Tuna fishing in the Indian Ocean is not improving for purse seiners. Skipjack is caught at better sizes, though volumes are still below average, and yellowfin catches have significantly...
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Venezuela’s Sucre State Begins Work To Revamp Its Tuna Industry
Venezuela has started work to strengthen its industrial tuna fishing sector, focusing on Cumaná, the capital of Sucre. A tuna seiner that recently docked at the port is preparing to supply...
Big Tunas: How They Help Store Carbon In The Ocean
-VIEWPOINT- When climate change and tuna enter the same conversation, the story is almost always about warming oceans, acidification, shifting prey, and moving stocks. Those risks are real,...
European Commission Opens ‘Call for Evidence’ To Shape Fisheries Future
The European Commission is seeking public consultation from fisheries stakeholders and citizens on the Vision 2040 for fisheries and aquaculture. A ‘Call for Evidence’ was published this week...
CLS Group Enters Talks To Acquire Ocean Measurement Firm
French CLS Group, an international provider of Earth and ocean observation and monitoring solutions, has entered into negotiations with Valemos and Geps Innov, shareholders of Akrocean, a...
EU Fisheries Committee Moves To Align RFMO Rules With EU Law
The European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee has agreed on a plan to bring RFMO-initiated tuna fishing rules into the EU law. The EU clarified that the move would improve legal clarity and...
FAIRR Flags Gaps Between Seafood Giants’ Traceability Promises And Action
Global investor network FAIRR-led investigation has revealed that there are notable gaps between tuna and seafood companies’ traceability commitments and their implementation strategies....
PNA Open Entries For World Tuna Day 2026
The Parties of Nauru Agreement (PNA) have called for entries to its World Tuna Day 2026 Competition, under the theme 'Sustaining Tuna, Sustaining Nations' for this year. “This year’s theme...
Azores Tuna Fishermen Cry Foul Over New Marine Protection Rules
Tuna fishermen in the Azores have voiced their concerns after the regional government reduced the area available for traditional pole-and-line fishing, following the creation of the Azores...
Argentina Accedes To Cape Town Agreement, Boosting Global Fisher Safety
After years of work, the Cape Town Agreement will come into force in February 2027, closing a longstanding gap in the global fishers’ safety framework. Argentina acceded to the Agreement on...
Pacific Tuna Fisheries Officials Discuss 2050 Strategy For Region
Key officials in the Pacific tuna fisheries management met this week at the FFA Development Partner Symposium in Suva, Fiji. Besides improving collective effort in sustainably managing tuna...
Final 5 Days For Early Bird Discount – Register Now For ETC2026
In one trip to Barcelona, you can combine two influential events: the European Tuna Conference on April 20, and the Seafood Expo Global from April 21 to 23. There are just five days left to...
Spain’s Fishery Inspectors Signal Fresh Protests Amid Stalled Talks
Spain’s fishery inspectors have expressed concern that the government has yet to fulfill the demands they presented last year. The Professional Association of Fisheries Inspectors (APIPES),...
Ecuador’s Fisheries Vice Minister Confident That Brussels Will Remove Yellow Card
Ivanova Cereceda, Ecuador's Vice Minister of Aquaculture and Fisheries, said in a recent interview that despite the yellow card imposed by European authorities, tuna exports to the bloc have...
MIFCO CEO Farhath Shaheer Says Diversification Top Priority For 2026
It has been a year since Farhath Shaheer, CEO of Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO), took over the role. While speaking to Atuna, Shaheer shared his plans for MIFCO and how he...
Basque Nautical Students Begin Indian Ocean Tuna Stints
Students from the Bermeo Nautical and Fishing Studies School have embarked on weeks-long journey aboard Spanish purse seiners in the Indian Ocean, gaining practical experience in tuna fishing....
What Should Be The Priorities Of RFMOs In 2026?
Four common themes will likely dominate the discussion at all four RFMOs this year, as identified by the Global Tuna Alliance (GTA). The Alliance released a statement on what it believes to be...
ISSF Shifts Stand On IO Yellowfin Conservation Measure
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation's (ISSF) has revoked an internal rule supporting the rebuilding of Indian Ocean (IO) yellowfin, after new scientific data showed the stock’s...
StarKist Ropes In Popular Influencers Onboard And Other Social Media Stories
StarKist announced that it is continuing its collaboration with the popular Busch (motorsport) family to promote its tuna products. Want to try a quick and easy tuna tostado? Chef Cocina...
Climate Change Pushes Atlantic Bluefin To Change Spawning Grounds
A new study reveals how ocean warming is pushing Atlantic bluefin from their traditional grounds northwards for spawning. Researchers pointed out that the analysis highlights the need to...