In Mexico, a canned tuna company is putting its money where its mouth is by combating malnutrition and food shortages as well as by helping people most affected by the COVID-19 crisis in the...
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Philippines Canners’ US Shipments Take A Dive
Canned tuna imports into the US market surged in the first half of 2020 (H1) with a record-high volume of product being delivered, which can mainly be attributed to retail demand due to...
OPAGAC Aiming For MSC Certifications Covering Four Oceans
Part of the Spanish purse seine fishing fleet which forms OPAGAC has announced its goal to achieve MSC certification for its vessels in four different oceans by August 2021. This massive...
Tuna Australia Longline Fishery Earns MSC
Tuna Australia earned the MSC logo today for sustainably fishing and targeting albacore, yellowfin, bigeye, and swordfish in the Australian Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (ETBF). It spans...
FADs Direct Threat To EPO Skipjack Stock Health
In a report, scientists have said that skipjack and bigeye in the EPO are heavily impacted by purse seiners fishing on FADs. Catches for skipjack are at historically high levels while the fish...
Chicken Of The Sea Introduces First MSC Canned Tuna
Another one of the Big Three is moving towards MSC and this spells good news in terms of sustainability for the American market. Chicken of the Sea (COS) has introduced its first MSC canned...
Many Questions Remain About Dolphin Meat In Canned Tuna Study
The news about a study finding dolphin meat in Mexican canned tuna has hit national and international media two years after its publication in 2018. The research found dolphin DNA in three of...
Mexican Fishing Industry Wants Veda In The Gulf Of Mexico
The Veracruz tuna fishing sector in Mexico is once again asking the government to speed up and approve an agreement to establish a veda. According to Juan Ramón Gánem Vargas, a tuna...
Spanish Crew Tested Positive For COVID-19 In Seychelles
In Seychelles, three crew members working on board Spanish tuna seiners have tested positive for COVID-19. The country’s Public Health Commissioner stated that they are currently in...
Ghana Boat Owners Ask Again For Fee Reduction
The spat between the Ghana tuna industry and the country’s government regarding fishing licenses has not dissipated. The country’s tuna association (GTA) is once again asking for the fee to be...
John West’s New Tuna Meatballs Meals Target Kids
John West UK will be introducing two new products into the market, one of them is the brand’s first time marketing items specifically targeted at children. Both ready meal lines, Tuna Bowls...
Vietnam Wins And Loses In US Market
The value of canned Vietnamese skipjack to its main export destination, the US, showed an increase in the first half of this year. The US took in the largest amount of canned skipjack and...
EPO Seiners Bring In Record Catch, Despite COVID-19
Tuna catches in the EPO keep breaking records. IATTC figures for the first half of 2020 (H1) revealed the highest levels ever registered for this period. The peak can be almost entirely...
NGOs Tell Court Not To Let Big Three Off Class Action Hook
Three public advocacy groups have asked the Ninth Circuit to uphold the class certifications in the multi-district canned tuna price-fixing case against the US Big Three. They argue that class...
Should Countries Be Allowed To Expand Their EEZ?
In 1994, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) established that a country's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) would extend for up to 200 nautical miles from the coasts of...
Atuna Readers Split On FAO Code On Tuna Cans
Atuna readers are divided on whether mentioning the FAO area code on tuna cans is useful for consumers, according to the results of our latest poll. A total of 44 percent of respondents...
Maldivian P+L Premium Raw Material Losing Value In Bangkok?
Pole-and-line skipjack has historically been traded at premium values compared to purse seiner catches. One-by-one fishers from the Maldives and Indonesia supply the vast majority to Bangkok,...
Spanish Frinsa Reports Annual Record Results
Spain's largest canned tuna processing company, Frinsa, closed its 2019 financial year with a profit of EUR 31.1 million (USD 36.8 million). The family-owned business is the leading...
Pacific Skipjack Price Gains Strength, Climbs Higher
The tuna industry’s Bangkok benchmark market is seeing a rise in skipjack price, which is keeping its upward pattern observed earlier during this month with indications that it has yet to hit...
COVID-19 Guidelines Introduced For Entire Pacific Tuna Fishery
Since yesterday, there are new COVID-19 Operating Protocols for the Tuna Fishing Sector in the Pacific region. Until now, there were no common rules, often leading to discussions and...