The depleting stocks of tuna fish as well as the under-performance of the traditional sector caused a decline in the seafood exports in the first five months of the current financial year compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.The...
Marsascala shop owners have once again claimed that they were right to say that the aquaculture project taking place off Marsascala Bay was not feasible for the designated area, despite various analyses by numerous experts.In a statement issued...
Earth Island Institute has issued a warning to fish processors, brokers, and trade offices that Singaporean trading company is apparently selling albacore tuna at below market prices that was caught in gill nets. Tuna companies approved as
Dolphin...
Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, among other major tuna fishers, have decided to begin using the global positioning system from next January to keep an eye on fishing boats trolling for tuna in the central and western Pacific Ocean, an area rich in...
Five Costa Rican fishermen stranded at sea survived on sea turtles and tuna for more than five weeks before they were rescued off the coast of El Salvador, authorities said on Wednesday.The fishermen, all but one teenagers, were rescued on Sunday by...
Connors Bros. Income whose subsidiaries market consumer food brands including Bumble Bee(R), Clover Leaf, Brunswick last week announced the promotion of Ron Schindler to Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Canada and International.Mr....
A 206.6 kilogram Bluefin tuna caught off Aomori Prefecture was sold for Yen 4.13 million (USD 36,500) Friday in the year's first auction at Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market, a relatively low price amid growing concerns in Japan over higher prices due...
In 2006, NOAA Fisheries Service Office for Law Enforcement received $15.8 million from Congress for the agency’s Cooperative Enforcement Program.
This funding was allocated to 22 states and three territories through multiple joint enforcement...
Philippine Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap has lauded the impending passage of a proposed law legalizing handline fishing in international waters, a measure that would further spur the growth of the US$ 33-million local tuna industry.The law, which...
On December 26, 2006, the director of food products for the Okuwa Supermarket Corporation, Mr. Yasunari Kanki, banned the sale of all dolphin meat in all of their stores. The ban is now permanent, according to a statement from Okuwa:
“We have...
The Peruvian Minister of Production (Produce), Mr. Rafael Rey, announced that he will hold a meeting with the Economic Commission of the Peruvian Congress in order to debate and approve a law that will grant benefits to the foreign boats discharging...
A lot of countries depend on tuna fish. But are we fishing it sustainably? To attempt to provide answers to this vital question, a major tagging project is underway in the Indian Ocean. It involves tagging tens of thousands of fish,...
After years of protection from the likes of Tom DeLay and Jack Abramoff, employers on the Northern Mariana Islands would finally have to pay workers the federal minimum wage under legislation before the House this week.Democrats have long tried to...
Following dwindling profits that were less than the projected results the Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company MIFCO has decided not to renew contracts of 100 expatriate workers in the Fisheries Complex in Lhaviyani atoll Felivaru.According to...
Solomon Islands’ canned tuna will soon be on shelves in American retail outlets after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an export certificate to local tuna processing firm Soltai Fishing & Processing Company.
The Solomon Islands...
In Namibia a Spanish long-line fishing trawler captain, based in Luederitz, has been accused by the crew of another trawler of deliberately endangering their lives by allegedly dropping mooring ropes around them that caused the second boat’s...
Expansion work at the 32-hectare fishport complex in General Santos City Philippines is expected to be completed not later than March as industry players expect exports to the European Union to significantly improve this year with additional...
U.S. Republican leadership aides are accusing the Democrats of using a double standard by imposing the higher minimum wage on the Northern Mariana Islands-considered a Republican protectorate-while continuing to exempt a Democratic territory,...
Bumble Bee Foods has added packaged chicken fillets to its seafood lineup, while Chicken of the Sea is sticking with tuna as its primary product – contrasting strategies bound to keep Jessica Simpson up nights.“We aren’t moving away from tuna,†said...
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is arriving in Manila to start his two-day official visit to promote bilateral trade and look for more investment opportunities for Chinese businesses in the Philippines.Wen will meet Philippine President Arroyo in...
Preliminary 2006 catch data for the Cook Islands tuna longline industry shows the country’s northern islands fishery continues to dominate, the Cook Islands Herald reported.
Again the bulk of the catch was in the north. The season there peaked...
If American Samoa’s minimum wage is tied to U.S. federal levels, as is being proposed by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the result will “kill†the territory’s economy, says Governor Togiola Tulafono.American Samoa is currently excluded from a...
