Tuna fishing, afloat despite the war and with Spain in the top positions
Frozen Tuna Fillet
Spain
Published May 3, 2022
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The international tuna industry aspires to maintain its turnover and its efforts for responsible fishing, with Spain in the first positions, despite a year of rising prices for diesel and raw materials, which is aggravated by the war. The World Day highlights a species that represents 20% of the value of global marine fisheries and more than seven million tons of catch. The commemoration, an initiative of the United Nations, arrives this time with hopes in the advances of fleets like the Spanish one towards a more responsible activity with the environment and labor rights, but also with concern about the effect of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the rise in energy and other raw materials. Spain is the leading European country in tuna fishing and processing; On a world scale, it is second in the manufacture of canned goods (only surpassed by Thailand) and in the general tuna export, it disputes second place with Ecuador, according to data from the UN and the sector. Some 640 ...
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