December was the most lucrative month for longliners in terms of bigeye catches in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) according to the latest data by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission...
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ICCAT Tuna Tagging Program Nears Target
According to the ICCAT, the Atlantic Ocean Tropical tuna Tagging Programme (AOTTP) is nearing its overall tagging target (97 percent) of 120,000 tropical tuna. This five-year project is aimed...
Maldives Donates 1 Million Tuna Cans To China
As a sign of goodwill, the Maldivian government has donated one million cans of canned tuna to the people of China, according to a Foreign Ministry press announcement. This comes at a time...
New EPO FIP Involves Five Purse Seiners
A new purse seiner fishery improvement project (FIP), to be led by the Panamanian seafood company Marpesca was announced yesterday by Key Traceability, a consulting firm based in the UK. ...
Balfegó Compensates Fishers Who Find Its Dead Bluefin
After a recent devastating storm that hit Spain’s eastern coast and killed hundreds of escaped farmed bluefin belonging to Balfegó, the tuna company is now offering money to fishermen who...
EU Launches EUR 75 Million Fund For Maritime Economy
The European Commission (EC) in partnership with the lending bank of the EU has launched the BlueInvest Fund to support companies and ventures that would support the blue economy, such as...
Africans Buy More Thai Canned Tuna In 2019
Countries in Africa imported more canned tuna from Thailand in 2019, with Libya nearly doubling its volume. Thai processors delivered 100,383 M/T of the product to the markets in this...
Dongwon Says US Court Lacks Jurisdiction In Dolphin-Safe Lawsuit
Dongwon Industries, the parent company of StarKist, has hit back at the class-action lawsuit filed against it by tuna consumers stating that “it is not subject to personal jurisdiction in...
Rick Heroux Joins Eurofish As New COO
Tuna industry veteran Rick Heroux has taken over the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Ecuadorian tuna company, Eurofish. He moved to this new position and firm in mid-January after...
Tuna Spill Leaves Fishy Situation On San Diego Streets
In San Diego, California, a consignment of approximately 60 to 80 frozen tuna (likely yellowfin) fell out of a delivery truck when the vehicle's latch came loose. The incident occurred on...
PNG Imports Of Thai Tuna Recover
Canned tuna exports from Thailand to countries in Oceania experienced a slight fall in volume and value in 2019, according to data from Thai Customs. Markets in Oceania took in at least 10...
Atuna Poll: After Brexit’s Transitional Period, Will Duties Apply For UK Canned Tuna?
After nearly four years of having voted to leave the EU, the UK finally and officially took leave of the economic bloc on January 31. Both parties made a deal to have a transitional period of...
Readers: FCF Will Make Policy Changes In Bumble Bee
Last week, Taiwanese trader FCF officially bought Bumble Bee, after going through more than two months of negotiations and legal red tape. Two weeks ago, Atuna asked its readers if FCF, being...
EU Alerts: Tuna Recalls In Malta And Netherlands
During the first month of 2020, the EU Regulatory Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) reported four tuna-related incidents ranging from two food recalls, one involving canned tuna, to...
StarKist Says Dolphin-Safe Case “Unreasonable”
StarKist has filed a motion asking for a US district court to toss the class action suit by a group of tuna consumers, calling it “unreasonable”. The tuna company also stated that the...
New Clark-General Santos Route In Philippines May Boost Tuna Deliveries
The opening of direct flights between Clark International Airport located in northwest Manila and Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Philippines’ main airport, is expected to boost the tuna...
Micronesia Raw Material Supply Increased Among Thai Buyers In 2019
In Thailand, the imports of tuna raw material during 2019 experienced a decline in both volume and average value. The country's inflow of frozen raw material last year amounted to...
Brazilian Tuna Company Renews Controversial Dolphin-Safe Logo
A Brazilian company, Gomes da Costa, known for canned tuna and sardines in Latin America, has renewed its dolphin-safe logo for another two years. The current certificate was given out after...
Major Global Tuna Highlights January 2020
Bangkok price at a standstill while Manta’s Soars After the year-end holidays in 2019, trading at the benchmark Bangkok market resumed in January but it was extremely slow-moving. The value of...
Now Official: FCF Buys Bumble Bee
After nearly two long months of going through red tape, Taiwanese trader Fong Chu Formosa (FCF) has officially acquired US tuna company Bumble Bee Foods for USD 928 million. In a press...