The energetic K-pop style music video commercial for John West Australia’s “Street Asian” tuna range has seen considerable popularity on YouTube since its release, but can the taste of the...
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PNA’s Innovative Projects Require New Recruits
Managing the world’s largest sustainable skipjack fishery is not an easy job, and for the PNA, a rise in income and many new innovative projects launched means a need for stronger management...
Will Trump’s “Wall Duty” Kill Mexican Tuna Exports?
It’s not just a 50 foot concrete wall that Trump wants to put between the US and Mexico, but the 20 percent duty tariff on US imports from the country, proposed to pay for the project, could...
A Maritime Corridor For FADs?
The government of the Portuguese Azores is defending a “maritime corridor” for tuna fishing, wanting to prevent the placement of FADs too far away from the shore and keep them to a specific...
First UK Pole & Line Fishery To Be Developed
The UK has made a move to develop its first tuna pole and line fishery, by declaring a marine conservation zone in the waters of overseas territory, St Helena. A remote island located near the...
Rio Mare Launches Tuna Campaign Aimed At Poverty
Rio Mare has launched the campaign, #UnTonnoPerTutti, which is aimed at encouraging the participation of its customers, which to date have been responsible for the donation of a reported...
Albo’s Chinese Owner Climbs Back Into Profit
The Chinese owner of iconic Spanish tuna brand, Albo, is confident that it has finished 2016 with a return to profitability, stating that government subsidies and property selloffs have helped...
Avoiding Tuna Due To Mercury: “Poor Choice”
US government guidelines on how much, and what kind of fish pregnant women should eat are not well informed according to one mercury researcher who claims the advice does not take selenium...
Co-op Sets Sustainability Ultimatum For John West & Princes
Another UK retailer is pledging to source all of its tuna products from fisheries that are either MSC certified, or in a Fishery Improvement Project (FIP). The end of 2017 has been set as the...
Alliance Clarifies It Is Not Under Tax Investigation
Filipino tuna firm, Alliance Select Foods International (ASFII), has informed Atuna that it is not under any kind of investigation related to its revenues or taxes by the General...
MSC Reacts: Sharks And Dolphins Considered With Rigor
The MSC has reacted to a letter sent by nearly 50 NGOs urging the organization not to certify certain fisheries in assessment, including the Mexican tuna purse seine fishery, raising concerns...
Bumble Bee Pleads Guilty In Factory Death
Bumble Bee Foods LLC has pleaded guilty to a charge over the death of Jose Melena who was trapped inside a pressure cooker in one of the company’s tuna plants. The 62-year-old father of six...
6,000 Ton “King Ahi” Farming Project Junked
A Hawaiian fish farming technology company has conceded defeat, after plans for a futuristic approach to bigeye and yellowfin aquaculture amounted to nothing, ten years since it registered the...
MSC Out Of Reach For Most Tuna Stocks
Most commercial tuna stocks are falling short of MSC sustainability standards, and swifter adoption of Harvest Control Rules (HCRs) by RFMOs would be a big driver in getting them up to...
NGOs Stress “Deep Concern” Over MSC Process
An extensive list of animal protection organizations have stressed the deep concern they have over the MSC certification process, especially in relation to fisheries that they state involve...
Are Robots A Threat To Tuna Cleaning Jobs?
Robots taking over manufacturing jobs in many industries across the world is becoming a growing fear for many. When will robots start replacing the hundreds of thousands of tuna cleaners in...
Tuna Technology Could Fight “Blue Boats”
Amid further reported incursions by Vietnamese vessels suspected of IUU in the Pacific, nations that are affected by the so-called “blue boats” could be in line for relief, with the FFA...
EU Free Trade Enough To Keep Ecuador’s Canners Competitive?
Ecuadorian tuna exporters are elated over the recent news that a long-term, usually permanent Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the EU has been secured; however there is doubt as to what extent...
VIDEO: Canned Tuna In Oil, A Survival Kit
Attracting more than five million views in just 10 days, a video presenting an alternative use for the oil in a can of tuna has become a big hit on Facebook, as the Colombian Scouts...
Depypere Talks ‘The End Of The Free Trade Era?’
As part of the central theme ‘Rethinking Tuna: Moving Into A New Era’, some key discussions at this year’s European Tuna Conference will focus on whether the end of the free trade phase is...
