During the routine inspection of a frozen seafood shop, the Spanish Civil Guard recovered 13 Roman Amphorae from the First Century, which were decorating the store. As described in...
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Drones Back Patrolling Mediterranean Fishing Activities
The ‘Lundy Sentinel’, the surveillance vessel of the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA), left the Port of Vigo, Spain – also the EFCA headquarters – for its next mission with drone...
Shady Tuna Supplier Reached El Salvador Emergency Program
The government of El Salvador has distributed canned tuna from a Mexican company that previously supplied low-quality products at very high prices to Venezuelans. The firm in question is...
China Claims Developing Status To Continue Subsidizing Its Fleets
The World Trade Organization (WTO) resumed its talks to end harmful fishing subsidies on July 21, for tuna seiner and longline fleets as well as all other vessels targeting various species....
Costa Rica Govt Joins Forces With Global Fishing Watch
A new agreement between the Costa Rican Fisheries and Aquaculture Institute (Incopesca) and Global Fishing Watch (GFW) has been signed. It is a step forward in the fight against IUU in the...
Grupomar Longliner Sunk To Create Artificial Reef
It took five hours for the ‘El Diamante’, a former tuna longliner of the GrupoMar fleet, to assume its new role at the bottom of the ocean as an artificial reef just 18 km from the coast of...
Kidnapped Korean Seiner Crew Released After A Month
The six crew members kidnapped after the seiner ‘Panofi Frontier’ was highjacked on June 24 have been released after a month in captivity. According to the Foreign Minister of Korea, they were...
Illegal Trawling Might Jeopardize Blameless Ghana Tuna Sector
An NGO report regarding illegal seafood ending up in the European markets might land Ghana in hot water with EU authorities. Even though catches from the trawling fleet such as sardinella are...
Albacore Season Officially Started In France
The first tuna vessels of the fishing season in Lorient, France, came back to port at the beginning of the week. The ‘Marie-Lou’ and the ‘Menawan’ docked with 22 M/T of albacore tuna, three...
COVID-19 Boosts Grupo Herdez’s Tuna Sales
Yesterday, Mexican company Grupo Herdez announced that canned tuna was one of its best-selling categories in 2020’s second quarter (Q2) results. The firm increased net sales year-on-year that...
Foreign Owned Solomon-Flagged Seiners Attain Peak Catch
Solomon Islands-flagged vessels had a record number of skipjack catches in 2019 in the WCPO, increasing the overall amount by 21 percent from the previous year. According to WCPFC data,...
Massive MPA Not Hurting Hawaiian Longline Industry
In June, US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation lifting fishing restrictions in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument located in the Atlantic Ocean. Since then,...
SIAL Paris 2020 Rescheduled To 2022
This year's SIAL Food Fair, which was scheduled for October 18 to 22 in Paris, has been canceled and the next edition is scheduled for October 15 to 19, 2022. The bi-annual event is one of the...
Book Unveils How World’s Largest Tuna Power Was Created
What can only be called an essential book for the tuna industry has just been released. Fishing for Success: Lessons In Pacific Regionalism tells the story behind the inception of the PNA, the...
Ivory Coast Pole & Line Breaking Into EU Fresh Market
The local pole-and-line industry in Ivory Coast is rather young, but it has been steadily developing since its inception about ten years ago. This is what Thibault Artus, Export Manager of...
Dongwon’s Innovative Tuna Marketing Reaching Generation Z
Dongwon strikes again with yet another innovative canned tuna presentation in Korea. This time it has released retro packaging that looks to target Millennials and Generation Z consumers who...
MSC Allocates GBP 100,000 In Funds To Aid Observer Safety Research
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) announced today that it will set aside new funding amounting to GBP 100,000 (USD 126,880) to help support research into fishery observer safety and...
Rare Case Of Mislabeled Tuna In Aussie Woolworths
During about 20 years of reporting, Atuna has rarely come across mislabeling issues in the tuna industry. In a rare case, Woolworths, Australia’s largest supermarket chain is investigating a...
PNG-Based Vessels’ Catches Drop Sharply After Years Of Growth
After three consecutive years of growth in total tuna catches by the PNG-flagged seiner fleet in the WCPO, 2019 experienced a sharp decline. The WCPFC data shows that last year PNG-based...
China Ignoring Indonesia’s Witness Request In Fishers’ Death Probe
Indonesian authorities’ effort to hold those involved in the death of four local fishermen accountable is being held back by China, which seems to be reluctant to aid in the investigation. The...