“ISSF plays a vital role in combating IUU activities” – a bold statement blogged by a member of the ISSF Board of Directors, and re-emphasized in the organization’s e-news newsletter. While...
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Thai Industry Wants Stricter Monitoring Of The Domestic Fleet
Making efforts to upgrade the position of Thailand in the US Trafficking in Persons report, the Thai industry is urging for stricter monitoring of its domestic fleet. The Thai Chamber of...
Atuna.com Stock Market Update
In such a dynamic industry, keeping on top of stock market movements can be a time consuming job. That’s why atuna.com is taking some of the weight off your shoulders, and giving you a brief...
Is Vegetable Feed The Solution For Bluefin Hatcheries?
An EU-developed project, TRANSDOTT, is trying to find ways to make bluefin tuna farming sustainable and commercially viable – their latest solution is replacing fish based pellets with...
Is FDA Capable Of Controlling Tuna Imports Sufficiently?
The FDA says that its primary responsibility is the “safety and security of most of our nation’s food supply” – MOST. This normally implies the majority, but the US food and drugs moderator...
StarKist Samoa To Continue Production Despite Pollution Blame
One of the world’s largest tuna canneries was warned last week it could face a forced shut-down to all of its operations, after being handed a stop-order notice. The American Samoa...
The Eur 60 Million Tuna Niche Business
The Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) of Mojama Spanish style tuna loins is now only awaiting clearance from the EU. The sector that cures loins of tuna in salt for two days is said to...
Greenpeace: “Red-Graded” Brands Falling Behind Canadian Private Labels
Canadian supermarkets are “allowing their greener products to be drowned in a sea of red-graded national brand tuna.” This is the view of Greenpeace Canada; after ranking 14 well-known tuna...
How Tri Marine Is Trying To Penetrate The US Market
The world’s largest trader in tuna raw material is attempting to make bigger moves in the US tuna market, and reinvent the current character of this sector. Following reports that its...
Algerian Tuna Quota Sold To Tunisians
According to French press, during the 2014 bluefin season, from May 25th to June 25th, the Algerian catch quota of bluefin was sold to Tunisia, which has a high global demand for its fattening...
Spanish Consumers Astonishing Appetite For Seafood And Tuna
In Spain, seafood products account on average for an astonishing 11 percent of the value of one shopping cart, a way of spending that seafood distributors and retailers in other markets can...
Innovated ‘Baby’ Bluefin Feed The “Code Cracker” For Hatcheries?
A Norwegian aquaculture company believes the initial meal feed for farmed ‘baby’ tuna, produced in Trondheim, could be the key to mass-producing the invaluable bluefin tuna. Scientists at...
Industry: Legalize All Foreign Workers In Thailand
The Thai fisheries industry is urging the government to ensure that all foreign workers in the country are legally registered, as it believes that currently there are thousands slipping...
Pacific To Separate Tuna Fisheries From EU Trade Deals?
The possibility of separating fisheries issues from current Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations with the European Union is being considered by Pacific Ministers. The agreement to...
Investor Interest Could See New African Tuna Plant
Keen interest from foreign and Mozambican investors could result in the northern province of Nampula hosting a new tuna processing factory. The Provincial Delegate of the National Fishing...
Pacific Tuna May Not Migrate As Thought
The Secretariat of Pacific Communities (SPC) has been tagging tuna for almost 40 years and recent progress in the fight to sustain Pacific tuna stocks has shown that tuna may not behave, and...
West Coast Albacore Season Kicks-Off
Last year, the US albacore fleet had their second best fishing season in the last five years; now they prepare to rake in this month’s stock. The high seas around 50 to 100 miles off the...
Costa Rica Charges USD 18/Ton For Tuna Licenses
The average annual tuna catch in Costa Rican waters reels in a value of between USD 75 million and USD 125 million; according to FECOP the country sees hardly any of the economic return. The...
Skipjack Market Climbs Back To November Levels
Since late last year, it’s been a lively ride for the Bangkok skipjack market, with months of decline followed by an emerging recovery. As the three month FAD ban is in its early days in the...
No Amazing Bluefin Recovery; Says Pew
We all know that bluefin tuna is rare, that decades of overfishing and ill consideration of the species has seen a dramatic decline in its numbers – but the industry now claims to have...
