The two-day event started last Saturday with a non-competitive 2 km swimming event. The main competition was held on Sunday, in two separate 2.5 km and 5 km rounds. Over 350 swimmers dived...
ALL ATUNA NEWS
EPO Vessel Owners Pool Funds For FAD Removal Initiative
EPO purse seine owners have come together for a new initiative – The Tuna Alliance for the Recovery of FADs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO). They have lined up a set of plans for the...
Maltese Beachgoers Witness Unique Tuna Sight And Other Social Media Stories
Last month, beachgoers and locals in St Thomas Bay in Malta witnessed a large tuna on the beach, quite to their surprise. A popular chef posted images of her cutting raw sushi from freshly...
Venezuela Lashes Out At US Navy For Illegally Boarding Tuna Boat
Last week, a group of US warship personnel boarded a Venezuelan tuna boat that was operating in the South American nation’s EEZ angering the Venezuelan government and escalating geopolitical...
World Tuna Conference In Vigo Ends With Positive Vibe
The final day of XII Anfaco World Tuna Conference ended on a hopeful note. Speakers delved into Asia, Africa, Middle East, Oceania markets and lively debates revolved around the need for more...
Asian Processors Increase Pre-Cooked Loin Trade With EU
EU canners increased their frozen pre-cooked loins purchases in the first half of the year by 18 percent. Indonesian processors almost doubled their trade in this market, and shipments from...
Marshall Islands Seiner Catches Rose By 33 percent
Marshall Islands-flagged seiners hauled in more volumes of skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye in 2024. The vessels captured a meager tonnage of albacore, which was not among the species caught in...
Selenium: The Hero Protecting Our Body
Nick Ralston, Researcher at the University North Dakota, presented the importance of selenium in relation to human health and counteracting the mercury in tuna at the first lecture at the...
Soldiers Detained For Drug Trafficking In Canned Tuna Shipments
Ecuadorian police confirmed the arrests of four soldiers for their involvement in attempting to send over 400 kg of cocaine in a container with canned tuna in Guayaquil Port, heading to France...
IATTC Meeting Made No Progress On Key Conservation Issues
The IATTC meeting concluded on September 5 with the adoption of the much-wanted reduction of a fishing ban days and several other agreements. However, some important issues were postponed to...
Canned Tuna Imports Into Mediterranean Markets Made Noteworthy Recovery
Brands, retailers, and traders in the Mediterranean region, comprising main markets France, Italy, and Spain, imported more canned tuna from January to June this year, compared to the same...
Anfaco’s World Tuna Conference Kicks Off In Vigo
The 12th Anfaco World Tuna Conference commenced today. The theme for this year revolves around ‘Reaching The New Consumer.’ There are five sessions lined up on the first day of the conference....
Pacific Fisheries Agency Head Called For Vigilance Against Ongoing Challenges
Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Director-General Noan David Pakop stressed the need for Pacific Islands to remain united due to the importance of tuna to their economies and emphasized the need...
Involving Fishers Is Crucial To Improving Labor Conditions & Laws
-VIEWPOINT- Last year, the editors of the ‘Oxford University Handbook of Human Rights at Sea’ invited me to write the chapter on Fisheries and Offshore Aquaculture. As perhaps the first...
Global Sunflower Oil And Spanish Olive Oil Prices Rise
Global food prices hardly changed in August from the July level. Vegetable oil rates saw an upsurge, fueled by higher quotations for sunflower oil while soy oil value declined. Olive oil saw a...
Will Pacific Island Nations Risk Economy And Environment For Deep-Sea Mining?
Last month, Tonga signed a sponsorship agreement with Canadian-based The Metals Company (TMC) to explore deep-sea mining activities in the tuna-rich Clarion Clipperton Zone. Following that, an...
Solomon Islands & Kiribati Join Hands For Anticipated Tuna Project
The Solomon Islands and Kiribati signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) last week to collaborate on the development of the Bina Harbor tuna processing plant in Malaita (Solomon Islands)....
EU’s Smaller Suppliers Of Canned Tuna Expanded Trade
EU brands, retailers, and traders increased business with smaller suppliers of canned tuna from January to June this year. Shipments from all sellers went up, within and outside the bloc....
Dongwon ‘BTS Jin Tuna Gift Set’ Grabs Spotlight For Korean Thanksgiving
South Korean tuna company Dongwon F&B offers over hundred varieties of Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day) gift sets this year, and canned tuna is again a star. The company expanded the...
ABC Documentary Warns Of Deep-Sea Mining & Tonga’s Financial Risks
An ABC investigative journalism program Four Corners was released on Monday. The episode ‘Race To The Bottom’, looked into deep-sea mining highlighting this issue is now a global flashpoint....
