Taste in the UK appears to be changing, as consumers gain confidence in cooking those not so familiar fish. As the appeal of trying new seafood grows, are sales of tuna and the other top five...
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The Indian Ocean Hub Very Few Know About
Despite its success, Port Diego Suarez is not hugely known in the sector, as it’s surrounded by competing tuna ports in the Seychelles and Mauritius, and actually has just one processing plant...
Yellowfin Decline Thought To Be Purse Seiner Driven
With the pending prospect of selling more fishing days, fishermen in the Cook Islands have reported that purse seiner fishing activity may be having an impact on yellowfin catches this year....
Echebastar Free-School MSC On Its Final Stretch?
The Indian Ocean Echebastar purse seine free-school fishery, outputting over 10,000 tons per year, has been given a thumbs-up from independent fishery auditors, and while successful MSC...
Treaty Talks: Lots Of Chat But Little Action
After lots of talk and significant friction among involved parties, US Treaty negotiations have resulted in little action. As confirmed by sources representing both US boatowners and PNA...
2015 Surge In EU Demand For Vietnamese Tuna
Despite an overall drop in the value of Vietnamese tuna exports, demand from EU processors now seems to be softening the blow. According to VASEP (Vietnamese Association of Seafood Exporters...
Tuna Fisheries First To Be Confronted With EU Bycatch Reduction Policies
With the introduction of the EU’s bycatch landing obligation under the 2013 reformed Common Fisheries Policy, tuna fisheries will be first to be confronted with the new law to reduce...
SKJ Price Fall, Part Of Global Food Commodity Trend?
While many warn of a future of food shortages, and in the tuna industry, of exhaustion of the resource, for now it seems like a global oversupply is in our hands. Mirroring the trend of global...
ISSF President: Passion Gets In The Way Of Science
Discussing the conflicting debates between passionate and science based parties in the tuna industry, ISSF’s President, Susan Jackson gave an inspirational speech for the Technology,...
How This Tuna Brand Makes Canned Tuna “Hot” and “Sexy“
The Philippines’ top canned tuna brand, Century Tuna, has always been unique in promoting its products with ‘sexy’ or ‘fit’ super body elections and superstar endorsements, but has now taken...
EPO Dolphins Could Be Doing Better Than We Were Told
Decades of fishery science, including that which backs issues related to dolphin-safe, could be proven wrong, as abundance estimates for EPO dolphin populations over the last few decades have...
Thai Union Drops Supplier Linked To Slave Labor Fish
Thai Union has taken immediate action and severed ties with a supplier that was named in a new report as having a potential link to slave labor. The investigation findings, released just last...
PNA CEO Criticized For Tough Remarks
Criticizing comments from the PNA CEO, a Maori NZ Labor Party fisheries spokesman, Rino Tirikatene, has said that words used were “downright rude,” and do not reflect well on the PNA...
Slavery Revelations Potential Risk To Tuna Industry
Already battling issues related to slave labor on fishing vessels, the global tuna industry, and particularly the US market has now been faced with another reality; the potential risk exists...
Thai Packers Do Not Pay Peak Skipjack Prices
Despite strong peaks in the market, packers in Thailand are managing to avoid regular highs in the Bangkok whole round frozen skipjack price, for fish of 1.8 kg and up. By buying heavy at low...
Atuna Readers Offer Fresh Perspectives On Fishery Closure
Sometimes even the major players in this industry fail to see the bigger picture on specific matters, and it’s up to the rest to point out a new perspective. Well, the last few weeks have been...
Consumers Intentionally Misled By Under-Packing Tuna Cans?
Costa Rican canned tuna packers are reportedly misleading consumers, as a study reveals some cans to have around 17 percent less tuna content than indicated, while maintaining the same price....
Growing Supply Shrinks Bigeye Prices
Increasing supply of bigeye tuna is pushing prices down, and a gradual decline has seen recent market values drop by 3.5 percent month on month. As concern for the bigeye stock status rises...
Investors Lacking Confidence In TUF Forward Charge
As Thai Union (TUF:TB) charges forward with strong targets for business growth, the company’s considerable confidence is not being shared by investors. Declining tuna raw material prices,...
The Top 3 Seafood Apps
In today’s day and age, consumers are relying more and more on technology to give them the information they need, but when it comes to making responsible purchase choices, scouting the web for...