Pondicherry Central University attendee, Dr. M. Suresh has achieved a Ph.D. Management degree for research on the topic of “Export Potential of Marine Products and Its Impact on Eradication of Poverty in Andaman Islands (A Study with Special...
As part of our Homepage Poll ‘What Do You Think?’ Section, we’ve been asking “Will 2013 become a record tuna catch year in the EPO?†A whole 45 percent of voters believe it will.This question follows from our recent reports that first half year...
Strategies to decrease the maximize earnings and reduce the over exploitation of fish stocks in the Indian Ocean have been finalized by Mombasa stakeholders. According to the WWF, there have been conflicts over the harvesting of tuna. World Wildlife...
As many as 480 exhibitors from 36 different countries have met today at the biggest seafood fair in Vigo, Spain, expecting thousands of attendees. Vigo is considered Europe’s seafood capital, having the highest level of seafood imports of any EU...
Spanish coastal town Barbate has registered an application for the Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) of ‘Mojama of Barbate’, a tuna loin that has gone through a curing process of being seasoned and air-dried. The application has been submitted...
Several ranges of tuna products in the United States have been given non-GMO verification, certifying that the product has gone through a rigorous process to ensure it does not contain any genetically modified organisms. US retailer, Whole Foods...
The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), managing 24 different tuna fishing nations across the world’s biggest tuna fishery is urging for an increase in conservation measures to protect the future resources of its waters. This...
The outcome of negotiations to reinforce the bigeye tuna quota for fishermen of the Azores has allowed for the organization of reopening its bigeye fisheries. The Regional Secretariat of Natural Resources of the Azores was satisfied with the...
As Prince Edward Island’s (P.E.I) initial two week tuna fishing season has drawn to a close, the Tignish bluefin fishery in Canada will begin its second season this Friday, and P.E.I. fishermen expect that over 18 tons of bluefin could still be...
The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), managing 24 different tuna fishing nations across the world’s biggest tuna fishery is urging for an increase in conservation measures to protect the future resources of its waters. This...
Spanish canned tuna and consumer goods giant, Calvo Group, has acquired 100 percent of Spanish company PETUSA that owns the tuna purse seiner Almadraba Uno. Calvo has been operating the tuna fishing vessel since January this year. Almadraba Uno at...
The government of the Basque region in Spain has made it a priority to continue to maintain the security of its tuna fishing fleet after numerous reports of piracy and kidnapping. More than 1.3 million euros (USD 1.76 million) is to be allocated to...
Recent negotiations between Thailand and the European Union are thought to have resulted in the Thai tuna industry lowering its expectations for tariff elimination of canned tuna exported to the EU. According to Juan Manual Vieites, Secretary...
A proposed seismic survey in the Great Australian Bight is raising concerns throughout the local tuna industry over the impact the research could have on the fishery’s season. TGS-NOPEC, which collects data for oil and gas exploration companies, is...
A large-scale British study has suggested that concerns over mercury levels in tuna and other fish may be unfounded. The research concluded that eating fish has numerous health benefits and researchers hope that “many more women will now consider...
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) demonstration took place yesterday at the Palau International Airport with several Palau officials and foreign dignitaries witnessing the event.Representatives from Aerosonde, an Australian firm that manufactures...
The Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is issuing individual tags to 57 members of the P.E.I. tuna fleet. Six are going to aboriginal groups and 51 to licensed tuna fishermen in the province. Those 57 tags represent the total number...
Strong growth in the presence of seafood carrying the MSC eco-label has been revealed in a recent store check of EU supermarkets. In some supermarkets, at least 60 percent of frozen seafood checked displayed the logo, with increasing penetration...
It is feared that tuna caught in the Pacific Ocean could contain levels of radioactivity following water contamination from the destruction of the Japanese Fukushima nuclear plant. Around 400 tons of contaminated water is being leaked into the...
An approval of an unrestricted volume of EU tuna exports has been granted to the Ivory Coast after a European Union veterinary felt that the West African country had made satisfactory efforts to meet the required conditions, and strongly pushed for...
