China has received its first ultra-low temperature reefer, the ‘Ocean Star’, which will help keep tuna catches in optimal conditions during transportation. The boat was delivered to...
Tuna Fishing News
Major Global Tuna Highlights December 2021
The month of December was filled with interesting news for the tuna sector from rising raw material prices in tuna processing and trading hubs across the world to OPAGAC’s MSC FAD...
TUNACONS Fleet First To Turn 20% Of FADs Into Biodegradable
The Ecuadorian purse seine fleet grouped as TUNACONS has reached the first milestone in its transition to what it calls EcoFADs. The organization announced that it starts 2022 having achieved...
Objection Against PNA MSC Cert Moves To Next Stage
The objection against the MSC certification of the PNA fishery’s FAD catches is moving forward as the CAB and the objector did not reach any agreement. In a document uploaded to the MSC...
IOTC Announces Yellowfin Catch Limits For 2022
The IOTC has released its yellowfin limits for 2022 for all tuna fishing fleets catching this species in the Indian Ocean convention area. Several larger distant water fishing nations took a...
Year Review 2021
In 2021, the global tuna industry saw many successes such as more fisheries going for MSC certifications and companies like Thai Union moving towards sustainable loans. The skipjack prices in...
Peru’s Customs & Tax Body Accused Of Unfairly Penalizing Tuna Processors
Peru's Minister of Production, Alfonso Miranda Eyzaquirre, has accused the National Superintendency of Customs and Tax Administration (SUNAT) of unfairly penalizing the tuna industry. He also...
China’s Distant Water Sector’s Growth Losing Steam
A market research report from China has stated that the country’s distant water sector’s growth may be slowing down. The findings from research group Qianzhan revealed that China’s...
Dipole – How This Indian Ocean Phenomenon Affects Tuna Catches
Scientists in the IOTC have been looking into a marine phenomenon called the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), also known as the Indian Niño. Research regarding it was presented during the Working...
Calvo Confident That Sourcing Will Be 100% Sustainable By 2025
Two years ago, the Spanish fishing and processing company Calvo set multiple sustainability goals for the year 2025. It wanted to create a holistic approach to sustainability divided into...
OPAGAC’s Indian Ocean MSC Cert Also Close To Adjudication
The objection against OPAGAC’s Indian Ocean (IO) MSC certification is moving forward after the conformity assessment body (CAB) and the objector, the Coalition for Transparent Tuna Fisheries...
Ocean Family’s IPO Plans Moving Ahead
Chinese fishing company, Zhejiang Ocean Family, has updated the financial information for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) to which it already applied for in July. The company’s IPO aims...
Manta Price Strongly Increasing During EPO Veda
The price paid per ton of skipjack in Manta has been on the rise this month while the EPO entered into the second IATTC fishing closure which started on November 9. Processors have a strong...
Large Tuna Schools Mysteriously Beach On Indian Island
Tuna fishermen in the Lakshadweep archipelago off the coast of Kerala, India, were surprised with a bumper catch caused by a marine phenomenon, the chakara. Thus, the islanders ended up with...
November Transshipments Dropped In PNA Ports
Tuna purse seiners made more effort in the western zone of the Pacific while overall catches in Pacific Island EEZs and the high seas dropped in November. As Atuna reported, last month tuna...
Galapagos’ MPA Expansion Is Tuna Sector’s Contribution To Sustainability
The creation of the marine protected area (MPA) in the Galapagos shows the commitment of the tuna fishing industry to conservation. This is what Bruno Leon, President of the National Chamber...
IOTC Yellowfin Measures Come Into Force
The IOTC has announced that conservation and management measures for the interim rebuilding plan for Indian Ocean yellowfin stock adopted at the 2021 annual meeting came into force on December...
WCPO Catches Declined Again, Sending SKJ1.8:BKK Further Up
The price for whole round frozen skipjack has increased in the Bangkok processing hub. Thai packers are paying slightly more for one ton of skipjack given the drop in the volumes of raw...
Spanish Contest Looks For Next Tuna Value Chain IUU Innovation
In Spain, an initiative looking to minimize the presence of IUU fishing has been launched by Bermeo Tuna World Capital. The contest, named InnovaTUNA, calls for ideas for new "business...
Adjudicator To Intervene In OPAGAC MSC Objection Process After Dialogue Failed
Parties have not been able to find a common ground during the consultation period regarding the objection against the OPAGAC WCPO MSC certification. Thus, the MSC independent adjudicator in...