Last week the PNA decided to take no initiative whatsoever on a possible fishing closure in the Pacific, but is due to meet with seiner operators to discuss the eventuality of a one or two...
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Strong Export Growth Drives Spanish Cannery Output
Turnovers are expected to slightly grow for the tuna processing sector, with strong exports showing a 7.4 percent increase. The overall production of canned seafood in Spain has been...
The World’s Top 5 Tuna Processing Nations
In as many as 35 different nations worldwide, millions of tons of tuna raw material are being processed each year. Five strong dominant processing countries account for as much as 65 percent...
Contrasting Opinions On MSC Eligibility For Cook Islands Longliners
After reporting on the MSC assessment for the albacore longline fishery in the Cook Islands last week, a source known to atuna.com contacted us to clarify some matters and give his opinion on...
Top Asian Canner Streamlines Its Structure
A company restructuring plan has been given the green light, as 100 million more shares hit the Philippine Stock Exchange. Century Canning Corp, the parent firm of listed company, Century...
Binotto To Head Up Two TriMarine Subsidiaries
It has been announced that Don Binotto, previously the CEO of StarKist, and of seafood companyContessa Premium Foods, will be joining the ranks of Tri Marine International, one of the...
The Effect Of Two Month Bite Out Of Bangkok Supply
The conclusion on how long a possible fishing closure could be in the WCPO is still completely unsure at this time. However, atuna.com has calculated what the effect of a two-month stop would...
US Fleet Fights To Keep Pacific Tuna Treaty Intact
The US fleet is fighting to cling on to fishing days this week, as the South Pacific Tuna Treaty takes center stage at Auckland-based talks. If Pacific nations choose to reduce the guaranteed...
Indonesia Starts Foreign Vessel Force Out
A possible end to foreign vessels plying Indonesia’s territorial waters is likely to spell trouble for some distant water fleets, especially those supplying General Santos, Philippines....
Pacific Seiner Owner Sends Food Supply To Stricken Vanuatu
In the aftermath of Cyclone Pam’s 270km winds, survivors in Vanuatu grow desperate for food and water. Clubbing together to provide much needed aid for the hungry, several Pacific tuna seiner...
Tuna Are Being Caught And Studied In Scotland
Bluefin tuna made it once again to the world stage today, and not for overfishing issues, but because a team in Scotland is tracking the movements of north swimming bluefin, and says the study...
Yellowfin Tuna Hype Storms Instagram
Outstanding photos of yellowfin tuna have been stacking up on the image based social media platform, Instagram, this week. From an amazing video of yellowfin feeding at the water’s surface, to...
Thai Union Places Young Managers With International Subsidiaries
The Thai Union Group’s Management Associate (MA) graduates are set to take flight to the group’s tuna producing subsidiaries around the world, as part of the internship completion of the...
Boatowners And PNA To Meet Over 2 Month Closure
Tuna resource owners are passing the buck to the fleet operators, as they stress that boatowners are the ones that need to take full responsibility to initiate a fishery closure. However, a...
Entire Crew Missing As Tuna Vessel Is Swept Away In Cyclone
Nine fishermen have gone missing after a tuna longliner was violently swept away by Cyclone Bavi in Marshall Islands’ waters last week. A seven vessel search for the missing crewmembers began...
Costco Tuna Import License Suspended By Authorities
Costco, one of Canada’s top wholesalers, has allegedly failed to consistently implement the right food safety checks, and has had its license to import tuna and other fish in to the country...
ANFACO: Need To Increase Loins Quota By 40% “Undeniable”
While Spanish seiner operators in the Indian Ocean demand a total elimination of the EU’s zero duty quota for pre-cooked tuna loins, ANFACO, representing Spanish tuna canners, believes...
Cook Islands Ready To Sell More Tuna Fishing Days
The Cook Islands’ could be seeing a boost in fishing day trade, and therefore skipjack catch, as its Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) has been given approval to head up a second round of...
Garavilla CEO Denies Rumors That Firm Is For Sale
As sales rumors fly, Garavilla’s CEO firmly denies that any such negotiations are currently taking place. Rumor is rife throughout the industry that Spain’s second largest tuna canner,...
WWF: “MSC Not Perfect But We Share Common Ground”
At the Seafood Expo North America last weekend, Bill Fox, the Vice President of Fisheries Conservation at WWF US, iterated the NGO’s support for the MSC eco-label and the common grounds they...
