Written by Natalia Freitas, for Atuna.comThe Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification process was critically targeted by marine scientists such as Jennifer Jacquet and Daniel Pauly from the University of British Columbia Fisheries Center, in...
Source: IsriaThe Spanish Minister for Defense, Carmen Chacón, highlighted on Monday that the presence of private security forces onboard Spanish fishing boats operating off the coast of Somalia has been positive, underlining how it has shown itself...
Source: PRNewswireUmami Sustainable Seafood, Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors has decided to move forward and complete the acquisition of Baja Aquafarms ("Baja"), a leading producer of bluefin tuna based in Mexico.As reported in July...
Source: Impress Press ReleaseArdagh Glass Group, of the United Kingdom, announced this week that it had entered into an agreement with Impress’ majority shareholder - Doughty Hanson - to acquire all the shares of Impress Coöperatieve U.A. for 1.7...
Source: Business WorldTuna industry leaders in the South Cotabato-Cotabato-Sultan Kudarat-Sarangani-General Santos City (Socsksargen) region have urged the current 15th Congress to craft a law elevating to department status the Bureau of Fisheries...
Source: SeafoodSourceWednesday’s strike by 10 million disgruntled workers in Spain grounded fishing and selling activity in the port of Vigo and brought the city’s airport to a near standstill.Protesters in Spain and across Europe, including...
Source: WJTVAmerican Samoa (AP) President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill that delays the implementation of federally mandated minimum wage hikes in American Samoa this year and next, and gives the Northern Mariana Islands a break from the...
Source: Pacific Scoop NZA unique FFA initiative is underway to increase the returns to domestic economies by assisting national fisheries development through facilitating productive investment activities in member countries.The FFA Regional Economic...
Source: El Diario MontanesDuring the meeting held last week between the Spanish Minister of Defense, Carmen Chacón and representatives of the two Spanish tuna purse seiner owners (OPAGAG and and ANABAC-OPTUC), they proposed installing hermetically...
Source: JBT FoodTech Press ReleaseThe challenging economic situation experienced on a worldwide level is heavily affecting the seafood market; in fact, while the costs of oil, labor and raw materials (tuna, oil, packaging, etc.) are constantly...
Source: Journal PioneerThe Canadian Prince Edward Island Bluefin Tuna Fishery was to open at 5 a.m. today and could face a temporary shutdown as early as this evening.The P.E.I. Fishermen Association’s Tuna Advisory Committee issued a statement...
Source: Radio NZAmerican Samoa’s Governor Togiola Tulafono is heading a delegation of cabinet members to Hawaii to complete negotiations with Tri Marine International, which plans to set up a tuna canning operation at the former Chicken of Sea tuna...
Source: AgrocopeThe Commissioner of Fisheries for the European Union (EU), Maria Damanaki, confirmed last week that the EU ‘may’ propose to move the closure of the bluefin tuna fishing season if advised to by scientific experts.“We expect to...
Far reaching measures have been taken by a group of large ocean nations, which is expected to have an important long term impact on the world tuna supply, especially on skipjack. These nations want the WCPFC to follow their example. The PNA...
Source: Greenpeace Press ReleaseAs governments prepare for the meeting of Convention on Biological Diversity later this month in Japan, Greenpeace is releasing its “Emergency Oceans Rescue Plan,†a roadmap for policy-makers to create a global...
Source: PRwebGIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Seafood (Frozen, Canned & Fresh) market. Although currently tempered and moderated by the world economic recession, the global market for Seafood (Frozen, Canned &...
As published in Spain by La Voz de Galicia, written by Miguel A. RodriguezU.S. and Thai companies produce 200,000 tons a year from plants in Papua New GuineaGiant Asian and North American canners are preparing a tuna invasion in the European market,...
Source: Organic AuthorityResearchers at the University of Las Vegas tested mercury levels in canned tuna.Of the 300 samples tested, representing three top national brands (unnamed):
· 55% exceeded the Environmental Protection Agency’s...
