With the WCPFC Regular meeting in sight, Atuna asked its readers their opinion on whether they think the 26 members of the RFMO will agree on harvest control rules for tropical tuna. HCRs have...
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Malaysian Fishermen Oppose Tuna Project In Penang
The Penang Fishermen's Association in Malaysia is opposing a private company buying seven acres (28,328 square meters) of land from the state’s Fisheries Development Board (LKIM) including a...
Indonesian Govt To Allow Foreign Fleets To Fish Tuna In Its EEZ
In order to boost the fisheries sector and overall economic development, the Indonesian government is planning to offer IDR 110.2 trillion (USD 7.71 billion) worth of commercial fishing rights...
UK’s Tuna Price War A Race To The Bottom?
Retailers in the UK are offering canned tuna at some of the cheapest prices in Europe. This is mainly the result of a fierce price war in which some of the major retailers in the country have...
ANFACO Worried Over Current Economic Strain In The Market
The Spanish processing sector has expressed its deep worries over the current economic strain in the market, which has created a state of uncertainty over tuna production. The Spanish...
Europeans’ Tuna Self-Sufficiency Is Declining
An individual European on average consumed around 24 kilograms of tuna and other fish species combined (wild-caught and farmed) in 2019. This high seafood consumption has been mainly fueled by...
Walmart US Looks To Drones To Deliver Tuna
Walmart customers can now have their canned tuna delivered via drones. Last week, the largest retailer in the US began offering aerial distribution in the state of Arkansas. Its inaugural...
Mexican Purse Seiner Catches Fire In Mazatlan Harbor
This Tuesday morning, a purse seiner belonging to Pesca Azteca caught fire in Mexico's Mazatlan port. Firefighters managed to put out the blaze. The incident was reported to the emergency...
Seafood Expo Barcelona Getting Bigger Than Ever
As most European countries are currently being hit by a surge in COVID-19 cases, Diversified Communications has announced that the 2022 edition of Seafood Expo Global is moving forward in...
Slight Improvement After Collapse In PNA Zone Catches
Despite being able to set on FADs again, WCPO purse seiners’ October catches remained low, although this was a slight improvement compared to September's tonnage. Higher amounts of baby...
World’s Largest MSC Certification Delayed Over HCRs & FAD Objections
The process to get the FAD catches of the world’s largest MSC tuna fishery certified has been delayed at its last stage as it was just slapped with an official objection. The latest MSC update...
StarKist Samoa Increases Workers, Building Towards Full Capacity
StarKist Samoa finally has sufficient employees to start a second shift, after months of labor shortages. The cannery has been running only on one shift since June but this week it started a...
Critics Say Kiribati’s Move To Open PIPA Will Not Generate Income
Kiribati’s government’s move to open the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) for commercial fishing has not gone down well with several parties, with critics arguing that it will not...
Bumble Bee Gets New Vice President Of Sales
The American canned tuna firm, Bumble Bee, has appointed a new Vice President of Sales. Laura Chamberlain, who has more than 25 years of experience across premier consumer packaged goods sales...
Tuna Outperforms Salmon As Europeans’ Favourite Seafood
Europeans seemed to have feasted on canned tuna in 2019 with the highest level of per capita consumption ever recorded, according to the latest findings by an EU data agency. This means that...
EU Planning Import Ban On Non-Sustainable Land Products, Is Seafood Next?
The EU has recently announced its plans to ban all imports of land-based agriculture products that are linked to deforestation. The sustainable forward move shows a strong commitment by the...
ICCAT Meeting Concludes With Relaxed Bigeye Measures
The ICCAT annual meeting ended on Tuesday after over a week of discussions. The RFMO seems to have taken a step backward when it comes to conservation of the Atlantic bigeye stock but made...
Philippine’s Pouched Tuna Thriving In The US
The demand for pouched tuna in America has been stabilizing after a fall in imports last year when the foodservice sector was temporarily shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Imports of...
Alliance Select Foods Sells Investment To Cover Losses
Philippine-based tuna processor, Alliance Select Foods International Inc (ASFII), has sold its 80 percent investment in the farmed salmon company, Akaroa Salmon New Zealand. The company stated...
Malaysia Wants More Boat Owners To Apply For Tuna Permits
The Malaysian Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries (MAFI) wants the country to take the opportunity as a member of the IOTC to send more vessels to catch tuna in the Indian Ocean (IO)....