Jan / 2012

US Samoa Shipyard Services First Purse Seiner

Source: Samoa NewsThe ASG Shipyard Service Authority has reached another milestone in its accomplishments for the government owned facility, with its first purse seiner vessel last week on the slipway for repairs at the Ronald Reagan Marine Railway...

Higher Catches Of Baby Bluefin Should Boost Return Tuna Farms

Source: Adelaide NowTony’s Tuna general manager off the coast of Port LincolnPort Lincoln is to enjoy a new era of prosperity within four years, the tuna industry predicts.It expects up to 1500 new jobs and the doubling of turnover to $400 million...

Guam To Host Re-Scheduled WCPFC Meeting In March

The annual meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission has been shifted to Guam after a fire in November at Palau’s main power plant. Palau was due to host the meeting at the beginning of this month but after the fire forced...

EU Pays Seychelles Euro 107 Per MT For Tuna Fishing In EEZ

Seychelles has received the 2011 contribution from the European Union (EU) worth Euros 5,600,000 a year as part of the Fishery Partnership Agreement, which allows 21 European purse seiners to operate in our Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).It is the...

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2012: “Tuna Fisheries Must Make Short-Term Sacrifices”

Less bigeye, yellowfin, albacore should be caughtSource: IPSMarine biologist María José Juan Jordá at the Honolulu Fish AuctionFor the last ten years, environmentalists and marine biologists have repeatedly warned that the world’s tuna populations,...

Lawsuit Filed To Stop Increase U.S. Bluefin Tuna Quota

Source: Center fior Biological DiversityThe Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service challenging a new rule that expands overfishing of highly imperiled Atlantic bluefin tuna. The lawsuit seeks to...

Deeper Water For Port Lincoln Tuna Farms

Source: Stock JournalPort Lincoln tuna companies will continue to farm further offshore after southern bluefin tuna cages have been successfully trialed in deeper water.Sarin Marine Farm will farm further offshore for the third year in a row, while...

India Wants To Launch More Mini Tuna Longliners

Source: Business StandardThe government of the Indian state Tamil Nadu has sought an assistance of Rs 10 crore (almost USD 1,9 million) every year to take up dredging of fishing harbors and bar mouths.In a memorandum submitted to Indian Prime...

Overfishing Threat To Future Taiwanese Fishing Fleet

Source: UPIOcean ecology surrounding Taiwan is threatened by overfishing, a new report warns.The Taiwan Environmental Information Association report, which says the reduced presence of sea life shows that all isn’t well with the local marine...

South Korea Sea Attack Teams To Stop Chinese IUU Vessels

Source: Australia Network NewsSouth Korea says it will use armed military special forces to spearhead its battle against illegal fishing, following the murder of a coastguard officer by a Chinese boat captain.The coastguard was stabbed to death and...

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‘El Niño’ Causes A 14 Pct Drop In Tuna Population

Source: NotimexA study by a team of scientists from the Center for Atmospheric Science (CCA) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) revealed that the dynamics of the tuna stocks is linked to the oceanic phenomena El Niño and La Niña...

“Decline Of Tuna Catch Caused By Climate Change”

Source: SunStarThe decline in tuna catch worldwide for the last three years is attributed to climate change and other environmental factors, a Philippine official said Monday.Mario Malinao, port manager of the Davao City Fish Port Complex (DCFPC)...

Cook’s Fishermen Want Taiwan Tuna Deal Stopped

Source: ABC Radio AustraliaA Cook Islands fishing company has called on Greenpeace to help them fight for survival, after Cook Islands government issued fishing licenses to 17 foreign vessels.The Taiwanese fishing boats will target tuna and...

Record Breaking Longtail Tuna Caught

Source: Fraser Coast ChronicleA record breaking longtail or tongol tuna has highlighted the lure of sports fishing for tourism.Mark Weeks was visiting the Fraser Coast from Tokyo when he went fly-fishing with Mark Bargenquast this week.On a 16-pound...

