During the world conference of canned fish and shellfish held in Vigo, Spain, on September 16th and 17th of this year, Hermasa showed their Tunipack®-500 canning machine. Hermasa also announced that recently Bumble Bee acquired a Tunipack®-500 for...
Is Tuna Penning Sustainable; by Major Tony Abela from Malta Star
We have last week that there are some definite advantageous with Tuna Penning, especially if it is taken seriously and under strict monitoring and control. So why where ever you look...
Ten of 12 fishermen who staged a mutiny and took control of fishing vessels owned by RD Tuna Ventures Inc. to press for increase in wages and additional benefits were arrested Thursday.
The surprised fishermen said they were made to believe no...
Food companies fighting Congress' directive to start telling consumers whether the fish they buy was farm-raised or caught won a six-month reprieve Thursday from the Agriculture Department. New regulations to implement a provision in the 2002...
Taiwan has joined hands with Japan and South Korea to build a united front to defend their fishery subsidies policies at the World Trade Organization (WTO), a trade source said in Geneva Thursday.
The WTO members had agreed, at the 2001 Doha...
Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company has started exporting canned tuna to the Middle East.
A first shipment has already been sold with two other shipments now about to be exported, said deputy managing director Ibrahim Athif.
MIFCO is more...
This month, the country netted its largest tuna catch ever. Taking to market more than 4,000 tons of tuna fish, double the amount caught during the same period last year, the ministry said. Vietnam's tuna industry is still young, employing...
.Galicia, Spain and Peru will intensify their cooperation in the development of the fishing and aquiculture sectors, according to and agreement signed this week between the president of the Xunta of Galicia, Manuel Fraga and the minister of...
Philippine purse seine fishing -composed of large fishing vessels which operate in international waters and which use mile-long nets to capture tuna- has remained static at 300,000 metric tons per year, decreasing slightly in 2004. The lower...
Mexico is concerned about the 2004 tuna catches so far. The Mexican fleet's tuna catches have amounted to only 87,384 tons until August 31st. This is a figure way below the one registered during the same period last year, when the fleet reached...
Acting Governor Ipulasi Aitofele Sunia of American Samoa has issued an executive order waiving the excise tax on sales of diesel fuel to commercial fishing vessels.
Local law calls for the American Samoa Government (ASG) to levy a $0.035 cent per...
Exports of commodities from Bali to Japan fell sharply to around US$17 million in the first 7 months of this year.
The regional trade office of Bali gave no figure for exports in the same period of 2003 but Bali's exports to Japan in the whole...
There are fears that move to ban the commercial fishing of longtail tuna or Thunnus Tonggol could devastate small operators in Western Australia.
Federal Fisheries Minister Ian Macdonald says if the Coalition is returned to power, the commercial...
Galicia, Spain and Peru will intensify their cooperation in the development of the fishing and aquaculture sectors, according to and agreement signed in Spain this week between the president of the Xunta of Galicia, Manuel Fraga and the minister of...
A Mediterranean diet rich in vegetable oil, nuts and fish, such as tuna, may help fend off more than heart disease and diabetes: it appears to prevent gallstones, too.
Men who ate more of the unsaturated fats found in such foods lowered their risk...
Mexican fishing products will obtain easier access to the Japanese market after the recent signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), reported Mexico’s National Commission for Aquaculture and Fisheries (CONAPESCA).
During the II Meeting of...
The tuna processing plant in Majuro on the Marshall Islands was hit with a series of payless paydays from June through August and, in early September, the factory shut down and remained closed. The crisis at the processing plant is forcing the...
The European Parliament has approved three advisory reports endorsing the renewal of the International Fishery Agreements, which affect tuna fishing in the areas of Madagascar (until December 2006), Cape Verde (until May 2005) and Mauritius...
The new fishing agreement between the European Union (EU) and Seychelles increases the fishing possibilities for the communitarian fleet by 55,000 tons of tuna per annum, which is currently 45,000 tons. However, it also reduces the number of EU...
Tuna salad used to be so basic. And so boring. You bought a can of whatever was on special, dumped it in a bowl with a blob of mayo and a little celery, stuck it on a lettuce leaf or between two slices of white and that was it. Nothing to set off...
Buyers of fresh tuna, whether at the sushi bar or the supermarket, often look for cherry-red flesh to tell them that the fish is top-quality. But it has become increasingly likely that the fish is bright red because it has been sprayed with carbon...
