Source: El Faro de Vigo
The Community Fisheries Control Agency this year has detected 32 possible breaches of bluefin tuna fisheries that could lead to sanctions, according to the executive director of the Agency, Pascal Savouret.
The agency’s...
Source: Trend
Authorities in Iran continued to strongly reject rumors of dead dolphin meat being used by the tuna canning industry.Iran Fisheries Organization head, Gholam Reza Razeghi told Mehr news agency that he strongly denied that dolphins are...
Source: The Scotsman
Supermarkets have been urged not to panic over an international crisis threatening the Scottish mackerel industry.Three of the UK’s largest supermarket chains have revealed they will not buy Scottish mackerel until environmental...
Source: GrimbsyFood hygiene experts have intercepted and destroyed 90kg of tuna loin after a shipment was linked to four cases of poisoning.The officers from North East Lincolnshire Council acted after receiving a report that crew members of a...
Source: Islands Business
The United States has announced it has reached an agreement on a financial package with Pacific Island Countries that are Parties to the Tuna Treaty. A statement from its Embassy in Suva today said the significant package...
Source: Fed Bizz OppsThe U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, located in Honolulu, Hawaii, intend to issue a fixed...
Source: Saipan TribuneThe Department of Lands and Natural Resources will soon receive approximately USD 265,000 in funding as a result of penalties stemming from foreign fishing vessels caught illegally fishing in CNMI waters, according to DLNR...
Source: GMA News
Philippine manufacturer, processor, canner, and exporter of canned tuna Alliance Select Foods International Incorporated will acquire an 80-percent stake in Akaroa Salmon NZ Ltd., a New Zealand-based marine salmon farmer and...
Source: Fish UpdatedPevaeche tuna Fishing Group achieved a new second Friend of the Sea (FOS) certification for its fleet in the Indian Ocean, formerly the fleet was just certified as sustainable by FOS in the Atlantic Ocean. FOS is the sustainable...
Source: Global Nation Inquirer
After getting the nod of the United Nations on its claim to Benham Rise, the Philippines has moved in on the submerged landmass believed to be rich in natural gas and minerals off eastern Luzon.
Benham Rise is found in...
Source: Pacific News CenterThe Western Pacific Fishery Management Council concluded its four-day meeting in Honolulu last Thursday to take final action to implement a 100-nautical mile area closure around the Mariana Archipelago for fishing vessels...
Source: FSM Public Information Office
The Minister of Resources and Development of the Marshall Islands (RMI), Michael Konelios, urged the Micronesian Trade Committee (MTC) to “take bold but sound decisions†to broaden and deepen sub-regional...
Source: Princes Press ReleasePrinces, the UK’s number one ambient fish brand is launching a brand new range of tuna salads to invigorate the added-value tuna sector and drive incremental growth in the category.Tapping into the lucrative lunchtime...
Source: SeafoodSourceWith a view to ending the five-month deadlock, the Andalusian Federation of Fisheries Associations (FAAPE) has given the Gibraltar government a final ultimatum: Conclude negotiations on Spanish tuna fishermen’s access to waters...
Source: The Fiji Times
How to boost fishing in Tonga and the rest of the Pacific is being discussed in Nuku’alofa.Fishing Ministers from 17 Pacific countries are meeting international donors and fishing industry experts to discuss ways to maintain...
Source: Nation Seychelles
A contract for the work was signed yesterday at Caravelle House by chief executive Finley Racombo of the Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA) on behalf of the government, and managing director Vijay Patel of Vijay...
Source: SeafoodSource
The Alaska salmon fishery has formally re-entered Marine Stewardship Council assessment. The MSC received notice of a signed contract between the Purse Seine Vessel Owners Association (PSVOA) and Intertek Moody Marine (IMM),...
Source: The FishSiteThe first off-load of long line-fishing tuna catch in Honiara by the Southern Seas Investment is a significant achievement for the National Coalition for Reform and Advancement’s (NCRA) new policy on long-line fishing in the...
Source: Reuters
Seychelles’ vital tuna fishing industry is starting to recover after international anti-piracy efforts and boats carrying armed guards deterred attacks by Somali pirates, Natural Resources and Industry Minister Peter Sinon said on...
From Atuna.comThe process of debriefing observers when they return from fishing trips needs work and is a “high priority†to better understand what happens onboard tuna vessels, says Peter Sharples, the observer and port sampler coordinator at the...
Source: PhilStar
Seafood exporter Alliance Select Foods International Inc. (FOOD) is mulling the possibility of listing on the Indonesian Stock Exchange where it expects its operations to grow further.When asked whether the company was interested in...
