Canned tuna deliveries into the UK showed modest growth in the first half of the year. This comes in the midst of the uncertain economic climate that Brexit has created in the country. ...
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EU Extends Fisheries Protocol With Mauritania
Mauritania has signed a provisional application extending for another year a fisheries protocol between the country and the EU. The previous agreement expires on November 15. With the...
EPO Skipjack Landings Strong In Q3
Tuna catches in the Eastern Pacific are of the rise as this year’s figures show a higher volume of tuna landed by purse seiners and pole-and-line vessels than last year. However,...
Curto Testifies In Lischewski’s Trial: “Industry Based On Gossip”
Tuna industry’s heavyweight, Renato Curto, took to the witness stand and told jurors that he does not remember many of the meetings and email communications from previous...
Ecuador Loses Big Share In German Retail Market
The volume of canned tuna coming into Germany suffered a dip in the first half of 2019 (H1) mainly due to the fall in imports from outside the EU. According to the...
Seychelles Signs Agreements With China On Fish Exports
Seychelles and China have signed three agreements, which set a framework under which fish and other aquatic processors in the island nation can gain access...
Finance Minister: Maldives Must Market Fisheries Sector
Tuna fishing is one of the Maldives' main sources of income, second only to tourism. However, low pole-and-line demand has affected the country’s productivity. The Minister of Finance, Ibrahim...
Albacora’s Super Seiner ‘Galerna Lau’ Finally Launched
At the end of October, the ‘Galerna Lau’ left the Vigo port and headed for the Atlantic Ocean. Grupo Albacora's -- the investor for the vessel as reported by Spanish media...
Mozambique Wants Tuna Loans Back From Its Lenders
The Mozambican government is filing a lawsuit against Credit Suisse, Privinvest, and several London bankers to nullify the USD 622 million loan for Proindicus, a stated-owned security...
Americans Eating More Non-Canned Tuna
The demand for non-canned tuna products in the US has been steadily growing over the past couple of years. As a matter of fact, during the last three years, the US has emerged as a leading...
No Interest For Bangladeshi Tuna Fishing Licenses
In 2016, the Bangladeshi government started offering licenses to companies to bring in longliners and purse seiners to catch tuna outside the country's EEZ in the Bay of Bengal. Until...
Taiwanese WCPO Seiners More Productive In 2018
The distant water purse seiner fleet of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) caught the most volume of tuna despite a drop in vessel numbers and the decline in catches in the previous years from...
Spanish Companies Not Happy With Health Recommendations
Spanish tuna companies are not pleased with the country’s Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) recommending pregnant women and children under 10 years of...
How Dependent Is Ecuador’s Industry On The EU?
Recently, Ecuador was handed a yellow card warning by the EU due to the country’s inability to comply with agreed international standards about IUU fishing. The cautionary measure does not...
Readers: Opinion Divided On Dongwon’s StarKist’s MSC Logo
On the topic of whether or not Dongwon will market MSC tuna under its Starkist brand, Atuna readers are completely divided in their opinions. Recently, Dongwon became the first...
Investor Testifies On Millions Loss On Tuna Fraud Loan
In the next act of the Mozambican fraud scandal trial, a new witness took to the stand. Marco Santamaria, former Portfolio Manager Emerging Markets at Alliance...
GrupoMar’s ‘Manzanillo’ Vessel Hits Record Five-Year Catch
The tuna seiner ‘Manzanillo’ has closed its fishing season with a record catch for the last five years. The boat, owned by GrupoMar, reported 5,709 M/T in catches - the largest in the...
Atuna Poll: Will The Yellow Card Depress Ecuador’s 2020 Exports To The EU?
Ecuador has landed in hot water with the European Commission (EC) due to its inability to comply with the agreed international standards over IUU fishing. The country was slapped with a yellow...
Strong Growth In Philippines’ Frozen Tuna Exports
After Thailand, the Philippines remains the largest exporter of canned tuna from among the Asian nations. Ever since the start of the industry about 50 years ago, the bulk of export...
Echebastar’s Alakrana Wins Innovation Award
The Basque fishing company, Echebastar, has been honored by the BTEM Food Innovation Awards in the Technological Innovation Category, which acknowledges the creation...
