The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) have announced a cooperative move to insure thousands of people in the fishing and...
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12 Laid Off Tuna Workers Rehired By Loining Plant
Twelve employees that were laid off by Citra Mina Seafood Corporation have been issued with a Return-to-Work Order (RTWO). The GenSan workers filed a case with the National Conciliation and...
For How Long Will Skipjack Price Decline? What Did You Think?
Atuna.com members did not share a clear common mood and outlook when it comes to where the skipjack price is expected to go. In the most recent atuna.com homepage poll, votes were weighing...
French Crew Member Dies On Tuna Seiner In Seychelles
A French crew member has recently died onboard a tuna seiner in Seychelles’ waters. Boatswain Mickael Jean Guillaume Le Doze, aged 41 from Plonéour-Lanvern, died aboard a tuna seiner called...
Thai Union Buys Norway’s #1 Sardine Canner
It’s the second time in just one month that Thai Union has snapped up assets to expand its business. Today, TUF announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 100 percent of...
Mercury And Tuna: The Positive Net Effects
Atuna.com has added a new and insightful documentary video, ‘Fish, Mercury, and Nutrition: The Net Effects’, to its health pages, which explains in detail and in a consumer friendly language...
Sharks Have Become Main Target Catch Of Pacific Tuna Longliners
A new SPC study has revealed a shocking fact, something that many feared but was not proven yet. Some equatorial Pacific tuna longliners have been found to specifically target silky and...
Future Tuna Import Tariff Ecuador Still Unknown
Despite Ecuador sealing a deal that allows the nation to join Peru and Colombia in a trade agreement with the EU, the future tariff rate stamped on its canned tuna is still unknown. Will...
“US Strict Regulations Make Marine Monument Obsolete”
The ongoing debate between the Obama administration and the US commercial fishing industry, on the expansion of marine sanctuaries in the Pacific, has once again shown no progress in favor of...
“US Strict Regulations Make Marine Monument Obsolete”
The ongoing debate between the Obama administration and the US commercial fishing industry, on the expansion of marine sanctuaries in the Pacific, has once again shown no progress in favor of...
The Tuna World Record That’s Just Business As Usual
Organizers of this year’s 16th Tuna Festival in General Santos City may have been a bit too hasty in billing one of its events as a world record-breaker, writes Filipino journalist, Edwin...
Bonito Del Norte Fishery Under MSC Assessment
The Bay of Biscay and adjacent northern Atlantic albacore fishery is to undergo full MSC assessment, as applied for by the Guipuzcoa and Vizcaya Inshore Producers Organizations and San Martin...
Construction Boom In Large-Scaled Taiwanese Longliners?
Recent reports of increased interest in a new generation of larger Taiwanese longliners may have seen an end to the construction boom of small ULT freezer vessels. Processing equipment on...
Tuna Seiner Catches Fire In Manta
A Nicaragua flagged purse seiner recently caught fire whilst docked 1.5 miles from shore in Manta, one of the biggest tuna ports in the world. The tuna vessel, called ‘Vicente’, set alight...
Canadian Bluefin Quota To Be Re-allocated
The Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has announced details of the draw for the re-allocation of remaining bluefin tuna quota for Prince Edward Island’s fleet, which will take...
MSC Certification Saves 12,000 Jobs
The hake fishery in South Africa has proven, after a decade of MSC certification, that sustainability development can lead to long-term economic gain. According to seafood website Fish...
New EU Commissioner For “Green” And “Blue”
Maltese Politician, Karmenu Vella, has been handed responsibility for environment, marine affairs and fisheries, which has now become a joint portfolio in the new European Commission. As part...
Transmarina EPO Tuna Fleet Gets Extensive FOS Certification
Manta based Transmarina, Ecuadorian ultra-frozen tuna dealer, has received Friend of the Sea (FOS) sustainable seafood certification for skipjack, yellowfin and bigeye tuna, but also...
NMFS Closes Pacific Bluefin Fishing Season In EPO
The United States National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has closed the waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean to commercial bluefin fishing. The measure will be in place until December 31st...
Basque Fleet To Ditch Albacore And Catch Anchovy Instead
Following a bad season so far for bonito del norte catches, Basque fishermen are now considering fishing just anchovies, says seafood expert, Fish Information and Services. The Secretary of...