This Sunday, May 2, is World Tuna Day! Atuna has been celebrating this day for years since it was first proclaimed by the United Nations in 2016. This year, our theme was to keep the tuna...
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The Planet To Celebrate World Tuna Day
This Sunday, May 2nd, is World Tuna Day. It is the day to celebrate the great fish that is consumed by people all over the globe. It is affordable, a great source of protein and healthy...
Tri Marine Atlantic Albacore Fishery In MSC Assessment
The independent assessment body in charge of MSC assessments, SCS Global Services, has released the Announcement Comment Draft Report (ACDR) for the Tri Marine Atlantic Albacore longline...
Spanish Drug Trafficking Case Involving Tuna Cargo Reveals Dealers’ Work Flow
The Anti-Narcotics Police in Ecuador recently seized more than one ton of cocaine hidden in a tuna shipment in the Port of Guayaquil that was destined for Spain. This capture brings the...
Charlie Gets Animated For 60th Birthday
Charlie the Tuna, StarKist’s iconic mascot turned 60 this year. To celebrate his anniversary, the US tuna company released an advertisement, Stair Climb 500, which has an animated Charlie...
Former Bumble Bee Execs Walk Free For Price-Fixing, Only Lischewski In Jail
While ex-CEO of Bumble Bee, Chris Lischewski, is currently serving prison time for price-fixing packaged tuna in the US, two former Bumble Bee executives who were actively involved in the...
Should Former Execs Involved In US Price-Fixing Be Imprisoned?
Two former Bumble Bee executives, Walter Scott Cameron and Kenneth Worsham, as well as one ex-StarKist employee, Stephen Hodge, have each been sentenced to three years of probation and a USD...
Calvo Group Begins Renewal Of Its Fleet With New Seiner
The Spanish company Calvo Group has announced the delivery of a brand-new purse seiner for its fleet. This is part of the firm’s initiative to renew all its vessels to improve overall...
Kenya’s Tuna Factory Project Grinds To Halt Due to Corruption Claims
Work on Kenya’s one billion shillings worth (USD 9.27 million) Liwatoni tuna fisheries complex in Mombasa has ground to a stop due to corruption allegations against the construction company in...
Dutch Fishmonger Claims His Yellowfin Loins Are From Alaska
Fishmongers and fish sellers still have a long way to go when it comes to providing sustainable seafood in the Netherlands. Many of them also appear to lack knowledge about their products or...
MSC Reacts To Certification Of Fishery In Violation Of Indonesian National Law
For a period of over six years, Indonesian laws excluded pole-and-line fishing as one of the methods allowed to use FADs for their operation. Despite this, during this time, one pole-and-line...
Will Walmart And Bumble Bee Embracing MSC Accelerate Logo’s Introduction?
Within the last year or so, big players in the US tuna market have been announcing their intention to switch more products to MSC certified sources. Discourses and pledges around the MSC label...
Readers: Fishermen Should Be Responsible For Own COVID-19 Shots
A majority of Atuna readers have said that tuna fishermen should take the initiative to ensure they get their shots against COVID-19. Given the proximity of work and vessels fishing days away...
Malaysia Looking To Boost Tuna Industry, Commercial Sector Not Convinced
The Malaysian government has been adamant in trying to boost the country’s tuna sector arguing that there is great potential for expansion. However, despite all the efforts only 10 percent of...
Thai Union Turns Tuna Waste Into High-End Oil
After launching its calcium product made from tuna bones, Thai Union Ingredients has unveiled its latest innovation: a tuna oil brand UniQDHA. The brand includes tuna crude oil and...
Observer Safety Projects Funded By MSC
For this year, the MSC Ocean Stewardship Fund awarded a total of GBP 650,000 (USD 902,520) to 20 fisheries and research projects. The goal is to fund innovative initiatives and support...
Silky Sharks Stock A Priority For The Echebastar Fleet
Spanish tuna company, Echebastar, is trying to find out how to reduce the bycatch rate of silky sharks in the Indian Ocean, a vulnerable species under the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species,...
US Stimulus Checks Responsible For StarKist Samoa Lack of Labor
At the StarKist plant in American Samoa, the difficulties to get employees continue. More efforts have been put in place to attract workers, but these are targeted mainly at foreigners as...
Chicken Of The Sea To Once Again Pay Millions In Claims
It is going to be an expensive year for Chicken of the Sea International (COSI) and Tri-Union Seafoods. A group of commercial food preparers has asked a Californian federal court judge to...
FAD Fishing Illegal, Yet MSC Logo Awarded?
A national binding law in Indonesia did not include pole-and-line fishing as one of the methods allowed to use FADs for their operations. However, while this regulation was in place, the...