Canadian supermarket chain, Loblaw, is making efforts to establish a fully sustainable fishery. The store is working towards a goal of being able to certify that all seafood it sells has been raised through aquaculture or caught without harming the...
Source: Radio broadcast of ‘All Things Considered’ by US National Public Radio (NPR) presented by Carrie Kahn Look closely at just about any can of tuna sold in the U.S. and you’ll find a tiny stamp. Now for more than 20 years, that stamp has...
German buyers have strongly increased their imports of canned tuna so far this year. Ecuador has taken the top spot for supplying canned tuna to Germany from January to July this year, followed by Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Vietnam. The South...
Japan’s frozen yellowfin imports plummeted a dramatic 44 percent in August 2013 compared to August 2012. Volume dropped from 4,026 tons to just 2,228 tons for the same month year on year. Imports of bigeye tuna by Japan followed a similar trend,...
The fifteenth edition of Conxemar, the International Fair of Frozen Seafood, closed for business after an estimated 24,000 visitors were welcomed through its doors over three days. While the number of attendees is thought to be down on last year,...
The government of the Basque area of Spain expects the release and return of two Basque fishermen that have been imprisoned in Senegal since August. The men have been prosecuted for environmental damage after the tuna purse seiner they were onboard...
Grand plans to revive the collapsed Malaysian international tuna port in Batu Maung are being made by the Penang Fishermen Association. The association wants to turn the 20 acres of seafront land into a satellite township that would offer...
The American Samoa Senate has endorsed that the government’s lease with StarKist Samoa remain at the current rate of 29 cents per square foot (0.09 m²) for its renewal. The 30 year lease will commence at the beginning of November. Extra square...
Experienced fishermen from Bermeo, Spain have stressed that they do not understand how the vessel, Almadraba Uno reached the protected marine area off the coast of Senegal. They believe that the Senegalese government has imprisoned two of the crew...
Declining exports of fresh and frozen tuna to its two main markets, the United States and Japan, has fueled the overall fall of Vietnam’s tuna exports so far this year. The first eight months of 2013 have seen a 4.6 percent decrease compared to the...
Domestic sales for Grupo Calvo’s El Salvador production are expected to show growth significantly through 2013, with an increase of 15 percent predicted for the close of the year. Calvo’s operations manager in El Salvador, Boris Quintanilla, said:...
The EU Parliament is to decide whether or not to ratify an agreement between the EU and Mauritania to allow Basque tuna fishing to continue in the waters of the West African country. Ratification would allow for the tuna fleet of the Spanish Basque...
A “heated discussion†took place at the recent Solomon Island’s Pacific Tuna Forum, questioning Earth Island Institute (EII) about its self-claimed vessel monitoring Program. In his presentation at the Forum, Paolo Bray, European Director of the EII...
The Spanish General Secretariat of Fisheries confirmed the recovery of bluefin tuna in the Atlantic and Mediterranean oceans at the ICCAT Scientific Committee meeting in Madrid last month. The Secretariat has repeatedly argued for an increase in the...
Bolton Group International and Tri Marine announced yesterday that they have reached a definitive agreement for the acquisition by Bolton Group of an important minority interest in Tri Marine, giving birth to a large integrated tuna...
Last week on our homepage poll we asked you: “How likely do you think it is that MSC will become the main sustainability standard for canned tuna in the USA?†A majority of 57 percent of readers voted “very likelyâ€. Recent reports have questioned...
Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF) expects the second half of 2013 to reveal a recovery of operations as tuna prices begin to stabilize. The world’s largest seafood processor and exporter believes more stable prices will benefit its tuna business by...
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A significant drop in the quantity of big yellowfin tuna being caught by the fishermen of Vizag, India, has hit profits. Handline fishermen are increasingly hooking smaller yellowfin. The larger the yellowfin, the higher its value on the...
The Bolton Group, Europe’s largest branded tuna company, has last night announced its purchase of a stake in Tri Marine International, a world leader in the global tuna industry. Bolton which has its financial headquarters in the Netherlands but...
