The President of the Maldives has introduced a new ‘Fisheries Bill’ to the country's parliament. Ibrahim Mohamed Solih submitted the proposed legislation, which aims to...
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Class Certification Granted To Consumers In Tuna Price-Fixing Lawsuit
A California federal judge has granted class certification in an antitrust multi-district litigation (MDL) to consumers against three tuna companies, Chicken of the Sea, StarKist,...
Century Pacific Net Income Grew 9 Percent In Half-Year
Philippines-based canner, Century Pacific Food Inc. (CNPF) experienced a growth in its net income by 9 percent year-on-year to PHP 1.7 billion (USD 33.2 million) due to the demand of...
Major Global Tuna Highlights July 2019
The global tuna community in the month of July had much to talk about ranging from the stagnant prices for skipjack and yellowfin in main trading markets, Bolton...
Elior N.A. To Use Only Portico’s Pole-And-Line-Caught Canned Tuna
In a move to promote sustainable fishing practices, Elior North America will acquire all of its canned albacore and skipjack tuna from the Sysco Corporation brand ‘Portico’,...
WCPO Purse Seine Catches Rebound In 2018
In 2018, the purse seine catch in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) rebounded to become the second-highest in years with a total volume of 1,910,725 M/T. This made up 70.3...
Malta’s Canned Tuna Market Dependent On Distant Countries
Malta’s canned tuna imports’ volume and value experienced a meager boost during 2018. The former surged nine percent while the latter gained only eight percent when compared to...
Vietnam’s Tuna Industry’s Latest Developments
Over the past few days, new developments regarding tuna have been taking place in some of Vietnam's provinces. From combating IUU to an increase in...
Aussie Researchers Developing Test To Find Parasite On Live Ranched Bluefin
Researchers in Australia are working to create a portable diagnostic test and best practice to manage blood flukes (parasites) and monitor the health of ranched Southern Bluefin Tuna...
Tri Marine To Keep San Pedro Processing Plant
Tri Marine Fish Company, owner of the San Pedro processing plant, and Silver Bay Seafoods have mutually agreed to cease further discussions regarding Silver Bay’s...
Pacific Tuna Forum 2019 To Be Held In September
The 7th Regional Tuna Industry and Trade Conference of the Pacific Tuna Forum will take place on the 12 and 13 of September. The meeting will be held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea,...
Fishermen Burned Four Seiners Over Banned Nets
Two groups of fishermen from Parangipettai, India, got into an argument about the use of banned purse seine nets. The quarrel led to the burning of four boats at the mouth of the harbor and...
CoC Certification Renewed For PNA WCP Free School Tuna Fishery
The MSC Chain of Custody (CoC) certification for the PNA Western and Central Pacific Skipjack and Yellowfin Unassociated / Non-FAD set (Free School) Tuna Purse Seine Fishery,...
Congressman Introduces Bill To Recover Costa Rica’s Tuna Wealth
A new bill that aims to create a national fleet of responsible tuna fishers has been introduced in Costa Rica by Congressman José María Villalta. The project is named a Law to...
No Movement In Bangkok Price, Congestion Continues
Industry sources indicated that upward pressure on the SKJ1.8:BKK price is certainly there. Although there is plenty of talk about the level slightly moving up to USD 1,100 per M/T, there has...
Looming Atlantic Closure For Spanish Seiners Due To Bigeye Quota
Spanish tuna purse seiners have been limited to using only 25 percent of the remaining bigeye catch volume for 2019, as ordered by the General Fisheries Secretariat on July 26. The quota,...
Peru’s Alfonso Miranda Elected IATTC President
Over the course of the latest Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission’s (IATTC) meeting, Peruvian Alfonzo Miranda Eyzaguirre was unanimously elected as the new president of the...
Dutch Brand’s Vegan Tuna Tested
If you are wondering how vegan tuna tastes, the Atuna team tested the ‘Visvrije Tonyn’ from the Dutch brand ‘De Vegetarische Slager, in order to try to answer that question for...
Tuna As Camembert? Mold Used To Keep Tuna Fresh
The Japanese food industry is developing new technologies for longer preservation of food, which will automatically result in food waste reduction. They have come up with a way of...
Albacore Reaches All-Time High Price Record
Albacore prices have been increasing for the past two years as the result of the plummeting raw material supply. The hope of Thai canners that their costs for canned albacore would plunge this...
