French tuna fishing company, Sapmer, has posted a substantially disappointing financial result for the first half of this year. The firm’s Board of Directors has put the significant net loss...
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Huffington Post: “Let’s Make FAD-Free Tuna The Next Trend”
Ranked number one of the 15 Most Popular Political websites in 2012, The Huffington Post has recently been reporting on the negative impacts of FAD fishing on the global tuna resource, and...
Investigation Into GenSans Explosion Unsolved & Ongoing
A grenade explosion in General Santos City this week has left authorities looking for motives, after nine people were injured. No offenders have been found so far, nor has anyone owned up to...
UK Supermarkets Pledge To Be Honest About Sustainable Tuna
A group of major UK retailers has agreed to re-brand tuna and other seafood products with two new labelling standards designed to clearly identify the sustainable source of the product; the...
The World’s Top 10 Biggest Purse Seiners
Out of the more than 750 purse seiners (250 GRT +) fishing for tuna throughout the world’s oceans, there are some vessels that boast a huge gross tonnage, reaching 4,000 M/T and up. Together,...
TUF Fails To Mention Its “Utmost Important” Certification
When Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF) released its first ever sustainability report this year, it detailed numerous measures taken towards sustainability development, including a number of...
Pop-up London Restaurant Serves Selection of Premium Canned Tuna
Canned fish takes the centerpiece at a new pop-up restaurant–come-art installation, launched in London. For six months only, ‘tincan’ will be serving up the delights of the canned fish market...
Frinsa Now Third Largest Processor In Spain
Galicia based tuna manufacturer, Frinsa, is now the third largest canned tuna processor in Spain after Jealsa Rianxeira and the Calvo Group. With a 15.3 percent annual turnover increase from...
Soft Demand Relaxes Global Skipjack Market
Further weakening has hit the Bangkok skipjack market this week, with a modest decline in prices occurring. While only a slight decrease from levels last month, Thai traders that have already...
Hammerhead Snatching Tuna Caught On Cam
An epic video of a hammerhead shark stealing a fisherman’s tuna catch on the US west coast has made it onto the web this month. Video news hosting website, Newsflare, had a recent video posted...
Conservas Campos Launches 2014 Commercial
Spanish canned tuna brand, Conservas Campos, has released a new commercial for this autumn, prompting its Ecuadorian consumers to stay with Campos tuna. The commercial, titled ‘Yo Me Quedo Con...
Thai Tuna Industry To Work With NGOs On Labor Conditions
While the Thai Tuna Industry Association (TTIA) has said it does not agree with all of the statements that have come from human rights advocacy investigations into the tuna sector in Thailand,...
Skipjack Caught Near Copper River Alaska?
A skipjack tuna was recently caught in a gillnet at the mouth of the Copper River in Alaska, reports Alaska Dispatch News. Steve Moffitt, a Research Biologist with the Alaska Department of...
How Much “Origin Tuna” Can The Philippines Land?
With the announcement that it is looking likely that the Philippines will be granted GSP+ status with the EU, the country’s tuna industry growth will highly depend on the volume of its exports...
Canadians Appear Relaxed To Mislabeling Of Tuna
Canadian press have reported that the public seems to be very relaxed about the mislabeling of seafood in the US and Canada; recent studies indicate that 33 percent of fish sold in stores,...
The Guardian: “The Tuna We Buy Is Killing Sharks In Indonesia”
British newspaper, The Guardian, has reported that “the tuna we buy is killing sharks in Indonesia,” referring to the domestic distribution of shark fins acquired during the commercial fishing...
Philippines’ Fishermen Get Government Funded Insurance
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) have announced a cooperative move to insure thousands of people in the fishing and...
12 Laid Off Tuna Workers Rehired By Loining Plant
Twelve employees that were laid off by Citra Mina Seafood Corporation have been issued with a Return-to-Work Order (RTWO). The GenSan workers filed a case with the National Conciliation and...
For How Long Will Skipjack Price Decline? What Did You Think?
Atuna.com members did not share a clear common mood and outlook when it comes to where the skipjack price is expected to go. In the most recent atuna.com homepage poll, votes were weighing...
French Crew Member Dies On Tuna Seiner In Seychelles
A French crew member has recently died onboard a tuna seiner in Seychelles’ waters. Boatswain Mickael Jean Guillaume Le Doze, aged 41 from Plonéour-Lanvern, died aboard a tuna seiner called...
