The Agreement on the International Dolphin Conservation Program (AIDCP) received the prestigious Margarita Lizarraga Medal.In 1997, the FAO Conference instituted the Margarita Lizarraga Medal to be awarded biennially to a person or organization that...
South Korea has completed its task of getting approval from member states at last, in order to become a full member of the IATTC, a regional tuna fisheries management body that controls catches of 200,000 M/T of tuna per annum. In addition, the 74th...
Ulladulla fishermen are struggling under new laws introduced to control the areas where southern bluefin tuna can be caught.Owner of the long-line boat, Jenabar, Joe Basile said the fishermen are spending more time doing paperwork than fishing with...
Employee representative to the minimum wage hearings in American Samoa, Bridget Martin, argued at the Federal Special Industry Committee No. 26 that StarKist executives currently receive 200 to 300 times the pay of cannery workers while StarKist...
American Samoan Congressman Faleomavaega Eni Hunkin revealed to the federally appointed minimum wage committee, that anonymous allegations were sent to him in a letter saying that the two tuna canneries in American Samoa are secretly planning to...
Spanish Agriculture and Fisheries councilor, Mr. Isaias Perez Saldaña, indicated that the “ultra freezing tunnel†for tuna caught using the artisan fishing method “almadraba†is helping improve sales. He informed the Parliament Commission for...
The investigation started in Mar del Plata, in Argentina 10 months ago. At the place where the drug was manufactured there were 8 kilos of base pasta and 20 kilos of cocaine to be traded in the CONURBANO and also to be exported inside tuna cans....
Spanish fishermen from the location Cartagena found the perfect solution in order to keep busy during the official two-month biological ban, as well as increase their incomes during this period that started last May 1st and finalized last week June...
Testifying before minimum wage committee 26, Congressman Eni Faleomavaega Hunkin expressed his concern regarding tuna loins. He said: “I would like to publicly state that I am deeply concerned about the number of loins that are being shipped to...
The positive financial results of tuna farming in Baja California are motivating the United States to modify their laws in order to install fishing farms, currently forbidden by their own environmental regulation. However, according to Mr. Andres...
A modern and better-equipped General Santos Fishport Complex will be seen next year as the 32-hectare tuna port facility begins its US$26 million expansion project to provide an improved fish landing and marketing services to fishing industry...
Vietnam has so far this year exported to the United States more than 1,500 tons of frozen yellowfin tuna, worth USD 11.036 million, ranking first among yellowfin tuna exporters and making up 28.6 percent of the US market share, according to the...
The bilateral free trade area (FTA) agreement between Thailand and New Zealand officially came into effect on July 1st.In the initial stage of the bilateral FTA deal, Wellington will reduce import tariffs on first categories of Thai products to 0-5...
When Aurora Amagan and her husband Jose arrived in General Santos City in 1980, little did she know that her enterprising spirit would set a manufacturing standard with which most tuna producers would now emulate. This mother of six and two adopted...
Although the European Market is now open to Mexican tuna, exports from Mexico will not take place immediately due to a lack of surplus of Mexican production, as well as the high European Union (EU) import duties implemented on this species.According...
On the first day of the Forum Fisheries Committee meeting in Majuro in June, Forum Fisheries Agency Director Feleti Teo called on Pacific Island nations to increase political and financial support for numerous changes in FFA operations to allow...
It has the southern Philippines's biggest airport, its best roads, and some of the world's top-grade tuna, but the shadow of deadly terrorist bombings in recent years scares investors away from the port of General Santos.The spate of attacks...
At first sight, and especially driving along the poorly kept winding main road from Pago Pago International Airport towards the Fagatogo Bay and downtown area, it is hard to think of American Samoa's somewhat cluttered and ramshackle collection...
The creator of Charlie the Tuna recently died in Charlottesville, his adopted home.
Thomas Russell Rogers, 87, was behind the StarKist Tuna “spokesfish†who was never good enough to be used in the product, as well as the industrious Keebler Elves...
The government of Malta is considering extending Malta’s exclusive fishing zone in view of the decisions taken by Libya and Tunisia to extend their own zones, Justice and Home Affairs Minister Tonio Borg announced earlier this week.He said the...
Maldives tuna processor MIFCO has revealed that its 100-gram chipped tuna pack was the highest selling dried fish product of the company from January to May this year.
1,794 packs were sold during this period, in which January saw the highest sales...
As the minimum wage hearings in American Samoa were ending, Impress Samoa informed that is would be laying off 12 local employees, because of a slow down in tuna production activities. Impress Samoa owns the island’s steel can making manufacturing...
With its proximity to Australia, its history, natural beauty and pristine diving spots, PNG should be a “top tourist destinationâ€. Yet as illustrated by Greg Ansley’s article (see link below) its reputation is that of a violent country where...
The Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Food (MAPA) has informed that the US National Service of Maritime Fishery has granted Spain authorization to commercialize tuna caught in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in the US for a period of five...
The Nigerian Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Bamidele Dada, has called for the involvement of the private sector in the exploitation, processing and canning of tuna fish to boost local consumption in Nigeria and to...
The European Commission (EC) recently initiated a debate and proposed to establish EU minimum regulations to promote eco-labelling schemes for fisheries products, such as tuna. The labelling is to ensure consumers that products have been fished or...
Abundance of tuna fish in the sea around the Andaman and Nicobar Islands could be tapped for export as well as for domestic consumption. “Tuna is found abundantly around the islands. There is an immense potential for tuna export. A lesson needs to...
Bonito del Norte tuna caught by Spain’s Galician fleet can be found in the Spanish fresh fish market this year fully labeled. Each specimen will reach the market labeled with a tag informing consumers about the product’s quality: authentic Atlantic...
