A multinational operation on the high seas involving a CanadianForces aircraft from CFB Comox has turned up photographic evidence of 10vessels involved in driftnet fishing, a practice banned by the UnitedNations.Ten vessels rigged for illegal...
Del Monte Foods Co. can buy back up to $200million worth of its stock over the next three years under a deal authorizedby its board of directors.The San Francisco Company (NYSE: DLM) sells food like StarKist tuna as wellas cat and dog food under the...
A multinational operation on the high seas involving a CanadianForces aircraft from CFB Comox has turned up photographic evidence of 10vessels involved in driftnet fishing, a practice banned by the UnitedNations.Ten vessels rigged for illegal...
Manor, a main retail chain with 10% share in the Swiss seafood market, has joined the Friend of the Sea project for certification and promotion of seafood from sustainable fisheries and aquaculture. Friend of the Sea consists partly out of people...
The Japanese Department of Export Promotion will work with the Thai Frozen Foods Association to draw up a joint marketing plan to access more of the Japanese safe-food market after bilateral trade frees up further early next month.â€We should have a...
The Maltese Rural Affairs and Environment Ministry yesterday said that data on catches of bluefin tuna has been communicated regularly on a monthly basis.However, as with all other member states involved in bluefin tuna fisheries, Malta was not able...
Written by Shailendra SinghRecord catches of tuna in 2006 have so lowered stocks that Greenpeace Australia Pacific has renewed calls for a 50 percent reduction in tuna fisheries in Pacific waters.At its annual meeting in Hawaii recently, the Western...
The year 2006 showed quite a dramatic shift in Ecuador’s export to the European Union compared to 2005. While in 2005 still a lot of raw whole round tuna was exported, we saw a very big drop last year. Instead we witnessed a sharp increase in the...
The Thailand based MMP Group has announced that they have opened a second canned tuna factory, in Shunde, Foshan City in China.MMP International of Thailand has been successfully operating a tuna cannery in Samutsakorn for many years and now MMP...
During the year 2006, India has started its first exports of fresh tuna by air. It airlifted 493 M/T of high value chilled tuna to Japan from April 2006 to March 2007 (the duration of the Indian fiscal year). In the previous period, Japan only got 7...
Following a decision to move fish farms away from the coast due to claims that they pollute the coastline, fish farm owners who tried to move their location have found themselves bewildered at the amount of bureaucratic problems they are faced...
The Basque Group demanded the Government in the Madrid’s Chamber of Deputies, an effective proceeding to eradicate the attacks suffered by the tuna fishing boats in the Indian Ocean.After the appearance in the Court to explain the situation of the...
A strong collaboration between private businesspeople and the local and federal government will be essential to build a stronger American Samoa economy, according to the consultants working on the ongoing Cannery Economic Impact Study.Such...
Union Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh on Monday said that the government was keen on diversifying the fishing sector.Speaking after launching the Network for Fish Quality Management and Sustainable Fishing (NETFISH), an initiative of...
Fishermen like Diego Crespo have trapped the giant tuna swarming into the warm Mediterranean for over 3,000 years, but he says this year may be one of his last.Japanese demand for its fatty flesh to make sushi has sparked a fishing frenzy for the...
Prantalay Marketing, manufacturer and distributor of Prantalay frozen seafood products, is planning a Bt20-million marketing campaign that it hopes will drive its sales to a new target of Bt1.1 billion this year.Anurat Khoksai, left, chief marketing...
Japanese consumers are again faced with bad news. The traditional Japanese favorite: Katsuobushi (a preparation of dried, fermented and smoked skipjack tuna) is facing huge price increases – as much as 40%. Katsuobushi is a most commonly utilized...
The year 2007 is so far a pure disaster for the Ecuadorian tuna industry, where its exports to the US market are concerned. In the first half of this year, exports for all heat preserved tuna items almost completely collapsed. Even the export of...
