Millions of anchovies a protected species in Europe have died in northern Spain after an unexplained mass beaching, officials said Friday.The fish, all juveniles, were found stranded along large stretches of Colunga beach, 35 miles east of the port...
Turkey makes an annual turnover of $60 million from an unusual source: sushi, that most beloved of foods in distant Japan. The reason? Bluefin tuna.Aqua Group, founded in 2002, is one of Turkey’ leading exporters of bluefin tuna. Izmir Regional...
The farming of bluefin tuna, a delicacy at sushi restaurants, may have been developed in the nick of time as wild stocks come under increasing pressure.In the dark green waters off the coast of western Japan, scores of 68kg bluefin tuna glided...
Private label or own brands have a lower share of the market in South Africa than the global average, according to ACNielsen. However canned tuna is the exception. South Africa’s total private label share is 6.7%, which is much lower than the global...
The Maldives Attorney-General’s office has announced that eighteen fishermen in Haa Alif, Dhidhdhoo have been charged with disturbing the peace, after they dumped tones of tuna inside the atoll office in February.The fishermen were protesting over...
Environmental group WWF has called on European consumers to re-think about the fish they eat, warning that many are likely to be the product of illegal, destructive, or wasteful fishing.
A report delivered by the WWF outlined alarming results from...
The arrival of two tuna fishing vessels at Rarotonga’s Avatiu harbor could signal the beginning of a new tuna fishing venture, the Cook Islands local new sources reports.The news source reports that both vessels, Talofa I and Talofa II, have been...
The President yesterday directed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in consultation with Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez, to further strengthen the efforts of the United States to protect sustainable fisheries and to safeguard their...
The tuna fishery is the most important fishery both in terms of scale and economics in the RMI, with a recorded high catch in 1999 at 80,000 tons of mixed tuna (~ US$4 Million in national revenue). The Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority...
The Brazilian canning company Gomes da Costa, part of the Spanish Calvo Group, inaugurated a new plant in South Brazil last week. The new canning facilities will produce tuna and sardine and will increase Gomes da Costa’s production and exports.An...
The situation of the tuna vessel “Sunny Jane†is pending since the boat anchored in Arousa Bay almost five months ago.The Sunny Jane arrived in June at the Spanish wharf of A Pobra do Caraminal with the intention of unloading its tuna catches for...
The Spanish General Secretariat of Spanish Fishery reported that this year’s Atlantic Albacore campaign, which is about to conclude, has been the best campaign of the decade thanks to its large volume of captures. Nevertheless, the abundance did not...
The Calvo family, which controls 77,8% of Group Calvo, the Spanish leading canning company, has asked the investment company Nmas 1 to search for financial partners.The Calvo family has decided to sell the company due to problems in the line of...
European Union (EU) representatives and the Ministry of Fishery of Mozambique are finalizing the last details to renew their tuna fishing agreement which is effective since January 2004.The new fishery agreement will be valid for a period of four...
President of the Seychelles James Michel is proud that a small country like Seychelles has the credibility to generate interest in a bond to raise $200 million overseas. He said this on Wednesday upon his return from a busy week of visits in Europe...
The lowering of tariffs for Philippine exports resulting from the Japanese-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) is not likely to bring an increase in the country's fishery exports, particularly shrimp and tuna.Arsenio Tanchuling,...
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York is discussing what action might be taken to prohibit destructive fishing practices on the high seas. The European Commission, on behalf of the European Union, will propose a coherent package of...
The European Commission has today adopted a decision fixing an annual indicative allocation, per Member State, of the funds made available under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013. From the...
Fishing and prostitution might be two of the oldest professions, but the exploitation of both is creating new vulnerabilities for Pacific islands as distant countries send more boats to fish there.
The deck of the Taiwanese fishing boat bustles with...
Seychelles will this year be hosting its first Tuna Festival from October 12 - 18, to pay respect to this tasty pink-fleshed oceanic fish, one of the most valuable commercial fish species in the world today.The Tuna Festival, which coincides with...
The master of a Samoa, Pago Pago based tuna longliner, which was caught fishing illegally in Cook Islands waters in 2004, has been fined nearly three hundred thousand US dollars by the Cook Islands.Radio Cook Islands reports that the High Court...
The master of a Samoa, Pago Pago based tuna longliner, which was caught fishing illegally in Cook Islands waters in 2004, has been fined nearly three hundred thousand US dollars by the Cook Islands.Radio Cook Islands reports that the High Court...
Evidence that Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishing is spiraling out of control emerged today as scientists from around the world met to discuss the status of the fishery.The scientists, gathering at a meeting of the International Commission for the...
Australia’s national science agency says Pacific countries are lacking in basic information about climate change and how to cope with it.The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization released a report that warns about a mass...