Source: PNG Post-CourierThe Papua New Guinea government’s move to make PNG the tuna hub of the world moved one big step closer with the signing of a USD 79 million (PGK210 million) [contract for the] construction of the Pacific Marine Industrial...
The PNA countries have announced to take additional conservation and management measures PNA on to setting nets on whale sharks by tuna purse seine vessels. They are asking the WCPFC to follow their example.The PNA Chair Glen Joseph made this...
Source: GreenpeaceGreenpeace is calling on Governments which are part of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) to support the Cook Islands plan to close off a large area of international waters to all fishing in order to...
Source: The GuardianP.E.I. fishermen landed a record 273 giant bluefin tuna during the opening day of the 2010 season Monday.The landings were so successful that the season will likely close later today for two weeks to allow the market time to...
Source: ABC Radio AustraliaEight tuna-rich Pacific Island nations have announced a major extension to their ban on high-seas fishing. The new ban will force powerful fishing nations such as Japan, China, Taiwan and Korea to withdraw tuna boats from...
Source: CBC NewsA strong start to the tuna season on P.E.I. has fishermen wondering why scientists are considering recommending listing the fish as endangered.Scientists from the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada are reviewing...
Source: SignOnSanDiegoThe tuna fishing and canning industry, once a signature of the San Diego waterfront, has long since vanished from the region.But for the efforts of a San Diego State University anthropology professor and a few others, the same...
By AtunaThai Union Frozen Products Public Company Limited (TUF) has just recently announced that it has already obtained approval from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) of the United Kingdom (UK) on the acquisition of MW Brands, holders of major...
Source: Associated PressChicken of the Sea International has transferred its closed tuna cannery in American Samoa to Bellevue, Wash.-based Tri Marine International.A statement from the office of Gov. Togiola Tulafono said the deal was reached...
Source: ChronA prosecutor says that a man who attacked a security officer at an Austin grocery store with a knife after stealing a tuna sandwich has been sentenced to 70 years in prison.A Travis County jury sentenced 41-year-old Larry Dayries on...
Written by Natalia Freitas for Atuna.comEven though recent meetings have been held to reinforce ocean’s security for tuna fishermen in the Philippines, piracy within its national waters is not a recent phenomenon. Thirty-nine years ago one of the...
Source: CBC NewsThe P.E.I. bluefin tuna fishery closed Tuesday with all of this year’s quota caught in two days of fishing.Colin MacIsaac, chief of resource management with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans on P.E.I., said about 290 Island...
Source: Australia.TOA maritime security alert has been issued following the suspected capture of a Taiwanese fishing vessel in the Indian Ocean, north of Mauritius, logisticsweek reported and a similar report from sources close to the Prime Minister...
Source: Journal PioneerP.E.I. tuna boat captains should not be holding their collective breath waiting for another crack at fall quota.“As far as we know, the tuna fishery is done,†P.E.I. Chief of Resource management for the Department of Fisheries...
By AtunaThe report from the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) about its observer program for longline transshipments at sea has revealed that this activity has been increasing in the Pacific Ocean since the implementation of the...
Source: EITBBasque fishing boat ‘Felipe Ruano’Basque tuna purse seiner ‘Felipe Ruano’ on Thursday escaped from a pirate attack in the Indian ocean about a thousand kilometers off the Somalian shore, Basque radio station Euskadi Irratia reported.As...
Source: AgrocopeThe Commissioner of Fisheries for the European Union (EU), Maria Damanaki, said she was ready to propose the closure of the fishery and branded the CITES decision disappointing. Association criticizes the lack of prudence of the...
Source: ABCIn the Australian city Port Lincoln wharf a Liberian container ship has collided with a moored tuna vessel, sinking it and damaging the wharf. Senior Sergeant Graham Schaedel from South Australian Police says that the incident took place...
Source: ABC Radio AustraliaChina has had its first tuna boat recommended for blacklisting for illegal fishing in the Pacific. The recommendation was made by the 24-nation Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission which has been meeting in the...
Source: WWFGlobal conservation organization WWF is urging for much greater precaution in overhauling management measures for the troubled but lucrative eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery - including cutting catches by more than...