This tuna-rich town is making a niche in the race to development and national prominence by harnessing its tuna population that gave bountiful blessings to the municipality and to the tuna fishers and exporters based in General Santos City.
Town...
The Marshall Islands government says it will not bail out a financially-troubled tuna processing factory in the capital, Majuro. Government officials say the factory's continued requests for state funding are untenable.
The managing director of...
During the past two years, the Spanish Marine Investigation Institute of Vigo (MII) has been developing a conservation method by use of liquid ice to preserve the marine species of commercial value. The liquid ice is to increase the quality and...
In a slum Philippine coastal village, William Indab, a fisherman for more than 30 years, lives at a dilapidated house some 10 meters from the shore. “My earning is not enough to send my three children through college. It’s not even barely enough for...
Ten of the 12 Filipino fishermen of RD Tuna Ventures who led a mutiny in Papua New Guinea (PNG) last August 24 were arrested recently after the Department of Justice (DoJ) ordered their arrest. Sources from the RD Tuna Ventures disclosed that the...
The Spanish Calvo Group is reaching final negotiations on the purchase of the Brazilian cannery Gomes da Costa. The final buy is expected within the next few days placing Calvo at the top of the South American canning sector.
The Calvo Group,...
The Supreme Court agreed to consider Tuesday whether family members can sue in federal court after a 14-year-old girl cut her finger on a Star-Kist tuna can and suffered permanent damage.
The case is one of two granted by the high court that seeks...
A shortage of qualified crews means Nelson inshore fishing operators are regularly putting to sea short-staffed and some are considering recruiting foreigners to plug the gap. Crew shortages were highlighted last week in a Maritime Safety Authority...
Mexico will continue to maintain the Dolphin Protection Policy, despite the United States tuna embargo to the Mexican tuna, assured Dr. Luis Soto, president of the panel of experts of the Tuna-Dolphin Program. “It’s now a question of honorâ€, he...
The two tuna purseseiners “Egalabur†and “Izurdiaâ€, property of the Spanish company Atunsa, and which have been operating in Senegal for the past seven months will be scrapped in Camargo.
The “Egalabur†made news headlines when after a trip to fish...
While the Mexican yellowfin tuna catch in Ensenada is dropping, the production of farmed bluefin tuna is getting better and increasingly significant.
According to the sub-delegate with the National Commission of Aquaculture and Fishery (CONAPESCA)...
Regional Trial Court Judge Isaac Alvero Moran recalled Wednesday his order to free the 10 detained workers of RD Tuna Ventures Inc., surprising the lawyer of the fishermen who were charged with mutiny.
Judge Moran was said to have admitted heaving...
Last week we had a look about the aspects related to the sustainability of tuna penning. This week we shall try to find out how the fish themselves are affected, what risks are being taken while tuna penning and other related hazards that we may...
Crown Food Europe, an affiliate of Crown Holdings, Inc., announces that leading canned fish provider Saupiquet has launched a new line of yellowfin (albacore in French) tuna slices in cans featuring vibrantly decorated Peel Seam peelable lids. The...
Local tuna canner Philbest Canning Corp. was cited by the government-led Export Development Council as the country’s top exporter of marine products for this year.
The company received the top sectoral export performer award for marine products...
It's the last weekend of September when Paul Svornich docks his tuna boat, the F/V Ocean, in Port Orchard with his final catch of the season. A Bainbridge Island resident when he's not on the open seas, Svornich comes from a long line of...
The Philippines, the world’s second-largest tuna producer, is looking into the possibility of saturating the vast Chinese market with local tuna products, and take over the lead position as the world’s largest tuna catcher from Taiwan.
Philippines...
After a year of intense negotiations, the Spanish Calvo Group finalized the acquisition of 80 % of Gomez da Costa, the largest canning group of Brazil and South America. The investment in this first stage of the operation involved USD 50 million and...
According to a report released by the Central Bank of Ecuador the revues from tuna exports have dropped almost 50 percent to USD 24.8 million between January and August this year, compared to the USD 45.9 million obtained during the same period of...
Mauritian Prime Minister Paul Berenger indicated plans by Mauritius to sign an accord next month for the export of canned tuna to South Africa.
Mauritius is also expected to sign a new fishery agreement with the Seychelles during the Prime...
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is angry over the warrant issued in the Philippines for the arrest of two officials of the Filipino Seafarers’ Union (PSU) and a maritime union leader in Papua New Guinea. The ITF said the...
