After 13 years, a message in a bottle thrown from a longliner has been found in Robe, Australia. After being thrown into the Great Australian Bight from a tuna longliner vessel, the bottle...
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If Oil Prices Are Falling, Why Are Tuna Prices Rising?
The price per barrel on the Brent crude oil stood at USD 101.07 on August 19th, the lowest oil price since June 2013. According to the Wall Street Journal, there has been a nine percent...
Damanaki Accused Of ‘Perverse’ Bluefin Eating Advice
The European Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Maria Damanaki, recently published a blog post in which she emphasized the importance of avoiding bluefin tuna on beach holidays....
TUF Showing Its Social Face, Reassuring Investors
Thai Union is making a concerted effort to prove its social awareness, as it opens its second TUF Child Care Center in Thailand’s Samut Sakhon province. The facility will offer basic education...
“Penalize Nations Not Providing Catch Data”
It’s time to take action and sanction nations that fail to provide catch data. This is the view of Phil Roberts, Singapore-based Managing Director of Tri-Marine International, a global...
Longliners Oppose Obama’s Expansion Of Sanctuaries
Longline fishing vessel owners in American Samoa believe the USPresident’s intentions to expand ocean sanctuaries in the Pacific could be damaging to the local fishing industry, the tuna...
Can Vacuum Pumping Eliminate Brailing Tuna?
In Norwegian fisheries, the use of ‘vacuum pumping’ on small fish trawlers, as an alternative to brailing, has been proven by researchers to retain a lot of the fish’s quality and cause less...
Decline US Tuna Imports Accelerates Thru 2nd Qtr
As the Washington Post takes industry concerns over America’s calming appetite for canned tuna to International levels, atuna.com takes a look at the numbers that form the root of this...
Bonito Del Norte Quota Could Rise In 2015
The allocated quota for Atlantic albacore, issued by ICCAT for each member nation, is ‘likely’ to rise for the Spanish fleet in 2015, as the Cantabrian Minister of Fisheries, Blanca Martinez,...
Pacific Journalists Gather In Fiji For Tuna Workshop
A two-day media workshop on the Pacific tuna industry attracted Pacific journalists, experts and advocates to Fiji’s capital this week, as the value and economics of the sector were addressed....
Will Post Holdings Be The Next Owner Of Bumble Bee?
Currently on the auction block for at least USD 1.5 billion, could Bumble Bee Seafoods be taken over by a company that is a tuna industry outsider? According to Reuters, which quoted sources...
Koreans Pay More Than Double For PNA Fishing Days
Daily fishing access fees for the waters of the PNA nations have hit a record level. According to PNA officials, prices paid have soared to as much as USD 13,000. With a minimum limit in place...
Clean Seas Considering Farming Bluefin Again
Clean Seas, the Australian fish farming company, is deciding whether to re-engage its bluefin aquaculture program in the hope that it will be able to find a commercially viable distributor....
Ethical Concerns Next Priority For UK Seafood Sector
A new working group has been established in the British seafood industry in response to growing concerns within the global market. Hosted by Seafish, a levy body representing the UK seafood...
Italian Fishermen Feel ‘Cheated’ Over Bluefin Limits
The Italian fishing industry is frustrated at the extreme limits imposed on bluefin fishing, including the annual quota distribution, describing the Italian share as being in the ‘tail end’ of...
Oregon Fishing Competition To Fill Tuna Cans
The Oregon Tuna Classic is to take place in Garibaldi on August 22-23. Northwest Pacific fishermen will catch as much tuna as possible to supply the Oregon Food Bank and Pacific County...
America’s Dying Appetite For Canned Tuna
It’s become increasingly evident that the demand for canned tuna in the United States is falling short of previous levels. As US imports for the product dropped to seven year lows last year,...
Are Innovative Nets Reducing By-catch Practical And Affordable?
A British designer has developed a special ‘SafetyNet’ which aims to reduce bycatch of non-target species in commercial tuna fishing. The specially invented fishing net, designed by Dan...
Annual Tuna Tournament Gets Off To A Flying Start
This week has seen the start of the 11th annual Tuna Tournament and Festival that takes place in Wedgeport, Canada. The week-long community celebration kick-started on Sunday with a 5km and...
Gen San’s Tuna Industry Under Assessment For Labor Management
Tuna industry stakeholders in General Santos have agreed to be assessed by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on their compliance with international labor laws. Rosalinda Baldoz,...