Eusko Alkartasuna last week demanded the European Commission to provide compensation to the tuna fishing fleets which have complied with the established quotas of bluefin tuna catches and which have been damaged by countries that exceeded the quota...
A computer failure prevented the European Commission from receiving –in time- the notification of Spanish bluefin tuna captures, according to the Spanish Minister of Agriculture and Fishery, Mrs. Elena Espinosa, who explained that the investigation...
A referendum on a free trade pact with the United States appeared to be heading toward approval late Sunday, according to partial results.The deal has sharply divided Costa Ricans - supporters say it is key to national prosperity, but critics fear...
The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission’s brand new office has officially been opened in the Federated States of Micronesia.The commission discusses practical ways to better conserve and manage the region’s tuna stocks.The Commission’s...
Since 2004 the total Japanese imports of frozen tuna over the first six months of the year almost halved. This dramatic drop continued during the first half of 2007 when imports dropped again by 29% from 126813 M/T to 90346 M/T. This fall can be...
In an effort to persuade senators who remain unconvinced of the benefits to the country from the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has formed a task force to make the case for the treaty in...
Tins of tuna sold by companies involved in pirate fishing have been withdrawn from sale by Austrian food discounter Norma, following revelations by Greenpeace of illegal fishing practices. The move came a week after Greenpeace Central & Eastern...
WILL THE STRONG EURO DRIVE EUROPEAN TUNA CONSUMPTION UP FARTHER?A) Yes, consumption will grow
44 %
B) No, consumption will drop
8 %
C) Stable, consumption will be unaffected
47...
The popular Tuna, once almost extinct in Terengganu waters, in Malaysia due to over-fishing, have returned to waters off the state - thanks to the many artificial reefs there.The reefs, built several years ago, became breeding grounds for the fish...
American Samoa Attorney Genera Fepuleai Afa Ripley Jr., says the processing of the applications and incomplete information is behind the delay in approving applications under the territory’s Guest Worker Permit law.The permit law was enacted this...
The “western†Atlantic bluefin stock, which once cruised in vast numbers up the eastern seaboard into Canadian waters, is so depleted that American fishermen caught just 12 per cent of their allowable commercial quota in 2006. They expect to do...
Internal disagreements between the Tanzania mainland and the Isles government of Zanzibar over revenue-sharing have stalled a fishing deal between Tanzania and the European Union.The crucial Fisheries Agreement, initialed in June 2004, has still to...
In 2006 Solomon Islands exported to the EU 3702 M/T of tuna products which was 13% less than in the previous year. This was rather disappointing since expectations were that output would rise considerably after recent re-organizations and the tie-up...
Written by Chandran NairAsian food markets are awash with fish, but opportunities for selling sustainable seafood in the region have yet to be realized, says Chandran Nair.Despite concerns about over-fishing and illegal operators pillaging the...
Source: Chicken Of The Sea –Press Release
With only 20 percent of Americans consuming the USDA-recommended amount of seafood, Chicken of the Sea and America's Second Harvest are partnering to provide seafood to America's hungry and...
Time is running out for local fishermen battling to save their industry in the face of plans to extend the no-go zone for set nets off the Taranaki coast, in New Zealand.A public meeting in New Plymouth on Friday aims to drum up support to confront...
The global catch of tuna has stagnated and is unlikely to increase significantly over the next few years, says the Glitnir Bank, from Iceland, in a detailed new report on the tuna fishery.More than four million tons of tuna are caught annually and...
The French newspaper Midi Libre - also citing from Le Marin - announces the demand for the launch of an enquiry by the French fisheries authorities into fraud by French tuna fleets. The southern French daily reports that French purse seine operators...
The declining catches of Bigeye tuna – (Latin: Thunnus Obesus) also seem to be having their effect on the European Union imports. After increases in 2004 and 2005, the imports of this large tuna – known for its fatty meat – fell back in 2006 by...
