Sri Lanka is determined to qualify for the EU's GSP regulations that will come into force from January 1, 2024, for the next ten-year cycle. Since the Asian country enjoys GSP+ benefits, it...
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Readers Say Nations Should Not Opt-Out From Conservation Measures
In Atuna’s latest poll, a majority of our readers voted that countries should not be able to “opt out” of RFMO measures just because they feel like it. This question came about after...
IOTC Members’ Compliance With Conservation Measures Declining
The IOTC Compliance Committee (CoC) annually reviews the questionnaires sent to its member states to check their conformity with the RFMO’s conservation and management measures. In 2022, the...
FIA PNG Gets MSC Certified For Entire WCPO
The Fishing Industry Association of Papua New Guinea (FIA PNG) has passed its scope extension to include PNA waters and the high seas, making this fishery MSC certified for the entire WCPO on...
OPAGAC Says EU-Thai FTA Will Doom Spanish Fleet
The EU-Thailand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will likely be inked soon. This has raised the ire of multiple European organizations including OPAGAC (under which a part of the Spanish purse...
Bermeo Eyes On Historic Cannery As International Tuna Center
Local politicians have suggested converting the Ormaza canning factory, which closed fifteen years ago, into the Bermeo International Tuna Center (BITC). City Mayor, Aritz Abaroa, announced...
Sea Shepherd Steps In To Assist Tuvalu In IUU Control
Tuvalu is continuing efforts to control its waters by partnering with Sea Shepherd Global (SSG) to take over the duties from its damaged patrol boat. The government and the NGO signed a...
Philippine Authorities Prevent Sale Of Tuna Smeared With Pig’s Blood
The General Santos local administration ordered the closure of four fish stalls in the public market after the owners were accused of smearing pig's blood on tuna to make the meat look fresh....
NGOs Urge US To Block Tuna Imports From Ecuador
Comprehensive research by three US-based NGOs concludes that Ecuador does not comply with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). They want the National Marine Fisheries Services to ban...
OPAGAC Allocates Millions To Achieve MSC For All Catches
The Spanish purse seiners, grouped in OPAGAC, intend to certify their annual 380,000 tons of tuna catches with the MSC blue logo. The fishing group announced it will invest EUR 7 million (USD...
French NGO Bloom Requests Observer Status In IOTC
French NGO Bloom asked in a letter to the IOTC to grant observer status to stay informed on the RFMO decision-making process. In the note dated May 9, Bloom also made several accusations...
Halla Foods Engages 73-Year-Old Actress To Celebrate Sales Of 100 Mil Tuna Liquid Bottles
The Korean seafood company Halla Foods is celebrating the cumulative sales of more than 100 million bottles of its Tuna Liquid product within a year. 73-year-old actress Kim Soo-mi is...
Dongwon Awarded MSC ‘Best Enterprise Of The Year’
Dongwon Industries won the ‘Best Enterprise of the Year’ award from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Korea for a second consecutive time. The Korean seafood company received the grant,...
Will Commercial Interests Kill IOTC Collaboration?
Orthongel represents the French purse seiner operators and its President, Xavier Leduc, talked with Atuna at the Seafood Expo in Barcelona concerning the current challenges the EU seiner fleet...
Seiner Fuel Lowest Level In 2023 But Operators Affected By Poor Fishing
International crude prices have declined and this has pulled down marine fuel costs for purse seiners to one of the lowest levels this year. However, vessel operators are facing a headwind...
Blue Bonds Pave Way For Conservation Funding
Ecuador's debt conversion through the Galapagos Bonds provides sustainable financing needed to support the implementation and management of marine conservation measures in the world’s most...
Sajo Daelim Expands Premium Line Of Products
Korean food company Sajo Daelim has launched a new range of products under the ‘Premium Tuna Collection Gift Set’ with two cans of each variation: yellowfin, mara, truffle, and albacore. The...
Greenpeace Lauds Asian Leader’s Decision To Combat Forced Labor On Longliners
Greenpeace USA welcomed the recently adopted 'Declaration on the Placement and Protection of Migrant Fishers' at the 42nd ASEAN summit held in Indonesia. The leaders, representing ten...
IOTC Re-Elects Jung-re Riley Kim As Its Chairperson
The Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced last week that Jung-re Riley Kim has been re-elected as the President of IOTC. Kim, unanimously elected by the council members for a...
Tuna Buyers Say Lion Capital Supported Price-Fixing While Owning Bumble Bee
Not long after Lion Capital LLP and its subsidiary Big Catch Cayman (two former Bumble Bee owners) stated they did not sell a single can of tuna, US consumers have urged a Californian federal...