(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.

(OPRT) The trend of sashimi tuna market in eastern Asia was reported by Professor Lou Xiabo, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology at the OPRT seminar for its members on May 16. He analyzed the trend using various statistics and information.

(VIVAnews) Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs stated that Indonesia is considered the largest tuna exporter in ASEAN.

(SeafoodSource) U.S. Sens. John McCain and John Kerry on Thursday took to the Senate floor to pick apart the Farm Bill, including the effort to transfer regulation of catfish from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

(atuna.com) Unlike the progress of the European market, recent trends show U.S. volumes of canned tuna keep shrinking. It is not only the common size of the tuna cans that is shrinking from 6oz to 5oz, but it also the amount of consumers buying them.

(fis.com) The limited opening of Pacific Ocean tuna fishing could bring 90,000 tonnes of fish for local companies, a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) official said this week.