EU Seiners Off Africa Blamed For Loss Yellowfin Catches In USA

Source: The Post and CourierAn ocean is just a big fish bowl for a restless swimmer like a yellowfin tuna.They’re known to follow the Gulf Stream all along the East Coast and cross the ocean as juveniles. So it’s not unheard of that a yellowfin...

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Southern Bluefin: Best Start Of Season In Decades

Source: ABCTuna fishers say they have had the best start to a season in decades.The first load of tuna has been towed into Port Lincoln and weighs 500 tons. This is part of the 4,500 tons quota.Brian Jeffriess from the Australian Tuna Association...

Clean Seas Tuna Appoints Foster As New CEO

Source: Herald SunDr. Foster’s appointment followed an extensive global search to find a CEO to lead Clean Seas into the next phase of its Southern Bluefin Tuna and Kingfish breeding operations, the South Australia-based company said.Dr. Foster has...

Costa Ricans Want Seiners That Use FADs Banned From EEZ

Source: Tico TimesRecently a boat out of Los Sueños, Costa Rica on the central Pacific coast stumbled across a strange floating object that had a satellite antenna attached to it. Below it, going down several meters, was what looked like a line with...

Profitability Fattening Baby Southern Bluefin Not So Sure

Source: Port Lincoln TimesTony’s Tuna International is trialing a new project that will see southern bluefin tuna grown out for 18 months instead of the traditional six.The project, which began last year, will see fish caught in November weighing...

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Three-Quarters Of A Million Dollars For One Bluefin

New record for Tsukiji first auction of the yearThis tuna is worth savoring: It cost nearly three-quarters of a million dollars.Deep-pocketed sushi restaurateur Kiyoshi Kimura shelled out USD 736,000 on a single tuna fish at Japan’s Tsukiji fish...

Reel Fish Launches Maldives Pole And Line At Major UK Multiples

Source: Flintshire ChronicleIn the UK, a Chester business duo are toasting their success after their own range of sustainable tuna products hit UK supermarkets.When Bryn Scadeng and Angela Fitzpatrick first met, they were both working for John West...

Media To Blame For Bluefin Tuna Price Hype

Source: FishNewsEUThe media are largely responsible for the “popular misconception” that catching bluefin tuna is like winning the lottery, but nothing could be further from the truth, say The American Bluefin Tuna Association.The association say...

Rare Tuna Catch In New Zealand: Bigeye

Source: Nelson MailKeen Nelson fisherman Craig Bartlett knew something different was going on when he hooked a fish close to the Boulder Bank last week – “the rod went like nothing else has taken it before”. A fierce fight and about 10 minutes...

Clean Seas Tuna Begins Tuna Spawning Season Early In 2012

Source: Proactive InvestorsClean Seas Tuna (ASX: CSS) has begun spawning from its Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) broodstock earlier than last year’s spawn start at its specialized hatchery at Arno Bay on the Spencer Gulf, South Australia.The earlier...

Mercury Levels In Antarctica Raise Worries For Tuna

Source: 9NewsAlbatrosses in the Southern Ocean have led scientists to flag a possible future problem with high levels of toxic mercury in tuna and other fish caught for human consumption.Southern Ocean mercury levels are being studied by scientists...

First Time In 4 Years Record Price Bluefin Not Going To China

Source: South China Morning PostSushi-Zanmai president Kiyoshi Kimura (left) holds a knife after cutting off the head of the giant bluefin tuna his company bought in TokyoA Hong Kong sushi chain bowed out of a high-profile bluefin tuna auction in...

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PNA To Launch Co-Brand PACIFICAL To Market MSC Skipjack Globally

Source: PNA Office, Opinion of Dr. Transform Aqorau – Director PNAOThis date, 9 January 2012, is a historic one for the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) and for our Pacific region. In gaining a globally recognized eco-label, that of the Marine...

