The IATTC is split on legal procedures and there is uncertainty as to whether it will have a Director at the end of the current term, in August. During their 87th annual meeting in Lima, Peru,...
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Canned Seafood Rising Star Of Spanish Economic Crisis
While the Spanish economy is still struggling to get out of the crisis, there is one sector that continues to be a rising star among the recession: canned seafood. Despite 10 percent drops in...
Pacific Leaders Convene In Palua On Tuna And Climate
The Pacific Islands Forum will hold its 45th summit in Palau from July 29th to August 1st to discuss action towards climate change issues, which may put the Pacific Island nations in serious...
Tuna Doing Much Better On Bycatch Reduction
International NGO, Oceana, has recently released a report detailing the huge bycatch of US fisheries as “hindering the recovery of depleted stocks.” Atuna.com has investigated the current...
ASC Certification Gaining Traction In Western Europe
Sustainable farmed seafood products certified by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) are gaining ground in both the Dutch and German market. According to an ASC commissioned report, its...
Increased Spanish Share In Brazil Canning Industry
Spanish tuna canning group, Jealsa Rianxeira, has been reeled into a Brazilian government project aimed at boosting the national fishing sector, with the construction of a new canning plant...
NZ Leading Tuna Company Appoints New CEO
The New Zealand seafood company, Sealord Group Ltd, has appointed Steve Yung, an experienced food industry leader, as their new CEO. Originally the Director of McCain Foods AU/NZ, Canadian...
NOAA Considers Bluefin Fishing Ban
The US government is planning on taking vital steps to stop bluefin tuna from reaching extinction. The fisheries division of NOAA has announced that it is considering a ban on both...
Solomon Islands’ Focus To Prevent IUU “Yellow Card”
Following the handing of an EU yellow card sanction on IUU fishing to its neighboring country, PNG, the Solomon Islands appears to be making best efforts to prevent meeting a similar fate. In...
EU Gives Ghana And Korea More Time On IUU
It’s been more than half a year since the European Commission handed an IUU warning to three different countries – Ghana, Korea and Curaçao. In November last year, the EC decided that these...
Thai Exports To EU Slump
A 30 percent export drop year on year is nothing to take lightly, especially related to shipments to the world’s largest canned tuna import market. During the first five months of 2014, it’s...
EU Denies Philippine Zero Duty Decision
Steep assertions on the outcome of a GSP+ application published in Filipino press this week have been shot down by the European Commission. Earlier this week, according to Trade...
Indonesians Expect Better El Niño Catches
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has announced possible effects El Niño could have on the oceans next month, resulting in promising catches and profits for fishermen...
Composite Boats Future For Out-Dated Vietnam Fishing Fleet
The Vietnamese government has ratified a VND 10 trillion (USD 470.68 million) credit package for Japanese company, Yanmar, to construct 180 composite vessels for local fishermen, though it’s...
Largest Seiner Transshipment Port Getting Too Full
Majuro port, in the capital of the Marshall Islands, is the biggest tuna transshipment port in the Western Pacific, to the point that it is actually become overcrowded with seiners and...
A Longline Hook That Prevents Bird Bycatch?
A British biologist has invented and trialed a new device that prevents seabird bycatch on tuna long-line catches. South Atlantic press, Mercopress, said tuna longliners set around three...
Thai Exports To Arab World Show Fast Growth
It’s a mega tuna market that not many know of, and its strong dominance of global imports of Thai canned tuna is growing even more prominent. The Arab World collectively purchases far more...
Still Hope For US Tuna Treaty To Materialize?
The US tuna industry has already expressed disappointment in not sealing their most important tuna fishing deal with Pacific nations; it appears the dismay is somewhat premature, as...
Mexico Main Reason For “No Progress” On EPO Bluefin
Strong opposition from Mexico on a proposal to cut bluefin catches appears to have been a major contribution to the recent IATTC meeting ending without agreement on the topic. The...
Deep Sea Mining In World’s Richest Tuna Fishing Ground?
An Australian mining company that was last year granted an exploration license for a site just off the coast of Papua New Guinea, is now applying to cover more than one million square...