PNG’s National Fisheries Authority (NFA) has been called on to implement stricter border controls to stop what is described as an imbalance between canned tuna imports and exports in the...
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Pinsa’s Big Investments Pay Off
Mexican corporation, Pinsa, has been recognized for its outstanding contribution to the domestic economy with a prestigious award titled “El Premio Nacional Agroalimentario”, or The National...
Final: EU Parliament Ratifies Exclusive WCPO Deal
The final stamp of EU approval has now been put on the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) with the Cook Islands, allowing four seiners under EU flag to fish for tuna in the...
Stricter Rules Imposed On EPO Seiners
IATTC members have adopted a resolution imposing EPO-wide catch limits for purse seine caught bigeye and yellowfin, which marks a new approach to conservation of tuna in the ocean. These catch...
Followfish Brings First MSC & Fair Trade Tuna To Europe
The first ever MSC and Fair Trade certified seafood product is set to be stocked on shelves in the European market, in the form of canned pole and line skipjack tuna, sourced from the...
Japanese Firm Kick-Starts European Expansion
A Japanese fisheries firm is set to expand its presence in Europe by beginning construction of a processing facility in Croatia, two years after its multi-million dollar acquisition of a...
US-Launched Tuna With “Lowest Level Of Mercury Possible”
Central American tuna brand, Tonnino, is now adding canned tuna to its shelf-stable line marketed in the US, which along with all of its other yellowfin products, is claimed to contain the...
GP: Thailand To Be Avoided, High Scores For Free School
An avid promotor of pole and line canned tuna, Greenpeace was recently faced with a market where no products caught with this method were available. Free-school purse seine caught tuna...
Princes’ Managing Director Departs
The Managing Director of Princes Limited, Mike Easterbrook, will retire at the end of March, following 35 years with the company, which boasts one of the leading positions in the UK and...
Do Consumers Really Understand Catching Methods?
The new and updated poll for Atuna readers to share their thoughts on is as follows: STANDPOINT: Understanding Catching Methods Is Too Complicated For Consumers Whether consumers have the time...
Skipjack Price: Bets Are Spread
You’ve been placing your bets on where the Bangkok whole round skipjack price will peak, and for how much longer we might see increases in the global benchmark market. The Bangkok Skipjack...
US Big 3 Face Invading Competition
The growth of smaller niche canned tuna brands in the US market will be unstoppable competition for the nation’s Big 3, unless substantial changes are made; changes that some believe the...
Vietnam Fights For Free Tuna Trade After Ditched TPP
Tuna processors in Vietnam are fighting for more competitiveness in the Japanese market, calling for import tariffs on end products to be eliminated, as they already have been for other Asian...
EU Seiners Register To Become Available In Real Time
Updates to the EU’s fleet register will soon be available in real time, thanks to the adoption of a new regulation by the Commission. This will make it easier for member states to revise the...
Mareblu Tempts Customers With Vacation Prize
Consumers of Mareblu canned tuna products now have the chance to win flight discount vouchers and a cruise for two as part of the Italian brand's newest promotional campaign. All shoppers...
The Landslide That Changes US Food Service Tuna Demand
Tuna-like species like Euthynnus Affinis are increasingly sold in the US food service market segment, a trend resulting in reduced imports of the traditional main commercial tuna species,...
‘Hobz Biz-Zejt’ Makes Maltese EU No.1 Tuna Consumers
The Maltese’s love for the staple meal of sourdough bread filled with tuna is making the nation the number one in Europe when it comes to canned fish consumption. The high cost of fresh fish...
Lower Duties Likely For Indonesian Tuna
Negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the EU and Indonesia have now completed their second round, talks which could end with zero duty trade in canned tuna. Despite reporting...
Strong Dongwon Outperforms Other Asian Tuna Stocks
On a global scale, South Korean equities are the only to have recorded inflows since the November election of US President, Donald Trump, and the nation’s largest tuna firm, Dongwon Industries...
Fiji Fleet Plans To Move In On Neighboring EEZs
Fiji is working to expand its fishing grounds and get tuna catching rights in the waters of its neighboring nations. Declining tuna stocks in its own waters is a factor encouraging the country...
