A regional effort to insist the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) to tackle the Fiji albacore crisis is necessary. This is according to WWF’s Western Central Pacific...
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Longliners With Skeleton Crews Fill Up Suva’s Tuna Port
Fiji’s Suva port is getting clogged up with an increasing number of tuna longliners and trollers which have even been described by some as “an eyesore.” Authorities responsible for the harbor...
Gulf Of Bengal The Next Battle Ground For Tuna
A drop in catches of large yellowfin, supposedly fueled by poaching by foreign vessels on the East Coast has seen tuna boat operators from Visakhapatnam (Visak), India to raise concern. Over...
Big Iranian Tuna Deal Sinks Trader
A spoiled sale of nearly USD 3 million worth of tuna into Iran has sunk a New Zealand tuna company, seeing it fall into liquidation. Oceanic Seafoods in Auckland was put into voluntary...
Europol Seizes 484 MT Yellowfin In Search For Fakes
As much as 484 tons of yellowfin tuna was seized by Europol, and earmarked as fake, for being incorrectly labelled and not having the required traceability documents. In the Interpol-Europol...
Re-Flagging Seiners Boosts Ecuadorian EPO Skipjack Catches
The re-flagging of six Panamanian purse seiners to the Ecuadorian bannered fleet has sent Ecuadorian skipjack tuna catches on the increase. The boats have changed nationality over the past two...
No More “Smell Of Money”
The “smell of money,” often used by the people of American Samoa to describe the odor of an operational tuna cannery will be prevented in Tri Marine’s new facility in the territory by an...
Tuna: The Super Fish
National Geographic has recently published amazing not-to-miss pictures of “The Super Fish” Bluefin tuna. Unmatched for its athleticism and endurance, the bluefin tuna is equipped with an...
Albacore: Biologically Healthy? Commercially Sick!
Earlier this month, Atuna wrote about the views of tuna specialist, Mr. Robert Gillett, on the stocks of albacore tuna stating these to being “still really good” and not necessarily dwindling...
Fresh Mexican Bluefin For Dubai Restaurants
According to the Undersecretary of Fisheries of Baja California, Matias Arjona Rydalch, producers are betting on Dubai, United Arab Emirates, as a new destination for their bluefin tuna...
“Distant Water Nations Have Narrow Fishing Interests”
“Pacific Island nations need to confront distant water fishing nations to reconcile their narrow fishing interests with their broader role as key strategic and development partners of this...
USD 450 Mio Tuna Plan Heading For Another Disaster
Source: The Star Apparently, Malaysia is hooked on the allure of the tuna industry.Despite the expensive failure of some tuna-related projects, the Malaysian Government hopes that new...
Retailers Choose To Put Alarm Tags In Canned Tuna
The crumbling Argentinean economy and its accompanying inflation has caused something quite unusual. Because of the increase of theft, even at supermarkets, alarms were placed on food specific...
“Buy American” Mud Fight Continues
During the past 3 weeks Atuna.com has been closely covering the discussions related to the “Buy American” tuna destined for the US school lunch program. Today, the mud throwing...
What Causes Tuna To Have A Heart Attack?
Heart problems in humans and fish have long been linked to air pollution and oil spills respectively, but researchers had not identified exactly how the toxic compounds found in oil interfere...
Foreign Boats: “As Much A Part Of Community As The Local Boats”
Tri Marine was asked recently if they will have enough fishing boats to supply the new fresh fish facility set to open next month in American Samoa, as well as the new cannery scheduled to...
Albacora Explains Its Responsible Fishing Policies
The Spanish Secretary General of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Carlos Dominguez, is participating today, Friday, in an information day organized by Spain’s largest...
How Much More Yellowfin Can Mexico Catch?
Mexico’s Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) tuna catch has seen its biggest year on year jump from 2012 to 2013 than it has in seven years. The country saw a 10 percent rise in tuna landed from this...
Consorcio Revamps Its Italian Marketing
Consorcio tuna has revamped its online presence as part of its promotional technique in the Italian market. From last month, the Spanish tuna brand will be distributed by Nostromo tuna, part...
Which US Tuna Brand Is Most American? What Did You Think?
StarKist stole the show in our latest atuna.com homepage poll, with 55 percent of you seeing it as the most American tuna company. The firm, along with Tri Marine has been in clashes will...