Source: EcoTerraAccording to her owner, the Taiwanese fishing vessel FV FENG GUO 168 was allegedly seized on the 4th of October, 2010 at a position, which first was reported north of Mauritius and then stated as being 250 nautical miles from...
Source: RedOrbitScientists’ recommendations for endangered bluefin tuna fishing quotas came under fire Friday by environmental groups that warned they are based on out-of-date and unreliable data. A four-day meeting on the subject, held in Madrid,...
Source: GreenpeaceAs the 2010 meeting of the scientific committee of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) in Madrid closes, Greenpeace is demanding that the EU fulfill its legal obligation to protect endangered...
Source: Hawaii News NowThe fish sold quickly at Friday morning’s auction. But October and November tend to be slow months for the industry. Fishermen are hoping they don’t hit their ahi limit before the end of the year.“As you can see like today, as...
Source: Australia TOThe 77m long, huge purse seiner FV Felipe Ruano, which had been entangled already in a finally non-confirmed “pirate-attackâ€-situation in March 2009 on the Indian Ocean, just before the Spanish government had to decide if they...
Source: Hurriyet Daily NewsTurkey’s continued over-fishing of bluefin tuna is a serious problem, according to an official of European Commission.“We have a real problem with Turkey on this issue,†the European commissioner for maritime affairs and...
Source: Port Lincoln TimesAn investigation will determine whether human error or mechanical failure led to the crash that sank the tuna purse seiner Apollo S at the Port Lincoln wharf on Friday afternoon. The 225-meter grain ship Grand Rodosi...
Source: Gloucester TimesLast month, Gloucester-based Capt, Jimmy Santapaolo told Times columnist Peter Prybot that a recent trip to Georges Bank found the best bluefin tuna fishing he's seen in 37 years on the water. “This is unbelievable,†he...
Source: Manila TimesThe fisheries experts in the Philippines disclosed on Tuesday that the supply of tuna in Mindanao particularly in the fishing grounds where fishermen from General Santos City used to capture has reached its critical level—which...
Source: Radio NZAmerican Samoa lawmakers convene today for a four-day Special Session called by Governor.
Togiola Tulafono is seeking approval a land lease agreement between the American Samoa Government and Tri Marine International to operate the...
Source: PR NewsWireThe Board of Directors of the tuna ranching company Umami Sustainable Seafood Inc. (“OTC Bulletin Board: UMAMâ€) (the “Companyâ€) today announced credit facilities of $11.6 million from Croatian banks to be used to fund the growth...
Below is an update from Karli Thomas, Greenpeace New Zealand oceans campaigner:The folks at the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation have turned their attention to tuna transshipment “ISSF Urges IATTC To Fix Transshipment Loophole.â€You...
Source: GNAParry & Company Limited, the sole distributors of StarKist Tuna in Ghana and West Africa, has unveiled a new look of its premium brand, StarKist tuna flakes in Sunflower oil in Accra.
The new label, which had been lithographed...
Source: Focus TaiwanA six-day international meeting for the southern bluefin tuna industry began in Taipei Saturday, with participants expected to decide policy that will lead to a new total allowance catch (TAC) in 2012, the organizer...
Source: CBC NewsPrices for Canadian bluefin tuna caught off P.E.I.’s North Shore last week were poor, and buyers could not be found at all for some fish, leaving fishermen to figure out how to get rid of the catch.The whole of the quota for the...
Source: Manila BulletinThe National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI), in cooperation with the National Stock Assessment Project (NSAP) of the Region 12 office of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR 12), has kicked...
Source: Adelaide NowThe owners of a tuna fishing vessel which sunk after being hit by a bulk grain carrier at Port Lincoln early this month have launched a $28 million lawsuit against its captain and crew.Documents tendered with the Supreme Court...
Source: SeafoodSourceA new federal rule will allow the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to deny a vessel entry into a U.S. port or access to port services if it has been listed as engaging in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU)...
Source: Post CourierPapua New Guinea (PNG) is fighting hard to keep its special duty free canned tuna export status to the European Union.Early this month Foreign Minister, Sam Abal, addressed the European Parliamentary Committee on International...
