During Ecuador’s third Fisheries Summit, which ended last Sunday, the tuna and seafood fishing industry and the artisanal sector flatly rejected the proposal to extend the Galapagos EEZ’s...
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Sharp Q4 Drop-Off In Shipments By Thai Canners
The demand for canned tuna from Thailand during 2020 increased mainly thanks to the surge in retail sales resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in the US. The first nine months of...
FISH Is New Kid On Social Responsibility Block
A new fishery standard focusing on fair treatment of crew in tuna and other wild capture fisheries was announced this month. It joins the myriad number of social responsibility programs...
Former StarKist Exec Expresses Remorse To Judge Over Price-Fixing
Before his sentencing, Stephen Hodge, the former Senior Vice President of Sales at StarKist, expressed remorse for his involvement in the “illegal price-fixing conspiracy” in a letter to the...
Kenya’s Good Catches Rotting Due To Lack Of Demand
The global fresh tuna market remains stagnant due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In Kenya, local fishermen have had to see their tuna rot due to the poor demand for fresh fish. The Chairman of the...
PNA Withdraws Objection Against Indonesian Pole & Line MSC At Last Minute
Last Friday was the last day of the consultation period regarding the PNA objection against the MSC certification of the Indonesian pole-and-line and handline fishery, Asosiasi Perikanan...
Container Crisis Confronts Canners With Cost Explosion
The global container supply chain shortage is causing plenty of headaches for tuna exporters given that it is causing shipping rates to skyrocket. As Atuna has previously reported, there is a...
Seiners’ FADs Taking Away PNG Islanders’ Tuna Resources?
There are some concerns in Papua New Guinea (PNG) that the country’s tuna resources are being taken by industrial fishing fleets and preventing locals from benefiting from them. The PNG...
Inpesca’s Seiner Gets Spain’s Largest Yellowfin Share In IO
The Spanish government has announced regulations and limits for its purse seine fleet fishing yellowfin in the Indian Ocean (IO). The new rule creates a census of the vessels operating in the...
Joe Biden Was Promoter Of ‘Dolphin-Safe’ Mexican Tuna Embargo
It is too early to tell how the administration of the new US president, Joe Biden, will impact the national and international tuna industry. However, he has a history with the sector as in...
Bolton’s CEO Asks Brands To Include Social Mission In Their Identities
The Italian firm, Bolton Group, looks to source from a 100 percent sustainable fish supply chain for its tuna brand Rio Mare by 2024. This is part of a project between WWF and the company's...
Calvo’s Newest Innovation, Tuna Packed Jello Cup Style
The Calvo Group has announced the launch of a very innovative and totally new tuna packaging concept. It combines the already existing easy-peel technology for effortless opening with simple...
PNA Objects To MSC For Indo Pole & Line, Due To Poor Management
An objection has been submitted to the Final Draft Report (FDR) regarding the MSC certification of the Indonesian pole-and-line and handline fishery, Asosiasi Perikanan (AP2HI). The opposition...
Subway Sued Over Missing Tuna In Sandwiches
A group of Californian consumers has brought a class action suit against the Subway chain in their State for tricking customers and falsely marketing that some of their food items such as...
Ricardo Fuentes Reinvents Itself
The Spanish bluefin group, Ricardo Fuentes, has reinvented its corporate image. Consequently, it has established a new brand, Fuentes. It includes the seven companies of...
President Biden Turning Around Policies Good For US Seafood Sector?
On the first day of taking office, US President Joe Biden reversed several major policies of the former Trump administration such as beginning the process of rejoining the 2015 Paris...
INFOFISH 2021 Bangkok Conference To Take Place Online
The 2021 INFOFISH World Tuna Trade Conference & Exhibition will take place online, instead of the usual face-to-face event, from May 19 to 21. It was initially scheduled in late May last...
Bumble Bee And FCF NGO Partner Assigns New CEO
The US-based environmental NGO, Ocean Outcomes (O2), announced on January 19 that it has appointed a new chief executive. Rich Lincoln who used to be O2’s founding director is now the...
Gabon Wants Tuna Landed In Its Ports As Part Of New EU Deal
Gabon's processing industry is requesting the EU that all the tuna and fisheries products caught in the country's waters be landed in the nation's port. This would be part of a fisheries...
Poll: Is Cell-Based Tuna Taking Off Any Time Soon?
In the last couple of years, investment in cell-based tuna has become a growing trend. This tuna is created by extracting cells from a specimen and growing the samples in a laboratory....