During the second session of AMATuna 2020, Manuel Vazquez, Managing Director of the Mexican tuna fishing company, Pesca Azteca, took to the podium to talk about the importance of...
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Japanese Buy Less Canned Pet Food From Thailand
In general, canned tuna pet food exports from Thailand in 2019 have remained steady but the Japanese are buying fewer products for their pet pooches and kitties, according to the latest export...
Tuna Truck Robbed In Southern Italy
A tuna truck was violently robbed in Bari, a city in Southern Italy, early this week. The assault took place close to the Bari Sud motorway exit on Monday night at 8.30pm. A group of three to...
Colombian Coast Guard Captures Ecuadorian Boat For IUU Fishing
The Colombian coast guard has captured a flipper boat and arrested the three men on board for illegal fishing, reported El Universo. The authorities said that the accused were fishing about...
Colombian Tuna Industry In Good Position To Grow
Colombia has a privileged position to grow in the tuna industry, said Miguel Angel Rosales García, International Commercial Director of Atunes y Enlatados del Caribe (ATUNEC), during his...
IATTC Director: Tuna Industry Must Change To Adapt To Current Issues
During the first session of the Americas Tuna Conference in Panama, Guillermo Compeán, Director of the IATTC, gave a speech where he highlighted the current changes the tuna industry is...
Americas Tuna Conference 2020 Kicks Off In Panama
The Americas Tuna Conference 2020 has officially kicked off today in Panama City. The two-day gathering will hold in-depth talks on the essential issues concerning the tuna industry in the...
New Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems To Aid EU Maritime Surveillance
A newly developed Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) is now being used by an EU agency to boost fisheries control. The European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) is working with the...
Taiwan Longliners Nearly Double Their EPO Bigeye Catches In Dec
December was the most lucrative month for longliners in terms of bigeye catches in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) according to the latest data by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission...
ICCAT Tuna Tagging Program Nears Target
According to the ICCAT, the Atlantic Ocean Tropical tuna Tagging Programme (AOTTP) is nearing its overall tagging target (97 percent) of 120,000 tropical tuna. This five-year project is aimed...
Maldives Donates 1 Million Tuna Cans To China
As a sign of goodwill, the Maldivian government has donated one million cans of canned tuna to the people of China, according to a Foreign Ministry press announcement. This comes at a time...
New EPO FIP Involves Five Purse Seiners
A new purse seiner fishery improvement project (FIP), to be led by the Panamanian seafood company Marpesca was announced yesterday by Key Traceability, a consulting firm based in the UK. ...
Balfegó Compensates Fishers Who Find Its Dead Bluefin
After a recent devastating storm that hit Spain’s eastern coast and killed hundreds of escaped farmed bluefin belonging to Balfegó, the tuna company is now offering money to fishermen who...
EU Launches EUR 75 Million Fund For Maritime Economy
The European Commission (EC) in partnership with the lending bank of the EU has launched the BlueInvest Fund to support companies and ventures that would support the blue economy, such as...
Africans Buy More Thai Canned Tuna In 2019
Countries in Africa imported more canned tuna from Thailand in 2019, with Libya nearly doubling its volume. Thai processors delivered 100,383 M/T of the product to the markets in this...
Dongwon Says US Court Lacks Jurisdiction In Dolphin-Safe Lawsuit
Dongwon Industries, the parent company of StarKist, has hit back at the class-action lawsuit filed against it by tuna consumers stating that “it is not subject to personal jurisdiction in...
Rick Heroux Joins Eurofish As New COO
Tuna industry veteran Rick Heroux has taken over the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Ecuadorian tuna company, Eurofish. He moved to this new position and firm in mid-January after...
Tuna Spill Leaves Fishy Situation On San Diego Streets
In San Diego, California, a consignment of approximately 60 to 80 frozen tuna (likely yellowfin) fell out of a delivery truck when the vehicle's latch came loose. The incident occurred on...
PNG Imports Of Thai Tuna Recover
Canned tuna exports from Thailand to countries in Oceania experienced a slight fall in volume and value in 2019, according to data from Thai Customs. Markets in Oceania took in at least 10...
Atuna Poll: After Brexit’s Transitional Period, Will Duties Apply For UK Canned Tuna?
After nearly four years of having voted to leave the EU, the UK finally and officially took leave of the economic bloc on January 31. Both parties made a deal to have a transitional period of...