The inaugural flight of Cebu Pacific to this city from Manila went on as scheduled despite bad weather Monday last week. Cebu Pacific’s entry here, which was warmly welcomed by government and business leaders, brought to three the daily flights to...
An abandoned tuna fishing vessel left to rot in Mooloolaba’s Marina for the past four years will finally be removed by Maritime Safety Queensland.The FV Nino was dumped by its owner in 2002 and was later towed to its current position, just off The...
The Philippine regional Office of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Bfar) reported that tuna production in Davao Region has continued to increase. In fact, the agency ranked tuna to have the highest production compared to other major...
From the local press:Many will be familiar with the name National Fisheries. A few may know of the company Kwo Jeng, a Taiwanese distant water tuna fishing company that has operations in Trinidad now for some years. And I am sure that fishermen and...
The Tasmanian Government has rejected the advice of its own Scientific Advisory Committee and refused to declare the southern bluefin tuna endangered.Humane Society International nominated the fish for listing because of a dramatic decline in tuna...
Malta’s Parliamentary Secretary Frans Agius has defended Malta’s tarnished image in a WWF report on the exploitation of bluefin resources in the Mediterranean Sea, warning of the collapse of these tuna stocks.
“Malta… is definitely not the culprit...
The Spanish Calvo Group’s current assets are valued between Eur 250 and Eur 350 million. The tuna group invoices a total of Eur 380 million per year and owns factories located in Spain, Morocco, Venezuela, El Salvador and Brazil. The company employs...
The Mexican fishermen who were rescued by a Taiwanese tuna vessel on August 9th near the Marshall Islands after drifting for nine months and nine days on board of a small boat, have signed a contract with an American film producing company. The...
The world Wildlife Fund has started a new website which is especially dedicated to bluefin tuna. It provides the public in a very informative manner insight into the unique characteristics of a bluefin tuna. Visitors to the website are also informed...
The Galician investment company Louredo, S.L., which is the owner of the canning company Bernardo Alfageme, S.A. (Miau-brand) has announced that it would make a bid for the acquisition of the Spanish tuna canning enterprise Calvo. Louredo announced...
A Fisheries Survey of India (FSI) vessel to identify the concentration of Yellowfin Tuna, in the Bay of Bengal, is now berthed at Fishing Harbour, Kasimedu, near Royapuram.Acquired recently by the FSI, the vessel “Matsya Drushti†is known as “Tuna...
The UK newspaper “The Independent†published the below article, with the above title. This article and title are a clear example of the misinformation that takes place by the press, by connecting longlined sashimi tuna to canned tuna, and also...
Alliance Tuna International Inc, a Philippine manufacturer of processed canned tuna products, will launch its initial public offering of 134.0 million common shares on Oct 23, and plans to sell them at between P1.20 and P1.60 per share, the stock...
The Ecuadorian tuna vessel “Dominador†(Dominator), owned by INEPACA, which left the port of Manta, Ecuador last September 28th, sank three days later in front of the Ecuador North province of Esmeraldas with 16 crewmembers on board.
Eight...
The recent strong showing of the peso against the US dollar should be a welcome development.Instead, tuna exporters here are urging the government to intervene to prevent further losses in their export operations.John Heitz, export manager of Aqua...
The European Commission has adopted a proposal amending some rules of the Common Fisheries Policy to extend existing public aid for the enhancement of safety, hygiene, working conditions, product quality and energy efficiency on board fishing...
When the Asian financial crisis struck in 1997, the fledgling sub-regional economic cooperation between Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines (BIMP) started to falter.
It had been barely three years since talks aimed at accelerating the...
Japan has buckled under Australian pressure, accepting a severe cut in its southern bluefin tuna catch after officials accused it of illegally taking fish worth up to $8 billion over the past 20 years.The reduction came in international talks where...
Nine public elementary schools across the territory each received $1,000 from Charlie the Tuna and the good folks at Star Kist Samoa Inc.Of 24 public elementary schools, eleven submitted proposals and nine were selected for the $1,000 awards....
Eating seafood twice a week is good for your heart and generally outweighs the risk of exposure to mercury and other dangerous contaminants, the Institute of Medicine said Tuesday. Even so, the government needs to help consumers figure out which...
Pacific Island Governments should call on Japan and other Distant Water Fishing nations (DWNFS) to immediately pay US$400 million to prevent the overfishing of tuna, said Greenpeace Australia Pacific Oceans Team leader, Nilesh Goundar.
Mr. Goundar...
Southern bluefin tuna talks in Japan last week ended well both for the future of the tuna fishery and for New Zealand fishers, says Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton.
“The international community has made some tough decisions that will hopefully allow...
European fishing vessels should be banned from the Pacific Ocean, says Greenpeace.
Despite two key Pacific tuna stocks already being in serious trouble, the European Union (EU) has licensed 96 new boats to fish in the Western Pacific region.