Fishhooks meant to catch tuna in the southern Pacific and Indian Oceans are killing endangered seabirds, as well as sharks and turtles, the WWF conservation group said on Thursday.It estimated up to 13,500 seabirds, including 10,000 albatrosses,...
A US magazine recently ran an article that included tuna on a list of 20 items you should never feed your pet. That same day a newspaper published a column written by the Humane Society that gave recipe ideas for dog treats. One of those recipes...
That was the comment most of those on the city’s boardwalk had yesterday watching workers from the Yankee Fisherman’s Co-op haul a large bluefin tuna off the Erica Lee II.Newburyporter Adam Foley, the man who hooked the fish and helped reel it in,...
Massive extortion activities of the Philippine Maritime police and Coast Guard deployed off General Santos (GenSan) City is killing the tuna fishing industry in the country.This was bared by oppositionist Rep. Darlene Antonino-Custodio of South...
The European Commission has set out its vision yesterday for an integrated Maritime Policy for the EU, together with a detailed action plan and an ambitious work program for the years ahead.Scientific discoveries, huge strides in technological...
A federal measure pending in the U.S. House will identify new U.S. flag purse seiners as vessels home ported in American Samoa so that the vessels have the right to fish in U.S. exclusive economic zones (EEZ), except in Hawaii.Sponsored by...
Anuga, the most important trade fair for the world of food and beverages, will open its doors this coming Saturday October 13th 2007 in Cologne, Germany at the Koelnmesse. The Anuga is held every 2 years. This time more than 6,000 food companies...
Import data for the first quarter of 2007 demonstrates that the Finnish market is showing healthy growth in canned tuna at the level of 172.140 cartons. All this tuna was imported from outside the European Union (EU). This is a rise by 11% compared...
FOCUS ON : GERMANY
The imports in Germany of canned tuna from outside the European Union showed again a steady 5% growth in 2006 which moved the import volume from 6.130405 to 6.762.162 cartons of 48 x 185g net . Looking at the period of the...
The continuing saga over the financial obligations of Palau Marine Industries Corporation (PMIC) and its other exposures as a result of shark fining and breaches in fishing laws, agreements and licenses, has become a virtual soap opera.Attorney...
The National Food Institute believes that Thai food exports would pick up in the fourth quarter due to the stabilized exchange rate.Yuthasak Suphasorn, director of the Thai National Food Institute, said on Thursday that in the quarter food export...
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has concluded that the proposed Bienville liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, if approved, could cause “significant direct and cumulative adverse impacts on marine fishery resources†in the U.S. Gulf of...
Aquaculture is the fastest growing sector within the food production industry. The Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO states that aquaculture produces over 30 per cent of the fish consumed throughout the world; a percentage that is set to...
Tuna and other types of seafood from waters around the Indonesian Islands could soon be marketed directly into the English port of Grimsby, thanks to a new international initiative.Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education has been working...
Around 3,500 tons of bluefin tuna have already been caught and placed in the tuna fattening farms that are operating in Ensenada. This was reported by the Mexican National Fishery Commission (Conapesca), based on the data that Conapesca received...
The tenth Infofish World Tuna Trade Conference, Tuna 2008, will be held in Bangkok next year, from May 28-30.“Due to a substantial increase in the number of delegates, Tuna has had to move from its traditional location at the Shangri-La Hotel,â€...
Thousands of seabirds and significant numbers of sharks and marine turtles are being caught and killed each year in long-line fishing nets targeting southern bluefin tuna, reveals a new WWF report.Japan’s long-line southern bluefin tuna fleet, for...
Press Release: Greenpeace New Zealand
As dawn broke in Nukualofa, Tonga on the eve of the Forum Island leaders plenary, Greenpeace show-cased the dire impacts of collapsed tuna fisheries and drowning Pacific nations through a banner display in the...
India will become the number one destination for tuna fishing as the international community is turning towards it for the tuna fish which has a great demand in Europe and the USA, Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) chairman G...
