For several months, the tuna industry has been slapped with price increases for several commodities such as steel, marine fuel, and vegetable oils. Atuna asked its readers how much the end...
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Gomes da Costa Revamps Product’s Package With Reusable Steel Lid
In Brazil, the canned tuna brand Gomes da Costa has replaced its reusable plastic lids with steel ones. This refers to its tuna paté line which is meant to be refrigerated after opening. The...
Ecuador Committee: Inspect Foreign Vessels’ Cargo Fishing Around Galapagos
Ecuadorian officials cannot see eye to eye regarding foreign fishing vessels in their waters. Members of the Biodiversity Commission of the Ecuadorian General Assembly...
Appeals Court Upholds Conviction Against Former Bumble Bee CEO
A California federal appeals court has upheld the conviction imposed on former CEO of Bumble Bee, Chris Lischewski, as there is overwhelming evidence against him for price-fixing canned tuna...
Why Purse Seine Nets Cannot Become Ghost Gear
Many people must have seen it. Images of nets stuck around a poor turtle’s neck while swimming in the sea or FADs and coiled ropes washed up on shores. Environmentalists have been saying for...
High Salt Content In Mexican Canned Tuna Under The Microscope
Mexican law requires that all products containing 350 mg or more of salt carry a logo warning about the high content of this substance. Recently, a government agency conducted a study of...
100% Indigenous-Owned Tuna Venture Starts With Help Of Aussie Firm
The first 100 percent Indigenous-owned commercial tuna fishing venture has been created in Australia. It goes by the name Wanna Mar, meaning seafood in traditional Mirning and Wirangu...
Warm-Blooded Tuna Make Better Predators
About 35 species of fish like large tuna (ie. Atlantic bluefin) and several types of sharks have the ability to warm parts of their bodies such as their muscles, eyes, and brain. Scientists...
Outrage Over Nauru’s Request To Start Deep-Sea Mining In Two Years
The Pacific tuna fishing nation of Nauru has notified a United Nations body of its plans to start deep-sea mining in two years. It has until then to figure out and finalize the mining laws and...
Subway Overhauls Almost All Menu Except “Fan Favorite” Tuna
In what can only be seen as a marketing strategy to counteract the negative media attention that it has been receiving for its tuna products, America’s largest fast-food chain, Subway...
SKJ1.8:BKK Sees Jump As FAD Ban Kicks In
After months of a downward trend, the price of whole round frozen skipjack in Bangkok has shot up as the FAD ban took effect at the start of July. High container prices are still a cause of...
High Container Costs A Curse For Some Tuna Traders, Blessing For Others
The worldwide tuna industry had been facing strikingly rising freight rates for the past year creating a difficult arena for canned tuna distribution and purchasing. This might create an...
EU Extends Equal Access Fishing Policy For Another Decade
On Monday, the European Commission (EC) extended for another 10 years the measure for EU member states to have access for fishing seafood including albacore and bluefin in each...
Chinese Fishing Company Building New Seiners To Cover More WCPO
The Chinese tuna fishing company, Zhonglu Oceanic, has announced its intention to expand its seiner fleet in order to increase production. Therefore, the firm will be building two new tuna...
Maldives Places 24-Hr Curfew On Island But Allows Tuna Fishing
Tuna fishing can continue despite a 24-hr curfew being imposed on the island of Thinadhoo in the Maldives to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the area. The new restriction came into force on...
Cape Verde Grants 50 Year Concession For Tuna Farm
Cape Verde officials have authorized a deal for the next 50 years with the Norwegian group, Nortuna, for a tuna aquaculture production center on the island of São Vicente. On June 30, the...
EU Alerts: Two Tuna Recalls During June
Only a few tuna-related issues were reported to the EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) during June. However, two of the three alerts resulted in a recall of the products in...
One Of China’s Leading Tuna Players Plans USD250 Million IPO
The Chinese tuna fishing and processing company, Zhejiang Ocean Family Co, has applied for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) to the China Securities Regulatory Commission. If the move is...
Marine Fuel Costs Putting The Squeeze On Boat Owners
There are no signs that the high expense of seiner marine fuel is going away anytime soon since it inched even higher this week. A conflict between two large petroleum producers over the past...
Echebastar Successfully Completes Annual MSC Audit
Spanish tuna company Echebastar recently completed its annual audit and guaranteed its MSC certification for Indian Ocean purse seine skipjack catches for another year. The company achieved...
