Skipjack prices have climbed in the Bangkok processing hubs in recent weeks due to pressure from market expectations of poor raw material supply. Atuna has been told buyers and sellers are...
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Grupo Consorcio Steps Up On Traceability
Spanish brand Grupo Consorcio has introduced a tool on its website to trace the origin of its tuna products. This initiative, which aims to promote transparency from net to table, is called...
SIMAK Canned Tuna Brand Meet Huge Demand In Middle East
The International Sea Food Company (ISFC)’s cannery in Oman began operations two months ago, producing canned tuna under the SIMAK brand. Its CEO, Zakariya Al Hasni spoke to Atuna about...
Pole-And-Line Yellowfin Processing Not In The Pipeline For MIFCO
The Maldivian pole-and-line yellowfin fishermen recently held a protest to demand that MIFCO, the state-owned cannery, must buy their yellowfin. Ilyas Hanees, the company's Chief Financial...
Madagascar Increases Number Of EU Tuna Seiners In Its Waters
Madagascar increased the number of EU vessels permitted to fish tuna in its EEZ. The Ministry of Fisheries and the Blue Economy announced that 41 vessels, mainly Spanish and French, will be...
Long Road Ahead For Portuguese MSC Tuna Market
There are over 420 seafood products with the MSC sustainable logo on Portugal retail shelves but MSC is still comparatively low. However, it is showing some progress with a 133 percent...
Global Tuna Exports Value Rising, States UN Report
The export value of different commercial tuna species reached USD 17 billion in 2022 – a 14 percent jump from two years ago – accounting for nine percent of the total worth of fish and seafood...
Philippines Vessels Landed 30% More Skipjack In Q1 2024
Philippines-flagged vessels had a successful fishing season between January and March this year, discharging massively high volumes of skipjack and frigate. The country’s ports oversaw 115,906...
Korean Tuna Fishers Eyeing On African Expansion
Korean tuna fishermen want to expand their tuna fishing operations in African countries. Korea is inching closer to multiple deals with African nations with tuna-rich waters, but...
Are South Korean Reefer Carriers Once Again Deploying FADs In WCPO?
Three reefer carriers belonging to South Korean Ji Sung Shipping Company have made suspicious sailing patterns in the WCPO and EPO, similar to those made last year by the ‘Sun Flower 7’, owned...
Europêche Wants New Commissioner To Balance Fishers’ Needs With Sustainability
Fisheries organization, Europêche, has welcomed the news of a full-time Fisheries Commissioner. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced her commitment for the...
Tuna Is The World’s Most Eaten Fish
Commercial tuna and tuna-like species not only make up the largest wild fishery in the world, skipjack and yellowfin combined continue to be the most consumed seafood by people across the...
Marine Instruments’ New Tech Enhances Accuracy In Tuna Identification
Marine Instruments, the Spanish maritime technology company, has introduced a new functionality for more accurate identification of tuna during fishing. The ‘Dawn Sounding Detail,’ launched...
Indonesia’s Long Road To Harvest Strategy
Indonesia is working on a long-term harvest strategy (HS) launched last year for the three commercial tuna species, skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye. Being one of the largest tuna producers in...
GDST And FishWise Collaborate To Enhance Seafood Traceability
The Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) have partnered with sustainable seafood consultancy FishWise to “promote the implementation of interoperable, digitized traceability systems...
Atunlo Secures Alternative Tuna Supply To Continue Processing
Atunlo has managed to achieve an alternative supply of raw material to continue operations in its Cambados processing plant in Galicia. The Spanish frozen loins producer is trying to keep...
Germans Increased Canned Tuna Imports In Q1
The German market was one of the largest importers of canned tuna in Europe in Q1 2024. Brands, retailers, and traders increased their intake by 12 percent compared to last year and they...
Indonesia Teams Up With FiTI For Transparent Fisheries
Indonesia is taking a step forward in making its tuna and other fisheries transparent. The nation, one of the largest producers of tuna, has begun the initiative ‘Taking Stock – Online...
Can Ocean Warming Shrink Tuna Size?
Climate change is affecting tuna stocks in multiple ways and it is important to closely monitor it to ensure good catches. This was revealed by Australian fisheries expert John Morrongiello at...
120 Tons Of Expired Tuna Seized In Jordan
Jordan's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently seized 120 tons of expired frozen tuna. The products were on their way to a factory for processing. The agency has begun procedures to...
