Source: GreenpeaceGreenpeace has released the below press release in relation to their evaluation of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) sustainable seafood program and logo.
Although Greenpeace acknowledges the MSC’s professional operation and...
Source: Port Lincoln TimesThe frozen southern bluefin tuna harvest is expected to gain momentum this week as Japanese freezer boats arrive.Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Association president Brian Jeffriess said Japanese boats would arrive and...
Source: PR NewswireNorth Coast Seafood has voluntarily removed from sale Fresh Tuna Steaks that were sold at Shaw's, Star Market and Big Y Stores in New England.The recalled product was sold between June 20th and June 24th to retail stores...
In the third edition of Greenpeace’s seafood sustainability scorecard – Carting Away the Oceans – Greenpeace is seeing signs of progress in the supermarket industry. Many leading grocery store chains have begun increasing the sustainability of their...
By Atuna
Princes is expanding its iconic range of Shippam’s spreads with a new five-strong line up of gourmet sandwich fillings, including the flavor Tuna & Black Pepper.
Shippam’s is a very traditional British brand, established in 1750 and...
By AtunaFishing Aggregating Devices (FADs) increased catch efficiency in 50% in the Easter Pacific Ocean (EPO) and are also responsible for 77% of total discards in 2008.
Yesterday, the RFMO responsible for managing the area, the Inter-American...
By Atuna
Skipjack prices, CFR Bangkok, have reached USD 1.500 per M/T this week completing a “roller-coaster†year cycle, with prices for 1.8kg and UP reaching the top at USD 2.000 last June and dropping to USD 800 in December 2008.
What seemed to...
By AtunaThe world’s 5 Tuna RFMOs are gathering this week in an attempt to work together to achieve global management of the world’s stocks, but how far are they from reaching such goal?
The Second Joint Meeting of tuna RFMOs ( RFMO-5) is taking...
Source: TelegraphA team from Japan’s Fisheries Research Agency, The University of Tokyo and Kyushu University is close to completing the genome sequence of the bluefin tuna to unravel the secrets of the chemical building blocks of the fish and...
By AtunaThe Unique Vessel Identifiers (UVI) system for tuna fishing vessels and the harmonization of tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organizations vessel lists project has received thumbs up yesterday at the RFMO-5 Summit in San Sebastian, Spain....
Source: AAFKiotech finished another successful fishing trial using its Aquatice® pheromone bait attractant. The trial was commissioned by Marukyu Ltd, Kiotech’s Japanese distributor, with a pelagic (surface) long line fishing vessel. The 150-ton...
Source: TWOCTuna Plant Just Weeks From Opening In LyonsHundreds of new jobs are on the way to Lyons as Chicken of the Sea gets ready to open their only facility in Georgia. The tuna processing and canning plant will employ at least 200 people. More...
By AtunaEcuador major tuna product marketed in the United States, tuna in pouches, had its imports 30% down in the first quarter of 2009.
From January to April, the U.S. imported 3.345 M/T of the product, while during the same period last year...
Source: WWF Press ReleaseAt the 2nd RFMO-5 meeting in San Sebastian 50 members governments have decided to convene a series of workshops on the crucial and difficult issues of excess fishing capacity, illegal fishing and bycatch of turtles, sharks,...
By AtunaThe second RFMO-5 Joint Meeting ended last Friday in San Sebastian, Spain, with several steps forward in creating harmonized scientific data and very little progress in overcapacity discussions.
The summit between the five tuna RFMOs –...
Source: EFEScientific Researchers from the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) have succeeded, for the first time, in the production of several million viable eggs of bluefin tuna in captivity by means of hormonal induction. This opens the door...
Source: SunStarThe small business KM Foods has proven why it could reap several recognitions in the food processing industry, not only in the local community but also in the national level.
KM Foods produces tuna value-added products, such as tuna...
By AtunaDongwon Fisheries confirms post-StarKist acquisition share prices recovery trend also in 2009. Since January 4th, the company shares went up 43% reaching USD 5.210 this month.
The Korean based company was established in 1970 to operate...