By AtunaThe rescue of 33 miners trapped deep underground in Chile for more than two months finalized successfully yesterday. The men had been stuck in the gold and copper mine 2,000 feet underground since Aug. 5, when thousands of tons of rock and...
Source: La Voz de Galicia
58% of the canned tuna products sold in Europe with Southeast Asian origin violate some aspect of current EU rules, according to a market survey conducted by the Spanish National Association for the Manufacturers of...
By AtunaSpain’s National Association for the Manufacturers of Canned Fish and Seafood (ANFACO) has recently exposed the results of a market survey which claims that “58% of southeast Asian can violate European lawâ€. The study was supposedly...
Source: AgrocopeRepresentatives of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) decided at its annual meeting, which ended last Friday, that Josu Santiago, head of research AZTI-Tecnalia tuna, is the new chairman of...
Source: Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency Press ReleaseThe Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) in collaboration with the Secretariat of the South Pacific Community (SPC) assist Tuvalu to hold stakeholder consultations and develop a...
Source: GreenpeaceAfter Greenpeace started on its website the action: “Write to Princes Tuna†- the owner of the Princes tuna brand reacted to the letter they received from Greenpeace supporters.
Greenpeace has made the statement on their...
Source: La Voz de Galicia
International Justice wants to condemn the policy of privileges for tuna imported from Papua New Guinea
The tuna canneries in Galicia, Spain are convinced that that privileges which the European Union has been granting...
Source: China PostForeign Minister Timothy Yang last week said that his ministry has protested against the downgrading of Taiwan’s status on two international bodies — apparently at the behest of Beijing.Local media reported that Taiwan has been...
Source: El DiarioResearchers on board the vessel “Miguel Oliverâ€, owned by the Spanish Government, will explore the waters of the continental shelf and slope of Ecuador, with the ultimate goal of estimating existing fishery resources in the area, in...
Source: ABC NewsGrand Rodosi detained after sinking a trawler A grain carrier which sank a $20 million tuna boat at Port Lincoln is being detained by authorities while civil court proceedings are dealt with.The Grand Rodosi hit the tuna purse seiner...
Source: GreenpeaceIn reaction to the letter that Princes Foods UK wrote to Greenpeace ( published on atuna.com yesterday) a reaction was posted on the Greenpeace blog by Nina Thuellen – on October 14, 2010 at 12:03 PM 3 comments.Nina, Greenpeace...
Source: Ensenada
In order to ensure the sustainability of commercial tuna fishing in the Pacific Ocean an agreement was issued, on October 1st, modifying the closure periods for some tuna species in Mexican federal waters of the Pacific Ocean.The...
Source: Focus TaiwanThe Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT) confirmed in a meeting held this week in Taipei that a new total allowable catch (TAC) for the fish will be set in 2011 for implementation in 2012, Taiwan’s...
Source: El Faro de VigoFollowing the request made just a month ago by the Commercial Court of Pontevedra, Spain, regarding the canning company Bernardo Alfagame, the Court has now announced its decision to disqualify the management held by the...
Source: Associated Press An international conference aimed at preserving the planet’s diversity of plants and animals in the face of pollution and habitat loss begins today, Monday, in Japan, facing some of the same divisions between rich and poor...
Source: AFPNumbers of juvenile Atlantic bluefin tuna at a major spawning site in the Gulf of Mexico probably fell by at least a fifth this year as a result of the BP oil spill, the European Space Agency (ESA) said Monday.The assessment comes from...
Source: Bangkok PostThai Union Frozen Plc (TUF) the world’s second-largest tuna processor is completing the acquisition of a major European company. President Thiraphong Chansiri discusses the company’s strategy and outlook.“The fall of the euro...
Source: Ecoterra Intl“FV Golden Wave†(also with the Korean name “Keummi 305â€), a large S-Korean-owned but now apparently Kenyan-flagged fishing vessel, which had been transformed from an old merchant ship into a specialized fishing vessel, was...
Source: Taiwan Today Mainland China must not interfere in Taiwan’s right to participate in international organizations if it wants cross-strait relations to continue improving, the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Oct. 15.“We urge...
