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Sharp Slump In Korean Supply To Bangkok
After nearly doubling its whole round tuna deliveries to Bangkok in 2015, the South Korean fleet hasn’t managed to keep up the full extent of the strength, seeing tonnages slip considerably...
Spanish Fleet Demands Punishment For Law Breakers
The Spanish tuna purse seine fleet is urging RFMOs to take more direct control in order to eradicate IUU fishing. Its representatives argue that many offences go without sanctions, leading to...
Supply Boost Widens Price Gap In Japan
After narrowing earlier this year, the usual price gap between high valued tuna species in Japan is revealing itself once again, following the return of more vessels to the country’s ports,...
Thai Human Traffickers Hit With Long Jail Sentence
Six individuals in Thailand have been sentenced to 14 years in jail for the trafficking of migrant workers, showing that the efforts to eradicate labor abuse and slavery in the Thai fishing...
Strong Free-School Demand Reduces Supply To BKK
A notable slump was seen in deliveries of whole round tuna from several major fleets to Thai packers last year, with US-flagged vessels being a big part of this. One US boatowner states that...
Heavy Fines Deter Pacific IUU Offenders
Major fines and consistent monitoring and surveillance has caused a decline in IUU vessels fishing in the Pacific, states the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA). This is positive news for a region...
Greenpeace Softening Its Thai Union Attacks?
A Greenpeace led campaign against Thai Union showed its face outside this year’s Seafood Expo North America in Boston, and following on from many TU-targeted moves from the NGO, this method...
Reshaped NAFTA Poses Threat To Mexico’s Tuna Industry
Mexico’s last grasp on zero duty access to the US market is hanging by a string, as parties gear up for talks for a revamped North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). With United States...
Strict Domestic Landing Obligation For Costa Rican Waters
Costa Rican fisheries regulator INCOPESCA will limit permits for vessels fishing for tuna in its EEZ this year; a temporary measure which is part of a new ruling aimed at gaining more control...
US Longliners Denied Access To Own Territory
A year-long legal battle has drawn to an end, with the US Federal Court ruling that large tuna longliners flagged to the United States are not permitted access to American Samoa’s protected...
Lent Drives Surge In US Tuna Sales
The tradition of abstaining from eating meat during the Christian period of lent is leading to a boost in tuna sales for several big firms in the US. Companies take advantage of the increase...
Seiner Switch Shrinks Bangkok Supply
The cost of fishing in the Western Pacific is still keeping some US seiners in the EPO region, meaning that the competition felt by other major fleets last year, could continue throughout...
2nd Bumble Bee Exec Could Face Price Fixing Jail Time
Former Bumble Bee executive, Ken Worsham, has become the second person from the firm to enter into a plea agreement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) as part of the ongoing US tuna price...
PNA’s Tuna Hub Gets Big Expansion
The world’s main tuna transshipment port in the Marshall Islands’ capital of Majuro, has seen the opening of a new dock and net repair facility, which cements the port’s role as a hub for the...
WATCH: Award-Winning Bluefin Documentary
An award-winning documentary titled “Bluefin, The Last Of The Giants”, is soon to be released, after gaining recognition at a string of film festivals. Mostly shot around Prince Edward Island,...
Should Seychelles Fall In Line With IO Catch Reduction?
Threatening non-compliance with a yellowfin catch cut implemented in the Indian Ocean has put attention on the Seychelles’ activity in the region. Officials within the nation’s government do...
Industry Expects Higher US Canned Tuna Prices
With uncertainty surrounding the actual detail of Donald Trump’s tax strategy for the US, there is no doubt in the minds of Atuna readers that, should the President follow through on a promise...
China Takes Lead On “TPP-Lite” Trade Pact, After US Exit
A trade deal proposed by China, for which it wants rapid ratification, could ultimately see the country step into the US’ TPP shoes, creating a similar agreement in terms of impact, under a...
Yellowfin Catch Cuts Will Cause “Big Trouble”
Yet to implement measures to make sure its purse seine fleet complies with a yellowfin catch reduction in the Indian Ocean, Seychelles officials are now underlining the economic impact that...
