(ABC Mid North Coast) Australian Mid north coast seafood wholesalers say Australian tuna is in high demand in Japan

(fis.com) Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Director Asis Perez said Monday 2 July that the bureau is currently studying the possibility of changing the governing rules on the importation of fish and other fresh fisheries produce.

(Theolivepress) Further fishing of the endangered species has now been halted this season in line with new international rules.

(TheFishSite) Tuna processors are expecting raw material shortages and higher prices due to the start of two separate fishing bans in July, says Joe Hamby, Tri-Marine’s managing director of global tuna supply.

(IntraFish) Thai Union's T Holdings will be launching marketing campaigns to stimulate local and regional canned tuna consumption.

(IntraFish) Prices expected to remain high in coming months, putting pressure on US canners. Prices for skipjack tuna in Bangkok are set to remain at a high level, said an executive with a tuna trading company.

(vasep.com.vn) In the first four months of 2012, Vietnam tuna was shipped to 70 countries and territories in the world with export value of over US$175 million, rising 18.3 percent on that of the same period of 2011 and occupying nearly 10 percent out of total seafood export value of the whole country.

(atuna.com) American retailers are trying to meet the growing consumer demand for sustainable seafood products. And their preferred eco-label? The blue and white fish, a checkmark of approval from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). With tuna being the country’s second most consumed seafood, there is clearly a huge future demand for MSC certified tuna., once certified canned skipjack becomes available.

(SunStar) The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is eyeing to increase fish catch this year after the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) allowed the entry of Filipino fishing vessels in the high seas.

(IntraFish) More effort is needed to reduce bigeye catches in the western and central Pacific tuna fishery to ensure long-term sustainability, according to a Secretariat of the Pacific Community report.

(IntraFish) Dongwon's earnings are expected to rebound in the second quarter due to high tuna prices and catch expansion.

(fis.com) The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) Board of Directors has adopted a conservation measure to start addressing overfishing by the large-scale tropical tuna purse seiners.

(thefishsite) Fifteen countries and territories are meeting in Noumea this week to discuss how climate change will affect Pacific fisheries and how they can ensure fishing and aquaculture will continue contributing to their food security, livelihoods and community development.

(TheFishSite) EU - New international measures to further reduce illegal catches of bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean agreed at the annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) will be incorporated into EU law after the approval of a report in the European Parliament. In a March 2011 ruling, the Court of the EU partially annulled the EU Regulation banning the fishing of bluefin tuna.

(atuna.com) The export value of Thai tuna products to the Middle East and North Africa increased by 17% from 2010/2011, despite a 9% drop in export quantity, according to Chanintr Chalisarapong, chairman of Thai Tuna Processors’ Group.