Frozen raw material prices in Japan are stable, as sluggish sales due to poor quality keep the market down. Foreign vessel owners supplying bigeye and yellowfin to Tsukiji, Japan, are facing...
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Restructuring Sends Yields On Tuna Bonds Up
With the government seeking to restructure the pay-back of a multi-million dollar loan, the risk on bonds in Mozambique’s tuna fishing company, Ematum, has increased, sending yields to...
Reestructuración Impulsa Producción Bonos De Atún
Con el gobierno tratando de reestructurar el reembolso de un préstamo de varios millones de dólares, el riesgo sobre los bonos de la empresa de pesca atunera en Mozambique, Ematum, ha...
Thai Union Targets For USD 9 Million Through New Shares
A resolution to increase Thai Union’s registered capital with the allocation of as many as 1.2 billion shares has been passed at the company’s annual shareholders meeting. The new stock will...
World First Now Also Achieved In Yellowfin Farming
For the first time worldwide, early-juvenile yellowfin spawned from a captive stock have been successfully transferred to sea cages. This comes after such milestones were already reached with...
Logrado Por Primera Vez Cultivo De Atún Rabil
Por primera vez en toda la historia, atunes rabil de temprana edad procedentes de unas poblaciones cautivas han sido transferidos con éxito a jaulas marinas. Esto sucede después de los logros...
Dramatic Growth Bigeye Bycatch On High Seas
A dramatic growth in the number of reported bigeye catches in specific high seas areas are causing serious concern to the PNA nations. For seiner operators in the region, however, the concern...
Crecimiento Dramático De Captura Incidental Del Patudo En Alta Mar
Un crecimiento dramático en el número de capturas del atún patudo (bigeye) reportadas en áreas específicas de alta mar está causando serias preocupaciones entre las naciones del PNA. Para los...
Spanish Industry Unites In Call For Level Playing Field
Canners and seiner operators in Spain have united in a request for a “level playing field”, urging the European Commission to ensure fair competition in the EU. These two Spanish tuna sectors...
PNG Restructures NFA To Deal With IUU Violations
A recent review has found deficiencies in the monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) compliance unit of the PNG National Fisheries Authority (NFA). While the NFA states that it has...
Tokyo Tuna Tank Restocked After Mass Death
Following the mass death of 68 bluefin tuna at one of Japan’s top aquariums, the tank at Tokyo Metropolis has been restocked and opened to the public again today. The fatalities remained a...
Not Enough Catch To Pay Interest On USD 850 Million, Restructuring Required
Following the revelation that Mozambique’s state-owned tuna company, Ematum, was struggling to repay millions of dollars’ worth of debt, the government is now seeking to restructure the...
Insuficiente Captura Para Pagar Intereses Sobre 850 Millones de Dólares, Es Necesaria Una Reestructuración
Después de revelar que Ematum, la empresa atunera estatal de Mozambique, se encontraba luchando para reembolsar millones de dólares en deuda, el gobierno del país está tratando de amortizar el...
Sickness In Philippines Linked To Imported Canned Tuna
Two young children have reportedly been taken to a Philippine hospital after complaining of pain, vomiting and diarrhea symptoms. Their father told nurses that they had consumed one can of...
Enfermedad En Filipinas Vinculada Con Atún En Conserva Importado
Según indican los informes, dos niños pequeños han sido trasladados a un hospital de Filipinas después de presentar síntomas de vómito, diarrea y mucho dolor de estómago. El padre, quien llevó...
Zero Duty Shipments Send German Imports Soaring
Europe’s appetite for Philippine canned tuna has seen a significant surge, as the first zero duty shipments are sent from the Asian nation. German importers strongly stand out in the stats,...
Partidas Con Arancel Cero Incrementan Las Importaciones Alemanas
El apetito de Europa por las fábricas de conservas de atún de Filipinas ha aumentado significativamente, debido a que los primeros envíos con cero impuestos se envían desde la nación asiática....
Kiribati Access Cut Causes Shortages For Samoan Canneries
Following drastic cuts to Kiribati EEZ fishing days under the South Pacific Tuna Treaty, American Samoa canneries are feeling the pain, reporting a significant reduction in raw material...
Paro En El Acceso A Kiribati Provoca Escasez En Las Fábricas De Conservas De Samoa
Tras los drásticos recortes de los días de pesca en la EEZ de Kiribati impuestos por el Tratado de atún del Pacífico Sur, las fábricas de conservas de Samoa están siendo afectadas, reportando...
WWF: 12,000 Dolphins Die Yearly In IO Tuna Catch
Meeting their fate as the bycatch of gillnet fishing on tuna, a recent WWF Pakistan directed study reveals 12,000 dolphins are being killed every year in the Indian Ocean. The tuna catch from...