MSC Confirms: PNA Free School Skipjack Certified

Source: MSCThe PNA Western & Central Pacific skipjack tuna fishery (PNA skipjack fishery) has had its purse seine fishing operations targeting free schools of skipjack tuna certified as sustainable against the MSC environmental standard for...

U.S. To Set 2012 Catch Limits For Every Managed Species

Source: The Washington PostIn an effort to sustain commercial and recreational fishing for the next several decades, the United States this year will become the first country to impose catch limits for every species it manages, from Alaskan pollock...

How Portuguese Canned Tuna Sells In Australia

Source: DN EconomiaPortuguese cannery Cofaco, owner of the ‘Bom Petisco’ tuna brand Cofaco started 50 years ago in the Portuguese location of Vila Real de Santo Antonio, just a stone’s throw away from Spain. In just less than a year the company...

Tuna Could Help Making More Babies

Source: NewstrackA certain omega-3 fatty acid, which is present in marine fishes like salmon or tuna plays a vital role in determining male fertility, a new study has revealed.A University of Illinois study reported that docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)...

Ban On Tuna Fishing In High Sea-Pockets Extended Until March

Source: Business MirrorThe two-year ban on purse-seine tuna fishing in the Pacific Ocean high sea pockets has been extended for another three months following the deferment until March of last month’s scheduled annual meeting of the Western and...

WWF: 490 Airbuses A380 full Of MSC Skipjack Tuna

Source: WWFA skipjack tuna fishery managed by eight Pacific Island nations has been certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), a move WWF says will promote the future health of tuna stocks in the region, bring major benefits...

Tuna Sailor Missing Near American Samoa After Falling Overboard

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for an 18 year old sailor who has been missing since Monday, reports Radio New Zealand.The American Samoan fisherman missing since Sunday after falling overboard in rough seas has been identified as...

Tuna 2012 Bangkok: Tentative Program Now Available

The biggest global event in this year’s tuna calendar, to be held from 23-25 May, TUNA 2012 will bring in active participation of industry leaders, policy makers and planners, Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs) as well as NGOs....

New Harder Limits On Pacific Tuna Likely To Protect Bigeye

Source: Secretariat of the Pacific CommunityOverfishing of bigeye tuna continues in the western and central Pacific tuna fishery, the world’s biggest tuna fishery, according to the 2010 tuna fishery assessment report released this month by the...

Pew Applauds MSC Move On PNA Skipjack Tuna

Source: FishNewsEUThe Pew Environment Group has welcomed the Marine Stewardship Council’s decision to certify as sustainable the “free-school” skipjack tuna in the Pacific managed by the PNA Western and Central Pacific skipjack tuna fishery.Amanda...

Tuna, Meat Labeling Disputes Highlight WTO Control

Source: The Washington Post, by Deb LindseyYou might have missed this while you were busy taking the kids to school and preparing for the holidays, but last fall, two U.S. food labeling programs suffered serious legal setbacks that threaten to...

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PNA Speech: MSC Skipjack Enough To Serve 4 Billion Meals Yearly

The speech below was given by Mr. Maurice Brownjohn, Commercial Director of the PNA Office, at the official MSC certification ceremony for the PNA free school skipjack purse seine fishery, which was held yesterday in Fiji.At the ceremony of the...

EU Seiners Falsely Blamed For Lower U.S. Yellowfin Catches

Letter to the Editor by Dr. Michel Goujon, Director of OrthongelI would like to react to the article entitled “EU Seiners Off Africa Blamed For Loss Yellowfin Catches In USA” of January 5th, from the Post and Courier, because the content of this...

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Veteran Filmmaker: “Now All The Sharks Have Gone”

Source: ABC Radio AustraliaSomebody who can remember what the Pacific Ocean was like before the exploitation of the tuna stocks is legendary underwater filmmaker, Valerie Taylor.She’s just joined the campaign to protect Australia’s Coral Sea region...

