A new Chief Executive has been named for the Pacific tuna group of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA). Dr Sangaalofa Clark will be replacing Ludwig Kumoru, who served in the role for the...
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Longliners Cutting Off Albatrosses’ Beaks In Southwest Atlantic
Fishermen in the southwest Atlantic are mutilating live albatrosses caught in their longliners’ hooks by cutting off their beaks. The sailors then proceed to throw the birds into the ocean...
Container Tuna Transshipments Need Better Oversight
There has been a significant increase in containerization across oceans in terms of tuna transshipments but they need better governance as they do not come under the RFMOs’ purview. This is...
Chinese Bonito Canners Get Business Back With Price Dump
Earlier this year, the US-China trade war resulted in a strong reduction of 'tuna-like' species imports - labeled as chunk light - into the US. The Asian country has been the leading supplier...
Canned Tuna Cannibalizing US Pouch Business
The import of tuna pouches into the US for the first nine months of the year has been quite low compared to the last two years. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the country has been experiencing...
“RFMOs Should Have Same Definition For Overfishing”
A recently published scientific paper is stating that all tuna RFMOs should move towards a common definition when it comes to overfishing. This is quite a bold statement to make given the...
US Court Won’t Lower StarKist’s Tuna Salads Tariff
StarKist’s petition that a variety of tuna salads be classified as prepared meals was rejected by the US Court of International Trade. The ruling means that the products will be subjected to a...
Thai Union To Invest In Automation And Robotics
The Thai Union Group will be setting aside money in the coming year to focus on automation and robotics which could downsize its tuna processing workforce. This week the company said that it...
Dow Jones: TU Almost Perfect On Sustainability Indices
For the seventh year in a row, Thai Union Group has been listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) with its SeaChange sustainability strategy as the gauge. The seafood giant...
PNG’s New Venture Tightens Relationship With China
Papua New Guinea’s relationship with China is growing closer. Recently, a Chinese fishing company signed a deal to invest in what will be a fisheries industrial park in the Pacific country....
Malta’s Tuna Farming Business In Crisis
Malta’s tuna farming and aquaculture business is on the rocks and suffered a loss last year, according to the latest data from the National Statistics Office (NSO). The country is known for...
Seychelles Skipjack An Attractive Deal
The Seychelles skipjack price is rising steadily unlike the stable price in Bangkok and declining value in Manta. Our sources confirmed that the Indian Ocean (IO) tuna catches are not as low...
Greenpeace: US Tuna Sector Has Chosen Profit Over Climate
Greenpeace USA is miffed with tuna associations and the seafood sector in the country stating that they have chosen “profit over the state of our planet.” The US seafood industry this week...
MSC Survey: Big Gap In Consumers’ Intentions And Buying Behavior
Every two years, consumers around the world are surveyed about their attitude towards sustainability involving seafood and the oceans. This is an initiative carried out by MSC and GlobeScan. A...
Will US-Ecuador Agreement Have A Chance Under Biden?
In November, Atuna reported on the ongoing negotiations between the US and Ecuador for a reduction in tariffs for Ecuadorian tuna exports which would boost the nation’s competitiveness in the...
Fiji Interested In Blue Bonds As Part Of Climate Policy
Fiji is interested in blue bonds as part of its commitment to a sustainable future and is in talks with the UK regarding this. The island nation’s Minister for Economy and the official...
Top Filipino Tuna Company To Launch Country’s First Vegan Meat
Century Pacific Food, the Philippines' leading tuna and packaged food company will be launching UnMeat, the country’s first vegan brand for meat alternatives. In a press release, the firm's...
South American Nations Pen Agreement To Combat IUU Fishing
Several South American nations have joined forces, determined to stop IUU fishing near their tuna-rich waters by foreign fleets. The members of the Permanent Commission of the South Pacific...
More Local Seiners, But Micronesian EEZ Catches Dropped Sharply
The Micronesian purse seine fleet has been very active and last year, it massively increased its tuna catches in the WCPFC area. Meanwhile, tuna landings in the Federated States of...
EPO Q3: Mexico’s Skipjack Catches Fall While Panama’s Surge
The EPO tuna catches during the first nine months of the year strongly declined and positioned between the amounts taken in 2019 and 2018. The main reason for the drop was that the skipjack...
