The MSC tuna market in Italy is growing exponentially, according to the 2024 sustainable tuna market report for the country. Italians consumed 15,000 tons of sustainable tuna between April...
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Spain Alert Over Glass Fragments In Carrefour’s Albacore Jars
The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (Asean) warned consumers of glass fragments in Bonito del Norte in olive oil 280 g jars from retailer Carrefour. The items are part of the...
New Assessment Says Pacific Bluefin Has Recovered
The Pacific bluefin’s population has improved according to the 2024 stock assessment by Pacific Bluefin Tuna Working Group (PBFWG). The tuna species population (spawning stock biomass) has...
PNA Fishery Still Facing Objections Over MSC Recertification
The largest tuna fishery in the world, PNA, is still undergoing the MSC adjudication process. The independent adjudicator stated in a notice that there could be an in-person hearing in June...
Almadrabas Halted As Fisheries Inspectors Go On Strike
The traditional Spanish Almadraba season has taken a setback as fisheries inspectors are on a strike for higher remuneration and better working hours. The fishing in the four Almadraba traps...
Fourteen Italians Hospitalized After Consuming Tainted Tuna
More than fourteen people suffered histamine poisoning after consuming fresh bluefin, stored in unsanitary conditions, bought from a fish shop in Alcamo, Italy. Some of them were hospitalized...
Readers Say Low WCPO Yellowfin Catches Will Not Harm Industry
The yellowfin catch plummeted dramatically in the WCPO in April. Seiners caught a meager 3 to 3.5 M/T of Thunnus albacares, an all-time low since the reporting by the PNA office started in...
IUU Fishing Day: Illicit Fishing A Threat To Sustainable Tuna Fisheries
The UN General Assembly declared June 5 as the International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing. This illicit practice has been harming not only tuna...
MSC Promotes Sustainable Tuna Week In Spain
In Spain, the Marine Stewardship Council is celebrating the ‘IV Seas Forever Week’ from June 3 to June 9, in conjunction with World Oceans Day. A series of activities are focused on showing...
Manta Skipjack Price Depressed By Large Supply
The skipjack trading price in the Manta processing hub is under pressure because of the continuing high volumes landing at the port. Sources have told Atuna that skipjack prices are falling,...
Tri Marine Adds Sixth Seiner To NFD Fleet
Tri Marine announced last week that it is adding one more vessel to its National Fisheries Development (NFD) tuna fishing fleet. The seiner ‘Solomon Diamond,’ will fish in the Solomon Islands...
Owners Abandon Tuna Vessels Leaving Crew Members Stuck Onboard
A rising number of shipowners have been abandoning their vessels due to reasons such as high fuel costs, debt, or unexpected repairs that they cannot afford and it is cheaper. This has a...
EU Tuna Fleets Reducing Emissions, Tighter Laws Needed In Future
The EU tuna and other fishing fleets have become fuel-efficient over the past decade, but the rising fuel costs are negatively impacting their efficiency. Processing and export of tuna can...
EU Alerts: Only One Incident Reported
The EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) reported only one tuna-related incident in May. Italy notified EU authorities of high levels of mercury in yellowfin loins from Spain which...
Sapmer In Bad Weather After Significant Loss in 2023?
The French tuna fishing company Sapmer had a rough last year with lower sales and a substantial loss in earnings. The company has been in financial trouble for some time and Cana Tera took...
A Pobra Council Blocks Jealsa’s Cannery Expansion Plan
The municipal council of the Spanish town of A Pobra rejected Jealsa’s proposal for permission to expand its Escurís cannery in the region last Thursday. Members of regional political parties...
Dongwon Inks Contract For Two New Purse Seiners
Korean Dongwon Industries has purchased two seiners to be built in a Korean shipyard. The vessels, with a 2,000 gross tonnage, will start sailing in 2026 or 2027. The company has not yet...
Major Global Highlights May 2024
In May, skipjack price and trade picked up in Bangkok. The IOTC annual meeting concluded with critical progress on skipjack and IUU fishing. Global tuna stakeholders gathered in Bangkok for...
Costa Rica Rescues Crew And Arrests Man For Human Trafficking
A Costa Rican government agency that fights against human trafficking rescued 13 crew members from deplorable conditions aboard a tuna boat that was anchored in the port town of Puntarenas. A...
PNG’s Start-Fish VDS Package To Secure Fishing Days
Papua New Guinea's National Fisheries Authority (NFA) and tuna processors Frabelle (PNG) Limited and International Food Corporation signed an MoA regarding the Start-Fish Vessel Day Scheme...