Malta’s canned tuna imports’ volume and value experienced a meager boost during 2018. The former surged nine percent while the latter gained only eight percent when compared to...
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Vietnam’s Tuna Industry’s Latest Developments
Over the past few days, new developments regarding tuna have been taking place in some of Vietnam's provinces. From combating IUU to an increase in...
Aussie Researchers Developing Test To Find Parasite On Live Ranched Bluefin
Researchers in Australia are working to create a portable diagnostic test and best practice to manage blood flukes (parasites) and monitor the health of ranched Southern Bluefin Tuna...
Tri Marine To Keep San Pedro Processing Plant
Tri Marine Fish Company, owner of the San Pedro processing plant, and Silver Bay Seafoods have mutually agreed to cease further discussions regarding Silver Bay’s...
Pacific Tuna Forum 2019 To Be Held In September
The 7th Regional Tuna Industry and Trade Conference of the Pacific Tuna Forum will take place on the 12 and 13 of September. The meeting will be held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea,...
Fishermen Burned Four Seiners Over Banned Nets
Two groups of fishermen from Parangipettai, India, got into an argument about the use of banned purse seine nets. The quarrel led to the burning of four boats at the mouth of the harbor and...
CoC Certification Renewed For PNA WCP Free School Tuna Fishery
The MSC Chain of Custody (CoC) certification for the PNA Western and Central Pacific Skipjack and Yellowfin Unassociated / Non-FAD set (Free School) Tuna Purse Seine Fishery,...
Congressman Introduces Bill To Recover Costa Rica’s Tuna Wealth
A new bill that aims to create a national fleet of responsible tuna fishers has been introduced in Costa Rica by Congressman José María Villalta. The project is named a Law to...
No Movement In Bangkok Price, Congestion Continues
Industry sources indicated that upward pressure on the SKJ1.8:BKK price is certainly there. Although there is plenty of talk about the level slightly moving up to USD 1,100 per M/T, there has...
Looming Atlantic Closure For Spanish Seiners Due To Bigeye Quota
Spanish tuna purse seiners have been limited to using only 25 percent of the remaining bigeye catch volume for 2019, as ordered by the General Fisheries Secretariat on July 26. The quota,...
Peru’s Alfonso Miranda Elected IATTC President
Over the course of the latest Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission’s (IATTC) meeting, Peruvian Alfonzo Miranda Eyzaguirre was unanimously elected as the new president of the...
Dutch Brand’s Vegan Tuna Tested
If you are wondering how vegan tuna tastes, the Atuna team tested the ‘Visvrije Tonyn’ from the Dutch brand ‘De Vegetarische Slager, in order to try to answer that question for...
Tuna As Camembert? Mold Used To Keep Tuna Fresh
The Japanese food industry is developing new technologies for longer preservation of food, which will automatically result in food waste reduction. They have come up with a way of...
Albacore Reaches All-Time High Price Record
Albacore prices have been increasing for the past two years as the result of the plummeting raw material supply. The hope of Thai canners that their costs for canned albacore would plunge this...
Pew Disappointed With Overall Lack Of Action By IATTC
Last Friday, the annual meeting of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) ended after five days of sessions. The Pew Charitable Trusts expressed its disappointment about the...
Filipino Tuna Management Plan More Policy Than Action
The recently released updated National Tuna Management Plan 2019 -2023 (NTMP) of the Philippines intends to give stakeholders within their tuna industry directions for goals, management...
The Future Of Ocean Research Using Seiner’s Technology
The non-profit environmental organization Conservation International (CI) is calling for purse seiners to assist with ocean research. The goal is to cut costs in order to be able to carry...
Salica And Garavilla Recipients Of First AENOR Certification
The Spanish Association for Standardization (AENOR) has delivered the first AENOR Responsibly-Fished Tuna certifications. The honor was given to the tuna processors Salica...
Finland’s Consumption Revival Short-lived, Thai Canners Dominate
The 2017 revival of the Finnish canned tuna import has not continued. In total, the volume dropped by 11 percent from 8,333 M/T to 7,390 M/T in 2017 and 2018 respectively. Since 2015 when...
Ghanaian Observer Missing From Chinese Vessel
Three weeks ago, Emmanuel Essien boarded the Chinese vessel, Meng Xin 15, as a fishing observer. Since then, his whereabouts are unknown. The vessel's name could not be found on the ICCAT...