Source: Cyprus Mail
A 44-year-old Spaniard was yesterday remanded in custody for eight days in connection with possession of over a kilo of cocaine stored in factory-sealed tuna cans.The man was arrested by police while allegedly trying to find...
Source: Boston Business Journal The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has sent a warning letter to Taiyo Seafood Boston Inc. alleging that an inspection of a food processing plant showed that the company has several serious violations of seafood...
Source: Port Lincoln Times
Clean Seas Tuna will aim to have its next batch of southern bluefin tuna fingerlings grown out to one kilogram before the winter comes to increase their chances of survival.The company’s chief executive officer Dr. Craig...
Source: News AustraliaIt might never make it to the Olympics, but the time-honored sport of tuna tossing has thousands of devoted fans.Every year, men and women gather in Port Lincoln, South Australia to see who can hurl the deep sea bluefin tuna...
Source: Port Lincoln Times
Clean Seas Tuna is seeking an investor to take over half of the company’s yellowtail kingfish operations.
The company’s chief executive officer Dr. Craig Foster said Clean Seas was seeking a partner to possibly spin its...
Source: ISSF
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) announced MRAG Americas Inc. will serve as independent auditor of the ProActive Vessel Register (PVR), a newly launched database that is designed to help identify vessels...
Crown Prince claims sustainable tuna sourcing due to ISSF membership of supplierSource: Crown Prince Press Release In a press release, the US brand Crown Prince Seafood says that ISSF is moving towards creating a logo for product packed by its...
Report by Bualuang Securities One-off huge financing expenses in Q2 2012BUY (maintained)Target Price: Bt85.00 Price (09/07/12): Bt74.50Thai Union Frozen Products Plc (TUF)What’s new? We called TUF with regard to the outlook for 2Q12 net and core...
Source: European CommissionMaria Damanaki, European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, on July 9th gave a speech at the Tokyo University in Japan with the title: The Oceans, our Common Challenge. She talks about the need of cooperation...
Source: ISSF
Yesterday Atuna.com reported that the US canned seafood company Crown Prince had just issued a statement claiming that the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) is moving towards creating a logo for product packed by...
Source: The JetFiji is working on a Tuna Management Plan to manage and conserve its tuna stock as some species are on the verge of being overfished.Consultation work on this plan has been making its rounds with stakeholders and consultations have...
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is touting the validity of its labeling scheme after independent DNA testing showed that a vast majority of MSC-labeled seafood products are accurately labeled.Of the 196 samples recently tested, 192 were...
By Atuna.comThe ISSF is not launching its own tuna eco-label, contrary to yesterday’s Crown Prince statement, and the reality has left the misinformed manager at the American seafood brand, Crown Prince, “surprised†and “having to seek an...
Source: Secretariat Of The Pacific CommunityFifteen countries and territories and their development partners met in Noumea last month for a joint Secretariat of the Pacific Community / Food and Agriculture Organization workshop to discuss how...
Source: Radio New Zealand
The Solomon Islands-based Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has a new head, James Movick from the Federated States of Micronesia.Mr. Movick, who had been the deputy director for the past several years, replaces Su’a N.F....
A new report on member states’ efforts to balance fishing capacity with fishing opportunities published by the European Commission (EC) supports calls for significant changes within EU fisheries policy.It confirms the very slow pace at which the EU...
Source: The HinduIn a bid to ensure sustainable management of tuna fish in the Indian Ocean, a project to tag the commercially-exploited fish with Satellite-tracked Pop-up Standard Archival Tags (PSAT) had been launched to study its habitat,...
Source: AntiWarNo country is safe from the power of the Israel lobby — no, not even tiny Tuvalu, a nation consisting of nine minuscule islets in the middle of the Pacific Ocean totaling ten square miles. Rep. Howard Berman, former chairman of the...
Source: Daily News
Sri Lanka is one of the most conducive countries for investments. Sri Lanka has ended the terrorism which prevailed in the country for over 30 years and the Sri Lankan government has already created a peaceful environment in the...
Source: Fish Information and Services
The Ministry of Economy issued an agreement defining the quota and allocation mechanism to import processed tuna – except for loins – coming from the European Union (EU).The agreement sets a quota of 8,000...
Source: EuroAlert
The Fisheries Committee at the European Parliament highlighted during a vote celebrated July 11th that failing to manage EU stocks sustainably means that 75% of them are overfished, costing the EU about €1.8 billion a year. Members...
Source: Islands Business
It’s no secret that the region’s fisheries resources – an important source of food and export revenues for Pacific Island countries – are under considerable strain.Rapid growth in commercial fishing activity in recent times...
