A recent report points out the lack of transparency in the fishing activities of the Chinese Distant Water Fleet (DWF) and how it has a substantial presence in the waters of developing...
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Eight Tuna Products Nominated For 2022 Seafood Excellence Global Awards
The organizers of the 28th Seafood Expo Global edition, which is taking place later this month (for the first time in Barcelona), have announced the finalists competing in the 2022 Seafood...
EU Considers Trade Tariffs As Roadblock Against Illegal Immigration
The European Commission (EC) is considering revoking special trade tariffs for countries that are not accepting their citizens back, who are illegal immigrants in the EU. If the executive...
High Fuel Costs Forcing SKJ1.8:BKK Towards USD2,000 Barrier
The soaring fuel prices that are hitting seiner operators are having a clear impact on the price of a ton of frozen whole round skipjack in Thailand’s processing hub. Processors see no...
First Bluefin Catch Of The Season Reaches Finish Line
Taiwan Pingtung County’s traditional first tuna bluefin catch of the season was brought into port yesterday. The prize was awarded to the first boat which landed a bluefin weighing a minimum...
Nostalgic Tuna Commercial And More Social Trends
A behind-the-scenes documentary of the funniest, wittiest, and most sentimental anecdotes in commercials that were popular decades ago in Ecuador was recently released. And it began with the...
EU Alerts: Mercury Levels Lead Italian Notifications
Last month, Italy alerted most of the notifications issued by EU countries, and this was mainly due to mercury detection in thawed yellowfin tuna loins. Two alerts concerned high levels of...
Shanghai Kaichuang’s 2021 Net Profit Surged By 35%
Major tuna company, Shanghai Kaichuang Marine International Co., Ltd (SKMIC) has released its 2021 results and the company’s bottom line surged by 35.26 percent year on year to reach CNY 191...
Koreans Operate The World’s Most Productive Seiners
There are 23 flagged state purse seine fleets operating in the WCPFC convention area, and their productivity shows a large variation. The top 10 fleets netted 56 percent of the total tuna...
Should TU Execs Involved In Insider Trading Be Dismissed?
The news that some Thai Union Group executives, including its Chairman, Kraisorn Chansiri, were involved in insider trading was a shock to the global tuna sector. On April 4, Atuna reported...
StarKist Opens New Corporate HQ In Virginia
Yesterday, StarKist Co. opened its new corporate and administrative headquarters in Reston, Virginia, after 10 years of allocation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The new property of the 1917...
Research Firm Projects Health Awareness Will Drive Tuna Mkt Value To USD 78 Billion
The global tuna market has the potential to reach a value of USD 78 billion by 2027, according to “Global Tuna Market Report and Forecast 2022-2027” by Research and Markets firm based in...
Thai Regulator Sets Rules On Sustainability Transparency
Thailand’s market security regulator has announced that Asset Management Companies (AMCs) should have clear guidelines for disclosing information with regards to Sustainable and Responsible...
Firm Global Demand Steers Seychelles Skipjack Price Up
Indian Ocean tuna catches are at an average level but the impact of the current global situation with high fuel prices is accelerating the rise of skipjack and yellowfin prices. Demand in the...
China’s Investment In ULT Tuna Chain Is Accelerating
China is taking steps to improve its food supply chain for its people. There are projects underway not only to increase the amount of tuna and other seafood to the country but ultra-low...
Portuguese Islands’ Tuna Fishery Receives Millions In Aid
The bluefin tuna catching season for the Portuguese fleet of Madeira and the Azores officially started on April 1 and, as every year, will last until October. About 30 tuna fishing vessels and...
Readers Convinced High Edible Oil Price Will Influence Consumers
Edible oil prices were already surging and the Russian-Ukraine war has worsened the situation by causing even higher prices and shortages because these nations are the main suppliers of...
DNA Sequencing Water Samples Gives More Accuracy For Monitoring Tuna
Spanish research organization, AZTI, has studied the potential of environmental DNA sequencing to analyze the diversity, abundance, and distribution of fish in the Bay of Biscay up to 2,000...
PNG Projects 325% Growth Of GDP Contribution From Tuna
Tuna plays a crucial role in the economy of Papua New Guinea (PNG), an important reason for the development of the ambitious 10-year strategic fisheries plan by the National Fisheries...
Machine Learning Can Help With Tuna Classification
Machine learning can be used to identify and classify parts of tuna to make it easier for the processing industry, according to the latest paper by Indian fishery scientists.Test results...