The tuna industry has made an urgent call to Malacañang to establish the Philippine Committee for the Advancement of Highly Migratory Fisheries (PCAHMF) as a lobby group to defend the country’s interest in global fisheries organizations like the...
Prosalud is one of the companies in Latin America showing, within the tuna sector, leadership on innovation and quality throughout its extensive list of products. Its Sardimar brand, which offers several products including a wide variety of canned...
On Tuesday, the European Parliament approved the ratification of the fisheries agreement between the EU and Mauritania. The deal allows for the fishing activity of 14 tuna seiners, seven pole and line vessels and three tuna longliners from the...
Tuna catch by the Ecuadorian fleet in the eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) has risen a considerable eight percent when comparing January to September this year with the same months in 2012. Total tuna species catch for the South American country has...
The second phase of the fishing season for the Prince Edward Island, Canada’s bluefin tuna fishery, opened on Friday with individual tags issued to only 57 of the 359 strong tuna fleet. The Department of Fisheries estimated this number would take...
Bigeye tuna lovers in Hawaii could face a price hike for fresh sashimi and poke in 2014 due to a proposal that would place a limit on the catch of the species for the Hawaiian longline fleet. Overfishing of bigeye tuna is an issue faced by the whole...
The Captain of the Spanish tuna seiner, Almadraba Uno, Wednesday received a six month jail sentence following the collision of the vessel with rocks off the coast of Senegal. The ship ran aground in a protected marine area and the Captain has been...
Austria’s leading canned fish brand, Vier Diamanten (in English Four Diamonds), is offering its customers a line of international specialties that includes six variations of tuna from the most popular cuisines in the world. One of the leading...
Raising concerns of contamination of tuna caught in the eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) has urged scientists to carry out assessments of Canadian caught Pacific albacore tuna to assure the public that no radiation is present in the fish. All 2013...
African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) trade officials are meeting with the European Trade Commissioner, in Brussels, to jointly review the future path for the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). The meeting will focus on the impact of trade deals...
A project to enhance the tuna catches of fishermen in the Caldera region of Chile will target yellowfin tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO). Caldera fishermen met with the Regional Governor, Rafael Prohens with the aim of finding solutions to...
A paused tuna research project that studies the biological growth of tuna, its migratory routes and hatchery methods is due to restart at the Central Research Center for Marine Aquaculture in Buleleng, Indonesia. The study was halted due to its high...
The European Union has invested Euro 8.5 million (USD 11.5 million) in ANFACO for research that targets to strengthen its position as a reference technology center. The money will go towards the construction of a new center of advanced research for...
Dardanel Önentaþ Gýda San. A.Þ., the major canned and seafood producer in Turkey, has obtained Friend of the Sea certification for its entire tuna and clams product line. Following a thorough third party traceability audit, Dardanel has demonstrated...
Reactions to parliament’s report on a comprehensive EU fishery strategy in the Pacific region have identified a willingness of MEPs to negotiate with the Western and Central Pacific area for a long-term fisheries strategy. Focus will be on improving...
According to the Alaska Journal of Commerce, last Thursday a secretive project aimed at developing “criteria to evaluate seafood sustainability programs†began with an October 9th working-dinner workshop in Atlanta.The project is being managed by...
Canned tuna imports into Israel are to face lowered customs tariffs after Finance Minister, Yair Lapid, has signed an order to see a decline in the duty this product carries. The current 12 percent + USD 0.97 per kilogram will drop to just 12...
Despite objections and claims of utilizing false data, European Parliament’s report on the “Comprehensive European Fisheries Strategy In the Pacific Region†was accepted by a vast majority of MEPs. The report will be used to negotiate with the...
A longline vessel, flying the Omani flag that has been docked in the South African Table Bay Harbor Station 153, is being investigated by the Department of Agriculture, Forest and Fisheries as it is expected that the vessel is stolen and has been...
The President and CEO of the world’s largest seafood processing and exporting company has admitted that, this year, Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF) has been hit by “the perfect stormâ€. TUF suffered plummeting profits in the first quarter of 2013,...