Source: The Standard
Portland played host to a rare maritime “visitor†when a multi-thousand-dollar tuna tag washed up near Swan Lake last week. The data storage satellite, worth up to $5000, was located about 22.5 kilometers east of the South...
Heroes are putting their lives on the line in the fight to save tuna.Source: The Guardian, George Monbiot blog
When it comes to protecting our natural heritage, activists are stepping in where governments have failed.One of the purposes of...
By Atuna.com
Tuna companies boasting eco-label certification could be selling unsustainable products if they don’t have a traceability tool in place to monitor quantity, says Marcelo Hidalgo, coordinator of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA)...
Source: Sail WorldSome 10 years ago, the Sea Shepherd ship Ocean Warrior and her crew intervened against an illegal shark finning operation in Guatemalan waters by the Costa Rican long liner (and previously convicted poaching vessel) the Varadero I....
Source: Today’s ZamanThe country of Somalia, which boasts the longest ocean coastline in Africa, is home to pirates that turn the Indian Ocean into a nightmare for sailors.Somalia, which has been racked by a civil war for nearly half a century, is...
Source: ABC Radio AustraliaBack in May we reported radioactive material being carried by tuna from near Japan's crippled Fukushima power plant, all the way across the Pacific to the US.One of the scientists doing that research was Stanford...
Source: Islands BusinessIf you have a project in mind, just ask Beijing for yuan. You stand a better chance of a generous handout or soft loan from China than any other donor.As government leaders begin preparing for the August meeting of the...
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Source: Voice of RussiaPaul Watson, the head of the radical Sea Shepherd Conservation Society currently awaiting extradition to Costa Rica in Germany, has told Voice of Russia in an exclusive interview that the Shark Fin mafia doesn’t want a...
Source: Voice of America Aerial view of Pagasa Island, part of the disputed Spratly group of islands, in the South China Sea located off the coast of western Philippines
The Philippines is expressing concern over 30 Chinese vessels that have settled...
Source: PacNewsThe vulnerability of shark species and their depleting status in the region has become an area of priority analysis for Fiji and the Oceania Fisheries Program (OFP).
Stock assessments of the status of silky shark and oceanic white –...
Source: ABC Adelaide
It’s the largest fishing vessel that would ever work in Australian fisheries, said to have been part of destroying West African fisheries, and feared to be coming to Australia to destroy our fisheries. Recreational fishing...
By Atuna.comThe sustainable seafood trend has been catching on globally for some time now, but retailers and consumers in Germany have been ahead of the curve. Since 2005, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) eco-label has shown tremendous growth in...
Source: Written by Raphael Vassallo, Malta TodayMaltese tuna ranchers Fish & Fish have no intention of dropping their lawsuit against activist Paul Watson of the conservation NGO Sea Shepherd, whose flagship Steve Irwin had freed around 800 live...
Source: CNA
A Taiwanese fishing vessel has been released 18 months after being hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday.
The skipper and 25 crew members are safe and were being escorted to...
Supermarket claims about the sustainability of fish are “misleading and meaninglessâ€, consumer group Which? has warned, as “dolphin friendly†tuna rarely swim in the same waters as dolphins.Source: Written by James Hall, Consumer Affairs Editor –...
Source: The NationThai Union Frozen Products has become one of the first Thai companies to strive to develop its own pools of “global executivesâ€, launching a specially designed management-trainee program this month.After studying similar programs...
Source: Radio New ZealandThe U.S. based Tri-Marine International says it’s pleased the U.S. House has passed legislation that would delay the next wage hike until 2015.The company’s operations in American Samoa include a new cannery at the old COS...
Source: Business World
Philippine skipjack tuna producers should consider shifting to pole-and-line fishing to further avert dwindling supply caused by overfishing, a Greenpeace campaigner said here on Wednesday.Vince Cinches, Greenpeace Southeast...
Tree quarters of people surveyed want to know if their fish is sourced sustainablySource: Written by Emily Allen, for The Mail
Supermarkets have been criticized for using ‘meaningless’ and ‘unhelpful’ labels on the fish they sell.Consumer watchdog...
Source: Sun StarPhilippine production of sashimi-grade tuna, which is caught using the traditional hook and line fishing method, would get a boost once Palau open its waters to Filipino handline fishermen.Organizers of the annual National Tuna...
Source: The News Tribune
Congress passed a bill this week to freeze American Samoa’s minimum wage, responding to employer concerns and a government financial report that suggest automatic increases were harming the U.S. territory’s economy.American...
Source: Green Answers
Greenpeace recently announced a new campaign to decrease the number of tuna fishing boats allowed in the industry. The environmental group argued that, even though tuna populations are threatened by overfishing, the...
