On Monday, Seychelles and the EU opened talks on the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement and Protocol, which allows EU vessels to fish in the waters of the island...
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Number Of Chinese EU Approved Vessels Doubles
At least 13.5 percent of the total registered Chinese fishing vessels in the country have obtained EU registration status. This is reflected in the latest list of Chinese...
Can Loma Linda’s Vegan Tuno Compete With Tuna?
Curious about the taste, the Atuna team tested the Loma Linda Tuno in Spring Water and Tuno Thai Sweet Chilli. The pioneering vegan brand from Nashville, US, offers other...
Madeiran Pole & Liner Sunk By High Waves
The pole-and-line vessel Setemar sank after it was hit by two waves of four to five meters in height when it was fishing for tuna 12 miles from Ponta do Pargo, west of Madeira. The...
Some FAD Buoys Are Drifting And Active For 2 Years
Drifting FADs (dFADs) could be at sea from less than 10 days and up to two years, according to the latest SPC study. This data was based on the research of the...
FFA’s DG: “Protect Rights Over Resources In The High Seas”
The 2019 Pacific Islands Leaders Forum summit in Tuvalu concluded last week. The Director-General of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), Dr. Manu Tupou Roosen, spoke...
Polish Canned Tuna Segment Recovering After Major Dip
After a tremendous fall of roughly 30 percent in 2017, deliveries of canned tuna to Poland are slowly recovering. The imported volume moved from the low level of 8,390 M/T...
Atuna Poll: Can The Big Three Survive The 2.5 Billion In Damages?
Earlier this month Atuna reported that StarKist, Bumble Bee and Chicken of the Sea might be facing a potential USD 2.5 billion in damages resulting from the on-going...
Bumble Bee: Plaintiffs “Don’t Have Leg To Stand On” In Dolphin-Safe Case
Bumble Bee Foods LLC. wants a US federal judge to toss the case on a class action suit accusing the company of falsely portraying its tuna products as dolphin-safe. The tuna brand holds...
Readers: MSC Tuna Will Become Mainstream For Private Labels
The breakthrough in the Belgium market by Aldi switching to MSC-certified tuna for its price entry skipjack will be followed by other retailers, said around 73 percent of Atuna...
Tuna Income To Change Kiribati Budget And Development Status
There will be no major impact on the economy of Kiribati when the island nation graduates from its Least Developed Country (LDC) status, according to the latest entry on Devpolicy blog....
Chinese To Build Mega Cold Storage Capacity
Last month, China's first huge cold store with a 50,000 M/T capacity for tuna and other seafood was put into operation. This is part of an expansion plan to store 300,000 M/T in the...
Mentality Change Needed In Pacific: Less Imports, More Domestic Produce
Last week, the Tamahu Natai Fish Market in Vanuatu was opened in a joint ceremony with officials from the island nation and the New Zealand High Commissioner. The market will provide...
NZ Aircraft Remarkable Encounter Saves 18 Fishermen
What are the chances that an aircraft comes across a burning vessel during a routine patrol in a vast oceanic region and manages to help rescue everyone? Apparently, there is a...
More FADs Are Geo-fenced, Fishers Trying To Obscure Data
Fishing companies are geo-fencing their FADs in the PNA Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) according to a recent report. From 2016 to 2019, operators blocked the transmission data from being...
African Processors See Volume To UK Sharply Drop In Two years
European imports of African canned tuna in 2018 dropped 4 percent compared to the previous year. However, in spite of the low yellowfin catches in the Indian Ocean, canneries managed...
PNA’s Tracking Program Shows Where Most FADs Are Deployed
The latest SPC study has revealed that an estimated 30,700 to 64,900 artificial FADs were deployed annually in the Western Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) in 2016 and 2017. The...
IO Prices Are Firming, Despite High Skipjack Inventory
Skipjack landings in the Indian Ocean have been improving – the raw material market in the region is showing signs of upward movement after weeks of stagnating prices. The value for whole...
US School Wants To Punish Kids With Tuna
Students with unpaid lunch debts will only be offered tuna sandwiches in Cherry Hill Public Schools in New Jersey. The prevention measure was proposed by Assistant...
Thai Union Rebuilding Tuna Oil Refinery
Thai Union has started a project to rebuild its tuna oil refinery plant in Rostock, Germany, with minor improvements with an aim to have the plant commissioned by July 2020. The...
