Micronesian Shipping Agency will no longer function in the port of Majuro. General Manager Phil Welch says “due to decreasing revenue and reduction in the overall fishing vessels. We are unable to maintain adequate staffing of professionals.†Majuro...
Two boatloads carrying a total of 46 migrants landed in Malta last week as Malta continued to suffer the brunt of the Africa-Europe migration phenomenon.The first boatload of 20 migrants – 16 men, four women and one corpse found at sea – was brought...
Philippines hopes to sign new fishery agreement with Indonesia after it failed to get a long-term extension for the bilateral fishing it forged in 2000.The government is upbeat over its ongoing negotiations with Indonesia for a new bilateral fishing...
Retailers and manufacturers of meat products have been called on to provide information on their practice of packing fresh meat in carbon monoxide.According to Representatives John Dingell, Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Bart...
The Solomon Islands national government has no intention of selling Soltai.This was the statement of Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources permanent secretary Ruth Liloqula. Mrs. Liloqula was responding to Honiara City councillor Lawrence...
The strict American rule imposed on tuna imports will not negatively affect Thai tuna exporters as Thailand still maintains more than half the world's tuna export, Thira Sutabutr, Agriculture and Co-operatives Minister said Monday.After meeting...
Nothing beats a healthy, appealing, food product with a really unique selling point. That’s the promise of G’Day Gourmet, a company whose goal is to provide exciting flavor experiences for consumers while reducing their exposure to mercury. G’Day...
Rolls-Royce, the aero-engine company better known for powering the likes of a Boeing 747, has turned its attention to a very different form of propulsion: that of the tuna fish.Researchers at the company’s offices in Norway are studying the way tuna...
The Libyan government feels “insulted†by reports and opinion columns carried in MaltaToday about the way Tripoli has been handling the often fatal immigrants’ exodus from its shores over the last months, even threatening to “take the proper legal...
A new European Union (EU) Regulation, which introduces a driftnet definition into EU law has been welcomed by conservationists.According to conservation group Oceana, The Regulation’s main effect should be to finally halt the use of illegal French...
India and Pakistan on Wednesday agreed to free all fishermen, as also prisoners in each other’s custody, who have completed their sentences by August 14-15 when the two neighbors observe their Independence Days.At the end of Home Secretary level...
The 2006 Australian Fishery Status Report, compiled by the Bureau of Rural Sciences, says there is insufficient data to assess the future of more than half of Australia’s commercial fisheries, and “robust assessments†of sustainability are...
The Government is being called upon to keep the Soltai fishing and processing company in Solomon Islands hands.Western Province Premier Alex Lokopio urged this and told Radio New Zealand International: “Western Province is the only province in the...
Confused about which kinds of fish are safe to eat, Americans are skipping seafood all together - and missing out on health benefits, said federal scientists in Seattle. To unmuddy the water, they’re calling for a nationwide program to investigate...
Dwindling supplies of quality fish and competition from wealthy Chinese buyers means Japan is having to get used to horse sushi on the menu.For a generation, fishing harbors around the world have acknowledged the existence of a phenomenon that we...
An affiliate of major marine product company Maruha Corp. mixed materials that were past their expiration dates into its tuna products and shipped them to stores and distributors between October and March, it has been learned.
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According to WWF, the global conservation organization, in defiance of international regulation, European vessels have been seen illegally fishing for bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean – after the 1 July closure of the fishery. According to...
The Spanish branch of Greenpeace said on Monday its Rainbow Warrior vessel had docked on Spain's Mediterranean coast overnight to study the coastline amid warnings over diminishing red tuna stocks. "We cannot continue with the destruction of...
Japanese manufacturers of canned tuna and bonito are set to increase prices of their products by 10-20 yen, to offset rising ingredient costs and a weak yen. On Friday, Hagoromo Foods announced a 10-yen increase in the price of its 80g canned bonito...
In the last fiscal year, India earned $1.84 billion (about Rs7,300 crore) from marine exports. Of this, tuna’s contribution was only $20 million. Leading fishing firms East India Tuna Fisheries and Moon Fishing India Pvt. Ltd have announced plans to...
Japanese researchers are looking for ways to reduce stress levelsin tuna caught in nearby waters, so they taste better when they hit theplate.A vigorous fish, tuna tends to thrash wildly when caught, whichresearchers believe raises its body...
Serpico Trading, a Romanian distributor of food products and canned tuna, expects sales to advance by 50% this year, which would take the company’s turnover to over 7.5m euros.â€The effects of EU integration have generally been positive. The turnover...
Tess Agro is the first cold chain operator in Sri Lanka to succeed in obtaining many contracts from retail giants in UK and EU member countries, to export tuna fish, its Director Dilshan Fernando said.
Tess being a listed company on Sri Lanka’s...
A number of significant overseas private investment groups including RD Tuna Canners Limited of Papua New Guinea’s Madang Province and the Philippines have shown firm interest in investing in Solomon Islands.
This follows the government’s recent...
Canadian fishermen are dealing with a 20 per cent cut in their tuna quotas, and on Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) the cut is even bigger.Last year, Island fishermen caught 250 tons of tuna. That included 28 tons of Canadian quota that was originally...
Japan will tighten control over the fishing of southern bluefin tuna, after an investigation found that the country exceeded its annual quota last year by at least 1,500 tons, an official said on Thursday.The Fisheries Agency launched an...
According to a recent survey and analysis run by three environmental organizations – Friend of the Sea, OceanCare and Fair-fish – approximately one third of seafood products sold in Switzerland is fished in environmentally unsustainable ways. Retail...
