The German market was the most troubling EU destination for Thai canned tuna exports last year, accounting for an extensive chunk of the sharp slip in the Asian nation’s trade with EU buyers...
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How FADs Drifted Into MSC Assessment
MSC’s launch of a simplification pilot of its fisheries assessment process comes in reaction to stakeholder concerns, and is an effort from the organization to uphold and improve its...
EU Wants More Input In Global Tuna Decisions
The EU has commissioned a series of conservation projects that will span across the waters and tuna stocks managed by the major RFMOs, stating that the scientific advice currently available...
FDA Testifies: Bumble Bee’s Tuna Claims “Inappropriate”
Bumble Bee’s branding of its tuna products as an “excellent source of omega-3” has been deemed inappropriate by a testifying FDA official at trial. He claims that the firm has made the...
African Seiner Agreement To Smooth TU Supply
A new fishing agreement between the Seychelles and Mauritius is set to create a smoother supply of whole round tuna to the Thai Union Europe owned cannery, Indian Ocean Tuna (IOT) in the...
Tuna Strict Tesco Leaps In MSC Charts
After taking a strict stance on tuna sustainability last year, the UK’s leading supermarket Tesco, has displayed the strongest increase in MSC certified seafood products within its range,...
MSC Candidate Echebastar Strongly Reliant On FADs
Last week it was announced that Echebastar’s purse seine fleet has entered full assessment for MSC certification for its Indian Ocean FAD and free-school skipjack catch; a remarkable move...
TU Sets Ambitious 2017 Sales Target
Thai Union is strongly confident in its ability to increase its total sales figures for the eighth consecutive year, and has announced its ambitious targets for 2017, just weeks after it...
EII Breaks Silence On Mexican MSC
The Earth Island Institute (EII) has spoken out after a period of quiet related to the potential MSC certification of the Mexican EPO purse seine tuna fishery, a fishery that partly uses...
Bumble Bee Deceptive Labelling Trial Begins
A trial surrounding health logos on Bumble Bee tuna products has now started, with the firm facing accusations of deceptive labelling in relation to omega-3 claims. The US tuna giant does...
Tuna Fishermen Arrested For Drug Smuggling
A Spanish flagged handline vessel with a fishing license for bluefin was found with drugs onboard in Canary Islands’ waters this weekend. Askada Primero, with a gross tonnage of around 16 M/T,...
Walmart Lays Out Complicated 2025 Sustainability Pledge
US retail giant Walmart has given itself a long time to reach its sustainability commitments for canned tuna, as well as putting several branches within its sourcing policy, which bring...
What Does 2017 Hold In Store For EPO?
The publishing of annual catch statistics and IATTC’s recent meeting, with the reaction to the measures adopted, have prompted much discussion about the future prospects of the EPO. This week,...
Atuna Readers: Drop Gear Type
The credibility of the tuna industry is largely determined by how much belief consumers have in the sustainability standards it operates to. With a balance to be struck between well-informed...
Chinese Disrupt Japanese Bigeye Supply
The price of bigeye is competing with bluefin and even occasionally surpassing it at Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, with one wholesaler predicting that the hierarchy of tuna species in Japan is...
A Lack Of Protection Makes Observer A Risky Job
Not enough is being done to ensure the safety of observers working onboard tuna vessels, with a lack of transparency and no real responsibility being taken by any party, being among the...
Historic Study Reveals Busiest Transshipment Locations
For the first time, the footprint of global at-sea transshipment has been revealed, with satellite data spanning five years being compiled and made available to the public. Global Fishing...
Japanese Could Face Jail Time Over Bluefin Violations From 2018
Penalties will be given to violators who fish too much bluefin in Japanese waters from the beginning of next year, if planned restrictions are imposed. This is in accordance with international...
Echebastar’s Second Try For MSC On FAD Catch
The Spanish Echebastar purse seine fleet has once again entered into full MSC assessment, this time for only its skipjack tuna catch in the Indian Ocean, part of a simplification piloting...
Cook Island Longline Controls Still Under Construction
Discussions on how to most effectively succeed with the Quota Management System (QMS) for the tuna longliner fleet in the Cook Islands are still taking place, despite the scheme first being...
