High market tuna brand Conservas Zallo has been welcomed into the Spanish Luxury Association (SLA). Conservas Zallo was founded in 1926 and is dedicated to producing tuna using...
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China’s CNFC Stock Slowly Inches Back Up
Chinese tuna fishing firm, CNFC Overseas Fisheries shows slow but healthy recovery in the beginning of the year with latest stock traded at CNY 5.56 (USD 0.82), revealing a 16...
Seismic Survey Will Pause Once It Detects Tuna Behavior
A seismic survey in search for gas deposits in the Great Australian Bight will be able to identify tuna migration and behavioral patterns, but only under certain...
Majority Projects 2019 Peak For SKJ1.8:BKK
Last week, Atuna reported on the quiet trading in Bangkok prices as the year began, flatlining at the rate of USD 1,300 M/T since December 2018. Some canners believe this level...
Coast Guard Evacuates Sick Crew Member
A crew member from a tuna longliner has been successfully medically evacuated 80 miles north of Kauai on the Hawaiian Archipelago.A 37 year old was evacuated off the 159 foot...
IOTC Talks Underway About EEZ’s Catch Limits
Maldives is hosting the Like-Minded Indian Ocean Coastal States (G16) meeting on allocation of fishing opportunities within their EEZ's for Indian Ocean Tuna Commission. The said...
Seychelles Signs Deal To Safeguard UK Trade After Brexit
Seychelles will soon be signing an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the United Kingdom (UK) to safeguard IOT trade with the UK ahead of March 29, the date which...
Saupiquet Renews Fleet With Smaller Piriou Seiner
France’s second largest canned tuna brand, Saupiquet has ordered a small 67-meter purse seiner at Piriou’s yard in Vietnam to be delivered by 2020. The design of this brine freezing vessel...
Quiet Trading, SKJ1.8:BKK Prices Remain Fixed
There has been no movement in the SKJ1.8: BKK price at the start of this year. With hardly any trading activity taking place, the level remains at USD 1,300 M/T, although there are...
Princes Group: Raw Mat Prices To Blame For Profit Dip
The Princes group has seen a GBP 13 million (USD 16 million) pre-tax profit drop for the financial year ending March 31, 2018. This decrease occurred in spite of the 6% rise in...
Spain’s Major University Launches Fishing Marketing Course
The faculty of Economic and Business Sciences at UNED will host the first diploma of profession expert in Fishing Marketing.The National Distance Education University (UNED) has more than...
Ecuadorian Diesel Offset: Tuna Fleet Continues To Miss Out
Despite the recent reversal price hike of diesel for public and private transport in Ecuador, it remains to be seen whether this exemption would also apply to industrial fuel which is used by...
Canadians Buying More Canned From Indonesia And Vietnam
Southeast Asian countries dominate the canned tuna export to Canada, accounting for more than 92 percent of the total volume of tuna supplies. Canada has a total area of 9.9 million...
Ex-bankers Acted Alone On Hidden Debt Scam – Credit Suisse
Global bank Credit Suisse, whose former employees were arrested over charges of involvement in a USD 850 million tuna fraud, maintains the employees acted on their own personal interest...
UK Demand Continues To Decline In Q3, Philippines Taking The Market
United Kingdom has shown an overall steady decline in the import of canned tuna over the last two years, losing over 14,000 M/T since 2016 third quarter or 16 percent of the total volume. This...
US China Trade War: No Additional Taxes On Tuna… For Now
Three days of intense negotiations between China and the US has ended with no further tariffs being implemented, neither on canned tuna and frozen pre-cooked loins from...
Peru Sets Quota For Eastern Pacific Bonito
A total quota of 64,000 tons for the eastern Pacific bonito was set by Peru’s Ministry of Production in 2019 for artisanal fishermen. Bonito (Sarda chiliensis) belongs to...
Echebastar Launches Innovative, New 1,200 M/T Seiner
The “Aterpe Alai” was launched earlier this week at the Zamakona shipyard in Santurtzi. According to Astilleros Zamakona, the ship holds a number of...
China Getting Serious On Port State Measures To Combat IUU
A joint ministry port state initiative has been announced in an effort to combat IUU fishing in China. The initiative is the latest in a number of measures carried out...
3,000 Kilos Of Tuna Tip Onto Main Road
Over 3,000 kilos of frozen tuna has been dropped on O Salgueiral’s roundabout in Spain. The truck transporting the fish was making its way along the road when the rear door...