By Atuna.comVisitors driving to SIAL, Europe’s second largest food trade Fair, which is currently being held in Paris, has been affected by the strikes on fuel sectors in France against reforms proposed to change the country’s retirement age from 60...
Source: FishEUNews
Fisheries and Oceans Canada has announced that Canada has rejoined the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) as a full member.
Canada officially rejoined the Commission after its new Convention (known as the Antigua...
Source: Samoa NewsWhile very supportive of the new cannery operator for American Samoa, some lawmakers are concerned that StarKist Samoa may not be getting the same benefits and treatment from the government compared with the new deals struck with...
Source: DeiaThe tuna scout boat “Ortube Berria†-which is assisting the large Spanish tuna purse seiner, the “Intertuna III†- both owned by the Spanish company Albacora, S.A., repelled an attempted pirate attack on Sunday, in the waters of the...
Source: GothamistIt’s an American tale that never gets old: man makes bad decision. Man suffers consequences of said decision. Man sues.
In this latest telling, a 48-year-old BMW salesman from Westchester is suing BumbleBee tuna and his local...
Source: Reuters“It’s not helping us if you set a lot of strategic targets and there is no ability or resources to implement them.â€Poorer nations want funding to protect species and ecosystems to be ramped up 100-fold from about $3 billion...
Source: EnsenadaOn Monday in Geneva, Switzerland, Mexico began a new chapter in its battle against the “US dolphin safe- tuna embargoâ€, the second to last hearing before the World Trade Organization (WTO) aimed at opening markets in Europe and the...
Source: AgrocopeSpanish Bluefin Tuna boat owners warn that a further reduction of the TAC would only cause the total disappearance of the bluefin tuna industry and therefore their jobs. The next meeting will be held in November. The Committee aims...
Source: Guide2Sanford Ltd’s shares rose 6.8 percent in a falling share market yesterday after the fishing company issued a profit upgrade.Sanford said its result for the year ended September 30, to be released on November 24, is likely to be well...
The EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Maria Damanaki has called for a significant cut in catches of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean and East Atlantic ahead of the European Union’s leadership role at a major fisheries management...
Source: Interatun Press ReleaseInteratun, the Spanish organization, which groups tuna vessel owners and the tuna processing and marketing industry, is developing in 2010 a “promotional campaign for image enhancement and communication of the Spanish...
Source: Port Lincoln Times
Southern bluefin tuna stocks are showing positive signs of recovery with levels now stronger than originally predicted.Governments of southern bluefin tuna (SBT) catching countries and the Australian Southern Bluefin...
Source: Daily YomiuriThe online edition of Global Times, a Chinese newspaper specializing in international affairs, reported Tuesday that the Chinese government dispatched three fishery patrol boats last Thursday to waters off the Senkaku...
Source: China PostTaiwan will send its “big battleships†to escort the country's trawlers as the autumn crab season began almost two months late this year, the Council of Agriculture (COA) and the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) said...
Written by Natalia Freitas for Atuna.comThe Parties of the Nauru Agreement (PNA) have formally presented this month their proposal to the Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) of closing permanently the high seas areas (10N-20S – see...
Source: Blisstree BlogLee Porrazzo is suing BubmbleBee tunaIn perhaps the best-titled food news ever, Lee Porrazzo is suing BumbleBee tuna, claiming that he “had a tuna meltdown†due to mercury poisoning from their canned fish. The BMW salesman ate...
Source: ABCA grain ship which hit and sank a tuna boat this month has sailed from Port Lincoln in South Australia.The Grand Rodosi sank the Apollo S while berthing at Port Lincoln's main wharf.The grain ship was then arrested as part of a $28...
Source: Radio Australia
Australia’s tuna industry says there has been an encouraging improvement by Japan in efforts to stop illegal fishing of the lucrative fish.
Japan has accepted quota cuts after admitting to years of illegal fishing.
Australian...
Source: Philippine StarPalau is putting into place a new scheme that will allow Philippine fishing vessels to continue fishing in Palau territorial waters beyond 2012.In an interview with Harry R. Fritz, Palau’s Minister of Natural Resources,...
