Last week, Mexican tuna fishing and processing firm, Pesca Azteca, announced that it has acquired part of the tuna division of Herdez Group. This included the acquisition of the boats --...
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Search For Kidnapped Korean Seiner Crew Continues
The search for the five South Koreans and one Ghanaian kidnapped last week from the tuna purse seiner ‘Panofi Frontier’ is still ongoing. On June 24, at about 1400 hours, the...
Tomato-Based ‘Tuna’ Killed By Coronavirus
The plant-based tuna replacement company, Ocean Hugger, has announced that it is going out of business due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Co-founders David Benzaquen and James Corwell...
Adjudicator Upholds Objection Over Controversial MSC Certification
The MSC independent adjudicator presiding over the objection process to the possible MSC certification of a Japanese bluefin fishery has upheld one of the four claims of WWF and Pew. It is the...
Virus Infected Crew Members Arrived In Seychelles
During the crew rotation for the Spanish tuna companies operating in Seychelles, nine COVID-19 infected fishermen arrived in the island country. And according to President Danny Faure, these...
Boston Seafood Show Knocked Out By COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated yet another tuna and seafood trade show. Diversified Communications, the organizer of Seafood Expo North America, has had to cancel the event which had...
Dancing Tuna & More Trends On Social Media
The Atuna team spotted some fantastic tuna trends on social media. The COVID-19 pandemic is relaxing in some parts of the world and World Oceans Day was celebrated on June 8. An amazing...
Captain & Crew Kidnapped From Seiner Off Nigerian Coast
At about 2pm on Wednesday, the Ghanaian-flagged tuna purse seiner, ‘Panofi Frontier’, was hijacked by suspected Nigerian pirates and five fishers and the captain were kidnapped. The attack...
Request For Feds To Check If CO Treated Tuna Coming Into US
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC) said it will ask the federal Seafood Trade Task Force to evaluate all impacts of foreign-sourced fishery products on...
WWF: EU Needs To Do Better To Prevent Illegal Fishing
The WWF has called on EU policymakers to amend the European Fisheries Control Regulation, which is currently under revision, to promote better traceability of seafood products. This call came...
Filipino Packers Deal With Another Blow In US Market
Packers shipping to the US from Philippines have been struggling since 2016 when the volume was chopped by almost half. Last year, their exports showed very modest signs of recovery but the...
COVID-19 Measures New Normal For Ecuadorian Tuna Industry
One of the biggest challenges that the Ecuadorian tuna industry is facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic is the uncertainty of what is to become of the world’s markets to which it exports its...
Did Tuna Price-Fixing Case Lean Too Much On Plea Bargaining?
The US federal government is coming down hard on antitrust cases in the country and recently a slew of price-fixing cases - following the tuna suit - have been brought against major players in...
Gadira Launches New Almadraba Morrillo Tuna Filet
Spanish company Gadira, which sells wild bluefin from the almadrabas off the coast of Cádiz, has launched a new product – Wild Bluefin Fillet from Almadraba in olive oil. The cut of the...
Maldivian Govt Has Exclusivity In P&L FADs
The Maldives pole-and-line skipjack fishery can be an excellent example for other coastal states looking to develop and support their domestic small-scale markets, according to the latest...
Duty-Free Vietnamese Tuna Soon In The EU
The Vietnamese government recently confirmed that the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Deal (EVFTA) which will scrap 99 percent of customs duties between the two sides over the next 10 years will come...
ISSF Terminates Indonesian Processor After Four Years
The Indonesian tuna and seafood processing company PT Avila was recently terminated as an associate participating company at the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF). The...
Robinson Crusoe Launches New Tuna Pates
Robinson Crusoe, a subsidiary of Spanish Jealsa Rianxeira, has launched a new Tuna Pate line (Patês de Atum) in Brazil in three different flavors – Traditional, Spicy, and with Olives. The...
CLS To Test Prototype Beacons To Locate Lost Gear
CLS, a French satellite systems operator, will test prototype beacons on fishing gears this summer to help track them. These devices will be connected to the company’s satellite location and...
Nauru Explosively Increasing Fleet With Re-Flagged Seiners
The Pacific island nation of Nauru has been sharply increasing its tuna purse seiner fleet in the last couple of years, many of them coming from PNG. The tiny country is known for its...