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Ecuador shrimp, tuna sellers breathe collective sigh of relief over EU trade deal

By Oct. 27, 2015 9:44 AM

Preferential tariffs will continue through the end of 2016 or until the deal comes into force, which is expected by October next year 

Companies
Fishery managers set catch limits for US Pacific territories

Oct. 23, 2015 5:42 PM

Fishery managers have agreed on bottomfish and bigeye tuna catch limits for three US Pacific territories

Oceania
Hawaii bigeye tuna fishery in western and central Pacific reopens

Oct. 16, 2015 6:12 PM

Hawaii's bigeye tuna fishery in the western and central Pacific Ocean has reopened to fishing after a two month closure.

Sustainability
International quotas frustrate Hawaiian bigeye tuna fishermen

Oct. 9, 2015 5:56 PM

Two international quotas are forcing Hawaiian fleets to either stop fishing or fish farther away, which is frustrating fishermen who say they have a very minimal effect on bigeye populations

Companies
Fiji sees aquaculture as way to meet fish demand amid declining stocks

Oct. 7, 2015 9:11 AM

Fish consumption among Fiji's coastal communities is as high as 113 kilograms per person per year, the fisheries ministry has revealed

Skipjack tuna
Slavery, abuse under reported in Pacific fisheries

Oct. 7, 2015 8:53 AM

Despite a lack of reporting, human rights issues occur in the Pacific, said Patricia Kailola, acting CEO of Pacific Dialogue, at the Pacific Tuna Forum held in Fiji in September

Analysis
Seafood’s largest operators in rough waters

By Oct. 6, 2015 7:48 AM

US tuna's big three in legal trouble; Pacific Andes under regulators' scrutiny; High Liner's shares in free-fall; Young's on ropes: the last 12 months have been turbulent for some of seafood’s largest companies, with the outlook for the next year not looking much different

Bigeye tuna
NGO Earthjustice asks US court to stop Hawaii fishermen shifting tuna catch to territories

Sept. 28, 2015 5:32 PM

Environmentalists on Friday asked a federal judge to stop the NMFS from allowing Hawaii-based fishermen to attribute some of the bigeye tuna they catch to US territories

Prices
Frozen bigeye prices in Japan keep dropping

By Sept. 17, 2015 3:52 PM

The market price of frozen Atlantic bigeye tuna over 40 kilograms has been dropping in Japan for three months in a row

Skipjack tuna
Thai Union buys tuna canning subsidiary shares back from founding family

By Sept. 17, 2015 6:08 AM

Company makes $41m move for Thai Union Manufacturing, the main tuna canning plant it started the business with

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