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...
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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...
Douglas Hines’ AFT Holdings Cuts Ties With FCF
Nearly three months after Greenpeace came out with its report asking Taiwanese trader, FCF, to assure American consumers that its products are IUU-fishing free, AFT Holdings has decided to...
Thai Union’s Niruttinanon Family Member Named As Israeli Cannabis Investor
A member of the Niruttinanon family, which partly owns Thai Union, has been named as a new investor in the Israeli medical cannabis company, Better Holdings, which is incorporated as Cann...
NGOs Frustrated With MSC Closely Following Standard’s Review
Last month, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) started consultations for the review of its global fishery certification standards. The members of the Make Stewardship Count coalition have...
Catchy Song To Hook People On Record 680kg Tuna Catch
The story about the world’s largest tuna caught has gotten a song after 40 years. In 1979, Ken Fraser hooked a 1496 pound (about 680 kg) Atlantic bluefin - which has gone down in tuna legend....
Seychellois National Party Member Unhappy With EU Agreement Funds
The Seychelles Minister for Fisheries and Agriculture, Charles Bastienne, has announced that an annual USD 200,000 fund for the sustainable management of the island nation's environment and...
Mexican Tuna Seiners Now Carry Health Professionals
In Mexico, tuna fishing companies at the port of Mazatlan are improving their COVID-19 measures on board seiners after some crew members tested positive for the virus. This time, they are...