Tuna Season Coming to a Close

by Murry Page

1 Oct 14  

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The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission announced yesterday that the season for catching tuna would end November 18 and remained closed until January 18, 2015.

The tuna caught in the Mexican Pacific Ocean includes yellowfin, bigeye, bluefin and skipjack. Although not as large are the shrimping industry tuna is a large contributor to México’s fishing sector.

Last July the México’s National Aquaculture and Fishing Commission (CONAPESCA) unexpectedly stopped all fishing for Bluefin tuna. No reason for the untimely closure was given by CONAPESCA at the time. The closure was rescinded a couple of days later, also without explanation.

(from El Debate)

National tuna cannery becomes worldwide leader

PINSA facilities. (Photo: Pescados Industrializados S.A.)

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Friday, April 25, 2014, 22:10 (GMT + 9) 

 
With the tuna canning plant belonging to the group Pescados Industrializados SA (PINSA), located in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico has one of the largest companies of its kind and one of the most modern ones in the world.

This factory produces two million cans daily in 13 production lines. It has refrigerators that are available for raw material storage with capacity for 21,000 tonnes and finished product storing facilities.

PINSA generats more than 3,700 direct jobs and is the most important source of employment in the town of Mazatlan.

The head of the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA), Enrique Martinez y Martinez; and the head of the National Commission of Aquaculture and Fisheries (CONAPESCA), Mario Aguilar Sánchez, toured the facilities of the tuna processing plant after having been invited by the fishing industry leader, Jose Eleovigildo Carranza.

The entrepreneur explained them how tuna processing and canning processes are performed, from thawing it to labelling various commercial brands that distribute the products in the local and international markets.
Besides, he stressed that the canning firm strictly meets the official Mexican and global standards.

Carranza also recalled that the company has the patent registration of Dolores Brand in the US, which represents that brand of canned tuna in Mazatlan.

On the other hand, he pointed out Pesca Azteca, one of the subsidiaries of PINSA, has the largest fleet in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) to catch yellowfin tuna, with operations based in Mazatlan.

By Analia Murias

Tuna season begins

by Murry Page on 20 Jan 14
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Early Saturday morning Mazatlán’s tuna fleet set sail to begin the tuna season. It is expected that the season’s catch will exceed 130,000 tons. 35 tuna boats from the Azteca Fishing fleet were among those leaving the docks.

José Eduvigildo Carranza with Azteca said within the first 60 hours they will have a good idea about the type of season the tuna fleet will have.

Conapesca said that in 2010 that tuna exports accounted for 4.2% of the total production of 131,000 tons with a value of $26.3 million.

The three largest tuna companies in Mazatlán are Pinsa, Pesca Azteca and Mazindustrial. Pinsa is the processing and marketing arm of the group with 13 production lines and a capacity of 21 thousand tons of tuna.

(from El Debate)