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China’s Distant Water Sector’s Growth Losing Steam
A market research report from China has stated that the country’s distant water sector’s growth may be slowing down. The findings from research group Qianzhan revealed that China’s...
Dipole – How This Indian Ocean Phenomenon Affects Tuna Catches
Scientists in the IOTC have been looking into a marine phenomenon called the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), also known as the Indian Niño. Research regarding it was presented during the Working...
Judge Sets Period When Price-Fixing Took Place In Tuna MDL
On the heels of declaring that StarKist’s guilty plea in a criminal investigation of price-fixing canned tuna means that the company is liable in a civil multi-district lawsuit (MDL), a...
Calvo Confident That Sourcing Will Be 100% Sustainable By 2025
Two years ago, the Spanish fishing and processing company Calvo set multiple sustainability goals for the year 2025. It wanted to create a holistic approach to sustainability divided into...
OPAGAC’s Indian Ocean MSC Cert Also Close To Adjudication
The objection against OPAGAC’s Indian Ocean (IO) MSC certification is moving forward after the conformity assessment body (CAB) and the objector, the Coalition for Transparent Tuna Fisheries...
Ocean Family’s IPO Plans Moving Ahead
Chinese fishing company, Zhejiang Ocean Family, has updated the financial information for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) to which it already applied for in July. The company’s IPO aims...
Manta Price Strongly Increasing During EPO Veda
The price paid per ton of skipjack in Manta has been on the rise this month while the EPO entered into the second IATTC fishing closure which started on November 9. Processors have a strong...
Atunlo Invests Millions In Value-Added Tuna Production In Spain
Spanish processor, Atunlo, invested EUR 5.5 million in the automation of its plant in Cambados, Spain. This has tripled the company's manufacturing capacity of its range of value-added frozen...
Large Tuna Schools Mysteriously Beach On Indian Island
Tuna fishermen in the Lakshadweep archipelago off the coast of Kerala, India, were surprised with a bumper catch caused by a marine phenomenon, the chakara. Thus, the islanders ended up with...
November Transshipments Dropped In PNA Ports
Tuna purse seiners made more effort in the western zone of the Pacific while overall catches in Pacific Island EEZs and the high seas dropped in November. As Atuna reported, last month tuna...
Galapagos’ MPA Expansion Is Tuna Sector’s Contribution To Sustainability
The creation of the marine protected area (MPA) in the Galapagos shows the commitment of the tuna fishing industry to conservation. This is what Bruno Leon, President of the National Chamber...
IOTC Yellowfin Measures Come Into Force
The IOTC has announced that conservation and management measures for the interim rebuilding plan for Indian Ocean yellowfin stock adopted at the 2021 annual meeting came into force on December...
Global Retailers Joining Sourcing Platform RangeMe
Global retailers including UK grocers such as Tesco and Asda are looking towards a new online platform, RangeMe, to source their products. Canned tuna companies can also use this network...
WCPO Catches Declined Again, Sending SKJ1.8:BKK Further Up
The price for whole round frozen skipjack has increased in the Bangkok processing hub. Thai packers are paying slightly more for one ton of skipjack given the drop in the volumes of raw...
Spanish Contest Looks For Next Tuna Value Chain IUU Innovation
In Spain, an initiative looking to minimize the presence of IUU fishing has been launched by Bermeo Tuna World Capital. The contest, named InnovaTUNA, calls for ideas for new "business...
EU Processors Taking In Less WR Tuna, But More Loins
Imports of frozen whole round tuna to the EU have been dropping with the arrivals reaching the lowest level in the last five years. Meanwhile, the canning industry bought record-high levels of...
Poll: What Price Will Retail Canned Tuna Be In 2022?
The canned tuna industry has been having a hard time this year. Processors have been faced with high expenses from freight costs to other commodities such as steel and vegetable oils. These...
Adjudicator To Intervene In OPAGAC MSC Objection Process After Dialogue Failed
Parties have not been able to find a common ground during the consultation period regarding the objection against the OPAGAC WCPO MSC certification. Thus, the MSC independent adjudicator in...
Four American Samoa Cannery Workers Killed In Crash
Four StarKist employees were tragically killed in a car accident in front of the American Samoa cannery last Friday. Local media reports alleged it was caused by a drunk...