President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte is asking the Papua New Guinea government to backtrack on a rule that would hinder PNG sourced tuna to be processed in his country. As part of...
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Walmart Joins Forces With SFP To Increase Transparency
One of the world’s largest tuna buyers, US-based retailer, Walmart, has joined a Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) project in a bid to become increasingly transparent on the seafood...
IO Catch Quotas Not Reducing But Incentivizing FAD Use
Catch quotas for purse seine caught yellowfin in the Indian Ocean were implemented this year to reduce pressure on the stock, however boatowners state that they have incentivized FAD fishing...
Fears Overfishing Will Destroy Philippines’ Tuna Industry
A Filipino politician has made calls for the nation’s tuna industry to strengthen its efforts to combat IUU fishing with the help of the government. She has asked for the Philippines’ National...
US Tax Reform Could Help StarKist Samoa Stay Afloat
A draft of the US tax plan released earlier this month could benefit the StarKist Samoa cannery if it was to be authorized unchanged. Having complained of supply struggles and faced closures...
BKK Skipjack Price Reacts On End Of WCPO FAD Ban
Now several days after the four month FAD ban ended in the WCPO, landings in Bangkok are being traded at lower levels, but buying activity still remains quiet. After reaching a peak of USD...
IO Prices Soften Despite Spanish Fleet Tie-Up
All Spanish flagged purse seiners operating in the Indian Ocean have now returned to port, in order to tie up at the request of their national government. While some still have small chunks of...
Industry & Environmentalists Agree On FADs Ahead Of ICCAT
As the 25th Regular Meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) fast approaches, industry and environmental groups agree on several priority points,...
US Tuna Treaty Halt Had Big Impact On Catch
With total 2016 tuna landings for the US fleet now revealed, it’s clear that previous disruptions to the US Tuna Treaty had a marked impact on purse seine landings last year, contributing to...
US Top Tuna Players Ranked By Sales
The top tuna companies in the US had varying levels of success in terms of total sales last year, with StarKist and Bumble Bee falling short of Thai Union and Tri Marine, firms with more...
High Prices Mean US Single Duty Quota Remains “Non-Event”
The US Single Duty Quota has been regarded a “non-event” by some importers for the past few years, and the considerably high whole round tuna prices currently in the market are only expected...
The Tuna Harvest Strategy Setting The Example
The Australian southern bluefin industry has expressed the benefits that applying a harvest strategy has had for its fishery, at a time when major RMFOs are increasingly looked upon to...
Calvo Plans To Transform Brazilian City Into “World’s Biggest” Processing Hub
Under its Brazilian Gomes da Costa brand, Spanish Calvo Group has expressed plans to integrate and expand processing facilities in the city of Itajaí, Brazil to create the “world’s biggest”...
FDA Warns Yellowfin Processor Over Food Safety Violations
A company in the US was found to be importing fresh whole yellowfin tuna from a Panama-based processing facility that had failed to meet seafood health and safety regulations to control...
Chinese Processors Grab Thai Share Of EU Business
EU canners have already contracted a large part of their pre-cooked tuna loins business for the duty free quota that will come into action on January 1st 2018. Industry sources tell Atuna that...
Tuna Launch Boosts Peruvian Newcomer’s Profits
A new player in the Peruvian tuna market, leading consumer goods group Alicorp, has seen its net profit improve considerably in the third quarter of this year. Its newfound tuna business...
Workers Outraged By Indefinite Cannery Closures
The indefinite closure of two tuna canneries in Venezuela last week is being met by protests from workers, as they say their unemployment will make them unable to support their families. The...
TU Gains 100% Share Of Vietnamese Canner
Songkla Canning, a Thai Union subsidiary, has announced the acquisition of the remaining shares of a Vietnamese canned seafood processor that was already majority owned by the firm. The...
US Fleet Defends Hiring Foreign Crew
The US longline tuna fleet operating out of Hawaii is defending its practice of hiring foreign workers, in response to a lawsuit filed by a Hawaiian fisherman calling for an end to this kind...
Mexican Fleet Reduces YF & Shifts More To Free-School SKJ
While yellowfin still commands the dominant share of Mexico’s catch, seiners flagged to the nation have increasingly turned their attention to skipjack, with record tonnages for this species...