Although Fiji’s Fisheries Minister announced healthy stocks of albacore were returning to the country’s waters, the status of the species is a “far cry” from what it once was, according to an...
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IN BRIEF: Somalia Exports Tuna After 30 Years
The African nation Somalia has started exporting tuna to neighboring country Kenya after 30 years. The civil war in the country prevented the seafood industry from developing but now exporters...
Is A Minimum Social & Labor Standard Needed For EU Tuna Imports?
Following OPAGAC’s proposal to the European Commission for all EU tuna imports to meet the Spanish government’s APR standard, we want to know what you think of the following standpoint:...
Mareblu Boosts Sales But Misses Double-Digit Target
Major Italian tuna brand, Thai Union-owned Mareblu, missed its own expectations of double-digit sales growth last year, however still achieved increases that outperformed recent results. A...
Filipino Fishermen: Vietnamese Boats Stealing Our Tuna
Fishermen based in the Philippines have reportedly been “troubled” by Vietnamese boats that are fishing on their anchored FADs. Now the government is considering registering the fish...
DOJ Indicts Alliance Execs For Corporate Code Violation
The Philippine Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted a number of Alliance Select executives for violation of the Corporate Code of the Philippines, after foreign shareholders filed a...
Majority Back Coastal Nations’ Bigger IO Quota Plea
Indian Ocean coastal countries should have their catch quotas based on 100 percent of the average annual historic catches in their EEZ, according to over 75 percent of Atuna readers. This was...
UK Brand Shakes Up The Shelves With Creative Design
UK tuna brand Reel Fish has revamped its canned tuna packaging with a completely new design. The bold color scheme and illustrations are likely to shake up the canned tuna shelf, which can...
Thai Union Snaps Up Stake In Seafood Retail Firm
Thai Union has taken a step closer to the retail segment, having announced the purchase of a 25.1 percent stake in Thammachart Seafood Retail Co (TSR). The move sees TU put more focus on its...
OPAGAC Lobbies For All EU Imports To Meet APR Standard
A chunk of the Spanish tuna fleet, under OPAGAC, have proposed to the European Commission for all EU imports to fit the Spanish government’s APR standard. The request was made at the European...
Sapmer Takes ‘Catch To Consumer’ Concept To France
French born tuna fishing firm, Sapmer, has gone back to its roots, opening the doors to its first catch to consumer “fish shop” in France. It has two existing stores on La Reunion Island, and...
Brazil’s Fish Exports Banned From Entering EU
The European Union has banned the import of all fisheries products from Brazil because of what the bloc deems as inadequate sanitary conditions within the seafood industry. Although Brazil...
Albacora Orders New Atlantic Seiner While Vessels Halt In IO
Spanish tuna fishing firm, Albacora SA, has ordered the construction of a new tuna purse seiner that will join its fleet, replacing an existing vessel and operating in the Atlantic Ocean....
FCF Also Gets Western Pacific MSC
Major Taiwanese tuna fishing and trading company, FCF Fishery Co., has achieved MSC certification for its skipjack and yellowfin free school purse seine catch in the Western and Central...
Trump’s Ocean Policy: Replaces Conservation With Strong Economy
President Donald Trump has released a revised ocean policy, which replaces Obama’s focus on protecting the waters with emphasis on promoting a strong ocean economy. The new executive order...
Lab-Grown Tuna Meat Production Ready After $3.5m Investment
The US company Finless Foods announced it raised USD 3.5 million in funding and is now edging closer to moving into the production of lab-grown bluefin tuna meat. The year-old firm looks to...
Lengthy Customs Cause Peru Processors To Lag Behind
In Peru it can take up to 30 days for customs procedures and to confirm the origin of tuna before it can be processed and this is what causes the industry to fall behind other processing...
Serial Tuna Company Impersonator Poses As Hai Vuong
A company going by the name of Freede Foods has made a corporate impersonation of major Vietnamese tuna firm, Hai Vuong, fraudulently taking payments from buyers for seafood products. Hai...
Leaders Silla & Dongwon Outperform Korean Stock
Silla Co. and Dongwon’s Industries’ almost identical stock market movement is outperforming the Korean index and also the shares of the nation’s third leading tuna firm, Sajo. Despite recent...
Tuna Least Problematic In Canada Mislabeling Study
One in four seafood products have been found to be mislabeled in the Canadian market following a study of nearly 300 samples across restaurants and grocery stores. Tuna however, was one of the...
