Yellowfin and southern bluefin farms are now being DNA tested for disease and pollution potential. These farms provide around half of Australia’s aquaculture produce and new methods of...
Tuna Farming News
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...
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...
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...
Doomsday Scenario Study: End To Tuna By 2050?
Imagining a world with no tuna might seem hard, but in less than 40 years it could be a reality. A new study has discovered the reason why 90 percent of fish larvae are biologically likely to...
Human Consumption Of Farmed Now More Than Wild
Aquaculture has had a rapid surge over the last 20 years and although it is growing more and more popular, most wild fish prove very hard to raise in captivity. Farmed tuna for example, still...
Last Week For African Tuna Conference Early Bird Rate
The clock is ticking for the last few days to catch the African Tuna Conference discounted Early Bird rate. Don’t delay! Atuna has announced the hot agenda for the exciting two day event...
1st Ever Tuna To Spawn On Land
The Japanese Fisheries Research Agency has announced its success in making bluefin tuna spawn in land-based tanks Tuna have spawned spontaneously in captivity in aquariums in the past, but...
QR Code Traceability Boosts Sales
More customers are taking advantage of increased traceability of seafood, using QR codes at a chain of five restaurants that reveal where the fish was caught and its sustainability status. The...
Algeria Targets To Start Bluefin Farms
The launch of bluefin tuna fattening operations could be on the cards for the Algerian tuna industry. Ministry Director for fishing activities, Kaddour Aomar, has said that the plans will now...
Tuna Farmers Dream New York Restaurant
A bluefin tuna farming company has high hopes of opening a restaurant in New York to serve its farm-raised fish. The firm believes that its methods can help meet the booming global demand for...
Stereoscopical Cameras For Tuna Weight Inspection
The use of stereoscopical camera inspection to refine the number and weight of bluefin tuna during transfer and caging operations has been addressed as part of a technical workshop on...
Tuna Baron: Fish Cannot Come Out Of The Ocean Anymore
Tuna baron, Hagen Stehr says that fish “cannot come from the ocean anymore” as the global population pushes up towards nine billion people. He believes at current levels, southern bluefin tuna...
Greens Oppose Balfego Expansion Of Atlantic Bluefin Farm
The Spanish environmental group, Ecologists in Action, has opposed an application for the expansion of the Atlantic bluefin tuna rearing project by Spanish Balfego company. The NGO has...
Fresh Mexican Bluefin For Dubai Restaurants
According to the Undersecretary of Fisheries of Baja California, Matias Arjona Rydalch, producers are betting on Dubai, United Arab Emirates, as a new destination for their bluefin tuna...
USD 450 Mio Tuna Plan Heading For Another Disaster
Source: The Star Apparently, Malaysia is hooked on the allure of the tuna industry.Despite the expensive failure of some tuna-related projects, the Malaysian Government hopes that new...
No Tuna Farm For Former War Criminal
A plan for a 200,000 meter squared tuna farm to be owned by retired war criminal, General Ante Gotovina, has been unanimously denied in a vote of the Kornati Municipal Council in Dalmatia,...
Why A Tuna Baron Says Culling Sharks Is A Must
An Australian tuna baron has said that despite drawing widespread public criticism, authorities in Western Australia had got it right in moving to protect swimmers with a shark cull. He said...
China & Korea The New Emerging Tuna Markets
China and South Korea are becoming the newly emerging bluefin markets, as South Australia’s tuna exports to the two countries soar dramatically. The region’s tuna industry has said the new...
Will Farmed Tuna Ever Fill The Role Of Wild Tuna?
Will farmed tuna ever fill the role of wild tuna? Some don’t think so. Despite improvements and developments in the farming of bluefin tuna, doubts in its ability to replace the at-threat...