NOAA’s Acquisition and Grants Office has ruled that Wespac, the Council representing the fishing industry in the US territories, has to return more than USD 800,000 within the next 30 days....
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Spanish Tuna Processing Company To Expand Operations And Workforce
Spanish tuna processing company and seafood exporter Actemsa announced plans to expand operations to bag and freeze tuna and also increase its workforce by 80 jobs, in an estimated...
Tuna Pouches Business In The US Continues Rising
Americans are showing more interest in easy-to-consume tuna pouches as the latest data shows retailers and traders continue importing more of the product in 2022. US buyers imported 37,630 M/T...
Maltese Tuna Farms Await Public Hearing To Begin Operations
A public hearing on January 19 will determine the opening of two tuna farms likely to house 6,000 tons of tuna. The pens are located in an aquaculture zone a few kilometers away from Qala, a...
Readers: NGO Contribution To Tuna Conservation Is Impactful
Several NGOs have been pushing for tuna conservation measures for years, but are they achieving a movement? The majority of Atuna readers have the impression that the interference of...
Protesters Threaten To Close Maltese Tuna Plant Due To “Unbearable Stench”
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets on Saturday to demand the immediate closure of a tuna processing plant that has made the lives of Birzebbuga residents a nightmare. The “unbearable...
Thai Processors Retain Top Spot, Indonesia Loins Shipments Dip in Q3
The import of frozen pre-cooked loins into the US in Q3 did not see any remarkable rise in numbers despite businesses returning to normal. Thailand and Fiji kept their top positions...
Thai Union Announces Share Repurchase
The Thai Union Group has launched a program to buy back up to 200 million of its outstanding shares, representing 4.19 percent of the total number. The program will run until June 30, 2023,...
RD Fleet Moored And Cannery Production In Dire Straits
The Philippine tuna fishing and canning company, RD Corporation, has halted over the last months its fishing activity mooring most of its seiners. Consequently, the raw material supply to its...
Anova’s Production Wing Wins US Award For Corporate Excellence
Anova's work with small-scale tuna fishers in Indonesia has earned its production branch, Anova Technical Services, the “Award for Corporate Excellence in Responsible Business Operations”. It...
Iñaki Latxaga, Founder Of Grupo Albacora, Passed Away At 84
A pioneer of the global tuna purse seine fishing industry, Iñaki Latxaga Bengoetxea, passed away at the age of eighty-four in Bilbao. Founder of Spanish Grupo Albacora S.A – Europe’s largest...
i-Tail Expands Sales To China And Europe
The i-Tail Corporation PCL notified the Thailand Stock Exchange on December 16 of its decision to expand operations to China and Europe. The company, a subsidiary of Thai Union Group,...
Majority Shareholder Sapmer Intends To Sell Its Stake
Laurent Virapoullé, the owner of toothfish fishing company Pêche Avenir, mentioned in an interview with Le Marin on December 6 that Sapmer is for sale. It caused a shock in the business that...
Philippines Set Stricter Rules For Imports By Canners
The Philippines’ Department of Agriculture (DA) suspended the issuance of import licenses for frozen tuna for canners and institutional buyers like hotels and restaurants. In a government...
Vietnam Fears Red Card With Recent Violations
Vietnam’s tuna and seafood exports to the EU are growing. albeit slowly, and the country’s officials are worried that the yellow card is hindering trade. While monitoring and control of...
Thai Processors Increase Canned Tuna Biz To US In Q3
US canned tuna importers increased their buying in the first nine months of the year. Several of the main sellers managed to increase their exports including Thailand which had lackluster...
French Seiner Owners Frustrated With Low Yellowfin Quota
Vessel owners have had a successful yellowfin fishing season in the Indian Ocean (IO), but the fishing industry group Orthongel is irked by an insufficient quota for French vessels. Four...
Sri Lankan Company Eyes Tuna Processing Operations In Maldives
Sri Lankan canned fish and seafood processing company, Slic Lanka, has been contracted to design and build a tuna factory on the Maldivian island of Gadhdhoo. The deal was signed on Tuesday at...
Longline Fleets Prop Global Blue Shark Trade Worth Over USD 400 Million
One latest study has revealed that vessels authorized to fish in the waters of designated tuna RFMOs are also operating shark fisheries, propping up a massive blue shark commercial fishery...
PNG To Host Big Tuna Players At Event In September 2023
PNG has announced it will be hosting the upcoming 8th Pacific Tuna Forum on September 6 and 7 next year. The announcement was made during the 36th INFOFISH Governing Council Meeting taking...