The MSC in partnership with Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) announced the winners of their annual Sustainable Seafood Awards in Australia and several companies and people in the tuna...
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Muted Q1 Trading Forces Vietnamese Tuna Exporters Into Other Markets
The impending global recession is forcing Vietnamese tuna exporters to explore alternative markets. Since revenue from the US (their largest trading partner) and EU has dropped drastically in...
Readers Partially Convinced UN Treaty Will Lead To Higher Tuna Prices
Under the UN treaty, almost one-third of the oceans will be closed. The effectiveness of marine protected areas (where commercial fishing will be limited or prohibited) has been a topic of...
Canned Tuna Provides Clue To Origin Of Narco Submarine
Spanish police found an abandoned “narco submarine” on the beach of Ribeira in mid-March. Inside the boat, tuna cans made in Brazil are the only clue to its origin. This is not the only time...
Bumble Bee To Cut Back Overt “Best” Labor Conditions Marketing Claims
Bumble Bee Seafoods can no longer boast in its ads that it has a “fair and safe supply chain.” It will remove specific assertions about fishing practices and working conditions on its website,...
Exploring Atuna’s Collection Of Commercial Tuna Ads
Over the years, tuna brands have relied on television commercials to promote their products. Atuna features TV advertisements for tuna items in its wide-ranging collection. The ads from...
Princes Group’s Profits Dropped By 40% In 2022
UK-based Princes Group, which has a core ambient segment including canned tuna, did not fare well in its 2021/2022 financial year with a large fall in turnover and group profit compared to the...
RD Feels Heat Over Lack Of Raw Material
RD Tuna Canners is scaling down its operations due to a dearth of fish. Over 3,500 employees at the processing plant in Madang, PNG, are on the verge of losing their jobs if the issue...
Carriers Deploying FADs, Who Controls Them Is A Grey Area
Who is responsible for monitoring and regulating FADs drifting in the ocean? The flag state of the seiner or transporter or the coastal state whose waters the FADs float through? Atuna spoke...
Lidl Aims To Achieve 100 percent MSC For Its Canned Tuna
Discount retailer Lidl desires 100 percent sustainability for all its canned tuna and other fish products in 2023 in Spain. It wants all its tuna items to carry the MSC seal before the year is...
FDA Chalks Out Plan To Tighten Rules Over Tuna Imports
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released the report ‘Activities for the Safety of Imported Seafood’ outlining a comprehensive approach for monitoring canned tuna, loins, and...
Could Tuna From Illegally Deployed FADs End Up In MSC Supply Chain?
More details are emerging regarding the Korean-flagged ‘Sunflower 7’ carrier that was denied unloading its tuna whole rounds at Bangkok port by authorities that suspected the fish was the...
EU Cracks Down On Rampant Greenwashing, Wants Firms To Substantiate Eco Claims
The European Commission (EC) has stepped up its consumer protection efforts in cracking down on greenwashing. It has proposed common criteria so that companies have to substantiate any...
Maruha Nichiro’s New Strategy To Expand Its Tuna Business
Japanese seafood company and trader, Maruha Nichiro Corporation, aims to integrate its subsidiaries Marine Access Corporation and Maruha Nichiro Retail Service Co., Ltd. to...
Seychelles Prepares For Second FAD Cleanup With Fisheries Students
The Seychelles Coast Guard (SCG) conducted a “mission briefing” on Monday before its upcoming coastline FAD retrieval program beginning on March 27. The clean-up drive will be conducted by the...
US Seiner Fleet Underway To Getting American Samoan Licenses
US purse seiners have good news to look forward to as the American Samoan government will issue licenses for the vessels to land fish in the island nation. It has been approved by the...
Mozambique Tuna Scam Involved Credit Suisse Saved From Imploding
Swiss lender Credit Suisse was thrown a lifeline through the intervention of the nation's government. Under its pressure, the bank (which was deeply involved in the Mozambican tuna scam) has...
Sun Flower 7 Cooperating Closely With Sajo MSC Fleet?
Research by Atuna about the ownership of the tuna cargo within the Korean carrier ‘Sun Flower 7’ which was refused entry into the Bangkok port, due to suspected IUU activities, has uncovered...
GTA Director Steps Down
Tom Pickerell, Executive Director of the Global Tuna Alliance (GTA), has announced that he is stepping down from his position as of March 31. At the same time, GTA has hired Gunther Errhalt, a...
Healthy Ghanaian MPAs Crucial To Protect Tuna
Many countries around the world have taken the UN pledge to protect 30 percent of the world’s oceans by creating Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). According to...
