Just before the IOTC plenary meeting next week, the EU purse seiner fleets have joined forces to release a statement that shows their progress in contributing to the yellowfin rebuilding plan....
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WWF-MSC Conflict Rises Over Atlantic Bluefin Certification
In a public letter to the MSC, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has called the sustainable certification of the French SATHOAN bluefin fishery in the Mediterranean as premature. It also declared...
Battle In IO Over Chagos Yellowfin Rich Waters
The maritime borders of the Chagos Archipelago are the center of a fight between Mauritius and Maldives at the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). Both countries are claiming...
Explorer Magalhães Honored By Portuguese Tuna Brand
Five hundred years ago, Portuguese navigator Fernão de Magalhães arrived at the South American coast after a year of traveling. Tuna processor Ramirez has joined the official quincentenary...
Low Skipjack Deliveries To Bangkok Continued Throughout Q3
The supply of raw material to the Thai ports has, for the first three-quarters of this year, remained at the same low level as in 2019. However, some of the main skipjack suppliers delivered a...
Effect Of Lights In Increasing Tuna Catch On FADs
A recently published study by Chinese scientists concluded that light might affect the vertical distribution of skipjack and yellowfin when aggregating around drifting FADs. According to the...
Eastern Atlantic Bluefin From Endangered To Sustainable?
Despite concerns over the Eastern Atlantic bluefin stock, the French SATHOAN bluefin fishery has achieved MSC certification. Control Union (UK) Limited, the Conformity Assessment Body (CAB),...
Eyes On Kiribati Officials Over Observer Tragedy On ‘WIN FAR 636’
The Taiwanese-flagged purse seiner 'WIN FAR 636', which has been the focal point of a major investigation, has left Kiribati waters and probably has gone fishing again. The main involved...
Controversy Continues Over Seiners Trespassing Mexican MPA
Yesterday, again another three seiners were spotted in the Cortez Sea in Mexico, as reported by Big Fish. The marine area is a protected ecosystem and commercial fishing is prohibited....
Public Consultation Open For Seafood At-Sea Social Standard
In recent years, social sustainability issues such as forced labor and poor working conditions of crew on board vessels in the global seafood supply chain have come under the spotlight. Now,...
PAFCO & Bumble Bee Signed 10 Year Agreement
US canned tuna label Bumble Bee and Fiji’s national cannery, Pacific Fishing Company (PAFCO), have had a close working relationship for over 20 years. The company announced that they recently...
The Economist, Harmful Subsidies Fuel IUU Fishing
Harmful subsidies for global fishing fleets are a major contributor to IUU fishing and need to be reduced, according to the latest article published by influential UK magazine, The Economist....
Low WCPO Carrier Loadings Indicate Bangkok Supply
The volume of tuna loaded by carriers in the main ports within the Western Pacific during September experienced a strong fall. It reached the second-lowest level of the year. The plunge...
ICCAT Event To Reveal Info On Tagged Atlantic Tuna
ICCAT will have its final symposium on the Atlantic Ocean Tropical Tuna tagging Program (AOTTP) online from January 12 to 14. It will bring together students, scientists, managers, NGOs, and...
Maldives Canned Exports Shrank In H1 2020
Maldives' overall tuna exports to overseas markets fell by a small margin in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2019. Its canned and pouched production especially...
WCPO Seiners Fishing More Days, But Finding Less
During the month of September, the skipjack price in Bangkok initially followed the same trend of recent years and declined alongside the tuna catches in the WCPO. However, recent information...
IPNLF & Earthworm Deal To Bolster French Tuna Sustainability
A partnership agreement has been signed between the non-profit Earthworm Foundation and the International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) to help create a sustainable supply chain in the...
Who Is The Model Here?
It is impressive what people post on social media that is related to tuna. This time, Atuna has chosen some recent funny and enjoyable ones for our readers. Tuna delicious or misplaced? Many...
Contradictory Info On Cause Of Observer Death On ‘Win Far 636’
Based on further news that Atuna has received from sources regarding the investigation on the death of Kiribati observer, Eritara Aati Kaierua, on board the Taiwanese-flagged tuna purse seiner...
100% Of Canadian Cannery Products MSC Certified
All Raincoast Trading products are now carrying the MSC blue logo for sustainable fishing. The cannery based in Nanaimo, Canada, has over 25 years of experience and trades albacore and...