As 27 Alaskan salmon processing companies drop their commitment to the MSC certification, fishermen and buyers are urging them to continue producing the sustainable accredited salmon. The Purse Seine Vessel Owners Association (PSVOA) has now become...
Chinese authorities have reconfirmed a stop on further construction of tuna purse seine vessels since September this year. The Economic and Trade Section of the People’s Republic of China reacted to an article in the Samoa Observer that stated there...
Tesco has delisted as many as 70 Princes branded products from its stores following the break out of a trade dispute between the two companies. According to an investigation by The Grocer, over three months, 70 lines of Princes food and drink...
Hagoromo Food Corp., Japan’s main tuna processing company, has announced that it will recall a substantial 6.72 million cans of tuna from the market after examination revealed that histamine levels in the fish were above the maximum threshold....
One of the world’s major environmental groups, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), has given its full support to those certifications on sustainability standards that hold a full membership of ISEAL. The ISEAL Alliance aims to strengthen sustainability...
President and CEO of Bumble Bee Foods has outlined that the company is soon to announce a new partnership with “a group of coastal countries.†Chris Lischewski said that the collaboration follows work with countries such as Fiji, Mauritius and...
Ecuador’s export of canned tuna and pre-cooked loins has been on the rise since 2009, showing significant increases each year. In 2012, Ecuador exported a whole 90 percent more tuna products than the 80,825 tons it shipped three years previously....
A suspected Somali pirate has been arrested at Brussels airport after suspicions that he was responsible for the kidnapping of the Spanish tuna purse seiner, Alakrana, in 2009. Mohamed Abdi Hassan is alleged to have been behind the holding of 36...
A 30 year land lease between StarKist Samoa and the American Samoa Government has been authorized by the Samoan Senate. The company has been granted a lease with the price of 29-cents per square foot for the land in Atu’u which houses the tuna...
The Secretary General of ANFACO, Juan Manuel Vieites, has met with the chief negotiator of the European Commission to discuss the potential trade agreement between the EU and Thailand, in which a lower tariff for canned tuna is being discussed. Juan...
Spanish fishing Confederation, Cepesca, is requesting state aid of 29 million euros (USD 39.2 million) for the operation of tuna and other fishing vessels outside the EU and the further construction of ships. The company that represents the Spanish...
According to Spanish Association, ANFACO, canned tuna processed in the Philippines is being smuggled, unloaded and re-loaded in containers, in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to obtain a zero duty advantage upon entering the European Union. Spanish...
Our latest homepage poll asked our readers: “Will skipjack prices drop again during the month of October this year?†Responses identified a divide in opinion with a small majority of 53 voters answering yes. When skipjack catch is lower, the limited...
ISSF sponsored research has made a connection between school size, by-catch and FADs when fishing for tuna. A study published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Scientists found that while the amount of tuna around a FAD can vary from...
It has been estimated that there are as many as 5,000 Filipino tuna fishermen detained in jails in Indonesia. Fishermen from the southernmost part of the Philippines, General Santos city in Sarangani are being arrested for illegal fishing violations...
140 seafood product and processioning companies are on the list to exhibit this week at Seafood Barcelona. From October 22 to 24, players across the seafood industry are expected to meet for three days of business and networking. This will mark...
Friend of the Sea (FOS) has bitten back after it was hit by criticism from environmental organization, Greenpeace. FOS Founder, Paolo Bray, has reacted to comments from Greenpeace that have questioned its stringency of environmental standards and...
United States-based Anova Foods has been praised last week for its efforts to promote sustainable fishing practices. US Secretary of State, John Kerry, toured some of the company’s operations in Indonesia and commended it on its work. As part of its...
Sapmer closed last Friday with a share price of 18.55 euros. October has shown little fluctuation so far in the value of shares for the major French fishing company, with a low of 17.77 euros on October 2 according to Alternext Paris. After a severe...
“Record European tuna prices†are actually around 50 percent lower than at the beginning of the industrial tuna fishing in 1980. As inflation in Spain has rocketed around 275 percent over this time, tuna prices have not followed the trend as...
