During the process of working to obtain an MSC certification, the PNG Fishing Industry Association’s purse seine Skipjack & Yellowfin Tuna Fishery faces an extension...
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Tri Marine Earns Multi-Gear MSC Certification In Solomon Islands
Tri Marine has achieved an MSC certification for longline caught albacore and yellowfin from the Solomon Islands. This adds to the company’s existing certifications for...
Bumble Bee Aids Buyers By Extending Bid Period
Bumble Bee's Chapter 11 sales plan has been approved by the US Bankruptcy Court in the District of Delaware after the seafood company that went belly up in...
Poor Training & Oversight Caused Sinking Of US Seiner
A year after the purse seiner ‘Jeanette’ caught fire and sank in American Samoa’s waters, an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) revealed that the...
Hull Coating For Vessels Inspired By Tuna Skin Wins Award
A specially formulated hydrogel for boats that mimics the behavior of the mucous layer of a tuna’s skin has won the 2020 Japanese Government Award for Global Warming Prevention Activity. This...
EU-Gambia Fisheries Agreement Finally Put Into Effect
With a majority of 478 votes, the new six-year Sustainable Fishing Partnership Agreement (SFPA) between the EU and Gambia was approved by the Europian Parliament on...
High Albacore Price To Affect Bumble Bee’s Future?
The exorbitant value of albacore could spell trouble for the world's major player in this segment -- Bumble Bee. The US is the world’s largest market...
One Single Jar Triggers Heinz Tuna Baby Food Recall
The leading market share retailer in the UK, Tesco, issued a recall of thousands of baby food jars after sharp metal pieces were found in one single jar. The voluntary recall...
Low Year-End Skipjack Trading Activity In Bangkok
With the year nearing an end and the holiday season approaching, business in the Bangkok skipjack market seems to have hit the pause button as currently there is very little trading...
Charlie The Tuna Gets Its Own Pop! Figurine
Charlie the Tuna, StarKist’s brand ambassador, has cemented his place in American pop culture by having his own Funko’s Pop! Vinyl figurine. The limited-edition item will...
IATTC’s President, Alfonso Miranda – Chair Of AMAtuna2020
Alfonso Miranda Eyzaguirre, who was recently elected President of IATTC and is also President of the Peruvian Chamber of Tuna (CPA), will chair the Americas Tuna...
Dongwon Adopts Pengsoo, The YouTube Penguin
The adorable Korean penguin Pengsoo is a hit on YouTube but is also a perfect advertisement model as it is being chased by marketers to promote their food products. At a recent...
US Turning Blind Eye On Human Rights Perpetrators In High Seas
A letter signed by 24 organizations asking to hold accountable distant water fishing nations that use forced labor to catch seafood in high seas was sent to Marcia...
Has The Albacore Price Hit The Roof?
Albacore prices have been steadily rising over the past few years and in 2019, it seems to have gone through the roof. A source for Atuna said that currently, the value of...
Panama Reaffirms Commitment To Legal & Sustainable Fishing
On the heels of the EU noting that Panama is at risk of being identified as a non-cooperating country in combating IUU fishing, the Panamanian government has...
Worries Over Chinese Influence On Kiribati’s Tuna Resource
The growth of China’s geopolitical influence in the South Pacific has been worrying some experts, who convened at the Global Taiwan Institute last week. Retired Navy...
EU Finances Vessels To Prevent Young Somalis From Piracy
The FAO recently delivered twelve small tuna fishing boats to Somalia’s Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources. The vessels were given as part of a...
Brazil In Negotiations With American Tuna Company
The Brazilian state of Ceará is looking to expand its tuna businesses as it is currently in negotiations with an American tuna company. The Executive Secretary for...
Anchored FADs To Help Galapagos Fishermen Catch Tuna
In the Islands of the Galapagos, in Ecuador, an initiative to preserve the population of native species with slow reproductive cycles is redirecting fishermen to catch more tuna and other...
Samoan Tuna Cleaners Earn 5 Times More In Pago Pago
The government of the Independent Republic of Samoa has announced an increase in the minimum wage which will come into effect on January 1, 2020. However, even with the rise,...