Last year was one of the toughest for Thai tuna exporters, with short supply and a strong baht currency making products less competitive, states Thai Tuna Industry Association (TTIA)...
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Maldives P&L Withdraws Yellowfin MSC Certificate
The Maldives pole and line fishery has officially withdrawn its yellowfin MSC certificate, which was suspended in 2016. The move means that there is no attempt to regain the sustainable...
ATUNA: End Year Break From Dec 25th Through Jan 1st
The ATUNA team would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, with all the best wishes for 2018! During the festive period we are taking a short break, and our offices will be...
Crew Given Hefty Fines For Misreporting Bluefin Catch
The captain and operator of a Portuguese longliner that attempted to pass off illegal bluefin catch as bigeye earlier this year have been given substantial penalties by the courts. Vila...
China Takes Action Against Illegal Vessels In EPO
Chinese fisheries authorities have launched a pilot inspection project for the nation’s own-flagged vessels fishing in the waters of Ecuador and Peru. The Ecuadorian tuna sector has expressed...
“Deflationary Pressures” Hit UK Importer’s Top Profits
UK tuna importing firm, Lovering Foods, has witnessed a notable profit drop for the latest financial year. In 2015 the firm was named on the Sunday Times Profit Track 100 list, branding it one...
US Seiners Continue To Ocean Switch, Practice Here To Stay?
Last year, several US seiners were known to partake in the legitimate practice of “ocean switching”. Registered to both the WCPFC and IATTC, there was one company in particular that was...
Poor Bigeye Supply Causes Drop In Japan’s Sashimi Stock
This year’s supply of tuna sashimi in Japan, the most popular form of tuna in the country, is predicted to sink to the lowest volumes since 2011. A decline in bigeye catches by Japanese...
Thai Govt. Aids Fishermen After Yellow Card Impacts
The Thai government is reaching out with new relief measures to support fishermen who have been affected by recent changes in their industry, which have been introduced as part of efforts...
High Seas FAD Ban Hits US Fleet’s Thai Deliveries
Deliveries of whole round tuna to Bangkok from the US flagged purse seine fleet have dropped notably compared to last year, despite earlier in 2017 showing much stronger landings from these...
Ecuadorian Vessel Found With Illegal Catch In Galapagos
An Ecuadorian fishing vessel was discovered with illegally caught albacore tuna onboard, as well as sharks, in the no fishing zone within the waters of Galapagos Islands, a territory of...
No Tax Credit For StarKist Samoa, Mixed Messages On Impact
The final US tax reform bill for 2018 has left out the American Samoa tax credit plan but Trump’s ‘pro-business’ administration has introduced overall reductions in corporate tax rates. Thus,...
US Fraud/IUU Rules Start With Relaxed Enforcement
Tuna buyers in the US market are getting ready for the implementation of the government’s Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP), which will come into force in under two weeks. However, the...
Iron Lady Wants Money Laundering Charges Imposed On IUU Offenders
The Indonesian government has requested the United Nations to allow global governments to pursue money-laundering charges against IUU perpetrators. Known as taking a strict stance on illegal...
Grupomar Eager For Slashed EU Tuna Tariffs
Major Mexican tuna industry player, Grupomar, is keen to see the successful conclusion of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Mexico and the EU, stating the industry has suffered a lot, and...
Booming US Bonito Imports, NOAA Remains Silent
Over the last couple of months, imports of canned tuna-like species into the US have reached their highest volumes yet. Vietnamese firms have now also emerged as big suppliers and there is...
The Massive Worldwide OPAGAC FIP Beats Expectations
One year after Spanish purse seine vessel representative OPAGAC launched its “Global Tuna FIP”, a Fishery Improvement Project spanning three oceans and three tuna stocks, the organization...
20-Crew Longliner Crash Damages Coral Reef, Assessment Ongoing
Investigations into the damage caused by a tuna longliner that ran aground in Honolulu, Hawaii are still ongoing after the vessel crashed into a reef off the shore of Waikiki. The ship was...
Inventory Reduction Sees BKK SKJ Price Tumble
The current reduced demand seen from Thai packers is reflective of the usual end of year trend, when canners commonly lower their dry and frozen storage inventories before they close their...
2nd Japanese P&L Fishery Aims For MSC
A Japanese pole and line fishery has entered into MSC assessment for its skipjack and albacore catch in the Northwest and Western Central Pacific. The goal is to be approved for certification...
