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Jonathan Dee Replaced As President Of Alliance Tuna
There has been a significant shuffle of the board of directors and top management positions at Alliance Select Foods International, as former President, Jonathan Dee has been replaced. Raymond...
Thai Union Invests USD 3 Million In Tuna Innovation Incubator
Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF) has invested over USD 3 million towards innovative research and studies into technology for the production of tuna and seafood-related products. In an...
Sardimar Lays Off Workers Because Of Electricity Bill
In Costa Rica, 90 Sardimar processing employees have been laid off due to what the company claims is an increased cost in electricity bills. Sardimar’s tuna plant in Puntarenas, the only tuna...
Sanford Sells 1,100+ M/T Seiner To Talley’s
After announcing it had a challenging year due to skipjack price drops, News Zealand’s largest listed fishing group, Sanford, has now sold a 47 year old 1,135 ton seiner to Talley’s, an...
US FDA Claims EU Bluefin Is Adulterated
Despite sending a revised HACCP plan to the FDA earlier this year, EU based bluefin tuna processer, Balfego and Balfego, has been told its responses are inadequate, and has received a written...
Conflicting Views Within US Industry On Tuna Catch Reduction
While some believe that the current conservation measures for tuna stocks are enough, Joe Hamby, Chief Operating Officer at Tri Marine International, has stressed that more action is required...
Seiner Operators Feeling The Pain Of Low Prices
As high operational costs start to outweigh the price of skipjack, some purse seine owners fishing in the Pacific are reaching crisis point. American Samoan boat owners say that this is...
Lischewski Challenges Greenpeace To Work With Industry
Putting recent Greenpeace campaigns under scrutiny, Chris Lischewski, Chief Executive of Bumble Bee Seafoods, is challenging the NGO to work with the tuna industry on sustainability. While he...
Sarin Group To Expand Its Bluefin Business With China
Australia’s largest tuna processor, Australian Fishing Enterprises (AFE), is looking to make the most of the recently signed FTA with China, by expanding its bluefin business with one of the...
Seiner Picks Up 2 Men Lost At Sea For 5 Months
Two PNG men who allegedly survived five months afloat in the Pacific were recently saved by a passing purse seiner 1,600km adrift. The two men, Michael Bolong, 54, and his nephew Ambros Wavut,...
PNA Accused Of Misstating The Facts On Bigeye At WCPFC
Atuna.com readers have been significantly vocal during the recent WCPFC annual meeting, voicing strong opinions on our pages. While many have been outwardly frustrated with a lack of progress,...
Taiwan Creates Trust Fund For PNA Tuna Industry
A new commitment has been made by Taiwan, as it establishes a tuna industry trust fund in the WCPFC for developing Pacific nations. The USD 2 million to be given over five years is targeted...
Indonesia Sinks Foreign Intruding IUU Vessels
In a bid to deter IUU fishing, the Indonesian government has this weekend sank three foreign vessels accused of fishing illegally within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The government sent...
Chinese Wharf Launches New Seiners
The Jinglu Shipbuilding Co. from the Shandong province in China has successfully built and released seven new vessels, two of which are tuna purse seiners destined for Taiwan’s Shun He Fishing...
Is Ecuador Taking Precautionary Measures To Prevent A Yellow Card?
Ecuador isn’t taking any risks on IUU, and has established a plan of action that could be a precautionary measure to prevent a yellow card from the EU. As the decision on Philippine GSP+...
Seiner Catches Fire, 21 Crew Saved
A Kiribati flagged purse seiner caught fire this weekend around 370km south of Jarvis Island. Luckily for the crew, who all abandoned ship, another US flagged tuna fishing vessel came to their...
SBT Season Due To Be Shorter Than Usual
As of December 1st, the new southern bluefin fishing season kicks off in Australia, having received a new national catch quota for 2015-2017, but vessels will most likely hold out until...
WCPFC – Five Days Of Talk And No Real Action
Final WCPFC outcomes have not relieved a general mood of frustration, as five days of talk end with what many see as very little action. Conclusions that most believe have left a void to fill,...
Sajo Disaster Death Toll Could Reach 53
After a South Korean trawler owned by tuna producer Sajo Industries sunk last Monday, the death toll has now reached 20, with a total 33 crew members still missing in the freezing cold western...
