Most canneries in Bangkok are reporting low buying interest of skipjack in the Thai capital, which is having a significant impact on the market and preventing traders from lifting prices to a...
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FAD Ban Hurts Tuvalu Disproportionately
Small island Pacific nations are making sure their voices are heard, as the WCPFC meeting has kick started today in Samoa. Tuvalu has already highlighted its struggle in the industry, and has...
Zunibal, The First Ecodesigned Buoys For Tuna Fishing
In accordance with the UNE-EN ISO 14006:2011 Standard Spanish based Zunibal claims to be the first company of its sector to launch an ecodesigned satellite buoy for use in tuna fishing. The...
Century Pacific’s IPO Named Philippines’ “Deal Of The Year”
On May 6th 2014, the Philippines’ canned tuna market monopolist, Century Pacific, debuted on the Philippine Stock Exchange with an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of PHP 3.2 billion (USD 71...
Prices Of Frozen Purse Seine Skipjack Stay Strong In Japan
In Japan, the price of frozen sashimi grade skipjack is holding strong, in particular for the larger tunas, destined for processing into roasted products, such as tataki. According to...
Tokelau Arrangement Signed & Prepped Ahead Of WCPFC Meeting
Seven more Pacific nations have signed a now binding sub-regional agreement on the sustainable management of South Pacific albacore tuna fisheries. The Tokelau Arrangement, an agreement...
Sapmer Shareholders Suffer -23% 1-Yr Return
Posting disappointing financial results, which it attributes to dramatic drops in the price of whole round skipjack, French fishing company, Sapmer (ALMER:FP), is struggling on the stock...
Confronting US On Bigeye To Join Bursting WCPFC Agenda?
The US NMFS could come into the firing line next week, as the WCPFC is urged to confront them on recent bigeye quota shifts. The call joins a long list of priorities set forward by NGOs for...
Can Lumar Break Out Of Stock Market No Movement?
For six months now, Lumar Natural Seafoods (LMR:SM) has shown absolutely no movement on the stock market, with share value sustaining exactly EUR 3.03 (USD 3.78). Speaking to atuna.com, the...
How I Got Into The Tuna Industry
Grahame Southwick is currently the CEO of FijiFish, Fiji’s largest fish exporter, and the President of the Fiji Tuna Boat Owners Association. He has recently announced his pending departure...
Bluefin Spawns Much Earlier Than Previously Thought
Researchers have suggested that, based on new methods of analysis, the sexual maturity age of Atlantic bluefin tuna could be lower than previously assumed; something which could change the way...
New Fish Port & Ice Plant For Barobo, Philippines
A new fish port and ice processing plant have been unveiled in Barobo, the Philippines, with the purpose of supplementing tuna fishing vessels in the Caraga region of the Asian nation. The...
Port Lincoln’s Tuna Tossing Broadcast To Millions Of Japanese
The highlight of Port Lincoln’s annual ‘Tunarama’ festival is the tuna tossing world championships; however this year, coverage of the event reached as far wide as Japan, when one of the...
NGOs All Pushing In Same Direction At WCPFC
The WCPFC won’t be short on hot topics to discuss as it meets for its 11th regular session, starting Monday. According to a number of industry and environmental NGOs: PEW, GP, WWF and...
95% Of S-Australian Sardines To Fatten Bluefin
The Australian bluefin tuna industry’s most important raw material, sardine, is set to increase quota, as a 10 year management plan has been revised. Currently, 95 percent of what is caught...
Rare British Tuna Dissected In Front Of An Audience
Researchers at the University of Exeter, in the UK, have performed the dissection of a bluefin tuna in front of a live audience; something very uncommon for Britons. The UK doesn’t fish for...
US Fleet Might Expand Through Take Overs And Reflagging
The US tuna fleet could see significant growth, as smaller fishing companies struggle to compete in the WCPO. Speculation is rife that the US fleet could expand through takeovers and...
EU Loins Importers Upbeat On Outlook For Sri Lanka
It was expected to be a significant blow to EU chilled yellowfin importers, when just last month, Sri Lanka was handed a red card on IUU, with trade bans set to come into force in January...
Country Delegations To Tour American Samoa Canneries – South Pacific Tuna Hub
Pacific island nation delegations that are set to attend the upcoming WCPFC meeting, will be making a trip to American Samoa for an ‘open house’. On Friday, the American Samoan government, in...
Tuna Load Confiscated From Longliner With Purse Seine Net
A haul full of allegedly illegal purse seine netting was recently seized in Natal, Brazil, by the Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA). The gear was used by a...