The Spanish tuna fleet of Bermeo, in Spain's Basque country, is providing the majority of job opportunities in the region, especially for young people. The Director of Fisheries of the Basque...
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Taiwan Prohibits Nationals From Investing In Vessels With Forced Labor Problems
Taiwan will be revoking authorization for its nationals investing in foreign-flagged fishing vessels when there are human rights violations on board the boats. This comes on the heels of...
Thai Pet Food Business Nearly Doubled In Five Years
Canners in Thailand are growing their canned pet food business around the world, not only experiencing a big rise in 2021 but also hitting peaks in value and volume in the last five-year...
Start-ups For Fresh Tuna Imitations Far From Mass Production
In the past years, several start-ups announced their initiatives to produce imitations of fresh tuna, either cell-based or plant-based. Atuna wrote about a few newcomers and with the news that...
Ghost Workers Union Infiltrate Mexican Tuna Company
Employees and labor unions in Manzanillo, Mexico, have been surprised by the rise in several ghost unions which have started operating in the region. One of them even staged an election at one...
No Premiums For Maldivian Pole & Line Fishers?
The volume of whole round frozen skipjack reaching Thailand from the Maldives has been increasing over the last few years and peaked in 2021. But this boost was accompanied by a progressive...
Century Promotes Tuna For Staying Strong
Tuna companies are coming up with some very catchy video ads or with great storytelling to attract consumers. Philippines brand, Century Tuna, released a moving short film on YouTube a month...
Seychelles Improving Fisheries Transparency But Longlining Data Is Murky
In order to show the improvements concerning transparency in its fisheries sector, Seychelles has published the second Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTi) report. While the country has...
US Seiner Fleet Shrinking Rapidly, Pacific Tuna Treaty Close To An End?
The size of the American purse seine tuna fleet has been sharply dropping in the last few years. Many of the vessels have been reflagged as their owners find better opportunities operating...
Korean Brand Introduces Pouched Tuna Porridge
New types of tuna products are entering the global market regularly. Korean brand Bonjuk, well-known for creating authentic rice porridge, has introduced a tuna flavor in pouched form. This...
Sapmer Fails To Deliver 2021 Half Year Figures, Shareholders Waiting
On February 4, French fishing firm, Sapmer, informed its shareholders that it had been unable to publish the first half-year results for 2021 and that it is preparing the full-year numbers for...
Fishing Ban In Atlantic Ocean MPA Did Not Impact Tuna Fisheries
US tuna fisheries have not been economically impacted by the establishment of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, located off the east coast of the country, according...
EPO Catches Bounced Back And Settled At Second-Highest Level In 2021
Tuna catches in the EPO continue to be at record levels as recently published data by IATTC shows. Last year logged the second-highest volume ever. Landings by seiners in the EPO region...
Food Lovers’ Site Ranks Top 15 Tuna Products In US
This week, a famous US food lovers website, Mashed, ranked the top 15 tuna products in the country. Wild Planet skipjack canned tuna topped the list while several brands were scored low for...
EU Warns Croatian Tuna Farmers Over Non-Compliance
An official letter was sent to the Croatian government this week from the European Commission (EC). It called on the country to ensure effective monitoring and control of its bluefin farms...
Where Yellowfin Spawning Takes Place In The EPO
Yellowfin reproduce mainly around the waters of Central America in the EPO throughout the year, according to the latest research. Also, there were more spawning tuna found in non-FAD sets. The...
Thai Heavily Bought Skipjack, But Hardly Any US Origin Anymore
Thai canners reduced their acquisition of whole round skipjack throughout last year. Although this reduction was minimal compared to the nosediving of their canned tuna output indicating that...
Mexico’s Yellowfin Exports To Spain At Stake Over Energy Plan
Tuna trading between Mexico and Spain is at risk after the President of the North American country put on the table the possibility of pausing relationships between the nations. The call was...
Satlink Bringing Spanish Tech To American Fleet
The Spanish marine technology company Satlink is bringing its electronic monitoring (EM) system to the US fishing fleet. It took its founder, Faustino Velasco, around two years of negotiations...
Seychelles & Mauritius Interim Deal Hikes Tuna Fishing Fees By 30%
Seychelles and Mauritius have extended their bilateral fisheries agreement by 60 days as they need more time to discuss further issues for the new deal. The interim accord has hiked the...