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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,...
2020 EU Tuna Autonomous Tariff Quota Will Open Soon
As of January 1, 2020, the Autonomous Tariff Quota (ATQ) for frozen pre-cooked tuna loins will be opened again for imports from outside the EU. In 2019, the ATQ was determined for 30,000...
Uncertain New Year’s Bigeye Prices In Honolulu
As New Year’s Eve approaches and the demand for ahi tuna increases in Honolulu, the price for this traditional holiday food remains uncertain. At the Tamashiro Market on Thursday, prices...
Help For Drifting US Seiner In PNA Waters
Yesterday, Atuna reported that the US-flagged purse seiner ‘Danielle Lynn’ was drifting in the South Pacific and asking for assistance. Today, the news was received that the...
Seaweed Invasion Threatening Spanish Bluefin Catch
In Spain, almadraba fishermen are concerned about the consequences of an invasive algae that threatens next year's bluefin fishing season. Algeciras al Minuto reported that The...
US Seiner Helplessly Adrift In PNA Waters
'Danielle Lynn,' a US purse seiner drifting in the South Pacific since December 12, has asked for assistance from other vessels in the area. The seiner was unable to continue its trip....
EU’s Self-Sufficiency On Tuna Is Minimal
Tuna imports into the EU dropped one percent in 2018, according to Finfish Study 2019. The report was written by the EU Fish Processors and Traders Association (AIPCE) and the European...