Catches from healthy stocks in terms of abundance accounted for 81 percent of the total catch volume of 2017. Only four percent is marked yellow, which stands for an intermediate level, and 15...
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Training To Become A Ghost Gear Remover
A group of 70 people including 16 divers completed training from the Global Ghost Gear Initiative on how to remove ghost gear off the Panamanian coast safely. The two-day workshop...
Judge Refuses Symbiotic FCF Critical Vendor Status
On Monday, the court ruled that Bumble Bee can make payments to critical suppliers in order to keep its operations afloat. However, the company’s most important raw material...
Atuna Poll: FCF To Become New Bumble Bee Owner?
In the midst of Bumble Bee’s bankruptcy filing, the question of who will be the next owner of the company is on everyone’s mind. FCF Co. Ltd., the tuna giant’s dominant...
Readers: Ecuador’s Export Will Not Suffer From EU Yellow Card
Most Atuna readers have no fear that the EU yellow card will affect Ecuador’s duty-free export to the economic bloc in 2020. They assume that Ecuador will take the necessary measures...
Lischewski Ignored Board’s Letter On Antitrust Violations
Despite objections from defense counsel, public prosecutors for the US government hammered Chris Lischewski when he took the witness stand yesterday. The former CEO of Bumble...
ICCAT Introduces Lower Quotas & FAD Ban In The Atlantic
The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) meeting came to a close in Spain yesterday, with several new measures taken – a reduction in quota on...
Thai Union’s Seychelles’ Plant H1 Shipments To EU Falling
The exports of the sole tuna cannery plant in Seychelles during the first half of the year (H1) declined further, following the trend of the last two years. The Thai...
Study Shows “Effort Creep” Doubled Commercial Fishing Capacity
New technology has helped commercial fishing fleets to double their fishing capacity every 35 years, says a recent study conducted by researchers from the University of British Columbia’s...
Bumble Bee Lenders Financing Chapter 11 Trip
In order to guarantee that Bumble Bee can keep its operations running while taking the Chapter 11 route, its prepetition lenders have given significant debtor-in-possession (DIP)...
The Extreme Importance Of FCF For Bumble Bee
Not only is the survival of Bumble Bee crucial for Fong Chu Formosa (FCF), even more critical is the extreme importance of the Taiwanese boat-owners cooperation – today's world's largest...
Tuna Wars: The Book The Industry Needs
The wait is finally over - tomorrow the book that the tuna industry has been anticipating for a long time will be released. It tells the untold story of the power...
Mexican Study To Evaluate Health Of EPO Dolphins
The Mexican tuna fishing industry has started a research study on dolphins concerning their distribution and abundance in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. This is to comply with agreements...
Lischewski: “I Had No Idea” About Price-Fixing
Chris Lischewski, former CEO of Bumble Bee, took to the witness stand on Friday and confidently stated that he did not participate in the canned tuna price-fixing conspiracy and he did not...
Why Bumble Bee’s Survival Is Crucial For FCF
The stalking-horse bid for Bumble Bee’s assets by Fong Chu Formosa (FCF) is no surprise because it is crucial for the Taiwanese tuna supplier's own survival. FCF is a cooperation of...
Defense Argues Acquittal For Defendant In Mozambique Fraud Trial
Defense counsel downplayed the role of his client, Jean Boustani, a key salesman for Privinvest, in the Mozambique USD 2 billion scandal that has rocked the African...
Albacora Wants Out Of Super Seiner Shipyard
Spanish seafood company, Albacora, wants to sell its shares and leave Hijos de J. Barreras, the Vigo-based shipyard, the latter which is going through a pre-insolvency phase....
Chinese CNFC Stock Price Falls Despite Better Q3
The good Q3 numbers of Chinese tuna vessel operator CNFC Overseas Fisheries (CNFC) have not resulted in better stock performance. Initially, during October, its share price...
Bangkok Skipjack Price Bottoming Out?
Is the benchmark Bangkok skipjack market at last bottoming out and picking up? As it stands, there is still a really low demand while the supply of raw material to the region remains high. But...
Petit Navire Promises Tender Tuna Chunks
French brand Petit Navire’s Salade à la Mexicaine (Mexican Salad) is a bestselling product, boldly claiming it contains tender tuna with the ‘Tendres Morceaux De...