Source: SunStarThe Department of Agriculture (DA) has extended a loan of P15 million (USD 310,000) without interest for a mature tuna producer in General Santos City to upgrade its fishing fleet, officials said Friday.The DA in Central Mindanao...
Source: El Financiero
The tuna dispute, which remains without a full solution since it started 19 years ago by a judge in San Francisco, returned to the radar on the agenda of unresolved problems between Mexico and United States, following the...
Written by Francis Mena Last week, Almadraba fishermen from Tarifa, south of Spain, released the approximately 600 live tuna which they continued to hold on to despite the orders received from their company to free them given they had exhausted the...
Source: La HoraThanks to the Satellite Monitoring System for vessels that the Directorate of the Galapagos National Park (DPNG)is now using, a tuna boat was captured.The tuna vessel Don Mario fishing, registered in Manta, had come within the...
Source: IsriaTo ease the difficulties faced by boat owners in repaying the loans they had taken from banks, the cabinet has decided to negotiate with banks on extending the repayment duration from six years to ten years. The cabinet made this...
Source: AFPThe tuna fish trawler was fishing without permission in the waters of Portugal’s Azores archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, say Spanish authorities.Madrid – Portuguese authorities seized Tuesday a Spanish fishing boat that was fishing...
Source: Samoa NewsA minimum wage petition that began to circulate in the territory yesterday calls on U.S. President Barack Obama to reverse the mandated minimum wage increases imposed on American Samoa, because it’s “causing undue economic turmoil...
Source: SeafoodSourceEradicating illegal fishing in Indonesian waters and developing a tsunami warning system were among the subjects Indonesia and Thailand discussed during Thai Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Panich Vikitsreth’s two-day visit to...
Source: Samoa NewsCommon Cause American Samoa Inc. does not support Gov. Togiola Tulafono’s petition calling for a roll back of the federally mandated minimum wage, saying that such a call is “without merit and flies in the face of common sense.â€The...
Source: Business StandardBeating the global economic downturn, marine products exports from India increased to Rs 8607.94 crore during 2008-09 even as China emerged the second largest market with exports of the country shown a 15 per cent rise in...
Source: Diario CoLatino
Last week, the Spanish tuna canning Group Calvo, in El Salvador, announced a reduction in operations and lay off of 300 jobs because of the tuna fishing closure established in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) and the...
Written by Christopher Pala, Islands Business
Next year, as Asian and European purse seiners begin reducing their catches of bigeye tuna, the United States will be doing just the opposite—to a chorus of criticism from environmentalists and...
Source: INTERATUN Press Release
INTERATUN alerts about the hecatomb that the granting of more benefits to Papua New Guinea would represent to European Communitarian tuna industry.This decision, which will be addressed in the Agriculture and...
Source: Agencia Boliviana de NoticiasThe two vessels belonging to the socialist joint venture Fisheries Company Pesquera Industrial del Alba (ALBA) caught 7.6 tons of tuna, surpassing the average tuna catch expected for their pilot stage. This...
Written by Bridie SmithThis week, at a South Australian hatchery, a young fish of 25 centimeters reached a milestone birthday: 100 days, more than five times what captive breeders have been able to achieve previously.Clean Seas chairman Hagen Stehr...
Source: Letter to Samoa News
The ongoing cat fight between Common Cause and the organizers of the petition to President Obama requesting the deletion of the escalation clauses in the Minimum Wage bears reason for comment.
While Mr. Sanchez does...
Source: La Voz de GaliciaAbout 200 workers are resuming work after two weeks of unemployment caused by a fire at the plant The production of the Spanish company Salica Frozen Foods was expected to resume operations last week said Antonio Picher,...
Source: European CommissionPoland alerted high levels of histamine in frozen tuna steaks from Spain last week. Among the values found were 1433.55 and 959.7 mg/kg – ppm.
The findings were made during an official control on the market and is to be...
By AtunaResearch performed by Hannah Parris, from the Australian National University, illustrates the actions and aspirations of six Pacific Island states in developing their tuna industry in an article entitled: Tuna dreams and tuna realities:...
