US retailer Walmart and its club store arm, Sam’s Club, have dismissed their claims against tuna canner Bumble Bee (owned by Lion Capital) in an antitrust lawsuit against the...
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Seaweb Seafood Summit 2019 Focusses On Worker Rights
The 15th SeaWeb Seafood Summit opened today in Shangri-La Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. The Summit is from June 10 to 14. This year’s Summit is putting the spotlight on social...
Readers Say Dolphin-Safe Lawsuit Probably Unsuccessful
Atuna asked our readers their opinion if the dolphin-safe class action suit against the Big Three will be successful. The companies were taken to court for allegedly misleading...
Albacore And Yellowfin FIP For Longliners In WPO
A new FIP has been recently launched by Bumble Bee Foods, FCF Fishery Company, Clover Leaf Seafood, and Ocean Outcomes. The Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) intends to improve the...
US Environmentalists File Suit To Block Longlining In California
Two environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the US government for permitting a new longline fishery off the California coast. The complainants, Center for Biological Diversity,...
CNFC Acquires Longliners From Chinese Tuna Company
One of China’s largest seafood companies has expanded its Pacific fleet by purchasing a local fishing firm. CNFC Overseas Fisheries, the listed arm of state-owned China National...
Balfegó Fleet Fills Their Bluefin Quota In Just One Week
The fleet commanded by Balfegó has captured its entire bluefin quota – a total of 2,200 M/T – in just seven days. According to the Spanish tuna company, this shows that this...
Unusual Arrivals Of Full IO Spanish Flagged Seiners In Galicia
Spanish flagged purse seiners are sailing to harbors in Galicia, Spain, to unload their Indian Ocean (IO) caught whole-round frozen tuna. They are also staying in the region for maintenance....
Korea Main Exporter Of Bluefin To Japan
The Republic of Korea has emerged as the main exporter of frozen bluefin to Japan in the first quarter of this year. The country sent 386 tonnes of frozen bluefin...
Secrecy Over Wespac Finances Triggers Press Probe
Thousands of dollars from a federal fund have been misused by members of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (Wespac), according to the latest investigation by a...
Spanish Maritime Authority Say Small Boats Catching Tuna Away From Coast A ‘Maritime Risk’
Spain’s civil maritime authority has received complaints about small and medium-sized boat owners fishing albacore (Bonito del Norte) outside of their catch areas, which is a...
Court Blocks Mozambique Govt Deal With Tuna Fraud Creditors
Mozambique's top court has ruled that the USD 850 million Eurobond issued by state-run Ematum SA in 2013 is illegal. The Constitutional Court of the country said in a ruling...
Bottleneck Drives Prices Further Down In Bangkok
The latest deals in Bangkok have been concluded and prices for whole round frozen skipjack SKJ1.8:BKK are at USD 1200 CFR per M/T, falling about 8% in the...
Princes NL Reports Now 94% Responsibly Purchased Tuna
Princes Foods Netherlands says it made a big step towards meeting its goal of offering 100 percent responsibly purchased tuna as reported in their press release of June 4. The...
US Tariffs On Mexico To Impact Tuna Exports
Tariffs that the US is planning to impose on Mexico will have an impact on the canned tuna exports from the South American nation. President Donald Trump announced last week that the US will...
New Skiff For Echebastar’s Innovative Seiner
The Spanish shipbuilder Vicalsa, located in Vigo, has completed the manufacturing of an 11-meter long skiff (auxiliary boat) for Echebastar’s latest fleet addition, its purse...
Major Pacific Anti-IUU Operation Shows Minor Infringements
A multi-national patrol to tackle illegal, unregulated or unreported (IUU) fishing in the South West Pacific took place from May 19 until May 30. Director of...
Med Tuna Route Sails Past Historical Sites
Tuna Route, a project aiming to promote the route of bluefin tuna and long-term sustainable tourism has kicked off from the port in Trapani, Italy. A ship with stakeholders...
StarKist Wants 50% Discount On USD 100M Fine
StarKist, owned by Korean Dongwon Group, says it is struggling to pay the USD 100 million fine for the canned tuna price-fixing conspiracy. The fine would endanger the company’s...
Maltese Navy Rescues Migrants Stranded On Tuna Pen
A group of migrants who were found clinging to a tuna pen in the Mediterranean were picked up by the Maltese navy last week. The condition and nationalities of the 75 migrants are still not...
