Expansion possibilities for the EU tuna fleet in African tuna fisheries in the Atlantic Ocean are limited, according to a recent report from the European Commission. Restricted availability of...
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Norway Starts Experimental Catch Of Bluefin
The Fisheries Ministry in Norway has made the decision to start a bluefin tuna fishing trial. This follows the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas’ (ICCAT) awarding...
Can Tuna And Oil Drilling Co-Exist?
Can tuna and oil drilling co-exist? The answer is yes, according to Brian Jeffriess, Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Association Chief Executive Officer. Industry experts say that significant...
Albacora Introduces FAD With “Practically” Zero Bycatch Mortality
The largest vertically integrated tuna company in Europe, Albacora Group, which operates about 25% of Europe’s total purse seiner catching capacity, has introduced an innovative Fish...
Operators Have To Prove Not To Use FADs
Operators of tuna fishing vessels in Costa Rica will have to prove that they are not using Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) as part of new, stricter rules announced by the country’s President,...
41 Tuna Vessels On EU IUU List
The European Union has updated its “list of vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing” and 41 tuna vessels have made the cut. Compiled of 67 fishing boats in total,...
Philippines To Ask Indonesia For Safe Shortcut Tuna Boats
The Philippines is to ask Indonesia to grant it a safe passage for tuna fishing vessels in its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) this month. It has been said by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic...
Albacore Crisis Should No Longer Be Ignored In WCPFC
A regional effort to insist the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) to tackle the Fiji albacore crisis is necessary. This is according to WWF’s Western Central Pacific...
Longliners With Skeleton Crews Fill Up Suva’s Tuna Port
Fiji’s Suva port is getting clogged up with an increasing number of tuna longliners and trollers which have even been described by some as “an eyesore.” Authorities responsible for the harbor...
Gulf Of Bengal The Next Battle Ground For Tuna
A drop in catches of large yellowfin, supposedly fueled by poaching by foreign vessels on the East Coast has seen tuna boat operators from Visakhapatnam (Visak), India to raise concern. Over...
Re-Flagging Seiners Boosts Ecuadorian EPO Skipjack Catches
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...
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...