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2012

USA Closer To Hauling In Lucrative Tuna Deal	Jan 19
PNG Rejoins US Tuna Treaty Negotiations	Jan 18
EU Seiners Falsely Blamed For Lower U.S. Yellowfin Catches	Jan 11
PNA To Launch Co-Brand PACIFICAL To Market MSC Skipjack Globally	Jan 09
Cook’s Fishermen Want Taiwan Tuna Deal Stopped	Jan 05
2012: “Tuna Fisheries Must Make Short-Term Sacrifices”	Jan 02

2011

Concerns About Possible Re-Opening Of Pacific High Sea Pockets	Dec 05
OPINION: Greenpeace vs. The Tuna Sandwich	Nov 09
OPINION: Time To Boycott Tuna Again?	Sep 21
Greenpeace Vessel Hunting For Seiners In Pacific High Sea Pockets	Sep 20
“Papua Can Undermine The Entire European Economic Activity”	Sep 13
President Of Albacora About PNG: “We Do Not Want To Have Slaves”	Sep 13
“Dolphin Protections Harmful To Tuna Fishermen”	Sep 01
During Food War, The Truth About Canned Tuna	Sep 01
Treehugger: “Greenpeace Misses the Boat with Grotesque Anti-Tuna Fishing Video”	Aug 25
“Beehives Of The Ocean” - Catching Tuna Fish By FADs	Aug 02
Umami’s New Approach On Bluefin Tuna For The USA	Jul 26
PNG Open To Talks On Tuna Treaty With US	Jul 13
European IUU Tuna Watchman Leaves Battle Station	Jun 28
Closure Of Solomon Tuna Fishery Will Fail!	Jun 23
Greenpeace: ISSF Should Not Delay Taking Action On Tuna	Jun 20
US Imposing Tuna Catch Limits In Hawaii And Pacific Territories	Jun 16
“What Has Congressman Eni Done For The Samoan Tuna Industry”?	Jun 01
Will Tuna Return To Japan’s Traditional Catching Grounds?	May 18
Interview With PNG Minister Semri: “PNG A Tuna Powerhouse, But With Partners”	May 12
How MIFCO’s CEO Sees The Future Of Pole And Line	May 10
Tuna Treaty Allows US to Simply Ignore Controls	Mar 24
EU Trade Commissioner Speaks Out On PNG And Pacific EPAs	Mar 17
“Galician Canneries Will Close If Papua Agreement Is Not Corrected”	Feb 21
Australia Increases Catch Quotas On Pacific Tuna	Feb 17
Sri Lanka Looking In Thailand For Baby Tuna For Its Cannery	Jan 31

