The Spanish village of Zahara de los Atunes, popular for its almadrabas fishery, is gearing up to celebrate Christmas in full-swing after the two years of global pandemic. Its local...
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Bangkok Skipjack Price Rises Despite Low Trading
As the holiday season approaches, trading is slow in the Bangkok processing hub. However, skipjack raw material prices have increased with some orders pushing the value higher. The SKJ1.8:BKK...
Atunlo Moves Cape Verde Plant To Make Space For Pier Expansion
Spanish tuna fishery and processor, Atunlo, has plans to open a new production facility on Cape Verde in Mindelo, St. Vincent island, that will be 100 percent electrically self-sufficient from...
ATUNA: Year-End Break From Dec 26 To Jan 1
The ATUNA team would like to wish you Joyful Holidays and a Happy New Year, with all the best wishes for 2023! During the festive period we are taking a short break, and our offices will...
Year In Review: 2022
What a year 2022 has been! Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at the beginning of the year shocked the international community and set off a chain of events that hit the global tuna industry’s...
Cepesca’s Steps To Attract Young People To Fishing Sector Successful
The EU fishing industry is sorely in need of more people. In Spain, just like in other parts of the EU, it is difficult to attract the younger generation to work in the fisheries sector. Media...
Nasdaq Resume Trading Of Blacklisted Pingtan Marine Enterprise
Nasdaq announced that trading of Pingtan Marine Enterprise's stocks resumed on December 19, ten days after being halted over the blacklisting of the company’s longliners. The US...
Bumble Bee’s Rise As Pioneers In The Global Tuna Industry
Bumble Bee, the second-ranked tuna brand in the US, has an interesting history that spans over 120 years. It was in 1899 that seven packing firms came together to form the...
Jealsa Certified For Its Criminal Compliance Management System
Spanish processor Jealsa – a pioneer in the seafood industry for over six decades – has been certified for its Criminal Compliance Management System to prevent bribery. Third-party...
Philippines Yellowfin Catches Rise By 20% In 2022
Philippines-flagged vessels’ overall tuna catches in the first nine months remained relatively similar compared to Q1-Q3 2021, with yellowfin tonnages showing the biggest...
MSC Praises Skipjack Harvest Strategy Adoption In WCPO
The WCPO accounts for 54 percent of the world’s tuna catches. For this major resource, members of the WCPFC made the landmark decision to implement a management procedure (MP) for...
China Accuses US Of “Double Standards” Over Blacklisting Its Longliners
China has responded to the blacklisting of its longliners by the US over alleged IUU fishing and human rights abuses. The Chinese Foreign Ministry's spokesperson, Mao Ning, trashed...
EPO Ecuador Seiner Fishery Gets MSC Certified
A small Ecuadorian fishery in the EPO has received the MSC sustainable logo for its free school and FAD-caught yellowfin. The certification assessment body (CAB), LRQA, announced this in...
How Will COP15 Affect The Future Global Tuna Industry?
The recently concluded Global Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP15) in which fifteen countries participated decided to protect one-third of the planet by 2030. This aims to safeguard...
New AI Ultrasound Tech To Assess Quality Of Frozen Tuna
A new Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology will make it possible to determine the quality of frozen tuna without cutting it. The technique is being developed by Japanese-based Fujitsu...
MSC Fisheries Standard Good Indicator On Achieving UN Biodiversity Goals
The Marine Stewardship Council certifications have been acknowledged by the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) as a way to scientifically measure efforts to reverse the alarming decline in the...
Canned Bonito Imports Booming In US Food Service
The food service business in the US appears to be switching to canned bonito instead of skipjack as the demand for this tuna-like species is continuing to grow. US importers purchased the...
EU-UK Agree On Albacore Limit For 2023
The EU has concluded negotiations with the UK regarding the fishing opportunities of the EU fleet in British waters and to jointly manage the 74 stocks in both nations' EEZs in a sustainable...
What Will Be The Forecast For Tuna Sales In 2023?
Last year, freight prices were causing a massive headache for the global tuna industry and the hard times continued in 2022. The Russian-Ukraine war created a massive shortage in the sunflower...
US Fund Invests In Philippines Tuna Firm
A US-based investment organization, Meloy Fund, will be financing Philippines-based tuna and seafood processing company, JAM Seafoods, to help it expand its capacity and perhaps even extend...