The Ecuadorian purse seine fleet grouped as TUNACONS has reached the first milestone in its transition to what it calls EcoFADs. The organization announced that it starts 2022 having achieved...
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Objection Against PNA MSC Cert Moves To Next Stage
The objection against the MSC certification of the PNA fishery’s FAD catches is moving forward as the CAB and the objector did not reach any agreement. In a document uploaded to the MSC...
IOTC Announces Yellowfin Catch Limits For 2022
The IOTC has released its yellowfin limits for 2022 for all tuna fishing fleets catching this species in the Indian Ocean convention area. Several larger distant water fishing nations took a...
Century Pacific Adds Leading Sardine Brand To Its Portfolio
Century Pacific Food Inc.(CNPF) has acquired the leading Filipino canned sardine brand, Ligo, from the Tung family. The Philippine-based food and canned tuna processing and marketing group...
Tuna The Best Gift For Xmas?
Spanish processor Frinsa is convinced tuna has something special to offer for Christmas and launched a campaign like a fashion commercial - presenting the brand’s premium canned tuna in a...
Year Review 2021
In 2021, the global tuna industry saw many successes such as more fisheries going for MSC certifications and companies like Thai Union moving towards sustainable loans. The skipjack prices in...
American Samoa Canned Tuna The Only Real “American Made”?
Republican congresswoman Aumua Amata Radewagen urged the Biden Administration to uphold the Buy American policy when it comes to the purchase of canned tuna for the National School Lunch...
Peru’s Customs & Tax Body Accused Of Unfairly Penalizing Tuna Processors
Peru's Minister of Production, Alfonso Miranda Eyzaquirre, has accused the National Superintendency of Customs and Tax Administration (SUNAT) of unfairly penalizing the tuna industry. He also...
Los Angeles StarKist Cannery Risks Demolition
The StarKist canned tuna processing plant in Los Angeles, US, which has been closed and non-operational for almost 40 years is risking demolition. The Los Angeles Harbor Department...
ATUNA: End Year Break From Dec 27th Through Jan 2nd
The ATUNA team would like to wish you Happy and Safe Holidays, with our very best wishes for a healthy and successful 2022! During this festive period, we will be taking a short break; our...
China’s Distant Water Sector’s Growth Losing Steam
A market research report from China has stated that the country’s distant water sector’s growth may be slowing down. The findings from research group Qianzhan revealed that China’s...
Dipole – How This Indian Ocean Phenomenon Affects Tuna Catches
Scientists in the IOTC have been looking into a marine phenomenon called the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), also known as the Indian Niño. Research regarding it was presented during the Working...
Judge Sets Period When Price-Fixing Took Place In Tuna MDL
On the heels of declaring that StarKist’s guilty plea in a criminal investigation of price-fixing canned tuna means that the company is liable in a civil multi-district lawsuit (MDL), a...
Calvo Confident That Sourcing Will Be 100% Sustainable By 2025
Two years ago, the Spanish fishing and processing company Calvo set multiple sustainability goals for the year 2025. It wanted to create a holistic approach to sustainability divided into...
OPAGAC’s Indian Ocean MSC Cert Also Close To Adjudication
The objection against OPAGAC’s Indian Ocean (IO) MSC certification is moving forward after the conformity assessment body (CAB) and the objector, the Coalition for Transparent Tuna Fisheries...
Ocean Family’s IPO Plans Moving Ahead
Chinese fishing company, Zhejiang Ocean Family, has updated the financial information for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) to which it already applied for in July. The company’s IPO aims...
Manta Price Strongly Increasing During EPO Veda
The price paid per ton of skipjack in Manta has been on the rise this month while the EPO entered into the second IATTC fishing closure which started on November 9. Processors have a strong...
Atunlo Invests Millions In Value-Added Tuna Production In Spain
Spanish processor, Atunlo, invested EUR 5.5 million in the automation of its plant in Cambados, Spain. This has tripled the company's manufacturing capacity of its range of value-added frozen...
Large Tuna Schools Mysteriously Beach On Indian Island
Tuna fishermen in the Lakshadweep archipelago off the coast of Kerala, India, were surprised with a bumper catch caused by a marine phenomenon, the chakara. Thus, the islanders ended up with...
November Transshipments Dropped In PNA Ports
Tuna purse seiners made more effort in the western zone of the Pacific while overall catches in Pacific Island EEZs and the high seas dropped in November. As Atuna reported, last month tuna...