Source: GMA NewsThe Philippine Coast Guard reported that a large tuna accidentally dragged a scuba diver underwater at a depth of about 300 feet or about 90 meters in waters off Kiamba, Saranggani.Coast Guard District South Eastern Mindanao said the...
Source: SunStarHomegrown conglomerate RD Corp. has acquired a state-of-the-art fishing vessel worth around P612 million to improve its tuna catch volume amid the conservation efforts observed in portions of the Pacific Ocean.Fishing tycoon Rodrigo...
Source: Ecoterra Intl.Foreign companies loot and dump toxic wastes in Somali seas in the full glare of the EU and NATO naval forces that patrol the Somali coastal lines, a Somali professor at the University of Minnesota has said.Abdi Ismail Samater,...
Source: Solomon StarSolomon Islands last week signed an agreement of Fishery Partnership.Peter Shanel Agovaka, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade last Tuesday signed the EU-Solomon Islands Fishery Partnership Agreement.The agreement...
Source: Diario Extra
Just behind the market sector of Guayaquil, agents of the Crime Unit were able to trace the whereabouts of a shipment of tuna not be fit for human consumption, being considered as food for cats.
At the location, between 36...
Source: OceanaIn light of this week’s EU Council of Fisheries Ministers meeting, the environmental group Oceana strongly urges increased protection for endangered bluefin tuna, swordfish and sharks, and reminds the EU of its commitment to restore...
Source: Europa PressThe Spanish bluefin tuna fleet has asked to introduce a moratorium of “at least two years†for industrial fishing. The petition was made to Rosa Aguilar, head of the Ministry of Environment, Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM), Clara...
Source: AFPEurope fought back Wednesday with a renewed call to slash sushi-prized bluefin tuna quotas for next year despite objections from Mediterranean fishing nations.European Union fisheries commissioner Maria Damanaki said she favored “a...
Source: Mainichi Daily NewsAustralian Associated Press reported Wednesday that Australia is ready to cut its southern bluefin tuna catch by 25 percent over two years.The news agency said Environment Minister Tony Burke made the remark to AAP on...
Source: CitifmGhana’s fisheries sector is to receive a major boost in the near future. Reports indicate that though the sector has huge potential, it has not been fully explored. In view of this, a Danish fish delegation is currently in the country...
Source: Fish UpdateWWF is disappointed at the lack of ambition shown by Mediterranean EU Members States at the European Fisheries Council in Luxembourg, on a new recovery plan for Atlantic bluefin tuna.“Mediterranean countries have refused fishing...
Source: Courier MailSenior public servants have confirmed Australia is now a net importer of seafood as the Federal Opposition warns of a looming “Battle for the Coral Seaâ€.LNP Senator Ron Boswell says Australia's commercial fishing industry is...
Source: Courthouse News ServiceThe Hawaii Longline Association claims the federal government is trying to “litigate Hawaii-based commercial longline fisheries out of existence.†The commercial fishermen claim the National Marine Fisheries Service...
Source: Trading MarketsSouth Australian company, Clean Seas Tuna, faces an uncertain future. Its annual report for 2009-10 raised doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. It has experienced several problems in its attempt to...
Full below text from press release by SPC - Secretariat of the Pacific Communities
A major study of the future of pacific island fisheries indicates that, without concerted strategic action now, fisheries across the region face collapse within the...
Source: Radio NZThe Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) says it hopes a new study examining the future of fisheries in the region will motivate Pacific leaders to do more to ensure the sector’s sustainability.The study, done with the Secretariat of the...
By AtunaMr. Charleston Deiye the CEO of The Nauru Fisheries and Marine Resources Authority, said today they welcomed “the future of fisheries†study report, but sought to clarify generalizations and apparent misconceptions expressed in the media...
Source: Greenpeace Press ReleaseAs European fisheries ministers prepare to meet in Luxembourg, France is resisting calls from scientists and the European Commission to drastically cut fishing quotas for dwindling stocks of bluefin tuna, said...