Fishermen’s Association President Fined For Illegal Tuna Catch

Source: The Chronicle HeraldThe president of the St. Margarets Bay Tuna Fishermen’s Association was fined $25,000 Wednesday for failing to immediately tag five tuna that he caught.Robert Cecil Conrad also had to forfeit $27,483, the money Fisheries...

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Vietnamese 2011 Tuna Exports Up By 30%

Source: The FishSiteIn the first 11 months of 2011, tuna exports reached USD 343.8 million, up 29.4 percent over that of the same period of last year and accounted for 6.3 percent of the total seafood export value of Viet Nam.The Vietnam...

ISSF: Certification PNA MSC Chain Of Custody Next Challenge

Opinion to the Editor by Susan Jackson, President of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF)The markets have been eager to learn more about the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) unassociated purse seine set skipjack fishery,...

Klinge Introduces New Superfreeze Tuna Container

Source: Refrigertated TransporterAs shippers of low-temperature product will know, tests have shown that shelf life is increased when tuna is frozen to –60º C (–76º F) for storage and transport. The SDF-60 equipment offered by Norfrig/Klinge in the...

StarKist To Reposition “Charlie” In Comfort Marketing Campaign

Source: The New York TimesA campaign for StarKist tuna reworks the brand’s longtime “Sorry Charlie” theme — which StarKist began using to sell canned tuna in 1961 — to depict people saying, “Thanks Charlie” for newer products like tuna in...

Calvo Exporting Canned Tuna To 70 Countries

Grupo Calvo has reached 27 new markets between 2008 and 2011, and is now exporting canned tuna to 70 countries within five continents. Its international business net sales volume has risen to 75%, reported the company’s CEO, Javier Lazcoz, at a...

Allergen Alert: Wrong “Creamy Noodle Tuna Helper”

Source: Food Safety News Gilster-Mary Lee of Chester, of Illinois, USA is recalling about 8,376 lasagna dinners because the wrong seasoning packets may have been placed in the cartons. The recall was initiated after a Creamy Noodle Tuna Helper...

Longline Fishermen Take Tuna Marketing Into Own Hands

A group of Spanish tuna fishermen have taken to market their products themselves – and hope to launch branded fillets by June 2012, according to an article published on Intrafish.In 2003, a group of fishing vessels operators from the Galicia region...

42,000 Years Old Tuna Hooks Made From Snail Shells

Source: ReutersFish hooks and fishbones dating back 42,000 years found in a cave in East Timor suggest that humans were capable of skilled, deep-sea fishing 30,000 years earlier than previously thought, researchers in Australia and Japan said on...

Very Low Catches Could Kill Yemen’s Tuna Canning Industry

Overfishing and lack of monitoring cause depletion of stocks Source: Gulf NewsThe shrinking fish industry, which is the backbone of the country’s economy, has dented factory revenues across Yemen and company chiefs say they will eventually be forced...

Faulty Seams Led To Canned Tuna Recall Of Quinault Tribe Product

Source: The Seattle TimesThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration says almost 27,000 cans of fish processed at a Quinault Nation plant were recalled last spring because lab tests showed that faulty seals and cooking irregularities allowed dangerous...

“Wicked Tuna” Soon To Be Shown On National Geographic

Source: Los Angeles TimesNational Geographic Channel is betting on tuna to boost ratings“Wicked Tuna,” a new series from the cable network -which is part of a joint venture between Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and the National Geographic Society-...

U.S. Tuna Treaty Negotiations Now Time Critical

If Pacific Islands and USA do not agree – US Catches will end May 2012Source: Islands BusinessPacific Islands Parties and the United States have gone into another round of critical negotiations on January 12 for a successor tuna agreement after the...

Dongwon Bidding For Spanish Tuna Giant Calvo

Source: Fish Information and ServicesFood and beverage company Dongwon Group is interested in acquiring Spanish canned tuna producer Luis Calvo Sanz, SA (Grupo Calvo).According to Money Today, Dongwon has submitted a letter of intent and been...

