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On 27 July 2026, in Brussels, Belgium, Wallace Cosgrow, Minister for Fisheries, Agriculture and Blue Economy of Seychelles, and Costas Kadis, European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans, sign a Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement.

EU and Seychelles sign four-year tuna fishing protocol

The agreement gives up to 38 EU vessels access to Seychelles’ waters and includes €3 million to support the country’s fisheries and aquaculture sector.

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The new packaging uses up to 71% FSC™-certified paper.

Tetra Pak introduces first carton packaging for shelf-stable tuna

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Tuna fish underwater in ocean

Tuna industry creates first private fund for FAD recovery in the Eastern Pacific

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Eastern Pacific bonito landed in Peru.

Bonito extraction and landing are temporarily prohibited in Peru

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Simon Harrison, former CEO of Princes Group.

UK's Princes Group CEO resigns

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Peruvian bonito (Sarda chiliensis chiliensis).

Peru expands bonito quota to 80,655 tons by 2026

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Pohnpei island, Micronesia.

FFA and Iceland Ocean Cluster collaborate on tuna side-stream innovation in the Pacific

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Bluefin tuna fishing in 2026.

Norway's quota for bluefin tuna increased by about 39%

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One of Frime's processing facilities in Spain.

Captain Fresh completes acquisition of Frime to expand tuna presence in Europe

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This allocation was granted at the 29th Annual Meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).

Iceland's quota for Atlantic bluefin tuna up 13%

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Spain's tuna quota consumption has reached 68.71%, confirming a successful latest fishing season.

Basque fleet's tuna quota reaches one of the highest levels in the past 25 years

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The topic under discussion was Spain's strategy for the ICCAT.

Spain considers increasing bluefin tuna quota in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean

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The tuna is cold-smoked, wild-caught, and coated with a chili garlic spice blend.

Acme Smoked Fish to sell new product at Whole Foods

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The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP), the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF), and Global Fishing Watch (GFW) aim to make existing data on tuna fisheries more useful to seafood buyers.

Seafood sustainability groups collaborate on unified tuna data platform

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Tuna products from various manufacturers in the grocery department of the RIMI supermarket. Riga, Latvia, EU.

Europêche calls on the European Union not to allow duty-free entry for Thai tuna

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Baja Aqua-Farms was founded in 2000 and produces fresh sashimi-grade tuna.

Baja Aqua-Farms acquires US processor to expand bluefin tuna production

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Part of this research has been funded by the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFF).

Bluefin tuna thrives in Mediterranean due to flexible diet, study finds

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Skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye tuna catches from the TUNACONS fleet are now MSC certified.

MSC certifies 100% of tuna catches from an Ecuadorian fishery for the first time

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MSC pledges €5.6 million in support of sustainable fishing by 2030

MSC pledges €5.6 million in support of sustainable fishing by 2030

New signatories include the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Palau, and Panama.

Key tuna catch countries join Tuna Transparency Pledge

Asian fleets operate in African waters under regional flags.

Asian tuna catches in the Atlantic rise by 68% at the expense of European fleets

KTCFOOD distributes to more than 36 countries worldwide.

Vietnam KTCFOOD joins the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation

The Basque Government and the European Union have funded this project.

Spanish tuna fleet introduces cutting-edge technology to release bycatch species safely

The meeting took place in La Réunion, France, from 13 to 17 April 2025.

All major tropical tuna are now regulated in the Indian Ocean

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