(The Jet) Pacific islands are trying to reach an agreement with the United States of America to update a treaty over tuna fishing to conserve stocks.

(vasep.com.vn) According to the research results of Research Institute for Marine Fisheries (RIMF) (period of 2000-2009), stocks of skipjack tuna in Vietnam is estimated at about 800,000 MT, yellowfin tuna of 45,000 MT and bigeye tuna of 28,000 MT. Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) of oceanic tuna group in Vietnam is estimated at 17 thousand MT per year.

(IntraFish) As high fuel costs and lack of supply push prices up, suppliers remain confident that demand will stay strong. Despite the high raw material costs for tuna, consumer demand remains strong enough to take on higher prices in supermarkets and restaurants.

(Philippine Information Agency) Philippine fishing vessels have been authorized to fish in the seas of Pacific Ocean, the Mindanao Development Authority said.

(Business World) Rules for Philippine fishermen who aim to resume operations in an area of the Pacific Ocean, now that a two-year ban on commercial fishing there has been partially lifted, should be out by next month, the head of a state regulator said in a forum yesterday.

(fis.com) The Fiji Tuna Association of Stakeholders believes the reintroduction of a fish levy tax has tainted the country’s international reputation and incited foreign boats to leave Fiji’s shores.

(seafood com) U.S.-based seafood distributor and sushi operator foresee increased seafood imports from Japan to the U.S., helped by booming sushi business in the U.S.

(Blogpost by Oliver Knowles) In March, just a year after the launch of a planned three-year, multi-million dollar advertising push to try and increase sales of unsustainable canned tuna in the US, the “Tuna the Wonderfish” advertising campaign – funded by US tuna companies and executed by the US industry lobby group National Fisheries Institute (NFI) – has collapsed, having already spent a staggering USD 20 million (Euros 15 million) of a planned USD 60 million budget.

(Thefishsite) The South Pacific Tuna Treaty is currently being renegotiated. Tuna is the the largest economic interest shared by the US and the Pacific Islands.

(seafood.com) European tropical tuna traders and industry members met in Brussels today to protect their economic interests, said Eurothon in a press release.

(fis.com) The failure of international talks to agree on vital conservation measures for Pacific tuna mean stocks are now on course for collapse, says Greenpeace.

(atuna.com) The U.S. government suspended a 31-year-old reciprocal tuna fishing agreement with Canada last week and the blocked access could impact either country’s industry, says Lorne Clayton, director of an industry group in British Colombia, Canada.

(vasep.com.vn) Taiwanese people often like fresh, live finfish and seafood. However, due to busy life today and local people’s higher income, more and more people go shopping in supermarkets.

(VASEPNews) In Feb 2012, Vietnam tuna exports reached US$41.5 million, marking a 76.7 percent increase against Feb 2011, bringing total tuna export value in the first two months this year to US$74 million, up 22.1 percent.

(cogitasia.com) Tuna is the largest economic interest shared by the United States and the Pacific Islands, consequently the 1988 South Pacific Tuna Treaty has served as the cornerstone of US-Pacific relations.