A Southern bluefin tagged over 30 years ago was recently caught off the coast of Australia. Ryan Gazzola, 17, hooked the tuna weighing in at 135 kilograms off the Mornington Peninsula in...
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How Tonga Got Its Fresh Tuna Shipments Back On Track
Tonga-based Pacific Sunrise Fishing's six longliner boats were washed out to sea after an erupting volcano triggered a tsunami but what hurt the company's fresh tuna business the most was...
Scientists Raise Doubts Over Pacific Marine Park Expansion
Scientists in the US Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council have doubts about the recommendation to expand a marine monument in the central Pacific Ocean. They noted a lack of...
Anger Over Approved Nauru’s Deep Sea Mining Project
Scientists and environmental groups are up in arms after an international body gave Nauru Ocean Resources Inc (NORI) the green light to conduct deep sea mining trials in the Clarion Clipperton...
New Fishing Rules For EU Tuna Boats In WCPFC Approved
This week, members of the European Parliament (EP) approved new fisheries rules into the EU legislation which apply to the bloc’s flagged vessels. This relates to their adherence to...
Why WWF’s Blockchain Project With Philippine Fisheries Failed
In 2019, WWF and Union Bank of the Philippines launched a very innovative and ambitious initiative for artisanal small-scale handline tuna fishermen. Tracey, as the app is called, is powered...
How Solomon’s Tuna Sector Defied COVID & Created Growth
The Solomon Islands tuna industry is going strong and the government is injecting money into ventures and programs to improve the entire supply chain in the sector. SolTuna cannery also...
First Hawaii Longline Fishery MSC Certified
As no stakeholders submitted any objections, Control Union UK published the Public Certification Report for its client, the Hawaii Longline Swordfish, Bigeye, and Yellowfin Fishery, which...
Still No Long-Term Deal For EU Seiners In Mauritius’ Waters
The European Parliament gave its consent to the extension of the EU-Mauritius fisheries protocol on Tuesday. The EU seiner fleet can continue its fishing operations in Mauritius' EEZ for...
Poll: Will Tuna Be Traded With Digital Currency In The Future?
Digital currencies are being used all over the world by various industries. The idea of using cryptocurrency in the global tuna sector has not taken off although some ideas are being launched....
Indian Ocean Albacore In Healthy State Say Scientists
Albacore in the Indian Ocean is in a healthy state according to the latest stock assessment results released by the IOTC. However, they advised a precautionary approach to the management of...
EU Alerts: Histamine In Tuna Poisoned 20 Swedes
Incidents involving tuna varied across France, Spain, and Sweden in August. Histamine detection was the root cause of all the alerts reported in the EU Regulatory Rapid Alert System for Food...
PNA Floats Idea Of 6-Year Trial On Skipjack Harvest Strategy
Officials on behalf of the PNA nations and Tokelau expressed concerns about the time track for introducing Harvest Strategies for the key tuna stocks in the WCPO. They floated the idea of...
Exciting Disney Tuna Game For Young Kids
The gaming generation is now hooked onto a newly released adventure game, Disney Dreamlight Valley. It could particularly excite the young children of our readers as the game features a...
Readers: Inflation Will Boost Tuna Sales
Now inflation becomes more being felt, especially for lower-income households, Atuna dropped the question to its readers whether that will stimulate canned tuna sales in their markets. Around...
Philippine Adjudicator Gets Prison Term For Tuna Extortion
Ex-provincial agrarian reform adjudicator, Henry Gelacio, was convicted of extorting cash and tuna from litigants 15 years ago. The former employee of the Philippine Department of Agrarian...
FAO Says Yes To Global Transshipment Guidelines
A major intergovernmental forum has endorsed a set of rules on global transshipments, which are a “powerful tool” to help combat IUU fishing by closing loopholes in regulations. The at-sea...
US Longliners Albacore Catch Under Exception Rule Evaluated
Tomorrow, the Scientific and Statistical Committee meeting will take place virtually in Honolulu, Hawaii. On the agenda are the mid-2022 reports of the Hawaii and American Samoa longline...
New Tuna Farming Feed Tested To Avoid Slime
A feed pilot project is being conducted on a cage of around 150 Atlantic bluefin tuna off the coast of Marsaxlokk in Malta. The Singaporean company, Sustainable Kinetics, produces the feed...
CEO Guilty Of All Offenses With “Frankenstein Helicopters”
A US Court found John Walker guilty of 110 charges related to his tuna spotting helicopter business. The Hansen Helicopters' CEO was tried for defrauding the FAA and National Transportation...