In a press release, Diversified Communications, organizer of Seafood Expo Global, has announced that the event will be postponed until September 7-9, 2021, and will be held at the Gran Via in...
ALL ATUNA NEWS
IOTC Annual Meeting Kicked Off Today
Today, the IOTC 24th Annual Meeting started in Seychelles. The five-day event is being held online and will end on November 6. Each day there will be two-hour conferences starting at noon in...
Lischewski’s Defense Argues Against Inhumane Prison Conditions
Defense attorneys for the former CEO of Bumble Bee, Chris Lischewski, have asked a US federal court to reduce his sentence by a minimum of three months. They cited that their defendant “was...
Thai Canners Lost Business In Smaller Markets In Q3
The demand for Thai canned tuna from smaller markets experienced a strong decline during the first three quarters of this year (Q3). While the exports to major markets such as the US grew...
Bad Sentiment Pushes Down Century Pacific’s Shares
Investors seem to have little confidence in the Q3 results of Philippine tuna processor Century Pacific Food Inc's (CNPF). Awaiting the company's announcement on November 4, they sold out...
ATUNLO Promotes #SosTunability In New Range Of Retail Tuna Products
- Advertorial - The Spanish-based processing company Atunlo has revealed the launching of a new range of frozen tuna products which will soon hit the European retail shelves. The items are...
Sentencing Postponed For US Tuna Price-Fixing Execs
The final sentencing for three former senior executives of Bumble Bee and StarKist who were involved in the price-fixing shelf-stable tuna case in the US has been postponed. Kenneth Worsham,...
Lischewski To Pay USD 100,000 To Washington State For Price-Fixing
Former Bumble Bee CEO, Chris Lischewski, will pay USD 100,000 to Washington state for his role in canned tuna price-fixing, according to the state’s Attorney-General. The defendant has 60 days...
ISSF Expects Supply Chain Actors To Publish Social Policies
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has announced that it will be introducing a new conservation measure next year. It requires participating tuna and seafood companies...
Can Shallow-Depth DFADs Reduce Baby Bigeye Catches?
Scientists seeking a solution to reduce fishing mortality of juvenile bigeye in the EPO have found that purse seine tuna catch volumes of sets made on prototype shallow-depth drifting FADs...
Large Tuna Cut CO2 Massively When Left To Die At Sea
Scientists have discovered that large fish, which sink after death, take the carbon that they contain within them into the deep ocean leaving it there for thousands of years. However,...
Silky Shark Tagging Project To Lower Echebastar’s Bycatch
Spanish tuna fishing company Echebastar and AZTI, a research institution, are currently collaborating on a Silky Shark Tagging Project to seek ways to reduce bycatch. Biologists tag a...
US MSC Awareness Not Growing Fast Enough
In two years, awareness of the MSC label in the US has increased by only one percent. However, European countries and China have reported much higher growth in the same period of time. This is...
Two More Indonesian Crew Died On Chinese Tuna Longliners
Two more Indonesian fishers have died on board Chinese tuna longliners, one on the notorious ‘Long Xing 629’. This boat came under international scrutiny in May when the Environmental Justice...
How Mushy Tuna Syndrome Affects Skipjack Production
How many of us in the tuna industry know about Mushy Tuna Syndrome (MTS)? Perhaps fishing companies and canneries, but who else? It has been a persistent issue for decades that mainly affects...
Thai Canned Shipments To US Go Through The Roof In Q3
This year is turning out to be a very good one for Thai canned tuna processors. While many other industries have been deeply affected by COVID-19, it has resulted in well above normal exports...
Pacific Tuna Observer Arrives Home After 10 Months At Sea
After nearly 10 months at sea, a fisheries observer from Vanuatu was repatriated home this week via the carrier vessel, ‘SHIN HO CHUN 102’. The country is currently one of the few...
Bluefin Breaks Into Salmon Farm While Chasing Dinner
A bluefin chasing its dinner broke into a salmon farm’s cage in Scotland. The tuna, which might have weighed around 300 kg, tore the net causing a small amount of damage. The bluefin was...
Vanuatu & Nauru Strong Emerging Suppliers To Bangkok
At the Bangkok port, the Pacific nations of Vanuatu and Nauru are emerging as strong tuna raw material suppliers since many purse seiners are now carrying their flag. Yesterday, Atuna reported...
ISSF Introduces New Vessel List On Sustainable Fishing
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has introduced a new vessel list to serve as a transparency tool for the public regarding a seafood company’s commitments to...
