the environmental implications of the proposed Chinese funded fish processing plant in Vanuatu? In the rush for easy money have we inadvertently sold out our future fish stocks?The following report from the Fiji Times provides food for...
Federal regulators said last week they have asked a federal judge to shut down a small business in Pacific Beach that sells fresh seafood to restaurants, hotels and upscale markets.In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in San Diego federal court, the U.S. Food...
Every year, Taiwanese fishing boats scoop more than 200,000 tons of tuna out of the Pacific for sale around the world. In the US$2-billion-a-year tuna industry, Taiwan, with its fleet of large, modern fishing vessels, is a force to be reckoned with....
Atuna received the below Greenpeace press release, which focuses on the battle against IUU fishing.
In a show of consumer power, Scandinavian frozen food giant Findus has agreed to stop selling illegally caught fish. The people at Findus immediately...
A high level training program for canned food with low acidity took place earlier this month in Manta, Ecuador. The program finalized last Friday, January 20th.
Four technicians of the US Office for Food and Drugs (FDA) trained and prepared 70...
The Chief Executive of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), Mr. Rupert Howes, an independent non-profit organization set up to promote solutions to the problem of overfishing, welcomed the recent announcement by Wal-Mart that the company is...
The General Secretariat of Maritime Fisheries from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) has clarified that offences against the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) mentioned in a report released by the European Commission (EC) referred...
Fisheries Minister Abdullah Kamaluddeen (AK) submitted to the demands of angry fishermen on Monday who had impounded the Ministry’s reefer vessel in Addu in protest at the government’s persistent inability to purchase their catch. Fishermen were...
Cyclone Jim is still tracking across New Caledonia and is also affecting Vanuatu and Solomon Islands.Fiji's Cyclone Warning Centre reports Jim is moving southeast at about 37 kilometers an hour.It has sustained winds of almost 150 kilometers an...
Conserving and regulating yellowfin and bigeye tuna will be a topic of discussion when the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries executive director visits Papua New Guinea this week. PNG has now about 200 tuna vessels operating in its waters....
An agreement reached between European Union and the Tanzanian government to allow maximum of 39 European tuna seiners the right to fish in exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of Tanzania waters of the Indian Ocean in exchange for financial support has...