Shangri-La Removes Shark Fin From Its Menus

Source: GMA NewsInvoking its concern for the environment, Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts on Tuesday announced that it will stop serving shark fin in all its 72 hotels and resorts effective immediately.Shangri-La will also stop accepting new orders...

South Africa Struggling With Organizing Tuna Fishing Licenses

Source: All AfricaReports indicate that the Department of Fisheries has made no apparent attempt to commence with the process of renewing fishing licenses, despite the renewal date for fishing quota allocations being less than a year away.Minister...

Does StarKist Really Need A Cold Storage?

Source: Samoa NewsDoes StarKist really need a cold storage? ABSOLUTELY.In the actual circumstances, they need a cold storage because they are competing with Tri-Marine that is building a cold storage and the boats will have a choice to unload there...

Greenpeace And Local Fishermen Launch Campaign In Senegal

Source: Based on Greenpeace Press ReleaseGreenpeace Africa and Senegalese fishermen are calling on future leaders to review fisheries management legislation and to establish sustainable policies. Greenpeace has launched a caravan that will tour main...

Port Lincoln Celebrates The Arrival Of First Tuna Boat

Source: ABC NewsPort Lincoln’s first tuna fishing boat, the Tacoma, which sailed into the town’s harbour in 1952Port Lincoln is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the arrival of its first dedicated tuna boat.The historic-registered wooden Tacoma...

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PNG Rejoins US Tuna Treaty Negotiations

Source: Radio AustraliaPapua New Guinea has rejoined crucial talks with the United States over the South Pacific Tuna Treaty. The Managing Director of PNG’s National Fisheries Authority explains, in this interview, what the conditions are that the...

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Clean Seas Timing Spawning To Meet optimal Ocean Conditions

Source: Eyre Peninsula TribuneThe company is encouraged that the first element of the strategy has been achieved with spawning commencing some 50 days earlier than last year’s spawn start at Clean Seas’ specialized hatchery at Arno Bay. The earlier...

Piriou To Deliver Two New Tuna Seiners To SAPMER

Source: Mer Et MarineThe Vietnamese SEAS Shipyards, a subsidiary of the French group Piriou, is completing delivery of two new purse seiners for the fishing company SAPMER, based in La Reunion.SAPMER’s tuna purse fleet, which fishes in the Indian...

Skipjack - The Rapid Breeder

Source: Fiji Times, by Seini Tawakelevu-WWF South PacificBy-catch entangled in the net of a tuna purse seiner in the Atlantic Ocean.This week we will be introducing to you the fourth valuable species of commercial significance in our region - the...

PNG Withdraws ‘Threat’, Eases Position US Tuna Fleet

Source: Papua New Guinea PostPapua New Guinea has withdrawn its threat to pull out from the Multilateral Treaty on Fisheries it signed with Pacific nation States including the powerful United States.This was announced by the Minister for Trade,...

Australia Sets 2012 Catch Quota’s For Tuna

Source: Fish Information and ServicesThe Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) Commission has decided and determined total allowable commercial catch (TACC) figures for the eastern and western tuna and billfish fisheries. These catch...

Yellowfin Landings In Mexico Remain High

IATTC data shows that Mexico’s 2011 catches of yellowfin have been gradually rising throughout the years to finally reach an amazing 53% increase since 2007 (Jan – Nov/ 2007 vs. 2011). Despite the decline in Mexico’s catching share, from 26% in 2007...

USA Closer To Hauling In Lucrative Tuna Deal

Fixed multi-year fee with Pacific islands could proof very profitable in futureSource: ABC Radio AustraliaPacific Island tuna treaty negotiations with the United States have concluded in Nadi with breakthroughs on conservation and access fees.The...

Tuna-Eating Teenagers Less Likely To Suffer Depression

Source: University of BristolNew research from the Children of the 90s study at the University of Bristol, which has been charting the health of 14,500 children since their birth in the early 1990s, shows that the link between low levels of vitamin...