Tuna handline operators have decried the alleged extortion activities by members of the Maritime police command in General Santos and in nearby Glan in Sarangani province.A team from the Maritime police national office arrived in General Santos on...
The controversial export of live dolphins from the Solomon Islands to Dubai looks set to go ahead after a judge dismissed an environmental group’s legal bid to stop the shipment.The application for an injunction preventing the air shipment this week...
WWF is calling for an immediate 3-year closure of the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery, following a season of unprecedented illegal and uncontrolled fishing which has resulted in massive over-quota catches.â€Mediterranean bluefin tuna is a dirty...
WILL MORE EUROPEAN RETAILERS DELIST "STOLEN TUNA" UNDER PRESSURE OF GREENPEACE?
A) Yes, many more will follow
60 %
B) No, supermarkets will continue to list
22 %
C) Only a few supermarkets will delist
17...
According to the Philippine IBON Foundation, in a report written by Mr. Bulatlat, the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) is trying to gain public support for the ratification of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) by...
EU imports statistic data shows that -over the year 2006- Thai prices of canned tuna in brine were on average about US$4 higher per carton compared to the Philippines’ value for this product. During last year, Philippines sold canned tuna in brine...
Demand for “Made in Australia†tuna has seen hundreds of people contact the nation’s only tuna cannery, Port Lincoln Tuna Processors (PLTP).Tuna is Australia’s most popular canned seafood product and PLTP is the only cannery in Australia that cans...
Thirty-four fisheries laborers, mostly from Indonesia, who have been missing since arriving in Japan this year aboard fishing boats under the “Maru-ship†system, were recruited by three temporary staffing companies in Indonesia, it was learned...
The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has decided to apply special agricultural safeguard (SSG) provisions under the Thailand Australia Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) to imports of prepared and preserved tuna from Thailand. These...
New Zealand is to give $5 million (USD 3.75 million) towards a tuna tagging program in the Pacific.Prime Minister Helen Clark made the announcement in Tonga, where the annual Pacific Islands Forum leaders summit is underway.Miss Clark says fisheries...
The expansion of the import of canned tuna into Italy from countries outside the European Union seems to have stalled in 2006. For this first time in the last 7 years imports of both canned tuna in oil and in brine did not show any sign of continued...
In Australia the publicly listed Clean Seas Tuna Ltd (ASX:CSS) is to buy the Stehr family’s private aquaculture business, Clean Seas Aquaculture Growout Pty Ltd (CSAG).The acquisition will complete the full business integration by Clean Seas...
Bitung in Indonesia is just a 90-minute car drive from Manado, the capital city of North Sulawesi island in Indonesia, but Domingo Teng’s high mood hasn’t worn off yet as he talked about his group’s tuna canning project, P.T. Sinar, which produces...
The expansion of the European Union since 2004 with 12 new member states has only increased the total European canned tuna market with a meager 3.5%. This is the tiny share that these countries hold combined in sales for tuna in oil and in brine...
Many health advocates were surprised earlier this month when a children’s health coalition that includes federal agencies and professional medical associations contradicted government warnings about mercury contamination and recommended that women...
El Salvador delivered to Spain 10,945 M/T of frozen pre-cooked tuna loins in 2006, with Spain being the only EU destination to which the country exported its loins.
This volume is a significant fall back from 2005, when El Salvador became the...
Bluefin tuna may just be the coolest fish on the planet. They are big - in fact huge, the biggest weighing more than 800kg and attaining 3m in length.Most amazingly, they have evolved to be warm-blooded, allowing them to hunt from the tropics to...
Indonesian exports of most heat preserved tuna products (canned, pouched and pre-cooked) decreased during 2006 both to Europe and the USA, the country’s two most important foreign...
Clean Seas Tuna is crying out for locally-based labor as it gets set to expand its Arno Bay-based operations.The call for local workers goes out in response to news that Clean Seas Tuna Limited is set to take over the aquaculture business that has...
