Latest Fishing News
November 2018
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Nations Set to Decide Fate of Depleted Bigeye Tuna
Dozens of nations will convene in the coming week to decide the fate of one of the planet’s most valuable fish: the bigeye tuna, backbone of a billion-dollar business that is severely overfished.
Scientists shocked many in the industry last month when they warned that unless catch levels are sharply reduced, stocks of the fatty, fast-swimming predator could cr
ash within a decade or two.
Less iconic than Atlantic bluefin but more valuable as an industry, bigeye (Thunnus obesus) — one of several so-called tropical tunas — is prized for sashimi in Japan and canned for supermarket sales worldwide.
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(Source: The Japan Times).
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Tuna Fishing Second Closure Period Began
Starting last Friday, and for 72 days, until January 19, 2019, the second closure period for tuna fishing will be effective, reported the Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade and Investment.
The measure is implemented to the 53 tuna vessels, with a purse seine net, of more than 182 metric tons of carrying capacity, which undertook to stop their activities in order to comply with the conservation measure.
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86% of Global Tuna Catch Comes from Stocks at Healthy Levels; Some Stocks Remain Overfished
Of the total tuna catch, 86% came from
stocks
at “healthy” levels, an 8% increased share of the total catch since last reported, according to an October 2018 International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF)
Status of the Stocks report
.
Skipjack tuna
stocks — at healthy levels in all ocean regions — still comprise more than one-half of the total catch.
Though many of the broad indicators of overall global stock health remain unchanged, there were several notable changes for specific commercial tuna species:
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Echebastar Indian Ocean Purse Seine Skipjack Fishery Achieves MSC Certification
The
Echebastar Indian Ocean purse seine skipjack tuna fishery
has achieved certification to the
MSC
Fisheries Standard. The fishery, owned by Pesqueras Echebastar, a Basque company based in Bermeo, Spain, includes five purse seiners landing tuna in the Seychelles. Certification covers the fleet’s entire skipjack catch.
Certification of the
Echebastar
fishery follows considerable improvements to tuna fishing practices and management in the Indian Ocean, including the implementation of harvest control rules and the improved management of fish aggregating devises (FADs). The Echebastar fishery has also implemented procedures to reduce bycatch, including only using non-entangling FADs and the rapid release of unwanted catch back to the sea, ensuring higher survival rates of non-target species. One hundred per cent observer coverage since 2014 also means greater confidence in data from the fishery.
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(Source: Fish Information & Services).
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Thai Union Posts 1.9% Year-On-Year Decline In Q3 Sales
The owner of John West and King Oscar said that its gross profit for the period was THB 5.4 billion, while gross profit margin was 15.7% compared to 14% in the second quarter, its best quarterly profit performance since 2016.
Ambient sales at the business rose 0.4% year-on-year in the quarter, with sales contribution from the frozen and chilled seafood businesses falling 8.1%. Pet care and value added product sales fell 5.4%, again due to currency effects.
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(Source: European Supermarket Magazine).
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