Bluefin tuna harvests in Malta

STORY: Bluefin tuna harvests in Malta SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 12, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Valletta CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the harvesting of bluefin tuna STORYLINE: Bluefin tuna farming plays an important role in Malta's aquaculture sector. Traditionally, Maltese bluefin tuna has been primarily exported to Japan and South Korea. However, a promising market is on the horizon: the imminent export of Maltese bluefin tuna to China. Maltese bluefin tuna was exhibited at the recently concluded 6th China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai. Participants showed keen interest and enthusiasm for Maltese bluefin tuna, hinting at a promising future in the Chinese market. The Malta-China agreement on exporting bluefin tuna was recently signed in Beijing, which opens new opportunities for Maltese tuna producers to enter the Chinese market. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Valletta. (XHTV)

Best Produce Award 2014 award ceremony

Best Produce Award 2014 award ceremony

OSAKA, Japan - The Best Produce Award 2014 winners (from L, front row) -- Kyushu Railway Co. chairman Koji Karaike (Cruise Train "Seven Stars in Kyushu"), Kinki University President Hitoshi Shiozaki (Bluefin Tuna Farming), Orobianco Chief Executive Officer Giacomo Valentini and broadcast writer Kundo Koyama -- pose for photographs in Osaka on Nov. 13, 2014.

Toyota Tsusho, Kinki Univ. expand tuna farming alliance

Toyota Tsusho, Kinki Univ. expand tuna farming alliance

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Tsusho Corp. President Jun Karube (2nd from R) attend a press conference in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, announcing an expansion of cooperation between the company and Kinki University in the bluefin tuna cultivation business.

Sojitz begins shipment of farmed bluefin tuna

Sojitz begins shipment of farmed bluefin tuna

SASEBO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 8, 2010, in Matsuura, Nagasaki Prefecture, shows Sojitz Tuna Farm Takashima Co.'s first shipment of farmed bluefin tuna ahead of the high-demand yearend and new-year season. Major trading house Sojitz Corp., which wholly owns Sojitz tuna farm, is the first Japanese trading company to enter into tuna farming, while an international commission decided to slightly reduce the bluefin tuna fishing quota for 2011.

Sojitz begins shipment of farmed bluefin tuna

Sojitz begins shipment of farmed bluefin tuna

SASEBO, Japan - People involved with a tuna farming project pose for photos during a ceremony to commemorate Sojitz Tuna Farm Takashima Co.'s first shipment of farmed bluefin tuna on Dec. 8, 2010, in Matsuura, Nagasaki Prefecture. Major trading house Sojitz Corp., which wholly owns Sojitz tuna farm, is the first Japanese trading company to enter into tuna farming, while an international commission decided to slightly reduce the bluefin tuna fishing quota for 2011.

(2)World's 1st fully cultivated tuna to debut in market

(2)World's 1st fully cultivated tuna to debut in market

KUSHIMOTO, Japan - Contained in a box is the world's first fully cultivated bluefin tuna ready for marketing in the town of Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 3. Researchers at Kinki University in Osaka have succeeded in farming Pacific northern bluefin tuna from eggs, unlike existing farmed tuna that are reared from larvae caught in the wild.

(1)World's 1st fully cultivated tuna to debut in market

(1)World's 1st fully cultivated tuna to debut in market

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A researcher at Kinki University feeds bluefin tuna cultivated in the pool of the university's Research Laboratory in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, in a file photo taken in 2000. The Osaka-based university said on Sept. 3 that the world's first fully cultivated bluefin tuna raised from eggs will shortly be shipped to market. The laboratory began fish farming research in 1970 and succeeded in having tuna lay eggs in an artificial environment for the first time in the world in 1979.

Bluefin tuna farming plays important role in Malta's aquaculture industry

STORY: Bluefin tuna farming plays important role in Malta's aquaculture industry DATELINE: Sept. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:41 LOCATION: XEMXIJA, Malta CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Bluefin tuna farming in Malta STORYLINE: Bluefin tuna farming plays an important role in Malta's aquaculture industry. A large underwater cage for farming tuna in the sea is around 50 meters deep with a diameter of around 50 meters. Usually, about 1,000 tunas are swimming inside, varying in size and weight. Bluefin tunas farmed in Malta are mainly exported to Japan. The tuna farming cost has been raised due to the increase in expenses such as fuel, labor and feed fish this year. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Xemxija, Malta. (XHTV)

MALTA-XEMXIJA-BLUEFIN TUNA FARM

MALTA-XEMXIJA-BLUEFIN TUNA FARM

(220902) -- XEMXIJA, Sept. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 1, 2022 shows a bluefin tuna farm in Xemxija, Malta. Bluefin tuna farming plays an important role in Malta's aquaculture sector. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

