In April 2019, Clover Leaf Seafood Co., was put up for sale. The Canadian canned tuna processor is a subsidiary of the UK private equity firm, Lion Capital LLP,...
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EU And Senegal Quickly Agree On Tuna Fishing Deal
Last Friday, a new fisheries agreement was made between the African country of Senegal and representatives of the European Commission. The parties reached a consensus after just one round of...
FDA Issues Listeria Warning For Topway’s Raw Tuna
A federal warning has gone out to restaurants and retailers regarding Topway Enterprises Inc raw tuna products. This comes months after the US Federal Drug Administration (FDA) found...
Morocco To Provide 128 Fishing Licenses To European Vessels
Morocco has ratified its fishing agreement with the EU -- a total of 128 European vessels will be granted permission to fish in the African Country. From the licenses...
Readers: FAD Ban Period Will Make Skipjack Prices Go Up
More than half of Atuna’s readers think that the current FAD ban period in the Western Pacific Central region will make the skipjack prices go up. Also, according to the poll...
NZ Credit Suisse Banker Received Millions In ‘Tunabonds’ Scandal
New Zealander Andrew Pearse, an ex-Credit Suisse banker, has pleaded guilty to a fraud charge regarding a USD 2 billion hidden loans scheme in Mozambique, which plunged the country...
China Rejects Dongwon’s Tuna Over Excessive Additives
The excessive use of additives like phosphoric acid and phosphate in Dongwon’s chili canned tuna has caused the Chinese General Administration of Customs to reject 2,160 kilograms of the...
Azores Pole & Line Fishers Looking At Naturland Tuna Certification
The government of Azores is looking to expand their tuna certifications catalog as part of their national plan for the Valorization of Tuna. They want to add...
IATTC Data Shows Good EPO Skipjack Fishing Season
Skipjack catches in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) have increased, according to the tuna catch data from January till June 2, 2019, published by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna...
Turnaround Adviser Appointed As Bumble Bee Defaults On Loans
Since the end of March, Bumble Bee has been in technical financial default and has hired turnaround adviser, AlixPartners, for restructuring talks with the lenders. The tuna canner has...
Japan Wants An Increase In Bluefin Quota, Again
Japan is planning to request an increase in their tuna catch quota for bluefin in the Pacific Ocean. The news comes less than a year after their latest...
No WCPFC Harvest Control Rules Threatens MSC Certifications
This month, The Pacific Island Tuna Industry Association (PITIA) held its two-day annual general meeting in Nadi, Fiji. The goal of the meeting was to identify the current...
Chief Mate Indicted For Killing 8 Crewmembers On Taiwanese Vessel
A Filipino chief mate has been charged with the killing of eight of his fellow crewmembers aboard a Taiwanese tuna fishing vessel by prosecutors in Pingtung County, Taiwan. The...
Albacora To Pay USD 56 Million In Taxes Due
After more than three years, the international arbitration over tax charges in the Ecuadorian Free Zone (Zona Franca) between the Spanish tuna company Albacora and Ecuador has come...
Oman’s Seiner Start Of ‘From Net To Can’ Project
Partly government-owned Oman Fisheries Company (OFC) will send its first fully-owned vessel with a yearly 10,000 M/T capacity out for fishing. The purse seiner is the beginning of a series...
Update: Dolphin-Safe Case Against Big Three
The class-action suit against the Big Three – Bumble Bee, Chicken of the Sea, and Starkist – will continue when the defendants file their motions in US federal court once the summer...
Marshall Islands Goes For A Larger Piece Of The Tuna Pie
Marshall Islands Marine Resource Authority (MIMRA) is working towards implementing two initiatives that will enable them access to a bigger piece of the multibillion-dollar tuna revenue...
Mexican Grupo Pinsa Sees Fishing Costs Increase 10 Percent
In Mexico, the brand Dolores Tuna, owned by Grupo Pinsa, has experienced a 10% overall cost increase over the last five years. This increase has also been carried over to...
NGOs Warn IATTC On Overcapacity, Tender Vessels And Observer Coverage
Improving transshipment regulations, increasing observer coverage on seiners, and reducing overfishing are some of the critical topics that are in the mind of concerned stakeholders just...
Nintendo Releases Tuna Kart VR Mini-Game
Imagine racing as a tuna! This is possible with the 7th free Nintendo Labo VR mini-game, Maguro Kart (Tuna Kart). The game, which is available through the company's Switch News...