The re-flagging of six Panamanian purse seiners to the Ecuadorian bannered fleet has sent Ecuadorian skipjack tuna catches on the increase. The boats have changed nationality over the past two...
Fishing
Albacore: Biologically Healthy? Commercially Sick!
Earlier this month, Atuna wrote about the views of tuna specialist, Mr. Robert Gillett, on the stocks of albacore tuna stating these to being “still really good” and not necessarily dwindling...
“Distant Water Nations Have Narrow Fishing Interests”
“Pacific Island nations need to confront distant water fishing nations to reconcile their narrow fishing interests with their broader role as key strategic and development partners of this...
Foreign Boats: “As Much A Part Of Community As The Local Boats”
Tri Marine was asked recently if they will have enough fishing boats to supply the new fresh fish facility set to open next month in American Samoa, as well as the new cannery scheduled to...
Albacora Explains Its Responsible Fishing Policies
The Spanish Secretary General of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Carlos Dominguez, is participating today, Friday, in an information day organized by Spain’s largest...
How Much More Yellowfin Can Mexico Catch?
Mexico’s Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) tuna catch has seen its biggest year on year jump from 2012 to 2013 than it has in seven years. The country saw a 10 percent rise in tuna landed from this...
Which US Tuna Brand Is Most American? What Did You Think?
StarKist stole the show in our latest atuna.com homepage poll, with 55 percent of you seeing it as the most American tuna company. The firm, along with Tri Marine has been in clashes will...
Mexico-US Dolphin Safe Conflict Could Drag On Until 2015
The resolution by the WTO on the long-standing dolphin safe conflict between the United States and Mexico may not materialize until 2015. The planned decision date is December this year, but...
“Albacore Stock Still Really Good”
Stocks of albacore are “still really good” and not necessarily dwindling. This is the view of tuna specialist, Robert Gillett, who says the recent concern surrounding the Fiji albacore...
Fishes Launches Mohamed’s Skipjack And Jack’s Albacore
Netherlands-based Fishes is giving the market a new shot with a brand new range of seafood products, and an unusual branding concept. Founded just over 10 years ago, the brand was regarded as...
Malaysia Wants Massive Expansion Of Own Indian Ocean Fleet
Malaysia has interests in massively expanding its own Indian Ocean tuna fleet. Its location near to these waters that are considered a tuna spawning ground, gives the country the potential to...
Rule Change Permits Canary Bluefin Fishing
It has been announced that the Spanish government has changed its rules and will allow Canary pole and line vessels to fish for bluefin tuna in the islands’ waters between February and May,...
Only Total Cut-Back Can Help Albacore Population
A Fijian tuna fishing group believes that a reduction in fishing licenses will do nothing to regenerate the South Pacific albacore tuna population, and only a total cut-back on fishing will...
Potential New South Pacific Bluefin World Record
A potential record breaking Pacific bluefin tuna has been caught by Kiwi angler, Kevin Baker, in the last hours of a fishing trip. The possible IGFA All-Tackle record catch was hooked off the...
Getting Educated About “Tunanomics”
Journalists from around the Pacific are gathering in New Caledonia this week for a two day meeting on “Tunanomics.” But what is it? The term is used to explain the economic dimensions of...
West Africans Told To Intensify Oversight On Dongwon
West African governments have been told by Greenpeace to intensify their oversight on Dongwon Industries after it was charged with defrauding the United States government. The South Korean...
How China Keeps US Albacore Fishers Closer To Home
The United States albacore tuna fleet is being forced to focus on catching close to shore as drastically low tuna prices make it less economical for them to buy fuel in order to make long...
Is Palau Able To Enforce Its 100 Percent Closure?
Palau’s waters will become a marine sanctuary where no commercial fishing will take place. The country’s president, Tommy Remengesau, has said that the 200 nautical mile exclusive economic...
Top Exec Leaves Fiji Fish For New Tri Marine Venture
It has been announced that Russell Dunham has joined Tri Marine as Director of Fresh and “Ultra Low Temperature” (ULT) Frozen Tuna Operations for the Central and Western Pacific Region. As the...
EU Invests Heavily In Combatting IUU – But Is It Enough?
Since 2010, around 230 controls to combat illegal fishing in all EU Member States have been made by the European Union’s European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA). During the past four years,...