The PNA is expecting triple success for 2014, making it another groundbreaking year. Increased financial benefits for its eight island members, improved conservation of tuna and expansion of...
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Vietnam 2013 Tuna Exports Decline
Exports of tuna products from Vietnam in 2013 are predicted to fall to USD 520 million, a nine percent decrease on the volume shipped in 2012. According to VASEP, tuna exports to Japan, one of...
Antony Lewis Tags 100,000 Tuna – A World Record
A single individual has recently achieved the mark of tagging 100,000 tuna, a world record that will be hard to beat. The milestone was achieved by Dr. Antony Lewis during a recent tagging...
Late Season Run Reels In High Revenue For Oregon Albacore Fleet
After a slow start, the Oregon albacore tuna fishery has reeled in around 4,500 tons of tuna, bringing to-the-boat revenue of just under USD 16 million at the close of the season. This...
Allocation Of Tuna Fishing Rights “Race Based”?
Enraged West Coast fishermen in South Africa are threatening to seek a court order to protect their livelihood after they failed to win tuna fishing rights in the Department of Agriculture,...
Tuna Gives Highest Protein Return On Fuel
Tuna caught by purse seine fishing vessels has been found to have the highest protein/energy return on investment (EROI) ratio than all other wild fish. Tuna topped the charts for wild fish,...
Price Of First 2014 Auctioned Bluefin Crashes
The price of the first bluefin of the year sold in Tokyo, Japan, has dramatically crashed. The 230 kilogram bluefin tuna auctioned at the Tsukiji fish market plummeted in price and was sold...
Longliners Taxed Due To Lacking Proof On Catching Area
Excise tax on fish caught by local longliners in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of American Samoa will not be waived as part of a decision by the territory’s government Treasurer, Falema’o...
Excellent Video Showing How Tuna Purse Seining Works On Board
Viewers of an excellent video from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) can get a very detailed insight of the ins and outs of the Western and Central Pacific purse seine tuna...
PITIA Elects New Chairman
The Pacific Islands Tuna Industry Association (PITIA) elected a new chairman for its board of directors at its annual general meeting on December 20th 2013, in Nuku’alofa.Adrian Wickham of the...
What? Eating Tuna Could Help Some To Hear Better
A new article has suggested that eating Omega-3 fats and vitamin D, commonly found in tuna could have highly positive effects on hearing problems. Posted on Healthreviewcenter.com, Linh...
TMI Denies “Minority Interest” Sale Was To Finance Its Cannery
Tri Marine has denied allegations that a European company’s acquisition of a “minority interest” in its business was a move to secure capital for its newly planned cannery in American Samoa....
Can IT Put Tuna By-Catch Back In The Water Alive?
The pilot of an automated system using highly advanced IT technology to separate tuna catch in record time will be launched on a vessel from the Basque region of Spain this month. The process...
The Fall Of Japanese Canned Tuna Production
In just under two decades, from 1990, the canned tuna processing industry in Japan saw a dramatic collapse. The country best known in the tuna sector for having a healthy appetite for the...
First 100% Farm Raised Atlantic Bluefin To Become Reality
A hatchery to be built this year will be the first ever geared towards the farming of Atlantic bluefin tuna on land. To be constructed in Murcia, Spain, the USD 6.8 million project will aim to...
Will Thailand Obtain A Reduced Tuna Import Tariff In 2014? What Did You Think?
Amid ongoing free-trade negotiations between Thailand and the European Union, our latest atuna.com homepage poll asked you: “Will Thailand obtain a reduced tuna import tariff in 2014?” A...
One Tuna Sandwich Causes 2 Hour Delay For 513 Passengers
A holiday jet with more than 500 passengers was delayed – because of a tuna sandwich. The Emirates flight bound for Dubai was recalled to its stand at Manchester Airport after a man vomited...
No More Fishing From Jan 1st For SA Tuna Fishers
Tuna fishing boats in South Africa face returning back to port after the SA Tuna Association received written confirmation from the Fisheries Department that fishing rights were likely not to...
Hawaiian Auction Sees One Day Doubling Of Tuna Prices
An almost doubling of tuna prices has hit the Hawaiian fish auction block this week. Described as “crazy, nuts pricing for tuna”, Hawaiian fish retailers and wholesalers are having to fork out...
Mitsubishi Enters The Chinese Tuna Market Via J/V
Mitsubishi Corporation is to enter the Chinese tuna market with the announcement of a joint venture with Zhejiang Ocean Family Co. Ltd (ZOF), to establish a new company in Hangzhou, China. The...