With the depletion of bluefin tuna in our oceans now front-page news, people around the country have been sharing with me their confusions and fears about eating sushi. I think that we – and our fish - would benefit from a new deal for American...
U.S. Congressman Faleomavaega announced that he has requested to meet with the chairman and president of Thai Union during his upcoming visit to Thailand scheduled for the July recess when Congress is out of session.Faleomavaega, who chairs the...
Each American ate 16.5 pounds of seafood last year, up from 16.2 pounds in 2005. That reflects an 11 percent increase in per capita consumption from six years ago, according to the National Fisheries Institute. The seafood consumption record of 16.6...
RD Tuna Cannery Ltd has no plans to acquire shares in Solomon Island’s Soltai Fishing and Processing Co although the Papua New Guinea cannery “keeps an open mind†for investment on the island-country. This was clarified by Pete C Celso, RDTC...
Last year, the value of canned tuna exports stood at $174.3 million, taking a 44.6 percent share of the region’s top 10 export products. Tuna products mainly come from this city, dubbed the “Tuna Capital of the Philippinesâ€. Gensan hosts six of the...
The Vietnamese Ministry of Fisheries is drafting a plan to encourage tuna fishermen and processors to join forces for establishing groups or cooperatives in tuna fishing, processing and exporting.The plan is one of the ways to develop the tuna...
At their inter-sessional meeting last week in North Carolina, ICCAT Contracting Parties failed in their mission to recommend capacity reduction for the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fleets.
Instead, there will be a formal recommendation to “freezeâ€...
In Ireland illegal drift netting is believed to be responsible for the stranding of a large basking shark found dead on a Kerry beach.The three-meter female shark was found on the shoreline at Drom East, Cloghane on the shores of Brandon Bay,...
Importers have learned to evade close federal scrutiny of the food they ship intothe United States, putting consumers at increasing risk, congressional investigators said Tuesday. Lawmakers accuse tuna importers of evading mercury tests by slecting...
Indonesia, after four years of attempts, has finally been accepted as the 27th member of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Freddy Numbery said.In a working meeting with the House of Representatives...
Sushi lovers recently learned they might get deer or other meat in their maki rolls because international fishing quotas have been lowered to protect blue-fin tuna stocks. But environmental groups say the quotas still might not prevent the collapse...
The Cook Islands Prime Minister, Jim Marurai, says he supports in principle a campaign by Greenpeace to save Pacific tuna and to immediately reduce the catch by 50 percent. Mr. Marurai met with the organisation’s Pacific Oceans team leader Nilesh...
Botulism taint prompts canned-food recall at Connors Brothers’ U.S. unit David Berman, Financial Post Published: Sunday, July 22, 2007 U.S. federal regulators expanded their warnings on Saturday against tainted tins of food that have been produced...
According to WWF the Moroccan government has brought into force a tough law, which will punish fishermen who continue to use driftnets in its waters. WWF congratulates Morocco on this strong action against illegal and destructive fishing in the...
Nielsen study identifies four Shopper ‘mind-sets’ that determine what consumers buy in the supermarket Singapore: According to a new Shopper study from The Nielsen Company, consumers experience up to four different shopping ‘modes’ during grocery...
Vanuatu and China have agreed on a new tuna cannery outside Vanuatu’s capital, Port Vila that will process mostly big eye tuna and yellowfin tuna for exporting to foreign markets.The new cannery is expected to take two years to build, and...
One quarter of New York City adults have elevated blood mercury levels, and the problem - closely tied to fish consumption - is most acute among Asians, women and higher-income New Yorkers, according to findings released this morning by the city’s...
A 229-pound bluefin tuna was found dead Monday morning in the popular Outer Bay Exhibit at Monterey Bay Aquarium in the USA, after slamming head first into the tank's 13-inch acrylic window the night before.A review of a digital camera system...
Toshiro Urabe, representative of Osakana Kikaku Ltd., demonstrates a device that pumps seawater through a tube into the mouth of a tuna to keep it immobile and alive until just before serving, at the Japan International Seafood & Technology Expo...
New federal hourly minimum wage rates for American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands were set to rise 50 cents on Tuesday.Under a provision of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007, the minimum rates for the island territories will further increase...
The EU Commission has announced that after close examination of the latest scientific advice and of the submissions made by Member States, the Bay of Biscay anchovy fishery which is currently closed until the end of the year will not be reopened....
The American Samoa Chamber of Commerce is worried about the impact new federal hourly minimum wage rates will have on two tuna canneries, the largest private employers in this U.S. territory.David Robinson, the chamber’s president, said any major...
Published By CBS News:Diners these days are confused: They’re encouraged to eat fish for their health, but it seems like the news is full of stories about the potential dangers of seafood. With so much conflicting information, it’s hard to know what...
Taiwan police have smashed a criminal ring of Philippine officials and naval officers that has been extorting money from seized Taiwan fishing trawlers, media reported Friday.Alleged ring-leader Hsu Chih-yi was arrested when he arrived at the...
Due to the new minimum wage increases StarKist Samoa has placed on hold the expansion of its tuna pouch production.The largest cannery in American Samoa, which is owned by San Francisco-based Del Monte Food Incorporated, announced in March this year...
Maritime boundary delineation, fishing access, and forging free trade agreements with the United States and the European Union have been identified as the key issues that would be discussed during the annual tuna congress slated in General Santos...
The Papua New Guinea National Fisheries Authority is hoping to lure in more tuna investors into the country during the Pacific Tuna Forum because there is room for more tuna canneries to be established in the country.NFA managing director Sylvester...
Unlike other canned tuna companies struggling with restructuring after the 1997 regional economic crisis, Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF) saw a golden chance to expand abroad to serve its advanced vision of becoming one of the world’s leading...
