Paul de Bruyn is the new Executive Secretary of IOTC, taking over the position on July 1 after having worked as the Science Manager in the Commission for five years. Given his background in...
News
Aussie Fish Talk App Aids Inspectors Communicate With Foreign Crew
A free mobile phone application created by fisheries inspectors for people working in this sector has been launched in Australia. Aptly named Fish Talk, it is meant for these men and...
NOAA Accelerates Observer Coverage In Pacific With USD 50 Mln Investment
The US is increasing efforts to put more observers on commercial tuna vessels in the Pacific region. NOAA Fisheries has entered into a five-year contract with US-based FLOAT which works for...
Fijian Tuna Stakeholder Worried Over USD 300 Mln Impact From MPA Expansion
Fiji is considering expanding its marine protected area (MPA) and this has already irked tuna stakeholders from the Pacific Island. Xue Jun Du, Director of Golden Ocean Fish Ltd., one of the...
Tuna Fishermen Say Their “Exciting Jobs” Comes At A Price
The life of a tuna fisherman comes with several challenges. José and Adán, who worked as sailors on the Mexican fishing company Pesca Azteca’s purse seiner, recently revealed that while...
Warming EPO Sea Surface Reduced Q2 Skipjack Landings
Skipjack catches by purse seiners in the Eastern Pacific Ocean were very poor from April to June, given warmer sea surface temperatures during these months. This was in large contrast to the...
Alliance Select Foods’ Expected Turnaround Not Yet In Sight
Tuna processor Alliance Select Foods is slowly recovering business. In the first six months of 2023, the Philippines-based company increased its revenue and narrowed its net loss to USD...
First Latin American Female Observer On Board EPO Seiner
Yenifer Fernández is all set to mark history by being the first female Latin American fishing observer on a tuna vessel in the EPO. Fernández is only 23 years old and has a degree in biology,...
Is IATTC Getting Close To A Deal On The Retrieval Of DFADs?
During the recently concluded IATTC annual meeting, Ecuador, with the EPO's largest seiner fleet, submitted a revised FAD retrieval proposal that urged the Commission to consider...
Zhejiang Ocean Family’s Third IPO ‘Terminated’
The IPO status of Zhejiang Ocean Family was changed to ‘terminated’ in the Shanghai Stock Exchange on August 14. The company and its sponsor withdrew their third IPO attempt that was announced...
AI & Machine Learning Can Revolutionize Tuna Sorting
A team of Chinese researchers has conducted a study to look into the morphological characteristics (form, shape, or structure) of three tuna species – bigeye, yellowfin, and albacore. They...
Poll: Should Ecuadorian Tuna Processors Fear For Their Shipments
Ecuador is plagued by violence and assassinations by drug trafficking gangs. The murder of presidential candidate and popular drug crime fighter Fernando Villavicencio on August 9 was the...
Lagging Recovery IO Skipjack Catch Makes Industry Nervous, Price Remains Stable
Indian Ocean fleets are experiencing persistently low catches and yearned for a recovery in July but that did not materialize, making the tuna industry nervous. The skipjack price remained...
Australian Fishing Group Awaits First Ever Longliner
The Pelamis Group is gearing up to welcome its first tuna longliner to its fishing fleet. The ‘FV Southern Wind,’ built by the Cardama Shipyard in Vigo, will arrive in Australia in October,...
Strong Domestic Demand Pushes Century Pacific Half-Year Turnover
Philippines-based Century Pacific Food Inc's (CNPF) first half-year revenue rose by eight percent year on year as sales of its branded canned tuna and other foods improved in the domestic...
Solomon Islands Exponentially Increases WR exports To Thai Canneries
The import of frozen whole rounds to Thailand dropped in the first half of this year due to low WCPO catches and lack of demand for raw materials by canneries. Indonesia was Thailand’s top...
IATTC Adopts Harvest Control Rules for All Tropical Tuna
The IATTC annual meeting closed on Friday. It adopted harvest control rules (HCRs) for all tropical tunas and the desired harvest strategy (HS) for North Pacific albacore. Good progress was...
Marshall Islands Gets International Recognition For Efforts To Curb IUU Fishing
Marshall Islands, with one of the busiest tuna transshipment ports, was recently recognized for its work to prevent illegal fishing. The International Fisheries Monitoring, Control, and...
Grupo Ricardo Fuentes Takes New Ultra-Low Freezing Carrier Into Use
The Spanish bluefin farming company Grupo Ricardo Fuentes purchased an ultra-low-temperature vessel, 'Princesa Guayarmina.' The carrier adds 1,300 tons of processing and storage...
Readers: Proposed Tinplate Tariff Makes US Canned Tuna Production Non-Competitive
The US government is considering a 300 percent tax hike on imported tinplate steel used for the manufacturing of tuna cans. A vast majority of Atuna’s readers think this proposed tariff will...