The...
Australia and specifically Port Lincoln is now the home of the world’s largest southern bluefin tuna quota, after Japan had its quota cut in half last week.At the Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT) meeting held in...
The Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA) sought to sensitize Seychellois to eat more tuna through a small float that went through the city of Victoria, and an exhibition held at Codevar building on Saturday.
Nutritionists mounted a stall at the...
The recent announcement that the government had agreed to a 50 percent cut in Japan's quota of southern bluefin tuna has sent shock waves through the fishing industry and also raised concerns over possible price rises for the fish at...
A team of sanitary and safety inspectors from the European Union (EU) arrived in General Santos Wednesday morning to embark on a 10-day evaluation tour of various facilities involved in the handling and processing of tuna export products in that...
The European Union (EU) commissioner Joe Borg called for strengthened measures against the overfisihing of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean, a statement issued in response to a recent warning from scientists that the collapse of stocks in imminent...
Authorities in Fiji have detained a South Korean tuna fishing vessel at the Kings Wharf in Suva on suspicion that its crew may have been fishing tuna illegally in Pacific waters. The vessel “Weng Teng No 688†has been black-listed by the Inter...
Health-conscious consumers have long been vexed by whether the health benefits of seafood outweigh the risks from toxic substances, such as mercury. Now, two large federally-funded studies have weighed the evidence and reached a definitive...
The Taiwanese Council of Agriculture (COA) will pull out all the stops to push the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) to return the tuna catch quota for Taiwan to the previous level, an official said last...
Amid tight security, nine 140kg tuna worth more than $1 million each have been airlifted from sea pens off Eyre Peninsula and lowered into the world's first on-shore hatchery at nearby Arno Bay.
Port Lincoln tuna baron Hagen Stehr said he had...
Philippine canned tuna exporter Alliance Tuna International plans to broaden its reach in the global market and aims to raise its export market to 60 countries from the current 40 countries in the next 12 months.
Alliance Tuna president Jonathan...
The conservation organization made the claim following a two-month collaboration with fisheries enforcement officials from Pacific Island nations.
According to Greenpeace, fleets from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, the US and the EU, take 90% of...
About 17 per cent of the world’s total fish catch passes through the market.While the fish auction may be closed to the public, whole tunas, bought at the auction, are lined up like silver torpedoes at some stalls. Some as big as 300 kg. arrive...
Fish vendors in this seafood crazy country are yet to recover from the shock of seeing their government accept a drastic 50 percent cut in Japan’s catches of the prized southern bluefin tuna. â€I am shocked,†said Masaru Ikeda, 55, who runs a small...
“If someone would give me, for those nine fish, $10 million, I couldn’t sell it. These fish are worth a fortune ... at least AUS $3 million each (USD 2.3 million each)â€, says their owner.
The Australian tuna kingpin Hagen Stehr is holding nine of...
Health and safety inspectors from the European Union (EU) were impressed by the cleanliness and improvements they saw during a visit to this city’s fishing port complex and other parts of the tuna production chain, officials said.
Mike Lamberte,...
According to Cook Islands Herald the Suspicions are being aroused that big Spanish tuna fishing boats operating from French Polynesia are illegally fishing in neighboring Cook Islands waters.The newspaper reports that Cook Islands Tuna Fishing...
For millennia, the Mediterranean has fed its coastal peoples with abundant fish, but now it threatens to become a barren sea.Overfishing is taking a heavy toll on fish stocks, with the numbers of tuna plummeting and anchovy becoming scarce in the...
The Calvo family, owner of 77.8% of the Calvo Group’s shares, has decided to keep their majority share in the canning company and decided not to sell their participation. Therefore, this family saga’s third generation will take control of the...
Vietnam has set to obtain a yearly growth rate of over 9 percent in seafood exports from now until 2010 to reap a value of $4-4.5 billion.The target was contained in a program to boost seafood exports that was approved by the Prime Minister on Oct....
The governments of Mexico and Spain have agreed to establish a formal consultancy mechanism for the administration of tuna resources.During a recent encounter, the Mexican and Spanish Fisheries representatives agreed to work together on complicated...
Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian reform Dr. Adel Safar on Monday discussed with Ambassador of Yemen in Damascus Salah Ali Ahmad al-A’nsy the draft of a proposed cooperation agreement between the two countries in the filed of fishery.
The...
An American fisheries expert last week said the Philippines and Indonesia may have contributed to the depletion of tuna stocks, particularly yellowfin and bigeye, in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO). Stanley Swerdloff, senior fisheries...
At a meeting, last Friday, the Administrative Board of the Community Fisheries Control Agency, adopted the first work program for the newly created Agency. The Agency’s task is to strengthen inspection and control of fisheries measures and to make...
