(La Tribune) The volume of tuna catches in Algeria have significantly declined from 2010 to 2011, in the range of 34.77%. This was highlighted in the report of the Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, which was presented last Thursday during an evaluation meeting of the fishery sector.

(IntraFish) Thailand’s canned tuna producers are developing strategies that will allow to them to rely less on tuna in order to cope with rising production costs due to high skipjack and fuel prices.

(The Suisan Keizai) In the Mid-West Pacific Ocean, where 60% of the world’s skipjack tuna stocks are harvested it is now clear that use of small and mid-size long-liners has increased dramatically in recent years. Small and mid-size long-liners (50-150tons) equipped with super-refrigerated storage capacity, targeting albacore, are increasingly prevalent.

(IntraFish) What is the stock status of key tuna species? That is one of many questions up for discussion when the largest tuna management agency in the world holds its meeting March 26-30 in Guam.

(fis.com) Declining fish catches are leading many mechanised boat operators to venture into the tuna-fishing business. Rising fuel costs are also making gill and trawl net fishing unviable, and so mechanised boats from Visakhapatnam, one of India's main fishing centres, are eyeing tuna's potential.

(TheFishSite News Desk) GLOBAL - A study shows that the impact of fishing for tuna and similar species during the last 50 years has lessened the abundance of all these populations by an average of 60 per cent. Experts add that the majority of tuna fish have been exploited to the limits of sustainability.

(fis.com) The National Association of Canned Fish and Shellfish (ANFACO-CECOPESCA) states that the canning industry in the European Union (EU) needs to import 60,000 tonnes of tuna, not the 30,000 tonnes required by the sector.

(vasep.com.vn) From the middle of 2009 up to now, the U.S. has surpassed EU to become the largest export market for Vietnam tuna. According to General Department of Viet Nam Customs, export value of Vietnam tuna to the U.S. last year reached US$171.37 million, representing a 31.8 percent increase against 2010. The U.S. was the only market remaining two digit growth in importing Vietnam tuna in 2011.

(IntraFish) Tuna exports have declined up to 70 percent over the past two weeks, reports the Jakarta Post.

(IntraFish) The spiraling cost of fuel and the purse seine fishing ban in two major pockets of the Pacific Ocean have cut down frozen tuna landings at the General Santos fish port complex last year, according to the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) in The Philippines.

(Seafood.com) After first protesting against the agreement between the EU and Papua New Guinea in regard to the favorable zero duty import tariff for canned tuna and precooked loins, the Spanish tuna processing plants, mostly based in Galicia, now intend to ensure their future supply of the same tuna loins “with the right quantity, quality and price conditions”.