An unusual period of bad Pacific catches has led the Taiwanese seiner fleet, the main supplier of skipjack raw material to Bangkok, to deliver a much lower volume in the first half of 2020...
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Sentencing Scheduled For Execs On Tuna Price-Fixing
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has revealed the sentence hearing dates for three former executives from Bumble Bee and StarKist who served as key witnesses in the canned tuna price-fixing...
Nestlé Launches Sensational Vuna – Vegan Tuna
Swiss international brand Nestlé has released the Sensational Vuna, a plant-based tuna alternative in a glass jar. The company introduced the line under its vegan brand, Garden Gourmet. The...
Philippines Skipjack Landings Surge In Q2
Skipjack catches by large and small seiners flying the Philippine flag surged in the second quarter of this year (Q2 2020) with overall tuna fisheries volume increasing by 6.8 percent. Most of...
Cheap Japanese Albacore Floods Bangkok In 2020
Low-cost Japanese albacore flooded the Bangkok market in the first six months of 2020, which boosted the overall import volume of this species and hitting a peak for the past five years. Thai...
Ecuador Wants 350 Miles EEZ To Keep Chinese Longliners Out
For several weeks, the Ecuadorian fishing industry has been complaining about the presence of a Chinese longliner fleet near the nation’s EEZ around the Galapagos Islands, saying that this...
Chris Lischewski Reported To Arizona Prison
After further investigations on the whereabouts of former CEO of Bumble Bee, Chris Lischewski, a reliable source has confirmed with Atuna that he reported to the minimum-security prison in...
Dardanel Accused Of Keeping Factory Workers In “Concentration Camps”
Labor unions are up in arms over the treatment of employees by Turkish tuna company, Dardanel, located in the northwestern province of Çanakkale. Protests have been held over the poor labor...
Greenpeace Accuses FCF After US Withhold Order On Longliner Catches
Following a Withhold Release Order (WRO) by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on seafood harvested by a Vanuatu-flagged and Taiwan-owned tuna longliner, ‘Da Wang’, Greenpeace has alleged...
More Seiner Activity But Less Catches In WCPO
The purse seine fishing days in the WCPO increased in July 2020 despite COVID-19. The number of VDS days that month was also the third-highest since January 2015. However, all this activity...
Starring Tuna On Social Media
The Atuna team has picked out some amazing posts on social media platforms starring tuna, from bluefin sightings to the amazing work of Ghanaian pole-and-line fishermen. Bluefin sighted in UK...
Former Bumble Bee CEO Lischewski Self-Surrenders To Jail
The former CEO of Bumble Bee, Chris Lischewski, was scheduled to self-surrender to a minimum-security prison in Lompoc, California, on August 17 in the afternoon. He is most likely already in...
Spanish North Atlantic Albacore Season Closes
On August 18, the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries announced the closure of the northern albacore fishery in the Atlantic. Vessels flagged to the country have been prohibited from...
China Increasing Grip On Richest Pacific Tuna EEZ
The new Kiribati government is pro-China and the Asian giant is using this as an opportunity to increase its influence in the Pacific island nation. President Taneti Maamau was re-elected in...
Thailand Frozen Skipjack Imports At 5-Year Low
In a period when Thai canners experienced an unusual boost in business, they imported significantly less frozen skipjack, which accounts for the bulk of their production volume. The amount of...
US Longline Captain “Illegally” Jailed
Michael Foy, Captain of the US longliner ‘Rebel Lady’ which fish for tuna and swordfish, is awaiting imprisonment on charges of illegal entry into the British Virgin Islands (BVI) during the...
NOAA Adopts Extra Measures To Protect US Observers
NOAA Fisheries has announced the implementation of extra measures to secure the safety of US observers on tuna vessels. After years of US-led negotiations, the IATTC Emergency Action Plan, a...
Bangladesh Explores Creating Tuna Fleet
The Bangladeshi government is planning to create a tuna fleet and boost fish production in the country. The Department of Fisheries submitted a proposal for purchasing purse seiners to the...
Pacific Tuna Tagging To Take Place Within MPA
The Pacific Community (SPC) has started its seven-week tuna tagging program for the world’s largest tuna fishery despite challenges posed by COVID-19. The research expedition vessel departed...
Artic Fox II Skipper Died Trying To Save Crew
The daughter of the captain of the capsized albacore troller, ‘Arctic Fox II’, recently said that her father died trying to save his crew. The 76-year old skipper, Tom Lindberg, and another...