The 38th Pacific Islands Forum leaders agreed Monday to move forward the Pacific Plan adopted two years ago in the next 12 months. The agreement was reached at the end of the Forum meeting held here from Oct. 16 to 17, which was attended by 16...
Madagascar exported 1.282.882 cartons of canned tuna in brine (based on 48 x185g net) to France and it was 90% of 1.425.653 cartons, the total island’s delivery in 2006. Since European import statistics do not make a distinction between canned tuna...
In an open letter to the public the Bill Hogarth, Director, National Marine Fisheries Service, writes on the NMFS website in Bill's Corner about his opinion on the the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna stock situation. Here below...
Two jet airliners carrying 28 live dolphins have left the Solomon Islands bound for Dubai, despite protests from environmental groups like EII, and their threat to boycott Solomons tuna industry.
The dolphins were loaded by staff of the Marine...
Pacific leaders have been urged to continue to maintain regional solidarity among Forum Members in their management of fish stocks, particularly tuna that would provide benefit to all Forum Member countries.At the 38th Pacific Islands Forum,...
Panama, the main European Union (EU) supplier of frozen whole round skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis), exported 12.666 M/T of the product in 2006, which was 16%, compared to the previous year.
The Central American nation provided the product to three...
Bali earned a total of US$ 41 million from tuna exports from January to August 2007, a sharp increase from the US$ 24.7 million it gained during the same period last year.The value of fresh and frozen tuna exports during the eight- month period in...
Fisheries Administration Director Hsieh Ta-wen promised that subsidies for fuel oil for set-net fishing tuna vessels will be increased.Hsieh made the remarks during a meeting in which he was invited by Legislator Lin Pin-kun of the Non-Partisan...
2006 was a good year for the Philippine tuna industry in regard to the exports to the Swedish canned tuna market. Philippines increased their market share of canned tuna in brine from 19% to 25% in 2006. The Asian country supplied 47% more cartons...
Foreign Affairs Minister, Patteson Oti, told the Post Forum Dialogue Plenary session that two of the main tuna species of the region are on the verge of becoming over fished.
“The current level of fishing efforts on big eye and yellow fin is...
Canned bonito tuna (Latin name: Sarda sarda) was once a species, which was imported into the European by hundreds of containers from Asia in the 1990's and has now lost its importance in the market.In 2006, all EU members states together...
The Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT) concluded its 14th meeting, but failed to take any significant action to safeguard the fish stocks and other marine life it was established to manage and conserve says TRAFFIC, the...
The Minister of Agriculture and Fishery, Mrs. Elena Espinosa, conveyed the Spanish Government’s opposition to the recent decision taken by the European Commission (EC) to close the fishery of tuna to the communitarian fleet, a measurement that she...
France and Italy may face reduced quotas for bluefin tuna, a fish prized by sushi lovers, to punish them for overfishing the vulnerable species this year, EU officials said on Tuesday.Both countries netted more than their agreed share of the fish,...
The multibillion-dollar Japanese southern bluefin tuna scandal is worsening under closer Australian Government scrutiny.An official investigation has already found that over 20 years Japanese fishers hid an $8 billion overcatch of the highly prized...
Bluefin tuna fishermen must get financial compensation during closed seasons and derogations relating to specific fishing areas and minimum size are not justified, since the Mediterranean and the Atlantic are populated by a single tuna stock, says...
The Western Pacific Regional Management Council in Honolulu approved last week a suite of fishery management measures targeting swordfish, tuna and other pelagic (open-ocean) species in waters surrounding the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American...
A first full range of Friend of the Sea sustainable seafood products is now on the shelves of all main retail chains in Italy. The As do Mar brand, which includes tuna, mackerel and sardines, has launched its Friend of the Sea certified products...
When the Jealsa Group from Spain started full operation of the first tuna processing plant in Guatemala in the year 2004, and supported the plant with four tuna superseiners, expectations within the tuna community were high.However it now looks like...
