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Japan Agrees To Bluefin Recovery Plan
A long-term recovery plan for Pacific bluefin has been agreed on by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission’s (WCPFC) northern committee, amid international worries of dwindling...
Will Tuna Shrink Due To Climate Change?
Warming sea temperatures and a loss of oxygen in the water could cause the shrinking of fish such as tuna, a new study finds. Although the scientists previously said that tunas, all species,...
Ecuador’s Canners Battle Back Into EU Market
After significant slumps earlier on, canners in Ecuador have fought themselves back into the EU market, making notable year on year gains in the first half of 2017. A modest yet solid four...
Pole & Line Nations Push To Improve IO Compliance
The governments of South Africa and the Maldives, two nations that have pushed for greater control in the Indian Ocean purse seine fishery in the past, have now agreed to work together to...
Chinese Tuna leader Expands Its “Super Frozen” Fleet
Zheijang Ocean Family, the owner of Ningbo Fengsheng, has taken steps to enlarge its fleet by ordering the construction of two new “super low temperature” tuna fishing vessels, which will...
EU Canned Imports Recover & Hit 3 Year High
European canned tuna buyers have upped their purchases of canned tuna considerably in 2017’s first half, taking the total to the highest seen in the last three years, and Spanish canners have...
Bolton Profit Gets Firm Push From Spanish Brands
Having a growing stake in the Spanish canned tuna market has pushed Italian Bolton Group’s profits up almost 10 percent for full year 2016, the firm has announced. In April 2015, Bolton...
StarKist Pressed To Make Fast Decision To Avoid Closures
StarKist Samoa has been asked by the American Samoan government to make a timely decision on whether it wants to take over space at a previous power plant for additional coldstorage, to avoid...
Micro-Canned Tuna To Reach International Markets?
The small-scale canning of bycatch tuna in developing Pacific islands has first and foremost been initiated to ensure local food security and lessen the reliance on imports, but the business...
More Civil Price Fixing Suits Pile On Big 3
Three new civil lawsuits have been filed that accuse the Big 3 canned tuna brands of colluding to fix the prices of their products for over a decade, adding to the large number of cases now...
“On The Hook” Hits At MSC With Unnamed “Major UK Brands”
The MSC has been criticized in a newly launched campaign for “planning to re-certify the world’s largest tuna fishery,” in the PNA. ‘On The Hook’, representing a group of various organizations...
Thai Canners Still Struggling In EU Market
Processors in Thailand are struggling to reach the EU market at the same pace that has been seen in the past, with a significant slump in the volume of canned tuna sent to the bloc so far this...
Should Juvenile Tunas Be Considered Target Catch?
Juvenile bigeye and yellowfin tuna are being considered as target species, and not bycatch, in a new report from the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF), which analyses the...
Atuna Readers: Commercial Longlining Is Not “Cultural Fishing”
Industrial longlining in restricted American Samoa waters should not qualify as “cultural fishing”, as is being debated by the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (Wespac),...
Court Denies Industry Challenge On US Fraud & Traceability Rule
A federal court has upheld the US government’s Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP), introduced to ensure traceability of fisheries products entering the US market and to stamp out fraud...
“Fiji’s Domestic Industry Is On Its Last Legs”
Declining fish stocks are expected to significantly dent the volume of tuna shipments from Fijian processors this year. A long-running player in the Fijian industry has stated that overfishing...
Concern Over “Split Up” In Pacific Tuna Management
The FFA is showing concern over a potential “split-up” in Pacific tuna management, after indications came that the PNA could possibly move away from its membership and take its own separate...
Ecuador Hands Harsh $6m Fine On Chinese Intrusion
With Chinese vessel activity in the EPO worrying Ecuador’s tuna industry, courts have shown that they won’t be soft in punishing those that intrude on protected waters around the Galapagos...
PNA Seeks MSC On FAD Sets Within 5 Years
The PNA Office has announced that in the next five years it hopes to establish a fully sustainably-managed purse seine FAD fishery within its waters, to a level that it can obtain MSC...
