A rebound in both tuna catch and prices has been a big win for Dongwon’s finances, as the company reports a sprightly year on year increase in its operating profits. Known to be South Korea’s...
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Alliance Select Escapes Fraud Charges
Management of Filipino canned tuna processor, Alliance Select Foods, have been cleared of fraud charges filed by a number of Singaporean shareholders. The City prosecutor Of Manila (OCP...
German Importer Wins Long Legal Battle Against Asian Alliance
One of Germany’s leading canned tuna importers has won a nearly decade-long legal fight against Thai tuna processor, Asian Alliance, which was based on the latter’s non-performance on an order...
Rocketing Canned Tuna Prices Fuels Twitter Protest
The price of a can of one of Venezuela’s leading brands of tuna has risen to VEF 4,435 (USD 445), with an image of a supermarket shelf widely circulating on social media in a country beset by...
US Import Alerts: Tuna Firms On Histamine Red List
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has put several tuna exporting companies on a red list, following a number of histamine scares in the country’s past. According to the administration,...
Total Tuna Fishing Ban In 30% Of Pacific Waters?
The Pacific tuna industry may be in trouble as nations in the region could see their EEZs partially closed off to all fishing, in a new marine conservation measure which is to be voted on by...
Tsukiji’s Famous Tuna Auction: One More Year?
There has been a further delay to the proposed relocation of the Tsukiji fish market in Japan, which could mean that it will hold the famous auction for the first bluefin of the year one more...
US’ Top 3 Suppliers Suffer Heavy Fall
As the demand for canned tuna in the US market shows no signs of strengthening, the nation’s top three suppliers of the product are suffering a significant hit, having seen sharp drops in the...
Amount Of Seiners Fishing In WCP Dropping Rapidly
A drop in the amount of active purse seiners in the WCPO doesn’t seem to be stopping, as data made available to Atuna confirms a further, very rapid decline in the numbers over the last six...
Canada Rejects Endangered Status For Atlantic Bluefin
Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has rejected advice to list Atlantic Bluefin tuna as an endangered species. Labelling the species as ‘at risk’ would have significant...
Will US Catch Cut Squeeze Bangkok Skipjack Supply?
The US fleet’s WCPO fishing possibilities have become increasingly restricted, at a time when it’s deliveries to Thailand have already been dwindling. As of later this week, the nation’s tuna...
Trump Could Block Spanish Canners’ Ambitions
Spanish tuna canner association, Anfaco, is stressing the need for successful TTIP negotiations, but could be frustrated by a Trump election, as the prospective President has already stated he...
Irish Trawlers Detained For Illegal Tuna Catch
Two Irish flagged trawlers were held for 24 hours for alleged illegal fishing when they unloaded their Bonito del Norte (Atlantic albacore) catches in the port of Galicia, Spain. Sparkling...
Is “Undermining” TU Going Too Far?
Thai Union was one of the tuna suppliers criticized in Greenpeace’s recent ranking of US foodservice seafood firms, but just days after the NGO has now issued a statement praising TU’s...
Could IUU Tuna Threaten India’s Big Shrimp Business?
India could possibly have its entire seafood export business thrown into jeopardy, over the listing of 15 vessels flagged to the nation on the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission’s (IOTC) provisional...
FOS Certification For Bluefin Processor
Australian fish processor, Mori Seafood, has gained the Friend of the Sea (FOS) stamp of approval for its Southern bluefin tuna. The firm based in Port Lincoln, South Australia, processes...
Kiribati’s Short-Lived Bangkok Surge
After delivering surging volumes to Thai canners last year, Kiribati’s tuna landings have taken a sharp tumble back down, having dropped 18 percent YoY. In the first half of 2016,...
Pacific-Wide Fishing Ban Edging Closer?
An earlier proposal from Japan to initiate a fishing ban, or limit the number of Pacific bluefin tuna caught in the WCPO, has gained support from member nations of the WCPFC at a recent...
MSC-Hopeful Mexican Group Unites With ISSF
In a move focused on a number of science-based priorities for the tuna sector, the group encompassing the Mexican purse seine fishery’s MSC venture has joined hands with the ISSF. Announced...
Indonesian Canneries Need More Imported Tuna
The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce (KADIN) wants to boost the country’s tuna imports to meet industrial demand, as part of its aspirations to make Indonesia the front running country in the...