A study in the journal Fisheries Research estimated that about 6m tonnes of tuna are now caught annually, a rate that “risks driving tuna populations to unsustainable levels and possible extinction”.
Spanish authorities have seized 45 tons of illegally treated tuna fish from four provinces.
The excessive use of additives like phosphoric acid and phosphate in Dongwon’s chili canned tuna has caused the Chinese General Administration of Customs to reject 2,160 kilograms of the product from entering the local market.
The purse seiner is the beginning of a series of fully-owned vessels in the company’s commercial fleet to support high sea fishing operations.
Indian Ocean tuna fishing nations have failed to accept their own scientists’ advice on yellowfin tuna at the annual Indian Ocean Tuna Commission meeting in Hyderabad
Report warns customers do not know tuna stocks are at risk of collapse