February brought some good tidings and bad ones to the global tuna industry. Skipjack prices fell in processing hubs Bangkok and the Seychelles. After two years of negotiations, the EU...
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Responsible Recruitment Of Migrant Fishers High Priority For FCF
Taiwanese tuna trader and fishing company FCF supported a workshop to foster companies in the sector to improve their recruitment of crew and protect workers' rights. The gathering took place...
Spanish Consorcio Group Has Ambitious Sales Expectations In Italy
The Spanish Consorcio Group wants to double its canned tuna turnover in Italy in the next five years – from EUR 20 to EUR 40 million (USD 21.64 to 43.25 million). With its newly opened Milan...
NFI Welcomes First Cell-Based Tuna Start-Up
BlueNalu became a member of the National Fisheries Institute (NFI) on February 27. It is the first company within NFI that is not operating in the fish sector, but engaged in cell-based tuna...
Japanese Fisheries’ WCPO Catches Are MSC Certified
Two Japanese purse seine fisheries capturing skipjack and yellowfin in the WCPO have received the MSC logo. TAFCO, a subsidiary of Maruha Nichiro group, is one of the recipients of the...
Ambitious EU Corporate Sustainability Law Dead In The Water
After years of haggling, there is a high chance that the ambitious corporate sustainability due diligence directive that EU lawmakers are trying to push through might not come to pass. This...
Plastic Chemicals In US Tuna Cans & Other Foods Worrisome?
How much plastic are Americans consuming on a regular basis because of food packaging? The answer is a lot, according to Consumer Reports (CR). The US organization says many of the basic and...
Study: Mercury Levels In Tuna From Emissions Have Not Risen In Last 50 Years
Once again, mercury in tuna is in the news. A group of French researchers have discovered that mercury levels in tuna have remained unchanged from 1971 to 2022 despite efforts to reduce the...
Anfaco Chalks Out Future Plans As It Celebrates 120th Anniversary
The Spanish canning association Anfaco-Cecopesca recently celebrated 120 years of working closely with the tuna and seafood sector. The group, founded on February 28 in 1904 as the Union of...
GTA Signs “Breakthrough” Deal With Japanese Company
The Global Tuna Alliance (GTA) recently announced its first partnership with a Japanese company Meiho Co Ltd. According to GTA, this is a “major breakthrough because Japan is one of the...
Will China Further Expand Its Influence In The Western Central Pacific?
Pacific Island nation Kiribati recently announced that it is cooperating with China on policing and security. News reports are circulating that some Chinese officers are already actively...
Chinese Police In Kiribati Alarms US Officials
Several Pacific Islands turning to China for security is alarming US lawmakers and their counterparts in Taiwan and Australia. On Friday, Kiribati's Acting Police Commissioner...
P&P Turnover Rose In 2022, Operating Costs Cut Into Profits
Dutch fishing giant Parlevliet & Van der Plas (P&P), had an annual turnover of EUR 1.63 billion in 2022, an increase of 11 percent year on year. However, higher operating costs...
Pacific Leaders Tell WTO That Harmful Fisheries Subsidies Must Stop
Pacific ministers want an end to harmful fisheries subsidies that lead to overcapacity of vessels and overfishing of tuna that pose a threat to WCPO stocks. Their call comes amid talks at the...
John West UK Managing Director Steps Down
After four years, Paul Stephenson, who worked as the Managing Director (MD) of Thai Union-owned John West UK and Europe, has announced his departure from the top executive role for unknown...
Woman Fired For Eating Tuna Sandwich & Other Social Media Stories
London-based Gabriela Rodriguez, who was working as a cleaner in a law firm Devonshires Solicitors, was allegedly fired last December for eating leftover tuna sandwiches. Rodriguez was thrown...
What Attracts Tuna Industry Experts To Atuna?
For 25 years, Atuna has been the online news media for tuna industry professionals to start off their day. We have many loyal readers and four who have been with us since the beginning shared...
Dual Engines Still Not A Solution For Tuna Fleet Decarbonization
Dual engines which use marine diesel alongside new fuels might not be an option for fishing vessels due to the weight of these engines and the availability of space to store the fuel,...
Massive Reduction In Price Pushes Up Japan’s 2023 Canned Tuna Imports
Japanese traders and retailers purchased the highest volume of canned tuna from global processors in a five-year period. In 2023, this business reached around USD 400.60 million, a 15 percent...
Readers: EPO Skipjack Catch Not Likely To Rise More
2023 proved to be a year of excellent skipjack fishing in the EPO with a 50-year peak. Purse seiners landed 24 percent more tuna than in 2022. IATTC rules to limit the total well-capacity of...