For a period of over six years, Indonesian laws excluded pole-and-line fishing as one of the methods allowed to use FADs for their operation. Despite this, during this time, one pole-and-line...
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Will Walmart And Bumble Bee Embracing MSC Accelerate Logo’s Introduction?
Within the last year or so, big players in the US tuna market have been announcing their intention to switch more products to MSC certified sources. Discourses and pledges around the MSC label...
Readers: Fishermen Should Be Responsible For Own COVID-19 Shots
A majority of Atuna readers have said that tuna fishermen should take the initiative to ensure they get their shots against COVID-19. Given the proximity of work and vessels fishing days away...
Malaysia Looking To Boost Tuna Industry, Commercial Sector Not Convinced
The Malaysian government has been adamant in trying to boost the country’s tuna sector arguing that there is great potential for expansion. However, despite all the efforts only 10 percent of...
Thai Union Turns Tuna Waste Into High-End Oil
After launching its calcium product made from tuna bones, Thai Union Ingredients has unveiled its latest innovation: a tuna oil brand UniQDHA. The brand includes tuna crude oil and...
Observer Safety Projects Funded By MSC
For this year, the MSC Ocean Stewardship Fund awarded a total of GBP 650,000 (USD 902,520) to 20 fisheries and research projects. The goal is to fund innovative initiatives and support...
Silky Sharks Stock A Priority For The Echebastar Fleet
Spanish tuna company, Echebastar, is trying to find out how to reduce the bycatch rate of silky sharks in the Indian Ocean, a vulnerable species under the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species,...
US Stimulus Checks Responsible For StarKist Samoa Lack of Labor
At the StarKist plant in American Samoa, the difficulties to get employees continue. More efforts have been put in place to attract workers, but these are targeted mainly at foreigners as...
Chicken Of The Sea To Once Again Pay Millions In Claims
It is going to be an expensive year for Chicken of the Sea International (COSI) and Tri-Union Seafoods. A group of commercial food preparers has asked a Californian federal court judge to...
FAD Fishing Illegal, Yet MSC Logo Awarded?
A national binding law in Indonesia did not include pole-and-line fishing as one of the methods allowed to use FADs for their operations. However, while this regulation was in place, the...
StarKist Claims It’s Already Sourcing 100% MSC & FIP Tuna
The US canned tuna market leader, StarKist, has announced that it has reached its goal to source 100 percent of its tuna from sustainable fisheries with an MSC certification or Fishery...
Tuna RFMOs Helping Fisheries Reduce Cetacean Bycatch
Cetacean bycatch such as dolphins and whales has been a major issue when it comes to the tuna industry. Over the years, RFMOs along with the sector and scientists have worked hard to ensure...
Skipjack Attracted To Anchored FADs Even During High Currents
A group of Japanese researchers has found that anchored FADs will continue aggregating tuna whether they are submerged or not. The fish even maintained their schools during high currents....
AI Tech Becomes Worthy Challenger Of Tuna Experts For Quality Assessment
The mobile app of an Australian start-up is now able to match the expertise of industry professionals in assessing the quality of tuna. The company has been testing the technology for the past...
Japan’s Farmed Tuna Supply Declined In 2020
For the first time in four years, the supply of farmed bluefin in Japan has fallen. According to the financial newspaper, Nikkei Shimbun, the country’s Fisheries Agency announced that the...
Re-purposing – The Industry’s Answer To Reducing The Impact Of Plastic Waste?
Addressing the issue of millions of pieces of plastic waste ending up in the oceans has become more urgent than ever. The tuna sector is gradually moving towards ocean sustainability at the...
Seychelles’ Transparency Reveals PS Fishing Agreement With Dongwon Is Missing
Several foreign fleets can fish in the tuna-rich waters of Seychelles thanks to agreements signed with the African island country. However, a new transparency report by its government...
Cepesca Has Elected New President & Board Of Directors
A new President has been elected to head the Spanish Fisheries Confederation (Cepesca) after his predecessor died unexpectedly in May last year. Juan Manuel Liria, the founder of the frozen...
Indian High Court Rejects Petition To Allow Tuna Fishers From Using Seiner Nets
On Tuesday, the Madras High Court refused to grant an exemption to a group of fishermen in South India from using banned purse seine nets. The top legislative court in the state of Tamil Nadu...
EU Imports Of Fresh Maldivian Yellowfin Collapses, Air Freight Costs Exploding
The intake of Maldivian fresh and chilled yellowfin by EU tuna importers has fallen drastically in the first quarter of this year. On the other hand, they also paid a lot more for the products...
