More than 100 sushi chefs in Hongkong, on Wednesday, jointly created a sushi mosaic covering an area of 37.57 square meters -- more than 400 square feet -- creating a new Guinness World...
ALL ATUNA NEWS
BB’s CEO “Sickened” By Child Labor Allegations
Bumble Bee Tuna CEO, Chris Lischewski, has said in an interview with Intrafish that he is “sickened” by claims of the company being involvement in child labor, and has fiercely denied...
Tuna Stock Status Estimates Are Just “Best Guesses”
Inaccuracy of global tuna catch statistics has been highlighted as a major issue affecting the ability for scientists to carry out proper assessment of the stocks of our oceans’ tuna. Without...
“Net Loss” Marine Mammals Scarcely Related To Tuna
Described by the New York Times as “One of the nation’s most powerful environmental groups,” US based, NRDC (National Resources Defense Council) has released a report this month focusing on...
testtest
StarKist “Tuna Creations” TV Commercial At Atuna.com
In the latest tuna TV commercial featured on atuna.com, the mascot Charlie the Tuna promotes the StarKist’s recent line of single-serve tuna pouches. Arriving at an office lunch table, Charlie...
Oregon Fishers Point To “Loopholes” In Canadian Albacore Vessel Registration
The amount of albacore tuna landed by the small number of Canadian fishing boats in 2013 has been said by some Oregon fishermen and fishery managers to point to underlying issues concerning...
How Obama Can Get Bluefin Tuna Off The (Wrong) Hook
Published on the New York Times opinion page, by Andrew C. Revkin Lee Crockett, who directs the U.S. Oceans program of The Pew Charitable Trusts, sent a compelling “Your Dot” piece on...
Maruha Nichiro Involved In Large Food Contamination Scandal
More than 350 people across Japan have fallen ill after eating pesticide-contaminated frozen food produced by the nation’s largest seafood firm, Maruha Nichiro Holdings national broadcaster...
Canned Tuna Polar Vortex Survival Stock
Canned tuna could be the perfect emergency stock food in light of the recent Polar Vortex weather to hit the United States. Record cold temperatures of -52.8 degrees Celsius in Midwest and...
Jaccar Sells Remaining Shares In Piriou Shipbuilding
French business group, Jaccar Holdings, shareholder in the Sapmer tuna fishing group has sold all of its remaining shares in the Piriou shipyard in France. Its 19.8 percent stake in the...
India Detains 15 Crew And Taiwanese Longliner On IUU
A Taiwanese longliner has been found undertaking illegal tuna fishing operations in the waters of the Andaman Islands in the Indian exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The vessel was reported to be...
Japanese Farmed Bluefin Tuna Prices Drop
Supermarkets and Sushi restaurants in Japan are paying less for farm-raised bluefin tuna, as domestic and foreign supplies of the delicacy surge. Japanese cultivated bluefin is selling for...
More Pacifical MSC Tuna Expected To Hit Europe’s Shelves
The PNA countries have expectations of larger volumes of free school skipjack being sold in the European market this year. Dr. Transform Aqorau, Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) Director...
US Fleet “Unjustly Cast As The Villain”
Subject to tuna fishing restrictions following the WCPFC meeting in Cairns last month, the USA’s Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council has said that the US fleet was “unjustly...
Big US Industry’s Dirty Fight Over “Buy American”
Written by Kevin Bogardus, The Hill The USA largest tuna companies are making a splash in Washington with a fight over rules that keep some catches out of school lunches. StarKist and Tri...
Tri Marine Backs American Samoa’s Longliner Fishing Fleet
Written by Fili Sagapolutele, Samoa NewsTri Marine International, parent company of Samoa Tuna Processors, Inc. (STP), is putting its full support behind the local longline fishing fleet in...
Governor: Drops In Tuna Prices Helps Canneries
A drop in tuna prices is helping tuna canneries according to American Samoa Governor, Lolo Moliga. He said, the drop in the price of fish helps canneries which, along with associated...
Taiwanese Longliner On Fire, Crew Missing
A rescue mission has been launched after Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration was alerted of one of the country’s tuna fishing vessels drifting off the coast of Okinawa with no crew members on...
Will GSP+ Boost Pakistan’s Tuna Exports To Europe?
With the announcement last month that the European Parliament approved legislation to grant GSP Plus status to Pakistan, speculations are now rife as to whether the South Asian nation will be...
