PNA Ministers were tasked last week in reaching agreement on a range of conservation and business management measures for their multi-billion dollar WCPO tuna fishery. As a vital part of the...
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Man Jailed For Lidl Tuna Theft
A man has been sentenced to five months in prison for trying to steal more than 100 cans of tuna from a Lidl store in Spain in January this year. After emptying the preserves section of the...
The Nation Where Tuna Contributes 99% Of GDP
With an EEZ the size of India and rich with skipjack tuna, Kiribati’s revenue from fishing licenses has soared since the introduction of the PNA Vessel Day Scheme (VDS). Total collection from...
Falling Prices For EU Fresh Tuna Sales
Over the past few years, several reports have suggested that an increasing quantity of Atlantic bluefin tuna is being marketed and consumed in EU nations, as catch quotas grow. This year a...
Venezuelan Tuna Manager Arrested
Empresa Polar’s Manager of Human Resources, Luis Castillo, was arrested on Thursday afternoon after he refused to give 43 sacked employees their jobs back, according to Venezuelan press. The...
Non-EU Exports Lift Spanish Tuna Sales
After a consecutive two year slip, Spanish seafood exports shot up 15 percent in volume during the first quarter of 2016, with increased tuna shipments to non-EU countries seen as one of the...
Japanese Show Disinterest In MSC
A study released this year by NGO Ocean Outcomes titled “Opportunities for Sustainable Fisheries in Japan,” shows that Japanese consumers are generally unwilling to pay more for seafood with a...
CORRECTION: Clarification From CEIPA’s Executive Director
Earlier this week, Atuna published an article about a number of Ecuadorian tuna firms that had been named among other companies in relation to Panama-based tax havens. The article stated that...
What’s Caused The Decline In Ecuador’s Catch?
IATTC catch data shows that so far this year (Jan-May) there has been a significant 12 percent drop in Ecuador’s overall commercial tuna catch in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. According to Bruno...
New England Sees Shooting Profit From Sushi
Surging by over 55 percent year on year, New England Seafood’s profit hike stands out sharply in the company’s most recent financial statement (year ending October 2015), with a big thanks to...
TU’s MSC Tuna Shift Starts Early
This week Thai Union brand Mareblu, which leads in the Italian canned tuna market, has launched its first MSC certified product. The move sees an early shift within a target set by TU to make...
Japan’s Emergency Tuna Fishing Ban
The low level of bluefin in the North Pacific has invoked the Japanese government to propose emergency fishing restrictions to combat overfishing of the species. Restrictions will be put in...
The Reason Behind Exceeded Bigeye Quotas
Compared to the first half of 2015, bigeye catches by longline vessels in the EPO are down 27 percent this year; a weighty drop. But did some national fleets previously exceed their annual...
Why All Mexican Seiners Stop In 2nd EPO Closure
While most national fleets fishing in the EPO choose to split their vessels half and half across both purse seine fishery closures, the Mexican fleet, year on year, stops virtually all...
Quota Shift Sees Boom In Australian Catch
Farming quotas in South Australia are being leased to the longline fishery on the east coast, which has proven to be more efficient and profitable. Southern bluefin tuna quotas that were...
PNA Defends VDS After “Patronizing” Report
An Asian Development Bank (ADB) report, with a special section on the PNA Vessel Day Scheme (VDS) has been called “patronizing” by outgoing PNA CEO, Transform Aqorau, who continues to defend...
China Takes Fleet’s African Operations Seriously
Officials in China say they are increasingly focused on ensuring that vessels flying the country’s flag are working to the rules of the nation’s whose waters they are operating in. With...
Pacific Urged To Cut Multi-Million IUU Loss
The most tuna-rich fishing grounds in the world are losing USD 123 million in revenue annually from IUU fishing according to an independent study conducted by the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)...
How Much John West Will Tesco Drop?
After Tesco announced just days ago that it will delist some John West tuna products from its shelves as early as next week, John West has confirmed that around 20 percent of its branded line...
3 Reasons US Seiners Are Still In The EPO
Despite the Western Pacific being their most traditional fishing ground, some US flagged seiners switched operations to the EPO late last year, and up until this date a few are still fishing...