Source: Fish Information and Services
In Spain the council of the Basque Country approved an additional appropriation for 2012 of Euro 1,396,500 to finance the private security of the crew members of the freezer tuna fishing vessels in the Indian...
Source: Sunday Star Times
China has sent sophisticated fishing boats into waters north of New Zealand, creating fears it is plundering the world’s last great tuna stock in a bid to stake a claim to the region’s resources.Official figures show a 125...
Source: MindaNews
As an initial step to arrest declining tuna catches, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has urged Filipino fishing companies to agree to a 165,000-metric ton (MT) annual catch ceiling and eventually the reduction...
The Government of the Solomon islands want to develop a new tuna processing facility, which be able to get access to the rich tuna resources in the country’s EEZ. Here below the official invitation for expressions of interest. Potential partners...
Source: Financial Times
The story. The Marine Stewardship Council audits more than 12,000 seafood products from 100 fisheries in a scheme that is an industry standard, involving nearly 2,000 companies.
It was set up in 1997 as a partnership between...
Source: ABC Rural
The tuna harvest in Port Lincoln, South Australia, is in full swing, with the industry saying it’s shaping up as a good year.Chief executive officer of the Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association, Brian Jeffriess, says optimum...
Source: Radio New Zealand
A cold storage facility for the new tuna cannery in American Samoa is now operating while a second one, is expected to be completed next year.U.S. based Tri-Marine International is building a new tuna cannery processing...
Source: Coast River Business Journal
Canada and the United States have long had a good working relationship when it comes to ocean harvest of migratory fish species; however, albacore tuna has recently caused some tension.The treaty between Canada...
By Atuna.com
Greenpeace supports well-managed and controlled free school purse seining, says Oliver Knowles, senior oceans campaigner at Greenpeace.
Yesterday, a blog post written by Elaine Wilson for the website, Green Answers, misrepresented the...
Douglas Hines, chief operating officer and executive vice president of the US giant Bumble Bee Foods is moving from his top operational role to board director.
Hines, veteran in the tuna business, has been active in the industry for 34 years. His...
By Atuna.com
Purse seine fishing on tuna-dolphin associations was given the “green†go-ahead by ISSF scientists in their 2012 technical report.
According to the ISSF Scientific Advisory Committee, the “green†rating means the fishing tactic is safe...
Source: The Hindu
Traditional fishermen on Saturday demanded that the State Fisheries Department immediately undertake a study to not only find the carrying capacity of the Goan coast for fishing vessels it can sustain but also to identify the...
Source: Convenience Store
Actress Eva LongoriaSheba has extended its range of super-premium cat food to include six new varieties.
The new variants include tender terrine with tuna, cod in succulent jelly, rabbit in gravy and terrine with beef. It...
Source: PacNews
The Director of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) has challenged member’s countries to change their mindset about being wealthy custodians of a billion resources and pursue alternative models of development other than access...
Source: House of Japan
Japan’s Fisheries Agency has asked the South Korean government to curtail bluefin tuna catches in light of a surge in tuna imports from the neighboring country, as Tokyo has concerns that internationally agreed on fishing...
Source: Federal Business Opportunities
This publication serves as notice of intent to procure services for the Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS),...
Source: Oregon Live
The U.S. Coast Guard and an environmental cleanup company contained a small diesel spill Monday at the mouth of Yaquina Bay after a vessel ran aground at the start of a fishing trip.
A crew set a boom in the water to keep the...
Source: Muscat DailyWith an expected crunch in fish supplies in the summer months and the worsening situation during Ramadan, Oman Fisheries Company plans to supply 2,000 metric tons of frozen fish to meet the rising demand. The stocks will be...
Source: Sustainable BusinessThe largest nonprofit focused on the health of our oceans is finding seafood fraud everywhere it looks - in Los Angeles, 55% of seafood is mislabeled, and in Boston it’s 48% and in South Florida it’s 31%.In a report...
Source: By Atuna.comThe top canned tuna companies will be present in Latin America within five years, as they cannot afford to ignore the developing region’s growing potential, says Dario Chemerinski, director partner with Global Resources Brazil, a...
Source: Fish Information and ServicesThe General Fisheries Confederation (Cepesca) considers that the European Commission’s proposal (EC) to ban bottom trawling and gillnets is "senseless as it lacks scientific basis."According to Cepesca secretary...
Source: Malta TodayThe head of the marine conservation group left Germany "for an unspecified destination", his lawyer told a Frankfurt court yesterday, prompting an arrest warrant to be reissued.Earlier this year Costa Rica filed an extradition...