Greenpeace is demanding that tuna vessel owner Albacora S.A. and its fishing association OPAGAC come clean on IUU incidents and settlements that they have been involved in. The environmental group has made a string of allegations towards the company...
The United States is being urged not to accept a proposed 45 percent cut in the bigeye tuna limit for the Hawaii longline fishery. The Hawaiian based Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council stressed that the potential quota reduction...
Future catch limits for bluefin tuna fisheries in the western Atlantic Ocean will be negotiated by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) at a meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, commencing November 18. ICCAT...
Tuna seiner auxiliary, ‘Explorer Tres’ has rescued ten crew members from the longline vessel ‘RÃas Baixas Un’ that began to sink around 700 miles of the coast of Dakar, Senegal. The Spanish crew decided to flee the ship in three life rafts after a...
Increased quotas for Southern bluefin announced last week were received with cheers by the fishing industry but have riled major conservation groups. The Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna agreed a total quota rise of one third...
GE Marine has announced the sale of two 16V250 marine diesel engines to Korean based Dongwon Industries, one of the world’s largest tuna fishing companies. The sale was made at the Kormarine International Shipbuilding and Marine Equipment Exhibition...
Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF) will be the first Thai-owned company to become part of a global strategy for aligning ocean health and human well-being. TUF President, Mr. Thirapong Chansiri, became the first and only Thai member invited to join...
Written by Lauren EnriquezUSA Today opinion columnist Carrie Lukas, who is the managing director of the Independent Women’s Forum and a mother of four, issued a poignant reminder to the culture on Sunday when she observed that, despite the fact that...
The United States is being urged not to accept a proposed 45 percent cut in the bigeye tuna limit for the Hawaii longline fishery. The Hawaiian based Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council stressed that the potential quota reduction...
Next month will see the opening of a new tuna processing plant in Gabon, Africa. Thon des Mascareignes, a tuna production company with a tuna loining plant already in Mauritius, has reached an agreement for the acquisition of Gabon Seafood, a tuna...
New figures have revealed that Brazilian fish consumption has taken a significant rise in the past few years. This growth is only expected to continue, and by 2021 it is predicted that fish consumption in the South American country will be one...
New online game, “What’s the Catch?â€, allows players to captain their own vessel and experience the ups and downs of commercial fishing. By-catch avoidance, market price fluctuation and dangerous weather conditions challenge players as they maneuver...
Canadian albacore tuna loins will have their export duty cut and in seven years the product will enjoy duty free trade to the EU. The current 24 percent tax on frozen tuna loins shipped from Canada to Europe will be slashed by 2020. The announcement...
Seven African countries are joining forces to battle IUU fishing off the eastern coast of the continent, particularly surrounding the Horn of Africa. The taskforce for sustainable fisheries will collaborate to focus on stopping the dozens of...
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has confirmed that it will have a final resolution to an ongoing investigation into Dongwon IUU fishing allegations by the end of this year. A Dongwon-owned tuna purse seiner faced...
The Campaign for Eco-Safe Tuna, an international effort committed to a more sustainable approach to tuna fishing, wrote the following blog post on its website on October 22: The Earth Island Institute is exposed yet again. Last month, following a...
The use of electronic video monitoring on 3,000 Pacific longline tuna vessels could become an alternative to on-board observers. With a substantial portion of the longline tuna fleet lacking the presence of observers, the change is being considered...
New Zealand’s largest listed fishing company, Sanford has had its profits hit by bad catch results in the Pacific skipjack tuna fishery. Combined with the high costs of operating its tuna vessels, the company has suffered disappointing profits that...
As global leader in incentivized prize competitions, XPRIZE, has announced a large commitment to launch three new ocean XPRIZEs by 2020 as part of its XPRIZE Ocean initiative. The new awards are designed to spur on the fishing industry community to...
Thai Union’s third quarter tuna sales are expected to reveal a steady decline this year. Delayed purchase from customers concerned about a potential decrease in global tuna price, and lower per unit values, has hit sales figures for this product...
