Earlier this year, Portos de Galicia announced a refrigeration company operating with 40 ft reefer containers would be allowed to work in the Spanish tuna harbors of Ribeira and...
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PNG Tuna Exports To The EU Steadily Growing
Last year, Papua New Guinea's (PNG) exports of canned and tuna loins to the EU amounted to K1,6 billion (USD 473 million). PNG Fishing Industry Association’s...
Atuna Poll: Will US Demoting Vietnam For Human Trafficking Lead To EU Red-Card?
Vietnam recently received dreadful results from the US TIP report. The Asian country was downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to...
Ultra-Modern Purse Seiner Joins Echebastar’s IO Fleet
The newly-built modern vessel, Aterpe Alai will join Echebastar’s fleet of five large purse seiners in the Indian Ocean (IO). Around 900 square meters of the purse seiner's...
Asian Tuna Ports Score High On IUU Risk Index
A study assessing the risk from illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) caught fish moving through the world’s most important fishing ports as well as the drivers of this...
Fiji Equips Cameras On 50 Fishing Vessels
The Island of Fiji, in the Pacific Ocean, has equipped 50 tuna fishing vessels with cameras in order to comply with the Fisheries Ministry’s Electronic Monitoring System (EMS) program. ...
China’s Watchdog Digs Into Jiajia Food Massive Tuna Investments
Recently the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) sent a notice of investigation to publicly traded Jiajia Foods Group Co., Ltd. and its...
Ecuador’s Tuna Seiner Fleet Will Start Full MSC Assessment
The work of the five Ecuadorian tuna companies, which are members of TUNACONS, towards achieving the renowned blue Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) logo is moving forward. They...
Asdomar Communicates Its Value Via TV Campaigning
The Italian tuna brand Asdomar started a four-week TV campaign on 23 June. The campaign will focus on the brand’s core values, pillars, quality and respect, which are...
FFA And EU Hold Fishery Policy Dialogue
For the first time, the 17 member states of the Foreign Fisheries Agency (FFA) and the EU held a fishery policy dialogue regarding the sustainable management of tuna...
Readers: StarKist Can’t Escape USD 100 Million
Atuna's readers do not expect StarKist’s lawyers to be successful in their request for a 50 percent discount on the previously agreed fine. StarKist will have to pay the total amount...
Chinese IUU Vessels Arrested In India
Ten Chinese vessels are under investigation after sheltering in Indian waters during Cyclone Vayu nearby the Maharashtra coast. The fleet asked the Indian Coast Guard for...
German Retailers Less Strict On Sustainability When It Is Tuna
German local retailers and food distribution or processing companies have made special rules for tuna compared to other fish species, according to the conclusion of a study conducted by...
Trouble For Vietnam Following US Ranking On Human Trafficking
As a great blow to Vietnam, the US has downgraded the country in its annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report from Tier 2 to Tier 2 Watch List. Also,...
EU And Guinea Bissau Sign Fishing Agreement
A five-year fisheries protocol was signed between the African country of Guinea Bissau and the EU. The consensus comes after the previous agreement was suspended from November 23,...
Palau Allows Japanese Seiners To Fish 20% Of Their EEZ
Starting next year, Japanese longliners and purse seiners will be allowed to fish on 20 percent of Palau’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). This is the result of negotiations between...
EU Alerts: 740 PPM Of Histamine In Frozen Vietnamese Loins
Five serious tuna-related alerts were reported during the month of May by the EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF). Two warnings involving mercury were reported by the...
Ecuador’s Canners And Government To Launch Tuna Action Plan
During the next few weeks Ecuador will complete their National Action Plan (PAN) for industrial tuna fishing. This will make Ecuador the first, and so far only, member of the...
Tonnage Of Pre-Cooked Loins Moved Between EU Canners Declines
The movement of frozen pre-cooked loins between member states within the EU has decreased over the last three years. Activity dropped about 39 percent during this period –...
“Bluefin Mafia” Had A Mole Within Spanish Police Investigation
A Spanish Civil Guard agent, identified as Jorge G.G., has been accused by The Central Operative Unit (UCO) for maintaining a suspicious relationship with businessmen associated with...