Tuna landings from western and central Pacific region were estimated to exceed 2.14 million metric tons in 2005, representing a new record for the fishery that has seen the total catch of skipjack, yellowfin and bigeye tuna close to 2 million...
Nearly 1,000 fishing ships cannot enter and exit the fishing port of Ward 6 in Phu Yen Province’s Tuy Hoa City – the biggest fish port for tuna trade in the central coastal region. The blockage is due to recent rough seas that caused the Da Rang...
The Bank of Thailand deliberately created “uncertainty†in the foreign exchange market to drive out speculators from Japan and the U.S. when it imposed curbs on investment, Governor Tarisa Watanagase said. The bank also acted on prompting calls for...
Wild Planet Inc., the provider of the safest canned albacore tuna on the market, announces that organic and natural foods distributor Tree of Life, Inc. will begin distributing its all-natural low-mercury canned tuna and salmon products to...
A large group of nations whose fishing fleets regularly ply the waters of the Mediterranean have agreed upon a series of new measures aimed at conserving the region's fish stocks, FAO said yesterday.The measures were adopted during the annual...
Connors Bros. Ltd, (“Connorsâ€) a subsidiary of Connors Bros. Income Fund recently finalized funding of its 10% investment in Thai tuna processor, Sea Value Company Ltd., completing the agreement previously announced in May 2006.Related to this...
Two Simon’s Town fishermen whose boat sank off Cape Point before dawn on Wednesday were rescued after an eight-hour ordeal on a lifeboat when the crew of another fishing vessel, who had spotted their flares, came to their aid. The tuna fishing...
Two international fishing industry groups called for limits to tuna catches Wednesday to stop the population of the fish from deteriorating due to overfishing.The two organizations, each representing longline and seine fishing operators worldwide,...
Toxin levels in Irish fresh and processed fish are “well below†legal limits and are unlikely to present a risk human heath, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) said last week. Of all products tested from those collected for analysis during...
Tuna are fast disappearing, with important stocks at high risk of commercial extinction due to weak management, warns a WWF briefing ahead of the first meeting of government members of the world’s five tuna management organizations.Despite efforts...
The fishing industries and governments of some 80 countries and regions will gather this week in Kobe to look at ways to combat decreasing tuna stocks, which are increasingly falling prey to overfishing around the world.Japan, the world’s largest...
Chicken of the Sea International has send out a press release to all major US newspapers in which it states that it has called on tuna suppliers to suspend business practices with Far Ocean Sea Products of Singapore on Jan. 17, citing concerns about...
Illegal fishing has critically depleted global stocks of tuna and some species are at high risk of commercial extinction, environmental group WWF said on Monday.
WWF, formerly known as both the World Wildlife Fund and the Worldwide Fund for Nature,...
The Papua New Guinea National Fisheries Authority (NFA) will carry out new initiatives this year to further develop the tuna sector.Fisheries Minister Ben Semri said last Friday there were ongoing development initiatives underway.“I recognize that...
In a report with heavy implications for tuna canning nations like Thailand, the Worldwide Fund for Nature (known as WWF) said this morning that tuna are fast disappearing from the world’s oceans as governments “turn a blind eye†to illegal fishing...
International fisheries officials are expected to push for a global tracking system that would certify the origin of every tuna headed to market at an unprecedented conference that convenes this week, to reverse a sharp decline in tuna catches.
The...
Earth Island Institute extends hearty congratulations to Soltai and Trimarine for the expansion of dolphin safe tuna exports to the USA.The USA consumer is very knowledgeable of what the dolphin safe logo stands for on canned tuna.Earth Island is...
As representatives from the five commissions controlling global tuna fishing meet for a week of talks on the future of tuna stocks, BirdLife International and the RSPB (BirdLife in the UK) have warned that the fate of the world’s albatrosses rest...
Commercial fishermen from Massachusetts and Maine headed to Washington, D.C., yesterday to convince members of Congress that more observers are needed aboard midwater herring trawlers to monitor how many and what types of fish they catch.They plan...
President Alan Garcia announced on Monday that Peru’s fishing industry will receive a promotional boost, including the passing of preferential bills, for increasing exports of tuna, mackerel, anchovies, and scad (in Spanish: jurel).Garcia welcomed...
othing highlights Japan’s insatiable hunger for tuna like the fish aisle at a supermarket - brick-size chucks of savory red meat, trays of delicately sliced sashimi and shelf-loads of sushi rolls.