The European Parliament has rejected the reintroduction of subsidies for tuna vessel construction and set clear limits on the amounts of public funding member states can spend on tuna fishing fleets as part of the 2014-2020 European Maritime and...
French company Saupiquet has added a new variety to its line of tuna products that dominate the German market. The tuna fillets packed inside a club can come in a choice of natural, extra virgin olive oil, lemon and rosemary and parsley. The tuna...
Pacific tuna fisheries that could be forced to close early because of catch quotas in the region say they want financial compensation. Member countries of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) are set to face tough demands at...
Concerns about more tuna vessels entering Pacific waters are rising among Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Leaders. The tuna fishing industry in the region is failing to meet its target to reduce catches. In the lead up to a crucial...
Concerns surrounding continued subsidization of tuna fishing have been raised by the Pacific Islands Tuna Industry Association (PITIA). The association believes that state grants to the tuna industry are in complete contrast to the reiteration of...
Officials in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) National Fisheries Authority (NFA) are shocked and have ordered a full investigation into recent “smuggling†allegations by ANFACO. In a letter issued to ANFACO, the PNG NFA is requesting the Spanish...
With Spanish yellowfin dominating EU Rapid Alerts for this month, slices of yellowfin tuna exported from Spain have been found to contain carbon monoxide. Italian authorities notified the European Commission Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed...
The longline tuna fleet has become subject to increased regulations including potential cuts in its bigeye tuna fishing limit and the proposal of on board video monitoring in the Western and Central Pacific. In reaction to a recent article published...
The Echebastar Indian Ocean tuna fleet is under full assessment for Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification despite RFMO data revealing substantial rates of fishing on FADs in this region. Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) data representing...
A dramatic increase in the demand for imported canned tuna from the Venezuelan market has seen Portugal’s exports to the socialist South American country rocket. Canned tuna exports from Portugal to Venezuela boomed from 2011 to 2012.Last year saw...
Ecuadorian tuna exports to the European Union are to continue to enjoy zero percent duty tariff. EU’s new General Scheme of Preferences (GSP), which will see duty-free benefits for Ecuador’s tuna exports to Europe remain in play, will commence...
On land, nature reserves are ten a penny. About one-sixth of the earth’s land surface is protected in one way or another. Reserves at sea are much scarcer, covering, at most, 3%. But a proposal to designate the Exclusive Economic Zone around the...
Once the leading exporter of canned tuna to the European Union, and after having suffered heavily from Asian competition and -not so long ago- from political unrest and instability, Ivory Coast seems to be working hard on a comeback. The West...
Philippine companies are planning to further gear up their investment and development activities in the Papua New Guinean (PNG) tuna industry which could contribute the country’s ambition to become the second largest canned tuna exporter. A huge 93...
Operation Kurukuru, a surveillance system operation designed to tackle illegal fishing throughout the Pacific, has produced results that could have the potential to lead to prosecution of several tuna vessel owners. However, in a video posted on...
Consumption of canned tuna across the United States dropped a considerable 7.7 percent from 2011 to 2012, according to yesterday’s release of NOAA’s Fisheries of the United States 2012 report. A 0.2 pound (90.6 grams) drop in per capita consumption...
Spain will be requesting a 14 percent increase on its Atlantic bluefin tuna quota at the upcoming annual ICCAT meeting, starting November 18. The Cape Town hosted discussion will see Spain ask for the rise in its bluefin catch limit for 2014. Both...
New state-owned tuna company, Ematum, yielded 8.5 percent on the sale of Mozambique’s first dollar bond of USD 500 million for a seven-year issue. The proceeds will go towards the expansion of the countries tuna fishing fleet, which has been said to...
The owners of the Italian tuna brand, ASDOMAR, market their brand as the “true Italian tuna qualityâ€, in a time that the Italian economy is facing high employment and economic austerity. The brand is owned by Generale Conserve, takes second place...
Larger catch quotas for southern bluefin tuna have been granted to Taiwan and Japan for next year. Taiwan’s Fisheries Agency announced that after two years under strict regulations under an allowable catch scheme, the two Asian countries have had...
