The World Animal Protection has announced under the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI), it will partner with businesses, Bureo and Satlink, to remove 100,000kg, or 100 tons, of discarded...
Fishing
WTPO Wants Global Purse Seine Fleet Capped At 2016 Levels
A representative from the World Tuna Purse Seine Organization (WTPO) has stated that the WTPO wants to see the global tuna purse seine fleet capped at the level it was in 2016 and therefore,...
Day 3: Technology Takes Center Stage In Bangkok
By-product Production Needs Support From Big Players Smaller processors that are manufacturing by-products from tuna specimens need support from the big players in the processing industry, in...
WCPFC Director Talks Challenges Of RFMO Voting
The Executive Director of the WCPFC says that decision making within the RFMO can be extremely challenging, due to the fact that a unanimous vote must always be reached. This can either leave...
Day 2: The Key Updates From Bangkok
DG MARE: Industry Needs To Take The Lead On IUU The industry needs to take the lead on measures to combat IUU and not rely on the RFMOs, the individual states, or even the EU IUU system,...
IATTC Director: Why A Freeze On FADs Is Necessary
Freezing FAD sets at their current rate in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, is vitally important, according to the Director of the IATTC, as he states that the pressure on stocks must not be...
50% Anticipate IO Yellowfin Stock Increase
The next stock assessment on yellowfin in the Indian Ocean will reveal the species’ stock levels have increased, according 50 percent of those who voted in Atuna’s latest poll. However, a...
Pacific Albacore Fishery Suffering From “Economic Overfishing”
The South Pacific albacore longline fishery is on a downward trend with no signs that it is likely to return to the profitability of previous years, according to the Chief Economist of the...
FCF: Greenpeace Allegations Are Unfair & Deceptive
The Taiwanese fishing and trading company, FCF Fishery, has described allegations from Greenpeace on human rights abuses as “deceptive”. It claims the NGO’s recent report unfairly puts its...
Next Atuna Business Magazine Coming To You Soon
This year’s June edition of the ATUNA magazine is now on its way to all members, providing up-to-date knowledge on a wide range of key areas in the industry. Over 50 pages worth of insider...
No Concrete Decisions From Important IOTC Meet
The IOTC meeting is a big talking point at Bangkok tuna talks, having also taken place in the Thai capital last week. Several sources speaking to Atuna have said that no concrete decisions...
Day 1 – Latest News From TUNA2018 Bangkok
Grupomar Sees Big Chance For Boosted Sales In Mexico If brands continue to promote canned tuna in the right way and respond to the demands of the consumer, Mexican tuna consumption can be...
EU Seiners Gear Up For Bluefin Catching Season
With the four-week fishing season for Atlantic bluefin starting tomorrow, the EU purse seine fleet is gearing up to fill its allocated quotas. This year, the Atlantic bluefin catching nations...
Why US Brand Wild Planet Chooses Not To Use MSC
US tuna brand Wild Planet says it chooses not to participate in the MSC program and add the blue tick to its packaging as it feels that “MSC is continually lowering the criteria” required for...
Innovations & Tech Trends At Next Week’s TUNA2018
At the world’s biggest tuna industry gathering next week, recent innovations and trends in technology in the tuna sector will be discussed by a range of industry professionals. While...
NOAA Criticized For Insufficient Probe Into Observer Deaths
The US government branch, NOAA did not do enough to investigate into the deaths of three observers working onboard vessels, according to a new report. It has been argued in the case of Keith...
GP Stings Leading Taiwan Operator On Human Rights
Taiwan’s international fishing fleet and its supply chains have strong links to human rights abuses, especially when it comes to longline fishing, a new report from Greenpeace South East Asia...
Fiji Searches Ways To Combat Ongoing Supply Shortage
The Fijian government has stressed that ensuring consistent and sufficient tuna supply continues to be a challenge for the nation’s biggest tuna processor, PAFCO. Stakeholders have been...
EU Thinks Coastal Nations Should Get Just 10% Of EEZ Catch
With very different proposals tabled on how catch quotas should be implemented by the IOTC, there is little hope for agreement on the issue at the ongoing annual meeting, despite it being the...
20% EPO Catch Drop, Will 2018 Improve?
In total, 40,000 tons less tuna was caught by EPO purse seine fleets in this year’s first quarter, and despite many expecting landings to pick up, full recovery could be tricky. One boatowner...