The clients American Albacore Fishing Association (AAFA) and Western Fishboat Owners Association (WFOA) received an MSC certification for the North and South Pacific albacore catches. Both the...
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Pouches Make Charlie The Tuna Return To Screens
US tuna brand, StarKist is making an appearance on TV screens again, as mascot Charlie the Tuna is back in a new advertising campaign for the brand’s pouched tuna products, a segment showing...
FAD Use Takes A Hit In Dutch Tuna Ranking
Greenpeace Netherlands has investigated seven canned tuna brands and private labels in the country to examine what species of tuna they source and how it is fished in order to rank their...
How To Get More Customers In The Tuna Business
Atuna.com has over 700 daily unique visitors, providing advertisers with very wide exposure throughout the global tuna industry. Having been Being the leading tuna industry website for...
ETC2017 – “RETHINKING TUNA – Moving into a new era”
On April 24th the European and global tuna industry will meet in Brussels during the most important seafood week of the year, as Atuna organizes the 6th edition of European Tuna Conference,...
How Long Will Red Card Stick On Sri Lanka?
It’s been fairly quiet recently on the Sri Lankan front, with an EU red card on IUU now imposed on the country for over a year. With no end in sight yet, some EU importers are still feeling...
Jealsa Perdiendo En Sudamérica
Mientras que Sudamérica ha estado obteniendo mucha atención como mercado de atún enlatado con gran potencial durante la edición de la feria Anuga de este año, para Jealsa Rianxeira, los países...
Ecuador Ve Desaparecer Un Cuarto Del Mercado UE
Parece que está teniendo lugar un gran cambio en las importaciones de atún enlatado en la Unión Europea, especialmente con las exportaciones de Ecuador, mientras que las importaciones de...
El Precio Del Listado En Bangkok Vuelve A Bajar
El precio del atún listado (barrilete/skipjack) de Bangkok ha vuelto a verse afectado en los últimos días por el hecho de que los grandes compradores se están absteniendo de comprar esperando...
Echebastar Demands Review Of Existing MSC Tuna Certifications
Now that adjudicator Mr. Eldon Greenberg has ruled that the final assessment of the Echebastar purse seine Indian Ocean tuna fishery does not meet the MSC criteria, the fishery is now...
Echebastar Solicita Revisión De Certificaciones MSC De Atún
Ahora que el juez independiente Mr. Eldon Greenberg ha ordenado que la evaluación final de la pesquería de atún con cerco en el Océano Índico de Echebastar no cumple los criterios del MSC, la...
Calvo Invertirá USD 7 Millones En Conservera
Una de las compañías líderes de la industria atunera, el Grupo Calvo, está planeando invertir entre cinco y siete millones de dólares en expandir su planta de atún en La Unión, El Salvador, en...
Yellow Card Issued To Taiwan By The EU
Taiwan is the latest nation to be hit by a yellow card warning from the EU for failing to fight IUU fishing, with particular emphasis placed on its lack of fisheries management and distant...
PNG and Ghana Have Yellow Card Lifted
The European Commission announced this week that they are lifting the yellow cards put in place on both Ghana and Papua New Guinea after the nations have shown significant cooperation and...
WCPFC Ignores Calls For Transshipment Ban
A week-long meeting of the WCPFC ended on Tuesday no further forward in addressing the issues of illegal tuna transshipment by longliners occurring in the region. It is reported that a...
Ecuador’s Skipjack Defying El Niño Expectations
The Ecuadorian seiner fleet continues to report healthy skipjack catches by its national flagged vessels, as this year's cumulative volumes rise 13 percent in just one month, while many...
The “Fake Tuna” That’s Disrupting The Market
There’s a "fake tuna" that has started severely disrupting the US food service canned tuna market, and American imports of it are rocketing. According to sources who stressed that they wish to...
TUF To Invest 10’s Of Millions In Middle East J/V
Often not getting the attention it deserved from the world’s largest tuna industry players, the Middle East’s potential appears to have been recognized by Thai Union, as the firm shakes hands...
South Korea Harvests Tuna Eggs From Captive Fish
South Korea has become the world’s third nation to successfully harvest fertilized eggs from captive bluefin tuna, the government has said this week. Japan and Spain have also succeeded in the...
Will The Mermaid Get A New Or Second Partner?
With TUF indicating that a part Chicken of the Sea (COS) sell-off may be the route it takes to help facilitate its planned purchase of Bumble Bee (BB), many in the industry are left curious...