Court Authorizes Sales Tuna Brand And Canneries Alfageme

Source: El Faro de VigoLast week, the Spanish Provincial Court of Pontevedra has set a deadline of one month from the ruling date to auction Alfageme’s two factories, equipment, its main brand ‘Miau’ and other related brands and designs. With this...

Ecuador Skipjack Catches Stay At Record Level

Ecuador had an excellent skipjack tuna fishing season last year. The Ecuadorian fleet increased its skipjack catches by a staggering 55%, reaching a volume of 132,984 M/T (between January-November 2011) and hitting a new record compared to the same...

Sushi Chain Takes $600,000 Loss On One Single Japanese Tuna

Source: Bloomberg Business WeekA Japanese sushi chain will take a more than $600,000 loss on the most expensive fish ever sold at Tokyo’s Tsukiji market as it sells $74 pieces of tuna for $5 dollars apiece.Kiyomura K.K. paid a record 56 million yen...

Mexican Fleet Resumes Yellowfin Catches In EPO

Source: EnsenadaThe season for commercial fishing of yellowfin, bigeye and skipjack tuna in waters of the Mexican federal jurisdiction of the Pacific Ocean started as of 00:01 am of January 19th. This was announced by the National Commission of...

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Thai Union Looks To Expand Tuna Empire Abroad

Acquisitions preferred over joint venturesSource: Bangkok PostSET-listed Thai Union Frozen Products Plc (TUF), the world’s largest canned tuna company, expects annual revenue to rise to US$8 billion by 2020 on continuous growth in global food...

New Zealanders Are World’s Best In Fisheries Management

Source: The Fish SiteThe Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) has welcomed the news that New Zealand was acknowledged as the leading country among 41 surveyed recently for the quality of its fisheries monitoring control and surveillance (MCS)...

Vigo Port Handles 834,000 M/T Of Fish In 2011

Source: La Voz de GaliciaIn 2011, the Port of Vigo proves to be one of the main ports of the European Union by breaking the absolute record of fish movement, handling 834,647 tons. This represents 0.8 percent more than in 2010 (827,724 tons),...

Tuna Industry Excited About Bigger Sardines

Source: ABC RuralThe South Australian sardine industry is excited about the new season, with bigger fish already being caught.The season started earlier this month, with nearly all of the vessels now at sea.Executive officer of the State’s Sardine...

Seychelles To Deploy Coastal FADs To Avoid Offshore Piracy Threat

Source: Seychelles NationWith piracy being a threat offshore, an experiment is under way to try and lure pelagic fish closer inshore, thus making it safer for fishermen to catch them. This is being done through the installation of fish aggregating...

U.S. To Appeal WTO Ruling On Mexican Tuna Labeling

Source: MarketWatchThe U.S. said Friday it would appeal a World Trade Organization decision siding mostly with Mexico in a long-running dispute over ‘dolphin-safe’ labeling for tuna.The U.S. Trade Representative is challenging a WTO ruling in...

Court Rules: Plastic Cans Not Greener Than Metal Ones

Source: Empac Press ReleaseOn December 30th, 2011, the Danish Maritime Court found in favor of Empac (European Metal Packaging) against Superfos A/S, in a case involving the violation of European advertising guidelines.During 2008, Superfos A/S - a...

Gabon Closes Its EEZ To 24 EU Tuna Seiners

Source: Europa Press The European Union Commissioner of Fisheries (EU), Maria Damanaki, admitted that negotiations for a new fisheries agreement with Gabon are being blocked and therefore has requested the Community fleets to withdraw from Gabon...

Mexico Will Counter US Tuna Appeal At WTO

Source: UnivisionMexico has announced that it will defend the favorable ruling by a panel of the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding the conflict with the U.S. on Mexican tuna.Following the US decision to file an appeal in the WTO dispute, the...