2010

“Raise The Duty On (US) Imported Canned Tuna”	Dec 06
PNA’s 30 Pct Reduction For 2011 Tuna Catches	Dec 03
ICCAT Chairman Talks About Decisive Bluefin Meeting	Nov 23
Joe Hamby About TMI Ambitious Plans In Samoa	Nov 19
Why WWF Supports Continuation Of Artisanal Med Bluefin Fisheries?	Nov 18
How Bad ICCAT Management Killed The MSC Certification Of A Tuna Pole And Line Fishery	Nov 04
Press Coverage On Pacific Tuna Far Too Negative	Oct 29
PNA High Seas Closure Proposal May Not Effect U.S. Tuna Fleet	Oct 25
Thai Union Saves 20% On Acquisition On MW Brands Due To Currency Movement	Oct 19
Blacklisting IUU Tuna Vessels With RFMO Consensus Remains Difficult	Oct 11
How A Tuna Fisherman Survived A Piracy Attack	Oct 08
The Consequences Of The New High Seas Tuna Fishing Ban	Oct 06
MSC Strikes Back – And Supporters Speak Up	Oct 01
IATTC Ecosystem-Friendly Tuna Certification Still On The Table	Sep 30
Why Don’t Greenies Support MSC At World Tuna Conference?	Sep 24
Could North Atlantic Bigeye and Yellowfin Longlining Fail MSC’s Assessment?	Aug 26
Pacific Tuna Cartel Essential To Save Fish Stocks	Aug 24
How To Get An Indian Ocean Tuna Observer Scheme Moving	Aug 03
Assessment Of PNA Tuna Boosting MSC Expansion In Pacific	Jul 15
USA Support Japan’s Call For 20 Pct Tuna Catch Reduction	Jul 14
Japan Fisheries Research Director: “Bluefin Tuna Is Not Endangered”	Jul 13
Social Responsibility And Sustainable Tuna	Jul 08
AAFA Resents Double MSC Albacore Certification, But Does Not See WFOA As Strong Competitor	Jun 23
TriMarine Bold Plans For The Canning Tuna Industry	Jun 15
Greenpeace Activist Talks About Battle To Free Legally Caught Bluefin	Jun 11
How ISSF Wants To Eliminate IUU Tuna By May 31st 2011	Jun 09
“Blue Rage” Will Focus On Tuna Fishing In Libyan Sea	Jun 02
Maersk: “Not Enough Scientific Information To Stop Shipping Bluefin Tuna”	May 31
Opinion: Foreign Management Leading To Demise Of Soltai Cannery	May 13
Chris Lischewski Named Intrafish 2010 Person Of The Year INTERVIEW	May 03
Maruha Nichiro Bluefin Farming Meets JAS Standards	Apr 09
WFOA Hoping To “Hook” US Market With MSC Certified Albacore	Apr 07
MSC Certification For PNA Skipjack Could Lead To Their Own Brand	Mar 16
MWBrands New Sustainability Policy: Full Traceability By 2010	Feb 09
First Weeks Of IUU Control In Europe: Chaos	Jan 28

2009

Phillip Mueller - Former Forum Fisheries Director Dies	Dec 24
Atuna Biz TV: Aussies - Why SBluefin Quota Reductions If Catches Are Improving?	Dec 24
Atuna Biz TV: Pacific Fishing Observer	Dec 24
New Majestic Seafoods Can Become Major Factor In Tuna Canning Industry	Dec 16
ICCAT Re-Elected Chairman: “Compliance Has Come To Stay”	Nov 19
Atuna Biz TV: Decision Day For Mediterranean Tuna	Nov 11
The Fight Against Piracy In The Indian Ocean	Nov 09
Maldivian Fishermen’s Cost Too High To Continue Operation	Oct 20
EU Fisheries Control Agency Answers Questions On New IUU Import Regulation	Sep 28
New EU Import Regulations On IUU Tuna Explained	Sep 21
ANFACO: PNG Could Become IUU Tuna Gateway	Sep 16
Criticism Over FOS Certification As Purse-Seine Fishery Being Sustainable	Sep 16
“Calendar Games” Can Make Bluefin Ban Fail	Sep 12
CALVO Secures Zero Duty For El Salvador Tuna Plant	Sep 10
WCPFC Considers To Propose 100% Ban On FAD Fishing	Sep 07
FOS Certifies First Tuna Purse Seiner Fleet As Sustainable	Sep 04
Japan Fights Tuna Overcapacity And Stimulates Consumption	Jul 30
Compean: “IATTC Won’t Change Its Recommendation”	Jun 16
GIANT TUNA: “How A Tuna Shaped European History	Jun 03
An End To Bargaining: Science On Tuna Should Come First	Apr 06
How Some Top Tuna Players Get Organized on Sustainability	Apr 02
Albacore Fishermen Need To Pay To Prove 100 Years Of Sustainable Fishing	Feb 26
New Tuna Industry NGO Want To Support RFMOs	Feb 09
NOAA Seeks Trade Sanctions For Tuna Associated With IUU Fishing	Jan 20