Source: ANFACO Press ReleaseANFACO supports the effective measures taken to protect the tuna fleet operating in the Indian Ocean.
Harassment from pirates seriously affects the activity of the tuna fleet in Indian Ocean Area and harms the supply raw...
By AtunaIn an official note, the European Council confirmed its decision to approve the EU-Pacific Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
The Agreement would apply to Papua New Guinea and Fiji, subscribers of the interim pact.
The European...
By AtunaIn two years time, longline catches of bigeye halved in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO). Data from the Inter-American Tuna Commission (IATTC) shows that when comparing the five first months of the year, 2009 catches are 48% lower than in...
Source: Trading MarketsJapanese fishery firm Tohto Suisan Co.'s (TSE:8038) group operating results likely broke even for the April-June quarter, almost in line with the firm's plan, as cost reductions helped offset floundering sales of tuna...
Source: EFE
Coco’s Island, located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean about 535 kilometers from Costa Rica, is constantly besieged by fishing vessels, despite being a National Park and an area declared as World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
For this...
Source: ReutersMore than 30 French marines were deployed on France’s tuna fleet off Seychelles on Thursday, France’s envoy to the archipelago said, to protect the highly lucrative business from Somali pirates.France and Spain, which base fleets in...
Source: ADBA first-of-its-kind regional symposium promoting awareness and discussions on commercial tuna fishing activities in the Pacific will be held on 23 July in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI).“The Future of our Fisheries†symposium...
Source: Fiji TimesReserve Bank of Fiji chief economist Jitendra Singh says fisheries’ earnings grew by 18 per cent during the first four months this year.Mr. Singh said that this could be expected to increase with the devaluation of the Fiji dollar....
Source: Times of MaltaReference is made to Caroline Muscat’s article (The Sunday Times, June 28) regarding the tuna plan Malta has to adopt to reduce the tuna stock. Being one of a long line of fishermen, I can assure the public that no traditional...
Written by Helen MurdochFive New Zealand fisheries are opening their books to environmental assessors this week to be judged if they fish sustainably. In the year-long process, the Marine Stewardship Council assessors will consider all aspects of...
Source: VoxyWWF, Conservation International (CI), Malpelo Foundation and MarViva Foundation applaud the decision by the Colombian government to endorse conservation measures for tropical tuna as resolved in June 2009 IATTC meeting, sending a message...
Source: Environmental News ServicesDeclining populations of tunas received conservation support from countries bordering the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean this week as governments realize how much damage overfishing has done to the...
Source: Daily Star
Mauritius is phasing out its Bangladeshi male workforce and it is not renewing their job contracts. The country, however, continues to hire female workers in readymade garment sector and fish packaging factories, recruitment...
From The IndependentBritain is to join France lobbying governments around the world for an international ban on the sale of the bluefin tuna, which is on the brink of extinction after years of over-fishing.The fisheries minister Huw Irranca-Davies...
Source: Environmental News ServiceHopes for the future of the tuna stocks in the Eastern Pacific was raised when also the Colombian government agreed to support an annual two month ban on tuna fishing. Initially Colombia insisted on a staggered ban...
By AtunaSouth Korea exports of frozen w/r skipjack has decreased dramatically in the first five months of 2009: 42% less from a total of 39.343 M/T during the same period last year.The drop was very impressive in January and February, mostly caused...
By AtunaThe Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) eco certification system has released its new ecolabel layout in two versions: portrait and landscape (see below). The only tuna fishery MSC certified so far is sourced by the American Albacore Fishing...
Source: Port Lincoln TimesThere is no surplus tuna from this year's harvest although there was some surplus from the 2007 harvest.Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Association chief executive officer Brian Jeffriess said he could “absolutely...
Source: Nova News NowTuna fishermen in P.E.I. are happy with recent changes to the bluefin fishery announced by federal Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea.
“This is definitely a positive move,†said Walter Bruce, chair of the P.E.I....
Written by Claire Suddath
You have a degree in astrophysics and you know how to fly a jet. You've endured years of preparation and training, logged thousands of hours of flight time and even survived NASA's terrifying "vomit comet"...
Source: Aircargo Asian-PacificConsolidators International (CII) has created a new air freight division - Tuna Support - to manage its air operations for the tuna industry in the oceans of the western Pacific. Currently, CII has two major US tuna...
Source: The GuardianRecently announced changes to the 2009 bluefin tuna fishery by federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea have received a thumbs-up from tuna fishermen around the region. “This is definitely a positive move,†said Walter Bruce,...
Source: MindaNewsPurse seine operators fishing in international waters are bracing themselves for a major cut in tuna production effective next month as a result of a ban on FAD-fishing imposed by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Conference...
Source: NOAA press releaseWestern Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council—which was established by Congress to manage fisheries in the offshore waters of Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and...
Source: The IndependentThe Fisheries Minister has joined British activists, writers, actors and artists in calling on the Japanese fish restaurant chain Nobu to stop serving endangered bluefin tuna.In an interview with The Independent, Huw...
Source: BernamaThe Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-the Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA), is deliberating a draft framework for joint fisheries development in support of policies that call for the sustainable management of tuna...
Source: Samoa NewsBusinesses involved with American Samoa’s tuna industry are being urged to work together to support Congressman Faleomavaega Eni Hunkin’s proposal to save the industry. The Congressman is consulting on a proposal aiming to attract...
Source: The EconomistEfforts to ban the international trade in bluefin tunaExtinction comes in various ways. The dodo was done in by sailors who not only killed the birds themselves but also brought to Mauritius animals such as dogs and pigs that...
Source: Manila BulletinTwo local stock brokerage firms expect Alliance Tuna International Inc. (ATII) will most likely maintain its double-digit growth for 2009 following the realization of revenues from its capacity expansion.PCCI Securities...
Source: PR MindsWith rising overseas demand, Vietnam’s earning from Tuna exports is expected to grow at a CAGR of about 23% between 2009 and 2013
Vietnam’s tunas are gaining popularity around the world. The global demand for tuna is still rising...
Source: Sunday MailIT is arguably one of Australia's most stunning coastal locations and the beating heart of the nation's seafood industry.But fishermen and environmental experts are warning Port Lincoln's harbour could be transformed...
Source: Dutch PressEarlier this week also Dutch fisheries minister, Gerda Verburg, announced the Netherlands’ backing for a proposal by Monaco to list Atlantic bluefin tuna on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species...
Source: Bumble Bee Foods press release
Bumble Bee Foods(R), America’s leading premium tuna brand, is bringing elegant convenience to dinner tables across the country. Following the success of its premium Prime Fillet(R) albacore and salmon...
Source: MindaNewsTuna canneries here have shifted from bunker oil to coal in fueling their boilers due to rising fuel prices over the last two years.Mariano Fernandez of Ocean Canning, president of the Tuna Canner Association of the Philippines...
Source: Malta IndependentThe Aquaculture research Section at Fort San Lucjan participates actively in research projects to breed marine fish species that have a high potential for aquaculture, namely the amberjack (accjol) and bluefin tuna (tonn)....
Source: WWF press releaseGermany’s Minister for the Environment, Sigmar Gabriel, has yesterday announced his backing for a proposal by the Principality of Monaco to list Atlantic bluefin tuna on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in...
Source: Detroit Free PressThe premade, sandwich-ready tuna salad comes in a convenient pouch and is available in albacore and chunk light varieties. One package is enough for one sandwich; all you need is the bread.
The taste: Tasty ingredients...
Source: ReutersThailand’s biggest canned tuna exporter, Thai Union Frozen, rose 0.82 percent
to 24.60 baht, having hit a near-two-year high of 24.90 baht in early trade, due to expectations the company would report strong profit growth in the second...
Source: Contacto DigitalThe Mexican Herdez Group has more than doubled its staff just one year after the opening of its tuna plant in Port Chiapas. The group now employs 900 workers, while having started operations four months ago with a staff of...
Source: Business WeekStarKist Co. has confirmed it is laying off about 350 workers from its tuna cannery in the U.S. territory of American Samoa over the next several months.Mary Sestric, a spokeswoman for the Pittsburgh-based company, said...
