Indian Ocean coastal countries should have their catch quotas based on 100 percent of the average annual historic catches in their EEZ, according to over 75 percent of Atuna readers. This was...
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UK Brand Shakes Up The Shelves With Creative Design
UK tuna brand Reel Fish has revamped its canned tuna packaging with a completely new design. The bold color scheme and illustrations are likely to shake up the canned tuna shelf, which can...
Thai Union Snaps Up Stake In Seafood Retail Firm
Thai Union has taken a step closer to the retail segment, having announced the purchase of a 25.1 percent stake in Thammachart Seafood Retail Co (TSR). The move sees TU put more focus on its...
OPAGAC Lobbies For All EU Imports To Meet APR Standard
A chunk of the Spanish tuna fleet, under OPAGAC, have proposed to the European Commission for all EU imports to fit the Spanish government’s APR standard. The request was made at the European...
Sapmer Takes ‘Catch To Consumer’ Concept To France
French born tuna fishing firm, Sapmer, has gone back to its roots, opening the doors to its first catch to consumer “fish shop” in France. It has two existing stores on La Reunion Island, and...
Brazil’s Fish Exports Banned From Entering EU
The European Union has banned the import of all fisheries products from Brazil because of what the bloc deems as inadequate sanitary conditions within the seafood industry. Although Brazil...
Albacora Orders New Atlantic Seiner While Vessels Halt In IO
Spanish tuna fishing firm, Albacora SA, has ordered the construction of a new tuna purse seiner that will join its fleet, replacing an existing vessel and operating in the Atlantic Ocean....
FCF Also Gets Western Pacific MSC
Major Taiwanese tuna fishing and trading company, FCF Fishery Co., has achieved MSC certification for its skipjack and yellowfin free school purse seine catch in the Western and Central...
Trump’s Ocean Policy: Replaces Conservation With Strong Economy
President Donald Trump has released a revised ocean policy, which replaces Obama’s focus on protecting the waters with emphasis on promoting a strong ocean economy. The new executive order...
Lab-Grown Tuna Meat Production Ready After $3.5m Investment
The US company Finless Foods announced it raised USD 3.5 million in funding and is now edging closer to moving into the production of lab-grown bluefin tuna meat. The year-old firm looks to...
Lengthy Customs Cause Peru Processors To Lag Behind
In Peru it can take up to 30 days for customs procedures and to confirm the origin of tuna before it can be processed and this is what causes the industry to fall behind other processing...
Serial Tuna Company Impersonator Poses As Hai Vuong
A company going by the name of Freede Foods has made a corporate impersonation of major Vietnamese tuna firm, Hai Vuong, fraudulently taking payments from buyers for seafood products. Hai...
Leaders Silla & Dongwon Outperform Korean Stock
Silla Co. and Dongwon’s Industries’ almost identical stock market movement is outperforming the Korean index and also the shares of the nation’s third leading tuna firm, Sajo. Despite recent...
Tuna Least Problematic In Canada Mislabeling Study
One in four seafood products have been found to be mislabeled in the Canadian market following a study of nearly 300 samples across restaurants and grocery stores. Tuna however, was one of the...
IN BRIEF: Canary Islands’ P&L Fishermen Join IPNLF
The fishing company Organización de Productores de Túnidos y Pesca Fresca has become the latest addition to the International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF). Based in the Canary Islands, the...
MEPs Talk ‘Responsible’ Fishing, But MSC Not Mentioned
Industry members along with some MEPs will meet today to shed light on the responsible tuna fishing programs currently in place in the tuna sector. As they discuss the Spanish APR...
Mexico Goes Silent On Enforcing Bluefin Release
Despite announcing that the surplus volume of bluefin caught by the Mexican fleet this season would be released, the National Aquaculture and Fisheries Commission (CONAPESCA) is yet to enforce...
PNA: Forget Long-Term FIPs, Direct Action Crucial
PNA member nations do not have the luxury of “working towards sustainability”, like many FIPs, but have to act directly, as a means of survival. This was the bold message of the PNA Office’s...
New Funding For Observer Program In Sri Lankan IO FIP
An observer program covering 30 Sri Lankan tuna longline vessels will be introduced to address the problem of inadequate data collection in the Indian Ocean. This project is part of a Sri...
EPO Seiners Boost Catch But Supply Still Short
Purse seiners operating in the EPO have increased their tuna landings somewhat, with figures catching up slightly on last year. However local supply still remains slow, and canners continue to...