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Mauritius And Europe To Open Tuna Negotiations

Source: Fish Information and ServicesThe Council adopted a decision authorizing the Commission to open negotiations on behalf of the EU for the conclusion of a fisheries partnership agreement and protocol with the Republic of Mauritius. This new...

Bolton Wants 45% Fully Sustainable Tuna By 2013 Through ISSF

Source: Bolton Alimentari Press ReleaseBolton Alimentari, the market leader in the Italian market and a major player in many other European canned tuna markets, with their brands Rio Mare and Saupiquet, has announced it will further strengthen its...

Tuna Treaty Parties Looking For More From US

Source: Radio NZPacific Island countries will be looking for further concessions from the United States as negotiations to renew the South Pacific Tuna Treaty continue.Provisions under the treaty guarantee each year hundreds of thousands of US...

No Outlook That Ban On Pacific Pockets Will Be Lifted

Source: MindaNews Philippine tuna fishers, most of them from Mindanao, will have to wait two months more before the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) decides whether or not to lift the two-year ban on purse seine tuna...

Fishermen Killed In ‘Tuna Turf War’

Source: AljazeeraGunmen in the southern Philippines opened fire on three boats and killed 15 fishermen in what officials say was probably an attack by a rival group over access to lucrative fishing waters.The fishermen were aboard three small,...

Detained Vessel Hits Sanford Tuna Sales & Earnings

Source: Stuff NZListed fisheries company Sanford’s earnings have taken a hit in the first three months of the current financial year due to its San Nikunau tuna boat being impounded in American Samoa for pollution.The tuna fishing ship was put out...

Tuna Fishing Boat In Mystery Sinking

Source: Stuff NZ Three men were lucky to escape with their lives yesterday when the 18 meter-long surface longliner they were on began to “take on water very, very fast” before sinking 90km off the Coromandel coast. It’s not yet clear what...

Rising Wealth Of Asians Straining World Fish

Source: Huffington PostRising wealth in Asia and fishing subsidies are among factors driving overexploitation of the world’s fish resources, while fish habitat is being destroyed by pollution and climate change, U.N. marine experts said Tuesday.Up...

African Tuna Canners Fall Behind On Contracts

Source: FoodNewsWith the global tuna supply tight, there is no end to the high prices in sight. German traders have told FoodNews that African suppliers are falling behind on their contracts.“Ghana are well behind, and their indications for...

ICCAT Starts Electronic Tuna Catch Reporting System

Source: FishNewsEU The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) has been praised by environmentalists for its proposals to develop an electronic bluefin catch documentation system. Lee Crockett, who directs...

Tuna Baron In Hospital With ‘Chest Pains’

Source: The AdvertiserTuna baron and champion racehorse owner Tony Santic has been hospitalised with chest pains.It is understood he has not had surgery and will undergo further tests today after being admitted to Adelaide’s Calvary Wakefield...

Brian Jeffriess Key Force In Australian Tuna

Brian Jeffriess, chief executive of the Southern Bluefin Tuna Association in CanberraSource: ABCBrian Jeffriess, chief executive of the Southern Bluefin Tuna Association in CanberraTuna industry chief executive Brian Jeffries, the force behind some...

MSC: Global Trust Scheme Not Equivalent To Ours

Source: SeafoodSourceThe Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) late last week issued a rebuttal to its critics in light of the Alaska salmon industry’s intention to withdraw from the world’s most recognizable sustainable fishery certification program.The...

Biofuel From Seaweed Could Affect Tuna

Source: Fish Information and ServicesResearchers have devised a new system that can transform brown seaweed into biofuel. They believe the development opens the door to a new possible source of energy that could help replace fossil fuels.They are...

Sanford To Invest USD 82.1 Million In Fisheries Projects

Source: Radio NZListed fishing company Sanford is embarking on two multi-million dollar projects with the Government and other fishing firms as part of a major drive to lift profits.The company unveiled a list of measures at its annual meeting in...

