The Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) Ocean Stewardship Fund in the initial round has awarded grants totaling more than GBP 650,000 (about USD 803,000) to seven research projects and eight...
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Major Global Tuna Highlights April 2020
In April, there were major changes across the globe in the tuna industry due to the coronavirus. Tuna prices starting falling in several markets while the US oil price dropped to a negative...
New Technology To Track Drifting Longlines
A project in Australia is proposing a new technology to prevent accidental drift of lines into no-fishing areas of marine parks. The initiative is being carried out by Tuna Australia and it...
Low Skipjack Demand Affecting Maldivian Exports
Maldivian fish export earnings dived in 2019, mainly due to a big market drop in consignments of frozen skipjack to Thailand. Seafood shipments constituted 95 percent of the total national...
More Than 100 Brands Are Selling MSC Skipjack
The volume of sustainable tuna being sold in the global market has not only doubled in the past five years but the number of brands offering MSC certified tuna has also gone up, especially for...
Dongwon’s First Overseas Shipment of MSC Tuna
South Korean tuna market leader, Dongwon Industries, will be exporting MSC-certified super frozen yellowfin to France. This is the first time ever the company will be offering products with...
2020 IOTC Meeting To Go Online As Host Backs Down
In light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the IOTC decided to postpone the Commission to November 2 to 6 in Bali, Indonesia. However, Indonesia has backed down from hosting the event as it...
Atuna Team Celebrates World Tuna Day
In honor of the World Tuna Day, the Atuna team would like to share with our readers some of the tuna dishes with which we celebrate the occasion during lunch. Clockwise: tuna poke bowl, tuna...
2020 Marks Memorable Affair For Celebrating The Mighty Tuna
World Tuna Day this year has a different flavor to it. Although a quiet affair, this annual event is still going to be a memorable one for different reasons. In 2017, the UN officially...
MSC 2020 Handbook Says Sustainable Tuna Sales Doubled
In good news for the sustainable efforts taken by the tuna industry, today Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) reported that the sales of MSC certified tuna have more...
NGOs Sue Trump’s Administration For Bluefin Bycatch Law
Two environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against US authorities stating that a new federal bycatch law “threatens the very foundation of the bluefin population” and goes against the...
Chinese Fishing Firm Donates Health Equipment To Iran
A major Chinese tuna and seafood fishing group made a donation of medical face masks to Iran, where the Asian country’s fleet has a strong presence. In the midst of the...
Seiner Denied To Leave Port Amid Observer’s Murder Investigation
Kiribatian authorities have opened a murder investigation following the suspicious death of a national observer on board a Taiwanese tuna purse seiner. Consequently, the vessel remains...
Tuna Facts That Will Amaze You
Happy World Tuna Day! May 2 marks the annual World Tuna Day, a time to celebrate and honor our favorite fish. This United Nations initiative was created in 2017 to bring attention to the...
Virtual Conference For MSC Fisheries Standard Review
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has announced that it will be holding a virtual conference for its Fisheries Standard Review consultation on May 13 at 1400 UTC. Every five years, these...
Small-Scale Fisheries Collateral Damage In IUU Battle?
In recent years, much attention has been given to the issue of IUU fishing and how to battle this problem. Newly released research looks at how IUU discourses and regulations are undermining...
2019 Strong Year For Canned Tuna In Finland
After the volume of canned tuna imported to Finland fell significantly in 2018, the demand took a big surge last year making it the highest in the last five years. Buyers in the northern...
El Niño Impact On Tuna Fishing Exaggerated?
El Niño is known for its devastating consequences across the world such as droughts, flooding, and increasing sea surface temperatures. A new study on this climate pattern and its effects on...
Mexican Tuna Firm Sues Umami Seafood For “Bad Faith”
Servax Bleu, a Mexican tuna firm, has a filed lawsuit against California-based Umami Sustainable Seafood accusing the latter of running a “campaign to harm” it and acting in bad faith by...
Waiting Game Puts Seychelles Skipjack Price In Doldrums
There has been hardly any change in the market situation in the Indian Ocean (IO), which is reflected in the skipjack price. Due to the coronavirus crisis, production in the processing plants...