Source: Europa Press
The Spanish National Association of Manufacturers of Canned Fish and Seafood (Anfaco-Cecopesca) will hold the IV World Conference of Canned Seafood next September 10-11 in Vigo, Spain, a meeting point for the sector and its...
Source: The Jakarta PostThe current European financial turmoil, combined with unpredictable weather, has badly affected fishery exports from Bali during the first half of 2012.I Gusti Ngurah Made Sumantri, head of research and development at the...
By Atuna.comThe discussion board on atuna.com is heating up about the recent Atuna article, "ISSF Scientists Rate Purse Seining on Tuna & Dolphins as Green," and it includes comments from both Friend of the Sea and the Earth Island Institute,...
By Atuna.com
The raw material price of whole round skipjack tuna is expected to remain high and will continue to rise, but the market will adjust to the new reality, says Chris Lischewski, CEO of Bumble Bee Foods.
So far, the category volume has...
One of the smallest nations in the world, Tuvalu, wants to build -together with a foreign investor- a micro tuna processing plant on one of its islands. The Pacific Island nation Tuvalu is one of the 8 PNA countries, which together account for more...
Source: ABC de SevillaThe Organization of Trapnet Fish Producers of Cadiz (OPP), which groups the four Spanish almadraba (trapnet) bluefin fisheries of Tarifa, Zahara, Conil and Barbate, is currently calculating the results of 2012 year end’s...
By Atuna.comThe owner of Spanish tuna company, Conservas Garavilla, better known by its brand Isabel, plans to expand overseas to reach their new sales target of USD 491 million by 2014.
MCH Private Equity gained a significant stake in Garavilla in...
Source: Island
Sri Lanka expects to further expand its offshore and deep sea fisheries in the ensuing years, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne said.Sri Lanka’s off shore and deep sea fish haul had grown...
Source: El Diario
The Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture has received 50 000 Circle C16 / 0 hooks for the Regulation and Fishing Replacement Program in the artisanal fishing fleet. The circular hooks were donated by the organization...
Source: Food Safety News
Salmonella from a recalled raw tuna product served in sushi and known as Nakaochi scrape has now sickened at least 425 individuals in 28 states and the District of Columbia. Of those ill, 55 have been hospitalized.
In its...
Source: Oceana
A United Kingdom court Thursday ruled against two Spanish shipowners connected with the notorious pirate shipowners Antonio Vidal Suárez and Antonio Vidal Pego. The court has imposed a fine of GBP 1.62 million (over Euro 2 million)...
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer
General Tuna Corp., the export arm of food company Century Pacific Group, is seeking tax breaks for its expansion project in General Santos City, the Board of Investments (BOI) said in a notice published Friday.The...
Source: The Boston GlobeThe fish industry would have to publicly track fish from the boat to the plate under a sweeping new seafood fraud bill introduced Wednesday by US representatives Edward Markey and Barney Frank that imposes hefty fines for...
Source: FishNewsEU
Following a successful chain of custody audit, a Spanish tuna company selling bluefin tuna has been approved by Friend of the Sea, the sustainable seafood logo set up by EII representatives.
According to a FOS press release Frime...
Source: TVNZOne of New Zealand’s biggest fishing companies, Auckland’s Sanford Ltd, faces a criminal jury trial tomorrow in Washington DC, charged with conspiracy and oil pollution charges.
It is alleged that - driven to make money - the crew of...
Source: Mauritius Government Information ServiceSome Rs 8 to 10 billion worth of investment (about USD 260 million to USD 325 million) is about to be made by French group Sapmer in the fisheries sector of Mauritius. This was announced during a press...
Source: Ceylon Daily News
All measures are in place to increase the annual Tuna fish harvest upto 130,000 metric tons and the per capita fish consumption in Sri Lanka up to 21 kilograms by 2013 Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister...
Source: Fish Information and Services
The Secretary General of Fisheries of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Magrama), Carlos DomÃnguez, states that the scientific research for breeding bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in captivity...
Source: Limerick LeaderThe rare Bluefin tuna proved a popular attraction at the Milk MarketOne of the biggest bluefin tuna ever caught in Ireland was sold at Limerick’s Milk Market over the weekend.The massive yield, which was caught 600 miles off...
PARTIES TO THE NAURU AGREEMENT OFFICEEXPRESSIONS OF INTERESTPNA Observer Agency
The Parties to the Nauru Agreement (The Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu)...
Source: Philippine Information Agency
Greenpeace Southeast Asia along with two foreign fishing experts visited the Tuna Capital last week to campaign for sustainable fishing practices.
Greenpeace is advocating the pole and line method of catching...