2008

Inconsistent Tuna Conservation Nightmare For Canneries	Dec 15
Centre Partners Deal Counter Cyclical	Nov 26
ICCAT Chairman: More Sanctions Needed Against Member Countries	Nov 13
“The EU 24% Duty On Canned Tuna Is Unlawful”, says Dan Horovitz	Oct 23
Most Tuna Stocks Might Be Less Migratory Than Often Assumed	Oct 14
Dr. Daniel Pauly: “The Industry Won’t Take Actions To Save Tuna”	Sep 22
EU Food Safety Policy – a Handicap for Tuna Foreign Exporters	Feb 23
Global Warming or Creeping Normalcy?	Jan 25

2007

Great Price / Lousy Value Tuna	Dec 01
“The Rules of Origin Laundromat“?	Nov 03
European Tuna Consumers Say: Thank You Mr. Bush!	Oct 06

2006

Darwin's Nightmare	Dec 14
The Myth Of Tuna Stock Conservation By Consensus	Sep 22
Why Fishermen Want Japan To Maintain Ban On Smoked Tuna	Aug 18
The Cocaine-Environmentalist Connection	Mar 21

2005

He Who Owns Oil - Dominates Tuna!?	Dec 24
Will Chicken Phobia Lead To Tuna Rational?	Oct 31
The Full Story Of A Tuna Fisherman Taken Hostage	Sep 07
Where Is Our Tuna Business Heading? (Part 1)	Jan 21

2004

A Limit to Super-Seiner Construction?

Jun 25

2003

Mercury Madness	Dec 17
On-Line Tuna Auctions, Lower Prices - Better Deals?	Aug 13
EU Single Duty : Who Gets the Profit?	June 30
Interview Bumble Bee: Bumble Bee has Ambitions Plans	May 22
EU “Single Duty” Tuna & the Roulette Factor	Mar 31
The effect of the WTPO measures	Feb 25

2002

Tuna Free Trade: Who will Survive?	Nov 01
Can "Superthai" Make Asians Win WTO-Tuna Battle?	Sep 13
Mercury Madness	Aug 19
Andean Trade Act Heavy Blow to Thai Tuna Pouch, but Canned Saved	Jul 29
StarKist Tuna Sold, A New Era?	Jun 13
Non-Growth of Tuna Fleet	May 07
More Seafood Research Needed, to Keep up with Global Demand	Apr 16
Tuna Aid Against Terrorism?	Mar 08
Salmon "Pig of the Ocean", Tuna "Chicken of the Sea"	Feb 12
What makes planning Tuna so Hard?	Jan 23

2001

To All Shark Lovers	Nov 06
Will Ecuador Rule the US Canned Tuna Market?	Oct 29
"The Bangkok Bottleneck"	Sep 26
Moving Over in the Supply Chain	Sep 07
Tinplate + Money Factor = A Competitive Advantage?	Aug 24
WTPO to Challenge Fisherman's Logic?	Aug 08
Strategic changes in Pittsburgh?	Jun 19
Tuna - Globally Unbalanced Supply	Jun 01
Why US Consumers might soon eat better Tuna!	May 17
Mercury or Omega-3?? Parents in Confusion	Apr 27
Skipjack - Just a normal Year?!	Apr 06
Who wants this Market to go Down? Nobody?	Mar 16
Joint Promotion - Is what Tuna needs right now!	Feb 19
Why Skipjack will Balance this Time!	Feb 06
Global Catch Reduction, will they stick to it?	Jan 23

2000

Skipjack on the Rise - Canned Tuna Prices may shock end Buyers	Dec 15
Mad Cow a Problem - Tuna Steak a smart Solution	Nov 27
How US Retailers get rich on Tuna	Nov 14
Skipjack Fishing 2000: Live or Die!	Oct 26
Intensive Care: Stocks Block Circulation	Oct 11
Tuna Eaters, Naturally better Lovers?	Sep 19
Taiwanese agreed to Stop, Who's Next?	Sep 14
Stop Fishing? Or Stop Buying?	Aug 26
The Fear of Buying	July 19
Stress with Foxes and Dolphins	July 01
Retail Pouch - Innovation at Last!	June 17

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