Contrary to the trend followed by many European markets during the global pandemic in the first half of the year (H1), Denmark decreased its intake of canned tuna. Danish importers took...
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New Thai Union Joint Venture For Nutritious Food
Through a subsidiary, Thai Union has invested to create a new joint venture, a company named Food and Beverage United Company Limited. The giant in the tuna business is partnering with BevTech...
IPNLF Afraid Of Retailers’ Ban On IO Yellowfin
As the matter of the health of the yellowfin stock in the Indian Ocean (IO) remains unresolved, retailers are starting to take a stronger stand, and some are stopping their tuna sourcing from...
OPAGAC’s FIPs Not Successful, But Ready For MSC Certification?
The vessels that form the Spanish Association of Large Tuna Freezers (OPAGAC) recently entered an unprecedented MSC full assessment in four oceans simultaneously. To prepare for the...
Canned Tuna Helps Global Trade Value Recover To USD 40.8 Billion
A just-released report shows that the end value of the global tuna trade recovered by USD 3.3 billion from 2016 to 2018, which can be mainly attributed to more canned skipjack and yellowfin...
MSC Extends Fisheries Standard Review
The MSC Fisheries Standard Review has been pushed back by six months to late 2022. The open consultations to revise the development of new standards for the harvest control started in 2018 and...
Partying Fishermen Charged For Violating COVID-19 Quarantine
In American Samoa, five fishermen were charged with violating the Public Health Emergency Declaration for COVID-19 after they fled their quarantined vessels for a night of partying in the...
President Of Europêche Javier Garat Joins EU Advisory Body
Spain has appointed a new member to the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in Brussels. Javier Garat, Secretary-General of the Spanish Fishing Confederation (CEPESCA) and an...
WCPO Seiners’ High Seas Skipjack Catches Dropped In August
Purse seiners in the Western Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) netted less skipjack in August than the month before but increased their daily catches of large yellowfin. These are the catches that...
Co-op UK Will Continue To Not Sell IO Yellowfin
Seven years after a UK retailer stopped sourcing yellowfin, it has now reaffirmed its commitment to not stock products with this tuna species. Today, Co-op announced that it will continue not...
Tuna Harpoon Fishing Alive In North Atlantic Waters
Harpoon fishing for bluefin in the modern world is an art kept alive by only a few sailors. These fishermen are mainly located in the Cape Cod peninsula in the US. Atuna talked to harpoon...
Atuna Readers Believe More EU Retailers Will Shut Doors To IO Tuna
Over the past weeks, news came out that Tesco UK will stop sourcing yellowfin from the Indian Ocean (IO) and that leading Belgium retailer Colruyt Group will do the same but for all tuna...
INFOFISH Webinar Prelude For Tuna 2021 Bangkok
The INFOFISH World Tuna Trade Conference & Exhibition is going virtual this year with a free webinar scheduled on October 14. It will serve as a prelude to the 2021 edition of the event,...
Will MSC Tuna Perform Better Next Year?
Tuna is one of the world’s most consumed wild species but surprisingly, the tuna sector trails far behind when it comes to marketing the fish as sustainable. According to the latest MSC Annual...
CAB Invites Comments On Indonesian Pole & Line Fishery For MSC
The independent assessment body, SAI Global, has invited stakeholders to give their views on the recently published Public Comment Draft report on its client, the Indonesian Pole-and-Line and...
More Than 8,600 Tuna Cans Filled With Drugs Seized In Ecuador
In Ecuador, a ton of cocaine hydrochloride in bags hidden inside 8,688 tuna cans was seized last Friday by the National Police. The drugs were being transported to the port of Guayaquil, where...
Costa Rica Works With Canada & NGO To Catch IUU Vessels
In an attempt to safeguard its tuna and maritime resources, the Costa Rica Coast Guard (CRCG) has increased its fisheries enforcement capacity with satellite surveillance to detect and deter...
Huge Cut In H1 2020 Spanish Orders For Ecuadorian Canned Tuna
The massive peak in demand during the first six months of 2019 in Spain did not repeat itself this year. Not even the COVID-19 pandemic prevented the overall massive drop in volume in 2020....
Another Med Bluefin Fishery Recommended For MSC Certification
A second bluefin fishery, the French SATHOAN in the Mediterranean, has been recommended for the MSC blue logo by the third-party Conformity Assessment Body (CAB), Control Union Pesca Ltd. This...
EU Alerts: Excessive Ascorbic Acid In Yellowfin Loins
A total of 12 tuna-related notifications were given by the European Authorities to the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) in September, ranging from poor temperature control to large...