Papua New Guinea is a developing country in the Western Central Pacific region, which is one of the world’s richest tuna resources.
According to the presentation about PNG investment possibilities by Mr. Ivan Pomaleu, the Acting Managing Director...
The Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EC and Madagascar is a tuna agreement which allocates fishing opportunities according to three categories of vessels from Spain, France, Italy, Portugal and the United Kingdom. It also introduces the...
Six tired-looking men aboard the 23-metre Paragon click into action with startling speed as their black vessel slips into Tonga’s capital, Nuku’alofa.There they don white plastic aprons and gloves and begin to unload about eight tons of tuna, the...
“We stared at death in the face... We had given up hope as we waited for our vessel to go down on each pounding by savage waves in pitch darkness.â€This is a graphic account by Ali Khedri, the captain of the fishing trawler Lorenzo Madre, of the...
An Australian company planning to land-based breeding of southern bluefin tuna says it is close to a breakthrough, possibly within months.Cleanseas Tuna in South Australia says its fish are now ready for reproduction in a carefully-controlled...
The European Parliament approved today a consultative report on the conclusion of a new Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EC and Mozambique. The agreement has been signed for a period of five years (renewable) from its entry into force and...
The domestic South African tuna fishing industry could be worth R1 billion a year, (equivalent to USD 153.7 million) but a lack of specialized skills and appropriate vessels means foreign ships operate in South African waters and pay only R250 000...
So far, skipjack tuna CFR Bangkok prices for fish of 1.8kg and up have almost doubled since the start of this year (USD 800) until now (USD 1600). Despite this year’s sky rocketing price-trend, 50% of the atuna.com viewers are of the opinion that...
The Euro crept steadily higher against the dollar, reaching a new record and then continuing its climb in morning European trading on Monday, as markets looked for signals from the U.S. Federal Reserve about a likely rate cut this week.The...
Ma Jun, 39, head of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, a Beijing-based research group, is the author of the China Water Pollution Map, published in September 2006. He was selected as one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential...
Hopes for boosting the world’s supply of tuna are brightening after the four member countries of the Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines-East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) decided to pool their resources together and set into motion...
Koo Denies Role of Matchmaker for China Purchase of Tuna PlantThe China news source reported October 19 about the controversy revolving around Koo Kuan-min, a prominent businessman and leader of the Taiwan independence movement, who has commercial...
The Asian tuna industry is worth more than RM20 billion (USD 6 billion) but despite its lucrative potential, players face many issues faced by Asian tuna players, Malaysian International Tuna Port Sdn Bhd (MITP) chief executive director Datuk Annuar...
Looking at Japanese tuna landings of both fresh and frozen, for all tuna species which were landed by domestic tuna vessels at local ports, we can see a decrease of 16% from 209.564 M/T to 175.746 M/T during the first half of 2007. Both fresh and...
The Solomons should be able to get a much better return from its tuna-rich waters.Pacific Islands fishing has been boosted by a European Union decision to change the rules of origin regime for fish exports from the region.The agreement, at this...
The business license of Palau Marine Industries Corporation has now been revoked for failing to remit $100,000 in back taxes according to the Government of Palau, Department of Revenue and Taxation Chief Ricardo Bausoch.But the government will...
The Philippines has proposed a bilateral fishing agreement with Papua New Guinea to sustain the local tuna industry due to repeated push of giant global industry players, an official said.Director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources...
How the EU could make a crucial contribution to eliminating illegal fishing is the theme of the keynote address by European Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Joe Borg, at the high level conference on eradicating illegal, unreported...
Pacific Island countries are slowly turning the tide in respect of the control of the region’s lucrative tuna fisheries. It has taken them a long time, and there is still some way to go. The omens that the tide is turning is evident in the...
This year continues to be difficult for tuna fishermen in the EPO (The Eastern Pacific Ocean) where combined dropped by 15% from 380.885 M/T to 324.286 M/T during the period January to September 2007. However if we compare this number with the year...
