The Papua New Guinean government wants to breathe life back into the Pacific Marine Industrial Zone (PMIZ) initiative after it has been dormant for more than a decade stating that it is “a...
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G7 Leaders Want To Eradicate Forced Labor In Global Supply Chain
The Group of Seven (G7) leaders have pledged their commitments to eradicate forced labor throughout global supply chains as well as to ensure free and fair trade. This could affect the...
Tri Marine Latest FAD Fishery MSC Certified In WCPO
Tri Marine’s purse seine and pole-and-line fisheries in Solomon Islands have been re-certified with the MSC sustainability logo. The new accreditation also includes the drifting FAD...
Governor Gives In To Protesting Mexican Handline Fishers
After 10 days of a sit-in protest by Mexican handline tuna fishers, Governor Jaime Bonilla Valdez of Baja, California, gave in to their demands and granted them permits to continue fishing in...
Princes Tuna In Mauritius A COVID-19 Cluster
Last week, the Government of Mauritius identified the Princes Tuna factory as a cluster for COVID-19. A total of four Bangladeshi women working at the plant tested positive for the virus even...
IOTC Meeting Ends With Yellowfin Cuts But Confusion Remains
One step forward and two steps back is what could be said about the outcome of the IOTC meeting which ended last Friday. The countries got down to intense negotiations last week with the...
Jealsa Bets On Expansion Of Guatemala Plant To Boost Loins Exports To Spain
The Spanish company Jealsa Rianxeira has invested in two new industrial units for Industria Atunera Centroamericana (Central American Tuna Industry), its processing plant in Guatemala....
US Imported Canned Tuna Biz Shrinks By 13% In Q1
Canned tuna imports by American buyers strongly receded during the first quarter of the year. The volume, which hit record-high levels in 2020, returned to more normal numbers. Most suppliers...
How Many Will Be Laid Off Due To StarKist’s Relocation?
StarKist will be spending USD 3.6 million to move to its new corporate headquarters in Fairfax County, Virginia. After 10 years of being located in Pittsburgh, the company announced that it...
Rumor Of CFTO Taking Share In Cinq Oceans Cannery In Madagascar Denied
Word has been going around within the industry that Compagnie Française du Thon Océanique (CFTO) has taken a share in the tuna plant Conserveries des Cinq Océans (CCO) in Madagascar. Atuna...
High Freight Costs Depressing Bangkok Skipjack Activity
Trading for skipjack raw material in Bangkok is being hampered by the strongly increasing ocean freight costs for finished products. Canned tuna buyers holding back due to this factor have...
No Objections To FCF’s MSC Certification On FADs In WCPO
FCF’s FAD catches in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean have been officially deemed to meet MSC sustainable standards. The decision was made this week after SCS Global Services, the...
Labor Shortage Forces StarKist Samoa To Shift Loins Production
The labor shortage at the StarKist Samoa plant has worsened and has forced the cannery to shift its tuna loins operations. The cannery has been complaining for months to American Samoan...
Hopes For Conservations Measures Shattered As IATTC Meeting Ends Empty-Handed
Yesterday, the IATTC extraordinary meeting, which was scheduled to finalize the works for new conservation measures for tropical tuna in the EPO, came to an end. While it was taking place,...
Maldivian Tuna Exports Increase In Volume But Decline In Value
During the first quarter of the year, Maldives’s fish exports recorded a large boost. However, the low pricing of skipjack at the main receiver ports like Bangkok resulted in a...
WWF Red Score For EPO Skipjack Puzzles Fishery’s Stakeholders
Stakeholders in the EPO fishery are puzzled over the red listing by several European WWF offices of the eastern Pacific skipjack in their country’s sustainable seafood guide for consumers....
Vanuatu Biggest Importer Of SolTuna Cans
Vanuatu is the largest market for canned tuna from the SolTuna plant in Solomon Islands. The Vanuatu National Statistics Office shows that from 2019 to 2020, the country imported 794 M/T of...
Ecuadorian Tuna Brands Extending Range To Cater To Demand
Ecuadorian tuna consumers have been demanding more varieties in their tuna products and local brands have been trying to expand their lines to keep up with this need. Tuna is one of the most...
Transshipments Hit Peak In Majuro After Long Slump
After an extended period of low carrier activity at the Majuro tuna transshipment hub, operations surged in May, say authorities in Marshall Islands. The latest data from the Marshall Islands...
Will WWF Red Status For EPO Skipjack Impact Business?
Atuna recently reported on many European WWFoffices listing EPO skipjack as red in their country’s sustainable seafood guide. The status involves purse seine skipjack caught on both free...