A new and improved Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard (RFVS) has been released just two years after the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) adopted the first version of the certification. Under the...
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What Do Atuna Readers Think About The Skipjack Price Trend?
The results of the latest Atuna poll are in. The majority of voters are clear about their expectations of the price in Bangkok for whole round frozen skipjack - that it will go up within this...
Portuguese Fleet Banned From Fishing Bigeye
Portugal has consumed its assigned bigeye tuna fishing quota for the season. As of yesterday, its Atlantic fleet has been banned from fishing, carrying catch on board, transshipping and...
Credit Suisse To Pay USD 23 Mil To Cheated US Investors
A UK subsidiary of Credit Suisse has been ordered to pay USD 22.6 million in compensation to cheated investors after the Swiss lender bought debt to fund a tuna fishing project and maritime...
Jealsa Part Of Artificial Intelligence Project YIELDCAN 5.0
Spain’s leading canned tuna processor, Jealsa, has joined hands with two IT entities to improve production and yield quality in canned seafood with Artificial Intelligence (AI). The YIELDCAN...
Dongwon Marks Cans With Minions Movie Characters, Shows Advantage In Domestic Production
By marking lithographed cans with characters from a recently released highly popular Minions 2 movie, Korean tuna company Dongwon uses innovative marketing to target young consumers. Its local...
PAFCO Looks For Customers In Australia
Last week, the CEO of the Fijian tuna processor PAFCO visited Australia in hopes to expand where it can market its tuna products. The Chief Executive, Saiyad Raiyum met with buyers, brokers,...
Madagascar’s New Deal With Japanese Tuna Fishers Raises Eyebrows
While still in negotiations with the EU over access to its tuna resources, the government of Madagascar has signed a new partnership agreement with the Japan Tuna Fisheries group. Unlike...
Japanese Pole & Line Fishery Goes For MSC In WCPO
A small Japanese fishery is aiming to get the MSC sustainable logo for its tuna catches. The assessment body, Control Union (UK) Limited, recently published the Announcement Comment Draft...
Spanish Pole & Liners Further Hit By Rising Fuel Costs
The current fishing season has been expensive for Spanish pole-and-line vessels targeting Bonito del norte and EU-flagged boats catching bluefin. Fuel prices in June once again increased in...
No Appetite For Tuna Fishing Licenses In Bay of Bengal
Companies continue to lack interest in tuna fishing in the Bay of Bengal citing the fish is seasonal and the high investment needed for acquiring vessels. Since April 2016, 17 firms have been...
Polluted Ghanaian Coastal Waters Are Hurting Local Tuna Industry
The Ghana Tuna Association (GTA) was established to improve the country's tuna sector and has now turned its attention to ocean pollution. Richster Nii Amarah Amarfio, Secretary of GTA, called...
StarKist Private Label Tuna Was Part Of Price-Fixing Says Judge
StarKist’s and Dongwon Industries’ bid to get a US federal court to toss out private label tuna products within the scope of the price-fixing conspiracy has backfired. The judge ruled against...
Robbers Looted Yellowfin From Moving Vehicle In Manta
On July 20, a vehicle carrying fresh yellowfin to packing factories was robbed near the Manta airport. The two guards on a motorcycle failed to safeguard the transport which was raided while...
Calvo’s Turnover Declines As Largest Market’s Currency Weakens
Grupo Calvo known for its leading premium yellowfin brand Atun Claro in Spain has its biggest market in Brazil. Almost half of its business is sold there under the Gomes da Costa brand and the...
Oman Blacklists IUU Tuna Longliners
In a complete turnabout, Oman has struck off three Omani-flagged longliners from its registry. In March, the country objected IOTC placing ‘ISRAR 1’, ‘ISRAR 2’ and ‘ISRAR 3’ on the RFMO’s IUU...
Still One-Third Of EPO Skipjack Sets Is On Free Schools, But Less Productive
Although most of the skipjack in the EPO is caught with FADs, close to a third of the 2021 volume was captured on free school sets. Meanwhile, seiner operators' use of FAD sets...
Two Tri Marine MSC Certifications Pass WCPO Bigeye Scope
Not long after the PNA MSC certification failed its bigeye scope extension after adjudication, purse seine and longline certifications belonging to Tri Marine have been given passing scores...
Brain Drain At Bumble Bee, Most Top Management Exit
A major brain drain is taking place at Bumble Bee Seafoods with more senior executives leaving. This includes the Chief Operating Officer (COO), James Badet, who has been with the US tuna...
Dongwon Set To Become Korea’s Protein Powerhouse
Korean seafood giant Dongwon Group, parent of US tuna brand StarKist, is set on becoming Korea’s leader in the protein business. Through successive mergers and acquisitions, the owner of the...