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Thai Packers Shifting Pet Food Business To Higher Priced Markets
Thai packers have been consistently shipping more canned tuna pet food to international markets. For years their main destination has been Japan, and although this remained true for the first...
Air Freight Costs Falsely Boosting Maldivian Yellowfin Prices
Fresh and chilled yellowfin prices in Maldives have taken a hit amid the global pandemic and this has been further exacerbated by a sharp hike in costs for delivering the products via planes....
Raging Belgian Tuna Price War Approaches Legal Edge
In the Belgium canned tuna market, there is a fierce competition taking place at the edge of a local law which forbids retailers to sell foodstuffs below the cost price. Market-leading...
Canadian Scout Brand Launches 100% MSC P&L Albacore Cans
Canadian seafood brand Scout has launched its first MSC certified canned albacore tuna line with the fish sourced from small-scale and sustainable fisheries in the country and the US. The...
TUNACONS: IATTC Should Focus Less On FADs & More On Capacity
A recent report by IATTC's scientific staff in which they express to the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) their concerns about the growing number of FADs in the EPO and the impact they have...
Hungry 300kg Tuna Chooses Salmon Feast As Last Meal
A hungry bluefin looking to have a feast broke into a salmon farm in Norway. The damage caused by the tuna, which weighed about 306 kilograms, resulted in multiple fish escaping the cage. It...
Malta Govt Provides Money To Fishers After Bluefin Price Drop
Maltese authorities have announced a EUR 720,000 scheme to help around 150 self-employed bluefin fishermen who were affected by the fall in prices for this tuna due to the global pandemic. It...
GSA Pens Agreement With TU And AENOR On Fishing Standards
The non-profit Global Seafood Assurances (GSA) wants to create social standards for the tuna and seafood sectors and is teaming up with industry players to make this happen. It signed an...
Industry Experts See Opportunities For Improving Tuna Traceability
New technology that reduces the impact of fishing vessels, and transparency and traceability that can be attained with blockchain technology were the major issues that leading industry experts...
Removing Squid As Tuna Longline Bait Could Save Thousands Of Turtles
New research shows that if tuna longline fishers were to use more fish instead of squid as bait, it could potentially reduce tons of turtle and blue shark bycatch. Incidental catches from...
WWF’s Move Towards Business Sector Funding Divisive
In 2018, global NGO, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) had a total worldwide income of USD 752 million. Non-profits like WWF are increasingly looking at corporate funding and this is a divisive...
EU Alerts: Poor Temperatures, Food Poisoning & Fraud
European authorities reported only three tuna-related incidents to the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) during August. Two of them were raised by Spanish officials and the last one...
Grupo Consorcio Launches Tuna ‘Eco’ Line
The Spanish processing company Grupo Consorcio has launched a new ‘Eco’ line consisting of MSC tuna in recyclable packaging. The new products aim to confirm the firm’s commitment to...
Australian Longliners Can Take Uncaught Bluefin Quota To 2021
The Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT) reviewed the amendment to the undercatch determination to provide greater flexibility for the Australian longline fishery....
Mareblu Introduces No Drain Tuna As ‘Drip-Proof’ In Italy
Thai Union’s Mareblu brand has introduced a range of ‘drip-proof’ yellowfin canned tuna for Italian consumers to add to their grocery baskets. Following the launch of a campaign in July, the...
Will Tesco’s Ultimatum On IO Yellowfin Make A Difference?
The state of Indian Ocean (IO) yellowfin stock is once again under the spotlight and this time UK’s leading retailer Tesco has put it there. The company recently announced that it would be...
Are OPAGAC’s MSC Plans Too Ambitious?
In late August, it was revealed that OPAGAC was entering MSC full assessment simultaneously in four different oceans. The massive certification involves skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye FAD and...
Atuna Readers Don’t Think EEZs Should Be Extended
Last month, news broke that Ecuador is planning to submit to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) a proposal to extend the limit of its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)...
Japanese Premium Tuna Market Collapsing
The sales of Japanese premium bluefin have continued to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic even after the emergency measures were lifted back in May. Hopes that business activity would pick...