Prized bluefin specimens the size of grown men,...
Leading North American seafood and shelf-stable foods brand, Bumble Bee(R), is launching new Easy Peel Sensations(TM) Seasoned Tuna Medleys - low-calorie five-ounce size medleys of lightly marinated, seasoned light tuna packed in convenient...
Five international tuna conservation bodies agreed in principle Thursday to hold their next joint meeting in 2009 with the European Union expressing its intention to host the conference to discuss measures for sustainable use of stocks of the...
The Indian Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) is making concerted efforts to boost the export potential of the hitherto untapped Tuna fish. The nodal body to promote the export of seafood from India is eyeing tuna-centric markets...
International efforts to realize sustainable use of tuna stocks showed a crack Wednesday as developing countries hesitated to cut the number of large-sized fishing vessels, a plan supported by Japan and some other developed economies.Japan, Taiwan...
Five international tuna conservation groups meeting in Kobe, western Japan, have adopted a plan for protecting global stocks of the fish, a popular staple of sushi cuisine whose numbers are dwindling.The plan calls for standardization of fishing...
Government members of the world’s five tuna regional management organizations, meeting this week in Japan, have failed to agree an action plan to help reverse the decline in tuna stocks and stop the plundering of these valuable species, says WWF,...
Longline fishing for tuna and swordfish has been banned during daylight hours after 51 albatross were killed by just one boat using the method late last year. The endangered species dives for fish only during the day.
As a result of the incident,...
Aside from tuna canneries, the local tuna industry is being pumped up by the mushrooming of entrepreneurs engaged in the processing of various tuna value-added products. Years ago, the processing of tuna meat into as many as 20 variations now...
Coast Guard enforcement officers this week boarded a longline fishing boat caught fishing inside the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Monument.A Coast Guard C-130 aircraft from Barbers Point, during a routine surveillance mission,...
San Diego’s Chicken of the Sea is caught in the political churning on Capitol Hill over whether American Samoa and the tuna industry that dominates the island should be required to impose a minimum wage that could double the average wage there...
As the European Commission continues contemplating to what extent it is to cut the tuna quotas for Maltese fishermen, Malta has signed on to a number of measures recommended in November by the International Commission for the Conservation of...
Amid claims that mining companies are poaching workers by offering them $10,000 a year more than they earn in the aquaculture industry, Hagen Stehr, who runs Clean Seas, said he had no choice but to employ foreign staff.He has taken on four...
International regulators adopted a plan Friday aimed at slowing the decline in global tuna stocks by reining in illegal fishing, controlling the growth of fleets and sharing data on stock assessments. But the meeting in Kobe also highlighted some of...
The American council of Science presented its 2006 Top ten of unfounded health scares: tuna takes fourth position.
The Scare: “Mercury in Tuna: New Safety Concerns.†This was the title of the recent Consumer Reports article that sparked the latest...
The Papua New Guinea Government has been urged to reduce the current duty on smoked tuna being imported by Japan.A Japanese marketing researcher said with the present 7% import duty imposed on imported PNG smoke tuna, it won’t be able to compete...
Conservationists say the Australian Federal Government is not doing enough to reduce over-fishing.The Bureau of Rural Science says 24 species are overfished in Australian waters, and they are not sure about the state of another 40.The Government...
So, the House of Representatives has passed its Federal Minimum Wage Act as one of its “first 100 hours priorities,†per the new Speaker, Nancy Pelosi.But it turns out that the “raise†for all Americans contains two exemptions.One is for the...
South Australia’s tuna industry wants governments to help it plan for an exodus of employees to the mining industry.The mining boom is being blamed for a labor shortage in the aquaculture industry with one aquaculture operation saying it has no...
ICCAT, the international body promoting the conservation of bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean began a three-day meeting Monday in Tokyo to decide on 2007-2010 catch quotas for its member economies.The gathering of the...
Written by Yoshikuni Sugiyama
Can Japanese, who have a great love for tuna, continue to enjoy tuna delicacies for years to come?A joint meeting held in Kobe by five international tuna conservation bodies last week drew a lot of attention - not...
