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...
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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...
Basque Tuna Companies In Seychelles To Rotate Fishers
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, changing crew members on board purse seiners has been a challenge for many boat owners. The Spanish tuna fishing companies operating in Seychelles' waters will be...
Number Of Large Tropical Tuna Seiners Keeps Rising
The number of purse seine vessels operating in the waters across the globe fell by over 100 this year, according to tuna RFMO vessel register data collected in a report by the International...
Solomon Islands Arranges For Observers To Return Home
Since Pacific Island nations closed their borders and restricted flights in order to prevent COVID-19 from spreading, many tuna fisheries observers have been stranded outside their countries....
Thai Flakes Fuel Rapidly Growing Slovakian Market
The canned tuna market in the Eastern European country of Slovakia has almost doubled in just two years. Compared to 2017, buyers have equally demanded higher volumes of premium tuna and also...
Supreme Court Judges Against Calvo On Origin Rule
The Spanish Supreme Court (SP) has ruled against the appeal of one of the country’s leading tuna corporations, Grupo Calvo, in a dispute involving default interests on VAT tuna imports from El...
Was Lischweski’s Sentence Fair, What Do You Think?
After a jury found him guilty of fixing canned tuna prices, Chris Lischewski, the former CEO of Bumble Bee, heard on June 16 his sentence, which consists of 40 months in prison and a USD...
Walmart Sourcing 100% MSC Tuna Will Take Time
Walmart’s announcement to go for MSC or FIP tuna for its private-label Great Value motivated Atuna to ask its readers in a poll when do they think Walmart will reach the 100 percent MSC...
Malaysia Keeps Dreaming Of Becoming Tuna Hub
Authorities in Malaysia continue to argue the potential that the Penang Port has for the tuna industry, and hope that one day it becomes a hub for the sector in the region. In 2019, 101,627...
Accident On Board Spanish Seiner Costs A Life
A tragic accident on board the purse seiner 'Txori Gorri', owned by Spanish fishing company INPESCA, has cost the life of an African crew member. At least one other fisher suffered minor...
NGOs Sue Trump Over Allowing Fishing In Marine Monument
Environmental groups are suing US President Donald Trump over his decision to open the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument for commercial fishing under the US Antiquities...
Report: StarKist Cannery Management Fears Minimum Wage Hike
The American Samoan government and the Chamber of Commerce (CoC) believe that the upcoming minimum wage increases on StarKist Co. could lead to the closure of its cannery. If this were to...
Indonesia Detains 47 Poaching Vessels In Just 9 Months
Indonesian officials continue their attempts to fight IUU fishing in their waters. Recently, patrol vessels of the Directorate General of Marine and Fisheries Resources Surveillance (PSDKP),...
Ecuador Unable To Challenge Asian Dominance In US Canned Tuna Market
As the second-largest exporter of canned tuna in the world, Ecuador's annual deliveries to the US are surprisingly insignificant. As a matter of fact, for the past three years it represented...
Global Ocean Plastic Policies Far Too Relaxed Shows Report
Plastic waste in marine environments is a topic that has been heavily discussed for decades. A new report from researchers at Duke University synthesized ocean plastic pollution policies from...