EU Funds To Stop IUU Longliners In Fiji Waters

Source: Fiji TimesFiji will benefit from nine of the 26 fisheries projects that have been allocated a budget of F$ 6.9 million (USD 3.9 million).The projects for the Pacific region will see Fiji specifically develop subsidiary legislation to...

Mexico Starts Program To Support Tuna Longline Fleet

Source: EnsenadaApplications to benefit from the “Support Program for Investment in Equipment and Infrastructure” within the plan for Fishing Fleet Modernization and Rationalization Of The Fishing Effort can be submitted from January 15th to March...

Spain Gets Licenses For 22 Purse Seiners Off Mozambique

Source: La Opinion de CorunaAccording the new fisheries agreement between the European Union and Mozambique, which came into effect this month, Spain obtains 38 tuna fishing licenses for fishing in waters of this African country.The licenses are for...

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Brian Jeffriess Key Force In Australian Tuna

Source: ABCBrian Jeffriess, chief executive of the Southern Bluefin Tuna Association in CanberraTuna industry chief executive Brian Jeffriess, the force behind some of SA’s most successful men, rarely recognized for his contribution, has been...

San Marino Tuna Gets Presidential Sister As Endorser

Source: Manila Bulletin Foodsphere Inc., the manufacturer of San Marino Corned Tuna, launched last week a new tri-media campaign in a bid to increase its market share of the growing canned tuna market, according to company officials.The local canned...

Construction Bluefin Rearing Farm In Spain Delayed

Source: Fish Information and Services Futuna Blue España S.L. is awaiting municipal license to launch the second phase of its of juvenile Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) breeding project.The permission was requested by the executives of the...

432 Pound Yellowfin Caught By Angler In EPO

Source: Belmont Shore Ron Tegland catches an estimated 432-pound yellowfin tuna on his yacht Tenacious and heads to Baja to officially weigh the giant fish.An angler fishing in Puerta Vallerta on Tuesday caught what could be the largest yellowfin...

EU Study Into The “Papua Danger” Kicks Off

Source: La Opinion de Coruna In recent months, leaders in the European tuna canning industry, mostly based in Galicia, Spain, have been warning the EU Community authorities about the “danger” of the agreement between the European Union and Pacific...

Corte Ingles, First Spanish Retailer To Offer MSC-Certified Tuna

Source: Fish Information and ServicesEl Corte Ingles has become the first Spanish distribution chain to offer canned and frozen fish bearing the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) ecolabel. El Corte Ingles offers MSC-certified seafood products as...

Top Bridge Eyes Tuna Pact With India

Source: Business Times Kuala Lumpur-based seafood processor Top Bridge Ventures Sdn Bhd is studying the viability of importing tuna fish from India and develop it as a value-added product. The company’s director Abu Bakar As-Sidek Mohd Sidek...

American Tuna Inc. Starting To Get Recognition

Source: WNDRoger Simmermaker highlights work of 6 San Diego families He’s the author of “How Americans Can Buy American: The Power of Consumer Patriotism.” He also writes “Buy American Mention of the Week” articles for his website, and is a member...

RD Tuna Praised For Contribution To Local PNG Community

Source: Post Courier RD Tuna Canners, the makers of the locally sold Diana Tuna and Dolly (RD Tuna) tinned fish in different flavors and sizes and RD Fishing at the current Vidar site at the Pacific Marine Industrial Zone have been praised for...

UK Sales Of MSC Wild Fish Up 41% And Rising

Source: The Guardian The number of fish and seafood products certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has shot up by 41% in the UK over the last year, as retailers and supermarkets respond to consumers’ demand to know the...

Spanish Canners Demand More Loins From Asia At ZERO Duty

“To Maintain Employment” Source: La Opinion de Coruna After first protesting against the agreement between the EU and Papua New Guinea in regard to the favorable zero duty import tariff for canned tuna and precooked loins, the Spanish tuna...