MALTA-XEMXIJA-BLUEFIN TUNA FARM

MALTA-XEMXIJA-BLUEFIN TUNA FARM

(220902) -- XEMXIJA, Sept. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 1, 2022 shows a bluefin tuna farm in Xemxija, Malta. Bluefin tuna farming plays an important role in Malta's aquaculture sector. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

MALTA-XEMXIJA-BLUEFIN TUNA FARM

MALTA-XEMXIJA-BLUEFIN TUNA FARM

(220902) -- XEMXIJA, Sept. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members feed bluefin tunas with forage fish in Xemxija, Malta, Sept. 1, 2022. Bluefin tuna farming plays an important role in Malta's aquaculture sector. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

MALTA-XEMXIJA-BLUEFIN TUNA FARM

MALTA-XEMXIJA-BLUEFIN TUNA FARM

(220902) -- XEMXIJA, Sept. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members work at a bluefin tuna farm in Xemxija, Malta, Sept. 1, 2022. Bluefin tuna farming plays an important role in Malta's aquaculture sector. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

MALTA-XEMXIJA-BLUEFIN TUNA FARM

MALTA-XEMXIJA-BLUEFIN TUNA FARM

(220902) -- XEMXIJA, Sept. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 1, 2022 shows a bluefin tuna farm in Xemxija, Malta. Bluefin tuna farming plays an important role in Malta's aquaculture sector. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

MALTA-XEMXIJA-BLUEFIN TUNA FARM

MALTA-XEMXIJA-BLUEFIN TUNA FARM

(220902) -- XEMXIJA, Sept. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 1, 2022 shows a bluefin tuna farm in Xemxija, Malta. Bluefin tuna farming plays an important role in Malta's aquaculture sector. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

MALTA-XEMXIJA-BLUEFIN TUNA FARM

MALTA-XEMXIJA-BLUEFIN TUNA FARM

(220902) -- XEMXIJA, Sept. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 1, 2022 shows a bluefin tuna farm in Xemxija, Malta. Bluefin tuna farming plays an important role in Malta's aquaculture sector. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

MALTA-XEMXIJA-BLUEFIN TUNA FARM

MALTA-XEMXIJA-BLUEFIN TUNA FARM

(220902) -- XEMXIJA, Sept. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A diver helps feed bluefin tunas in Xemxija, Malta, Sept. 1, 2022. Bluefin tuna farming plays an important role in Malta's aquaculture sector. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

(2)World's 1st fully cultivated tuna to debut in market

(2)World's 1st fully cultivated tuna to debut in market

KUSHIMOTO, Japan - Contained in a box is the world's first fully cultivated bluefin tuna ready for marketing in the town of Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 3. Researchers at Kinki University in Osaka have succeeded in farming Pacific northern bluefin tuna from eggs, unlike existing farmed tuna that are reared from larvae caught in the wild. (Kyodo)

Discarded bluefin tuna skin made into leather products

Discarded bluefin tuna skin made into leather products

Photo taken May 19, 2017, at Kindai University in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture, shows a wallet made from the skin of farmed bluefin tuna. The university pioneered artificial farming of the tuna, a pricy delicacy served as sushi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Sojitz begins shipment of farmed bluefin tuna

Sojitz begins shipment of farmed bluefin tuna

SASEBO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 8, 2010, in Matsuura, Nagasaki Prefecture, shows Sojitz Tuna Farm Takashima Co.'s first shipment of farmed bluefin tuna ahead of the high-demand yearend and new-year season. Major trading house Sojitz Corp., which wholly owns Sojitz tuna farm, is the first Japanese trading company to enter into tuna farming, while an international commission decided to slightly reduce the bluefin tuna fishing quota for 2011. (Kyodo)

Sojitz begins shipment of farmed bluefin tuna

Sojitz begins shipment of farmed bluefin tuna

SASEBO, Japan - People involved with a tuna farming project pose for photos during a ceremony to commemorate Sojitz Tuna Farm Takashima Co.'s first shipment of farmed bluefin tuna on Dec. 8, 2010, in Matsuura, Nagasaki Prefecture. Major trading house Sojitz Corp., which wholly owns Sojitz tuna farm, is the first Japanese trading company to enter into tuna farming, while an international commission decided to slightly reduce the bluefin tuna fishing quota for 2011. (Kyodo)

Kindai University's farmed tuna

Kindai University's farmed tuna

Photo taken in Tokyo on July 23, 2019, shows some tuna sashimi from fish that Kindai University in Osaka farmed and fed on an artificial diet. Kindai University has pioneered the farming of bluefin tuna, which is known as "Kindai Tuna". (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan firm succeeds in bluefin tuna farming with formulated feed

Japan firm succeeds in bluefin tuna farming with formulated feed

Haruo Kakuda, head of Hyoshoku Co., shows a bluefin tuna the seafood processing company has farmed by using only formulated feed in the southwestern Japan city of Oita on Sept. 7, 2016. The company said using such feed makes it easier to control the quality of the tuna regardless of the season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo