Today, the last round of negotiations to reach a free trade agreement (FTA) between the UK and the EU began. However, the outcome of these meetings remains very much uncertain. Whatever the...
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Rianxeira Tells The Ocean ‘I Love You’ In New Advert
Spanish tuna and seafood brand Rianxeira says "I Love You Blue" in its new advertising campaign, which looks to reassure its consumers about the company’s traceability and sustainable work. In...
Christopher Po Says 2020 Will Be Record Year For Century Pacific
In a recent interview, Christopher Po, CEO of the Century Pacific Group in the Philippines talked about how he dealt with the sudden COVID-19 tuna demand increase by ramping up production with...
Thai Union’s Shareholders Agree On Tuna Oil And Bone Expansion
On September 16, the postponed Annual General Meeting of Thai Union's shareholders took place in Bangkok. On the agenda - the expansion of the seafood giant with another business objective....
Greenpeace: Western Banks Supporting IO Yellowfin Over Exploitation
Large tuna companies with at-risk tuna in their supply chains have received billions of dollars in financial support from Western banks. This is what a recent investigation by Unearthed, the...
Seafood Expo Asia Switches To Digital
After Seafood Expo Asia was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, its organizer Diversified Communications has announced that the trade show will be converted into an online event where...
NOAA FishWatch As A Sustainable Third Party Certification For US Products?
Last week, the second biannual Council Coordination Committee (CCC) meeting of the eight US Regional Fishery Management Councils took place by video conference. The goal was to discuss ways to...
NGO Study Discloses Bycatch Impact From Asda’s Tuna Sources
A study for Asda, the second-largest supermarket chain in the UK, states that several of the fisheries which provide tuna for its own-brand seafood have bycatch impact on albatrosses, sharks,...
Pew Interactive Tool On IUU Ports Useful for Tuna Buyers?
To combat the threat of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, Pew Charitable Trusts has developed a new interactive tool for authorities, seafood buyers, and others to determine...
Three Tuna Suppliers in SeafoodSource Top 25
SeafoodSource has published its 2020 Top 25: Sustainability & Conservation List for leading North American seafood suppliers based on reported sales figures. Three tuna brands have made...
Officials Confident Philippines Will Keep EU Duty-Free Privileges
Philippines is confident that it will not lose its duty-free export privileges, which includes thousands of tons of tuna exports to European markets despite the EU Parliament having passed a...
Dongwon & Kyokuyo Heads Ask Govts To Get Fishers Home
SeaBOS, a group comprised of CEOs from the 10 of the world’s largest tuna and seafood businesses, has urged governments to urgently address issues faced by seafarers due to restrictions on...
Indian Ocean Skipjack Catches Break Harvest Control Rule
The numbers of skipjack and yellowfin catches taken from the Indian Ocean (IO) fell significantly in 2019 compared to the year before, mainly caused by the fact that major EU fleets from...
Italian Packers Fill Covid Demand, Exporters Lose Ground
Italian canned tuna buyers slightly reduced their purchases during the first half of 2020 (H1). The strong peak in canned tuna sales reported during the COVID-19 pandemic in March and April...
Mexico To Allow Up To 50% Soy In Canned Tuna
The Mexican government is trying to prevent excessive soy in canned tuna products so a new regulation has been issued. This decision was taken after research last year revealed that multiple...
American Protesters Armed With Bumble Bee Canned Tuna Says Trump
In what sounds like a line taken out of a late-night comedy show, the President of the United States of America has said that the protesters in the country are attacking police by throwing...
US Initiative In The Pacific To Keep China Out
The US Coast Guard (USCG) on Thursday promised a greater presence in the Pacific in order to keep IUU fishing vessels out and called out China’s distant water fleet for committing illegal...
Atlantic Skipjack Landings In Abidjan Stabilizing, Prices Up
Tuna prices in Abidjan, one of the most important tuna ports in the Atlantic, have been inflated in the last couple of months. Now, with COVID-19 measures in place, the Ivory Coast tuna...
Expert Shreds Dolphin Meat In Canned Tuna DNA Research
Recently, the Mexican tuna industry was dumbstruck by the news that research by a local university found dolphin meat inside cans of tuna sold domestically. Atuna spoke with the...
Carrier Charged USD 1 Million For Illegal Activity In PNG
Papua New Guinea’s (PNG's) National Fisheries Authority detained and fined a Panama-flagged carrier in Rabaul, one of the major tuna transshipment ports in the nation, for operating under an...