The Councilor of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs of the Galician Xunta, Enrique Lopez Veiga, requested that the EU maintain “some kind of support†for joint ventures with third countries, although it may be different to the current to the future. The...
Ministers from the 12-euro zone countries expressed concern recently about the rising price of oil and its effect on euro zone growth, informed press sources.
French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has written to his colleagues asking for effective...
StarKist Samoa does not anticipate an interruption in its tuna loin production due to the shutdown of a plant in the Marshall Islands, because StarKist has other suppliers, according to the company’s general manager, Phil Thirkell.
The PMOP tuna...
With Port Lincoln being a major tuna center, the University of Tasmania Aquaculture School saw an opportunity to expand its research operations interstate, and using funding from the Cooperative Research Center for Sustainable Aquaculture of...
A consortium of unnamed US firms is planning to build a large tuna farm off the coast of California to raise the fish mainly for export to Japan, according to sources familiar with the project. The US Department of Commerce is reportedly preparing...
The criminal charges slapped late last month to 12 mutineers, who in August allegedly headed the seizure of some 15 fishing vessels of the RD Group of Companies (RDGC) in Papua New Guinea, will be pursued vigorously by the management, company...
Galician fish exports reached a new sales record last year by invoicing 1,155 million Euros. This represents an 11% higher turnover than in the year 2002, and surpasses the sales volume of 2001 by 60 million Euros. From the 1,155 million Euros,...
While the Mexican tuna sector is still recovering from the effects caused by the tuna fishing ban, Mexico may be threatened with yet a new embargo if John Kerry were to win the elections and become the next President of the United States, told...
Air Niugini’s alleged failure to ship on time to Japan 72 boxes of frozen tuna could cost a fresh fish exporter over K300,000 in unrealized revenue.
Emmanuel Balamus, general manager of CT Freight, the shipping agent of exporter Fairwell Investment...
Although the Mexican tuna industry is aiming its production toward the domestic market, the possibility of reaching the U.S. market is still an important alternative for the sector and for the possibility of improving its prices and reactivating the...
Premier Mike Rann will release an Export Council report Beyond Local Towards Global that identifies what must be done if the state is to achieve its target of trebling exports by 2013.
It says millions of dollars must be injected into...
Nine Indonesian fishing vessels have been captured in Australia's northern fishing zone, federal Fisheries Minister Ian Macdonald said. He said the boats were seized during a weekend crackdown on illegal fishing off the Northern Territory coast...
The Marshall Islands government has declined to bail out a financially troubled tuna-processing factory that supplies StarKist Samoa, but instead wants to take over management control.
The PMOP plant is the largest private sector employer in the...
A Spanish delegation is currently visiting Peru until October 30th 2004 with the objective to intensify the fishing cooperation between Spain and Peru.
The delegation is formed by Juan M. Vieites Baptista de Sousa, Secretary General of the National...
A local court in the Philippines Tuesday ordered the release from jail of 10 workers of RD Tuna Ventures Inc. (RDTVI) who earlier led a mutiny of the company’s fishing crew off the high seas of Papua New Guinea .
Judge Jose Bersales of the...
Miserable moggies are in line for a new tonic - tuna-flavored ice cubes.
Researchers at Edinburgh's famous Royal Dick vet school have spent six years working on the formula to cheer up stressed cats. They say it works because unhappy cats have a...
In response to a new Institute of Medicine proposal, advocates are calling on the federal Women, Infant and Children (WIC) program to stop exposing America's most sensitive, low income populations to mercury in white tuna. The IOM Report is...
WILL FROZEN SKIPJACK PRICES THIS YEAR REACH HIGHER THAN USD 1250 CF BKK?
A) YES, will go higher
37 %
B) NO, will stay stable
20 %
C) NO, will go down
42...
The Thai government has warned Thai fishing trawlers to be on the guard against possible pirate attacks in the Malacca Straits. The official warning follows a report in the Singapore-based Straits Times on increased piracy in the area.
Cargo ships...
When it comes to tuna, you can’t always judge a fish by its color.
Some North Carolina fishermen and seafood dealers would love to get the word out to consumers on this point.
“People need to quit buying on the color of a fish because a pale tuna...
The global tuna industry is at a crossroads with whole fleets of longliners around the world possibly never going fishing again.
Tuna industry players attending a research conference in Port Lincoln this week heard falling tuna prices and a massive...
