All eyes are on the next major tuna RFMO meeting this month – the WCPFC 17th Regular Session, which begins online today and will run until December 15. Last year when the 2019 Commission...
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2020 Set To Be Outstanding Year For Century Pacific
Analysts expect Philippines-based Century Pacific Foods (CNPF) will close this year with a 20 percent growth in revenue. The surge in demand which resulted from the quarantine due to the...
Alarmed NGOs Call For IATTC Emergency Session, Fear Of IUU Status
The lack of agreement on conservation measures for tropical tuna in the EPO for 2021 and beyond at the end of the IATTC annual meeting last week has alarmed many within and outside the...
Trade Relief Program Open For US Fishermen Until Mid-January
US fishermen impacted by retaliatory tariffs will have one extra month to signup for the country’s Seafood Trade Relief Program (STRP) after the deadline was moved to January 15, 2021. This...
Oman Invites Contractors For Building Tuna Cannery
Local and international contractors are invited to the pre-qualification stage for the building of a tuna processing plant in the Duqm Fishery Port in Oman. International Seafood Company...
Alakrana Creates Community With Tuna Lover’s Corner
The Spanish Alakrana brand recently launched the 'El Rincon Del Tunalover' or The Tuna Lover's Corner, to engage with its consumers by offering more than just top quality tuna products, but...
Jealsa Becomes A Warrior In The Battle Against Food Waste
The Spanish tuna processor Jealsa has become a warrior against food waste. The company announced that it joined the Brand Waste Warriors initiative by Too Good To Go Spain. The...
Bullish Spain Gains More Ground In French Canned Biz
The French canned tuna market has remained steady in the first three quarters of this year but its African suppliers are losing business in the country. On the other hand, Spanish processors...
Poll: Room For Growth In EU Canned Tuna Market?
The EU market is one of the largest in the world for canned tuna. Year after year, imports to the economic bloc have been gradually increasing. But, is there still room for growth in the near...
CNFC Raises Funds For Tuna Project
On December 3, the Chinese tuna vessel operator, CNFC Overseas Fisheries, issued a plan to offer non-public issuance of A shares to no more than 35 companies. The money raised from the sale...
OPAGAC’s New Member Active In EPO
The tuna fishing company Txopituna S.L has joined the Spanish Association of Large Tuna Freezers (OPAGAC). The firm focuses on purse seine fishing of yellowfin, bigeye, and skipjack in the EPO...
China’s Tuna Sector Expansion Continues With Another Trading Hub
The city of Xiamen in China wants to build a trading center for commercial fishery products such as tuna to expand in the regional and national markets. Xiamen is a port city located on...
Illegal Fishing Crushing Kenya’s Tuna Potential
Kenya’s tuna catches account for less than one percent of the total Indian Ocean (IO) volume. This is well below this African fishery’s potential and experts claim that the reason for this is...
Italian And Spanish Canners Bought A Lot More Pre-Cooked Loins
Tuna producing nations Spain and Italy's buying of frozen pre-cooked loins increased during the first nine months of this year. Other tuna canning countries such as Portugal and France also...
Atuna Readers Predicted No Consensus On FAD Sets
The 95th IATTC meeting was held last week and among the topics, stricter control on the tropical tuna FAD fishery in the EPO was discussed. Leading up to the gathering last week, there has...
IATTC Meeting Utter Flop, Members Fail To Reach Consensus
Tuna conservation measures in the EPO for 2021 were discussed during this year's annual meeting of the IATTC which concluded last Friday. However, member countries failed to reach a consensus...
Growth And Change Of Port Lincoln’s Tuna Industry
The history of the South Australian city of Port Lincoln breathes tuna and its Southern bluefin fishing goes back to the 1930s when small boats fished in the Great Australian Bight (GAB)....
EU Lifts Yellow Card On Kiribati
Kiribati can now breathe a bit easier. After nearly four and half years, the European Commission (EC) has lifted its yellow card on the country for making important progress “in addressing the...
Plant-based Tuna Alternative Expands In EU
US-based Gathered Foods has enlarged its footprint in the European market with its Good Catch brand for vegan seafood. After launching its products in over 300 Tesco stores across the UK in...
Is EU’s Delegation’s EPO Agenda Undermined By EU Companies?
The IATTC meeting will be coming to a close today after week-long discussions. We will soon be able to see what type of measures have been agreed to be undertaken in terms of tuna stock...
