Reported sightings of enormous bluefin tuna in Newfoundland, Canada, have been coming in thick and fast over the summer months, according to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada...
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Solander Sees Albacore Export Fall Sharply
Low catches in the country’s waters are causing struggles for one of Fiji’s largest fish exporters, which has seen its albacore shipments to other nations drop considerably. Solander Pacific,...
ISSF: NGOs, Buyers, RFMO’s Should Improve Sustainability
Consensus on tuna sustainability among NGOs is growing, according to the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF). Working in parallel to this emergence, the foundation states...
MSC’s 15 Year Milestone Shows Record Sales
This week marked the 15th anniversary of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), celebrating 15 years since the launch of the program which now covers 108 different species of fish and marine...
TU Gets Dongwon & Tri Marine Higher Wage Costs
While the rise is 10 dollar cents less than what was originally expected, tuna cannery workers in American Samoa have finally got their hourly wage hike, which has been blocked by Congress for...
Extra Challenges For Sri Lanka As EU Reviews Ban?
As well as the current red card ban placed on Sri Lanka’s fisheries exports to the European Union, tuna shipments from the Asian country could face some other challenges too. On November 7th,...
Where Will Bangkok SKJ Prices Hit Bottom This Year?
With Bangkok skipjack prices having taken another fall in the last few weeks, rumors suggest that many industry professionals are anticipating further drops in the current market and are...
Canned In The USA – But Product Of China?
The US is still the world’s largest single country market for canned tuna, but struggling to keep consumers loyal to the product. One way to promote tuna is to emphasize it is “made in the...
Atuna Readers Expect US Euthynnus Chunk Light Sales To Grow
The results of atuna.com’s recent opinion poll are in, where we asked readers: “Do you expect continued growth of US imports of Euthynnus Chunk Light?” The majority of voters, at 84 percent,...
Extra Quota For US Fleet On Top Of Catch Limit
Longline fishermen in Hawaii have been granted permission to fish an extra 1,000 M/T of bigeye tuna despite having already hit their annual catch limit of 3,500 M/T by early August, sparking...
Jealsa Loses Out In South America
While South America has been getting a lot of attention as a canned tuna market with huge potential at this year’s Anuga, for Jealsa Rianxeira, countries in the region have presented...
Concerning Histamine Levels Spur Product Recall
A recall on a batch of tuna products distributed on the French market has been necessary this month, following reports of worryingly high levels of histamine. Just yesterday, the EU Rapid...
EU To Invest Half A Billion Euros In Fight Against IUU
By 2020, the EU plans to have invested a considerable EUR 675 million towards combatting IUU fishing worldwide. During his first visit to the Conxemar international fair of frozen seafood in...
Salmon Ahead Of Tuna & Cod In EU Fish Consumption
While 2014 EU canned tuna imports represented a five year high in the stats, a freshly published report outlines that tuna, over its entire product range, is the second most popular seafood...
Hand-packed Albacore Tuna Brand Faces FDA Recall
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a recall on cans of albacore processed for family-run tuna business, Dungeness Seaworks in Washington, due to a possible contamination with...
5th Generation Tuna Canners Enter Australian Market
Celebrating its one hundredth birthday in 2013, Italian tuna company Callipo has now entered the Australian market, expanding its family business, which is now in its fifth generation, to...
TU Not Giving Up On Bumble Bee
Thai Union’s long wait on its planned Bumble Bee purchase could have left some buyers lacking enthusiasm by now. However, the world leading canned tuna producer states that it won’t give up on...
WWF Wants To Prevent “Perversion” Of MSC System
WWF is now calling for MSC to review all fisheries previously certified by the body, stating that to do otherwise would be a “perversion” of the MSC’s standards and would risk jeopardizing the...
Anuga: How Innovation Is Stealing The Show
Across tuna companies and beyond, the word on many lips at this year’s Anuga trade fair is innovation, and food and drink producers alike, totaling more than 7,000 exhibitors, brought tons of...
Foul Play Expected To Be Involved In Observer Disappearance
More than a month after he was first reported to have vanished, it seems authorities are no closer to solving the mystery of missing observer Keith Davis, who disappeared in September while...