Peru fisheries see landings rise 46% as catches for human consumption soar
Peru saw its seafood landings rise year-on-year to 203,600 metric tons in March, up 46.1% in volume and 36.1% in value
NOAA report boasts of reducing overfished commercial stocks
NOAA's latest 'Status of Stocks' report, which is presented to Congress annually, provides a snapshot of more than 490 stocks
US seafood distributor to open $10m tuna plant in Indonesia
Lotus Seafoods, a San Diego, US-based importer and distributor of frozen seafood, is investing $10 million in a tuna plant in Indonesia which uses proprietary antioxidant treatment to preserve raw tuna's 'natural red and pink' colors
Peru seafood landings in January soar as anchovy catch for fishmeal, oil jumps fourfold
Peru's fisheries sector saw its seafood landings rise year-on-year to 687,200 metric tons worth PEN 468.4 million in January, up by 135.4% in volume and 33% in value
ISSF reports 85% of global tuna catch sourced from healthy stocks
Of the total commercial tuna catch worldwide, 85% is sourced from stocks at healthy levels; in addition, 11% came from overfished stocks and 4% from stocks at an intermediate level of abundance
MSC reassessment starts for PNA purse seine fishery
The Parties to the Nauru Agreement purse seine skipjack, yellowfin and bigeye fishery will now be assessed against the new MSC standard, including freeschool and FAD
Spanish fishing firm sells stake in processor Atunlo
Spanish tuna fishing firm Pevasa has sold its stake in processor Atunlo to its two other former joint venture partners
EU tuna fleet demands more restrictive measures on imports from third countries
'The EU has become increasingly restrictive with its own fleet catches while the indiscriminate importation of tuna, and all kinds of seafood, from third countries whose practices are more than questionable, continues to be a reality' - Javier Garat, president of Cepesca and Europeche
Spanish tuna association to launch new FIPs in Atlantic, Indian oceans
With one FIP in Eastern Pacific already in the works, Spanish tuna fleet grouped in OPAGAC aims to launch two more in Atlantic and Indian oceans before the end of 2022
Founder of Europe’s largest tuna fleet dies
Inaki Latxaga Bengoetxea, the Spanish entrepreneur who built Grupo Albacora into Europe's largest tuna fleet, has died aged 84