The decline in the catch of fish is causing losses to companies, which buy frozen tuna.An adequate amount of fish is not available for government-owned MIFCO’s tuna canning plant and therefore the plant is temporarily closed, officials said.“There...
On Thursday the 7th of July Members of a European Union funded research team from France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Malta and Spain together with the commercial Tuna Farm Tuna Grasso S.A. based at La Azohia., Puerto de Mazarron, Spain have...
The three Central New York women who were hospitalized with listeriosis in the previous two weeks didn't get it from eating recalled tuna.
“That was a dead end,†Onondaga County Health Commissioner Dr. Cynthia Morrow said of the investigation...
The National Assembly Wednesday here passed Angola's adhesion to seven international accords, which set up multisectorial mechanisms for fishing operations and management, of tuna and other species.After favorable analysis of the commissions of...
Ulladulla Fishermen’s Co-op manager, Steve Basile has been made redundant for three to four months. Mr. Basile, who has been managing the co-op 14 months, believes his position has been made redundant due to the fact that the long-line tuna boats...
Spanish food regulator AESA is recommending to avoid the consumption of raw vinegar-canned, marinated or smoked fish that has not been previously frozen because of the detection of anisakis, a parasite that may cause allergic reactions, in 36 per...
The chief minister announced that the Cabinet has approved the proposal to reduce the fishing ban period for trawlers from August 15th (or Narali Purnima whichever is earlier) to July 31st. For mechanized canoes, the cut-off date is July 15th. He...
The Spanish canning group Calvo is offering tuna packed in plastic to the hotel industry and may also offer it to supermarkets.
A team from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, managed by Ms. Teresa Moreira from the Superior Technical...
The European Union Court fined France with 20 million Euro for allowing trade in immature captures, failing to implement EU rules created to protect fish stocks.
The EU Court ruled that France would have to pay the 20 million Euro fine plus an...
Demand of tuna bait for the tuna fishing industry in the Western central Pacific and Indian Ocean keeps growing, and New Zealand based Marine Foods has been closely involved for the last 9 years in finding the right tuna bait, in close cooperation...
Fisheries organizations have expressed their concerned about the damaging consequences for the fisheries sector derived from the continued increase in fuel prices that is currently taking place.The sector has complained over the “failure of the EC...
Taiwan will meet with Japan next week to try and calm the waters surrounding the disputed Diaoyutai (’Þ‹›‘ä) archipelago. Both countries, as well as China, claim ownership of the island chain. And though the islands themselves are nearly deserted,...
Former Solomon Islands officials have disclosed Japanese payment for their pro-whaling vote, confirming that vote-buying has reached the Pacific.The officials said the Japanese paid the Solomons’ costs of attending International Whaling Commission...
The Galician fleet, which is targeting Bonito Del Norte (Atlantic Albacore), expects the 2005 campaign to surpass the one of last year.According to director of the Burela Boatowners in Galicia, Spain, Mr. Miguel Neira, if the trend of the increasing...
The spotless production floor of Pecheries Frigorifiques du Senegal is a hive of women in white coats turning fresh-caught tuna into steaks that slide into sterile foil pouches gaily printed with the labels of their clients.
With duty-free status...
Faced with poor catches of white meat tuna, the two canneries are shutting down production, starting this week with COS Samoa Packing. Samoa Packing’s general manager Herman Gebauer said the Atu’u-based company started the down time on a Tuesday...
Almadraba is a fishing art whereby a labyrinth of nets intercept the migratory movements of the large tuna, when they cross the Gibraltar Straits. This study, undertaken by AZTI-Tecnalia, involved analyzing the chain of marketing of the tuna fish,...
A great white shark was released from a tuna cage on July 6, in Port Lincoln, Australia.
Primary Industries and Resources SA Aquaculture executive director Ian Nightingale said staff from Tony’s Tuna International notified aquaculture and fisheries...
Solomon Islands has rejected claims made on the Australian ABC television network that Japan has poured money into the country in exchange for both support at the International Whaling Commission and cheap access to tuna.Our correspondent Sean...
The United States has softened their stance and proposed to reduce the tariff on Ecuadorian vegetable-oil-canned tuna entering the US market from 35 to 15 per cent. Nevertheless, the government and the Ecuadorian entrepreneur sector are still...
The Indian Union Government is planning to allow purchase of used tuna long-liners from abroad to promote deep-sea fishing, according to Mr. V.S. Somvanshi, Director-General of the Fishery Survey of India.
He said here on Thursday that the Ministry...
The bilateral fisheries patrol was co-ordinated by the Southern African Development Community’s Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) Program.The Program - which is based in Windhoek and funded by SADC and the European Union (EU) - is helping...
The Vietnamese Fisheries Ministry has invested in developing national trademarks for five major aqua products, namely tuna, shrimp, tra and basa catfish, tilapia and mollusc.
In addition, the ministry also assists localities to advertise their...
Papua New Guinea has only sold 635kg of Bigeye and Yellowfin tuna at Tokyo’s world famous tsukiji fish market since 2003.Tokyo metropolitan government documents showed only 541kg of Bigeye and 94kg of Yellowfin tuna caught in PNG waters were sold at...
U.S. Consumers are turning away from canned tuna, which for decades was the No. 1 seafood eaten by Americans.Sales have tumbled 10 percent nationwide versus 16 months ago, causing a revenue loss of nearly $150 million.Shock waves from the decline...
The Philippines’ capability to maintain operational modern fishing fleets will play a major role in Indonesia’s decision whether to extend or end a bilateral fishing agreement it forged with the Philippine government three years ago, a fishery...
