As Ecuador’s canned tuna shipments to the EU slip substantially, the weight on the country’s fishing and processing industry could be set to get even heavier, as the government may be left...
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Maldives Processors Positive On Continuation MSC Status
While tuna processors in the Maldives are fully aware of the issues that a loss of MSC certification could bring for their industry, for now they appear positive that the situation won’t...
First MSC Longliners To Transship In Cook Islands Port
A fleet of longliners certified by the MSC have become among the first longline vessels to carry out their transshipment activities in port within the Cook Islands, rather than on the high...
Will The “Benchmark Tool” Cause Clarity Or Confusion?
This week marks the first full week of implementation for the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative’s (GSSI) “Benchmark Tool” for regulating seafood certification schemes around the world. The...
Benchmark Tool: ¿Causará Claridad O Confusión?
Esta semana marca la primera semana completa de implementación de la herramienta ‘Benchmark Tool’ de la Iniciativa Global de Productos Marinos Sostenibles (GSSI - Global Sustainable Seafood...
Ardagh Signs 10 Year Contract With Korean Tuna Canner
Korean Tuna Canner, Sajo, has signed a new contract with container manufacturer Ardagh Group to be supplied with easy-open lids, making them the first Korean tuna company to use such...
Tuna Distributors Notably Absent At Sysco Awards
The results of Sysco’s annual seafood awards have been released recently, recognizing firms within the seafood sector which have “excelled in supplier service”; however not one tuna...
Frabelle, Silla, Dongwon And TU To Build Tuna Plant
Filipino tuna fishing company Frabelle is set to work with Silla, Dongwon Industries, and its own joint venture with Thai Union, Majestic Seafoods, to build a tuna processing plant in...
Tuna Crisis Deepens For Venezuelan Industry
The lack of tuna raw material continues hitting the tuna industry of Venezuela hard, with domestic production reaching significantly low levels. Two tuna processing plants have shut down this...
UK Celebrities Call For Boycott Of John West
British celebrities are calling for consumers to boycott John West’s canned tuna after it was rated in bottom place for sustainability during a recent Greenpeace rating of UK tuna brands....
New US “Sea Scout” Scheme To Fight IUU Announced
A new global initiative to help identify IUU fishing activity has been announced this week at the “Our Ocean” conference held by the US Government, in which President Obama stated that new...
Indian Ocean Yellowfin Goes In Red As “Overfished”
The IOTC has this week updated the stock assessment of yellowfin tuna in the Indian Ocean, downgrading their status from green to red, and stating that the current population of the large tuna...
Ecuador Sees A Quarter EU Business Evaporate
A big shift in EU canned tuna imports appears to be taking place, especially with exports from Ecuador, while imports from Vietnam and Philippines have dramatically increased. According to...
How Easy Fishing Without A Flag And Registration Can Be
A source close to atuna.com has revealed details of a case in which a tuna longliner, named on both the ICCAT IUU record and the EU’s IUU vessel list, appears to have simply been renamed and...
Seychelles Longliner Fleet To Set Sail
The first entirely Seychellois-owned fleet of industrial longliners set sail this week on their maiden trips out to sea under the direction of Alderic Benoiton, the owner of Marine Investment...
ANUGA: Get Ready For Over 40 Tuna Exhibitors
The world’s largest food fair is set to kick off this weekend in Cologne, Germany and is expected to attract nearly 7,000 exhibitors and more than 154,000 trade visitors, from the retail, food...
If Maldives Keeps MSC, Echebastar Back In The Race?
What will be the result for Echebastar if the Maldives pole and line fishery passes its next MSC audit? According to Echebastar’s spokesman, if the Maldives are allowed to retain their MSC...
IPNLF Scientific Meeting In Bangkok
Today marks the last day of the International Pole and Line Foundation’s scientific advisory committee meeting in the Thai capital, where members help advise the IPNLF on the formulation of...
Spain Keeps Increasing Its Reliance On Pre-Cooked Loins
The first half of 2015 has seen Spain dramatically increase its imports of pre-cooked loins by nearly a third year on year, bringing volumes up to 45,887 M/T for the January to June period....
MSC: Maldives And PNA Fisheries Will Be Reviewed In Next Audit
The independent adjudicator presiding over the objection process for the MSC assessment of the Echebastar Indian Ocean tuna fishery has upheld objections, by stakeholders such as WWF, that the...