The owners of a Philippine vessel seized in November on suspected IUU fishing activities, have claimed the boat was making an “innocent passage” through Palau waters, and was not conducting...
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StarKist Seeks MSC To Stay Globally Competitive
StarKist’s application for MSC certification on American Samoa longline catch was pursued with the focus of keeping its Pago Pago plant and supply chain competitive on a global basis. It...
Second Guilty Plea In Price Fixing Scandal
Another guilty plea, the second to emerge in a month, is coming from a Bumble Bee Senior Executive for his involvement in conspiring to fix canned tuna prices on the US market. Kenneth...
Second Guilty Plea In Price Fixing Scandal
Another guilty plea, the second to emerge in a month, is coming from a Bumble Bee Senior Executive for his involvement in conspiring to fix canned tuna prices on the US market. Kenneth...
Taiwan Vessel Death Case Reopened
An investigation into the death of an Indonesian fisherman on a Taiwanese tuna longliner last year has been reopened by the Taiwan government branch, Control Yuan. New forensic and video...
Big Fall In EU Raw Material Exports
Marking the lowest volume in the last ten years, the EU’s total external tuna shipments tumbled in the first half of 2016, but managed to sustain a solid overall value. The biggest fall...
The Role Of World’s 5th Smallest Nation In Tuna
The 5th smallest nation in the world, Tokelau, is partly underpinning Samoa’s tuna processing industry, thanks to the sharp rise in its fisheries income, spurred by the PNA Vessel Day...
SKJ Price Inches Up On Slow Supply
Firm demand combined with slow supply in Thailand’s capital has seen the Bangkok skipjack price take another step up, continuing a gradual climb since October. Inching up another two...
STANDPOINT: US Big 3 Will Take Heavy Hit On Price Fixing
The latest view that requires your input is: US “BIG 3” WILL BE HEAVILY HIT BY PRICE FIXING SCANDAL Have your say now by voting on our homepage poll. StarKist, Bumble Bee and Chicken of...
Asian DWFNs Blamed For Blocking HCRs
Atuna readers have been clear in their opinion on whether Asian Distant Water Fishing Nations (DWFNs) will always block Harvest Control Rules (HCRs) in the WCPFC, believing in the majority...
Why ISSF Is Putting Money Into Tagging
An ongoing tagging project that was said to be partly carried out by ISSF Scientists, saw over 2,000 tunas tagged in the WCPO. One of the scientists onboard has explained that ISSF’s main...
Are US Pouched Sales Still Growing?
Big US brands have been constantly increasing their offerings of drain-free pouched tuna products, and in recent years these references have been seen as a potential cause for decline in...
Princes’ EU Expansion Drives Profit Growth
One of the UK’s leading tuna firms has recorded a fall in sales over the latest financial year, but saw a slight upturn in profit, during a period in which it expanded business in Europe...
German Retailers Book Big Orders Of MSC “Alternatives”
With most of the EU canned tuna retail market now covered for orders going forward into 2017, the German market, where retailers regularly work on a year-contract basis, has been focused on...
US Fishermen Demand Answers From Obama
President Obama will visit Honolulu for the first time since expanding the Marine National Monument (MNM), and leading figures from the Hawaiian tuna fishing industry are hopeful that he will...
No Quick-Fix For American Samoa Processors?
The Christmas closure of StarKist Samoa is to be extended beyond the regular period, with limited cold storage space and a poor supply of tuna cited as causing problems. But can this be eased...
Will Brexit Kill Future UK Tuna Imports?
Imports of seafood products like canned tuna and frozen shrimp could substantially shrink in availability on the UK market post-Brexit, unless EU ministers can agree to favorable trade deals...
TU Pressured To Go Beyond MSC
Following recent alterations to its sustainability goals, Thai Union has been urged to “move beyond unreliable eco-labels”, with Greenpeace USA questioning the credibility of the MSC...
EU Processing Reaches Record Level, More Loins Needed
Data from a new report reconfirms that EU based processors of shelf stable tuna have been strengthening their competitive position and market shares of total EU tuna consumption. In order to...
PNA’s 5-Year Rocketing Revenue
Thanks to the Vessel Day Scheme (VDS) in place in the region, the PNA states that its annual revenue from its joint tuna fishery has witnessed significant growth this year, which moves in line...