Two fishermen who have been missing since Christmas Eve were spotted by Spanish-flagged tuna seiner, ‘Aurora-B’ just yesterday, 130 miles northeast of the Galapagos Islands. During its tuna...
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Investors In StarKist Owner Experience Huge Value Loss
Since mid-July, Dongwon Industries’ investors have been hit with a staggering value loss on their holdings in the South Korean tuna fishing firm, with stock price down by nearly one third....
Calls For Gov’t Action To Get US Seiner Fleet Fishing Again
With the US tuna fleet remaining tied up in port for the foreseeable future, a US Congressman is now calling on the government to step in and provide assistance to the situation which has seen...
US Tuna Consumers Cheated By Trader Joe’s?
US consumers feel “cheated” on not getting enough tuna in their cans and have hit grocery chain, Trader Joe’s with a class action lawsuit on underfilling. Filed yesterday in Manhattan federal...
The Top Emerging Tuna Buying Trends
Exploiting opportunities and maximizing business potential is an important aim in the tuna industry, and identifying consumer behavior plays a vital part in tuna trade. In dynamic and rapidly...
Chinese Pour Millions Into Tuna Processing Plant
A Chinese fishing company, which last year announced a joint venture with US tuna supplier Tri Marine, has recently publicized plans to invest over USD 30 million to develop a new tuna...
EU’s Zero Duty Quota Applications Piling Up
Papers have been piling up in EU customs following the kick off to the zero duty tuna loin import quota issued by the European Union. A massive 60 percent of the total 25,000 ton quota for the...
StarKist Revisits Classic 70’s To Connect With “Baby Boomers”
StarKist’s new Charlie the Tuna advert could be a blast from the past for “babyboomers” and “Generation X’s” as the brand has re-worked “a classic” StarKist advert which it first aired on...
PNA’s Pacifical Partnership: A Game Changer In Sustainable Production?
A new study has documented the way in which the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) has created the conditions for its individual states to use the MSC sustainability certification in...
Princes: Profits Tumble In Tough Market
Princes is crediting “challenging trading conditions” to a fall in both revenue and pre-tax profits during the last financial year, with the latter down a heavy 18.6 percent YoY. The company...
Six Figures Paid At Final Tsukiji New Year Auction
The first bluefin of the year has been officially sold at Japan’s famous Tsukiji fish market, reaching a price more than three times higher than in 2015. The 200kg fish cost the winning bidder...
Huge Marine Reserve Created In Atlantic
The British government is set to create a marine reserve almost the same size as the UK in a territory the country holds in the Southern Atlantic Ocean, designed to help police a tuna fishery...
With No Treaty Licenses, US Fleet Remains In Port
Suspending operations for the foreseeable future, the US seiner fleet is docked in port, with no tuna licenses to continue fishing in Pacific zones, after the US government failed to meet the...
Tuna: Not Extinct By 2048 After All?
Now ten years old, a study which predicted that virtually all salt-water fish would be extinct by 2048is now a decade closer to its deadline, and after facing some well publicized criticism...
Where Will 2016 Take The BKK SKJ Price?
As the previous year draws to a close and a new one begins, many take the opportunity to reflect on the past 12 months. However as well as doing that, here at atuna.com we are keen to look...
Fishers, Fair Trade, and finding middle ground
Authors: Megan Bailey, Simon Bush, Peter Oosterveer, Laksmi Larastiti Abstract: The goal of Fair Trade certification is to contribute to sustainable development by offering trading conditions...
24 Philippine Fishermen Arrested By Indonesian Navy
Indonesia authorities have arrested at least 24 Filipino fishermen on board two vessels who were fishing illegally in waters off North Maluku province in Indonesia. The first ship seized by...
Evidence Of EU Vessels Involvement In IUU Fishing
Liberia’s Bureau of National Fisheries (BNF) states to have concrete evidence of illegal fishing of European Union (EU) vessels in the country’s waters. Mr. Berengere...
Court Rules In favor Of Over-Quota Catch Bigeye Longliners
A US federal court in Hawaii has ruled longline fishermen in Hawaii may continue catching more bigeye tuna, or ahi, than the maximum quota set by international regulators. U.S. District Judge...
Operators Accused Of Holding US Seiner Fleet Hostage
According to a press release by the US tuna purse seine fishing firms the Global Companies (Ocean Global, LLC, Sea Global, LLC, and Pacific Global, LLC), they are being held hostage due to the...