Source: Business Mirror Manila and Port Moresby signed the implementing arrangements on fisheries cooperation projects and on complementary competencies for official control on fishing/freezer vessels in Papua New Guinea. The implementing...
Source: Associated PressHawaii’s longline bigeye tuna industry is on course to hit its catch quota for the year in mid-November.The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council is a federal advisory body responsible for protecting fisheries...
Source: Diario de Ibiza
The environmental organization Greenpeace last week requested to urgently create a sanctuary in Balearic waters to protect bluefin tuna, which is in great danger of extinction.
This was demanded by Greenpeace director,...
Source: American ChronincleClean Seas Tuna Ltd (ASX:CSS) today warned it would incur a net loss of about $6m for the second half of the 2009 year, compared with the first-half net loss of $6.6m.For the full 2008 year, the company incurred a net loss...
Source: MSC Press ReleaseAll Maldivian tuna fisheries for yellowfin, bigeye and skipjack have entered assessment for certification under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) [1] standard for sustainable and well-managed fisheries. With an estimated...
Source: GreenpeaceItalian marine authorities have confiscated 15 kilometres of driftnets and an illegal catch of 30 bluefin tuna and swordfish from the Italian fishing vessel Frederica II, yesterday. The vessel had tried to flee, but the Greenpeace...
Source: Malta Independent
The XIXth International Conference of the European Association of Fisheries Economists (EAFE; www.eafe-fish.eu) was held in Malta between 6-8 July, attended by 60 participants from 18 countries. It was jointly organised by...
Source: La OpinionThe North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) and the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) have newly ‘blacklisted’ 21 vessels for illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.Of the total, five sail under...
Source: MercoPressThe European Union is committed to combat all predatory practices in the European Community seas and globally to ensure the conservation of many species on the verge of extinction. For this purpose the EC has the Community...
By AtunaScientists and fisheries managers representing the thirty seven members, cooperating non-members and participating territories (CCMs) of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) will meet for the sixth annual session of...
Written by Isabel GuerraTuna and tuna-like species fishing will be banned under the jurisdiction of Peru in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO), from 1 August to 28 September 2009. The measure was prepared by the Ministry of Production (Produce) under...
By AtunaAmericans continue to include canned tuna and shrimp as part of a healthy diet more than any other seafood, according to the National Fisheries Institute's “Top Ten†list for 2008.
Recently released numbers show the amount of shrimp...
Source: AFPMonaco has tabled a proposal to place Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna on the list of the world's most endangered species in a move that could ban international trade of the fish.As one of the most popular sushi staples,...
The managing director of the Spanish Tunamar,Mr. Jurgen Smet, expresses his opinion about the recent actions towards the bluefin tuna fishery by European politicians, who he calls hypocrites.
Mr. Smet believes that the inclusion of the species on...
Following a request from its Scientific Committee, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), is seeking a by-catch coordinator for a short term contract (no longer than six months).
According to the Commission:...
By AtunaWith the domestic fisheries of Indonesia and Philippines excluded from the ban – bigeye and yellowfin mortality will only rise.
Study concludes that the tuna fishing ban established by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission...
Source: Volta Belting
In order to prevent processing plants are having financial losses caused by entire tuna batches being rejected due high bacteria levels, Volta Belting Technology Ltd. has recently released SuperDriveTM conveyor belts as a...
Written by Natalia Freitas for AtunaJapan’s recent change from fish-and-rice eaters to cheeseburgers has been affecting its tuna industry for a while now.
Some local groups such as the Organization for the Promotion of Responsible Tuna Fisheries...
By AtunaAfter facing rejection by the European Community and other IOTC member countries, by including eight tuna longliners on the Commission’s authorized list to operate in the area, Sierra Leone announced the re-flagging of the exact same vessels...
By AtunaHammerman, an American tuna fisherman/consultant and restaurant owner, calls himself Mr. Fish and claims that his most valuable product is actually information on how to make more money out of tuna.
According to Mr. Fish, the Co-Treating...
