On Thursday, Europêche sent out a strongly worded statement that the EU’s margin of tolerance rule threatens the French tuna seiner fleet with extinction by 2026 and that the Spanish are next...
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Adjudicator Failing PNA On Bigeye Does Not Set Precedent Says MSC
This week, the independent adjudicator (IA) who failed the world’s largest MSC-certified fishery, the PNA, by blocking its bigeye scope extension has kicked over the hornet’s nest. He remanded...
China Wants Access To Tuna-Rich Somali Waters
China wants access to Somalia’s rich tuna fishing grounds for its distant water fleet (DWF) and several Chinese officials recently held an online symposium regarding trade between the two...
Sajo Wants To Offer Bluefin Sashimi To South Koreans
Seafood company Sajo aims to retail North Atlantic bluefin to domestic consumers. It is planning on selling the product to around 20 stores across the country. These seafood outlets focus on...
Houses Raided In USD 1 Million Tuna Scam
On July 12, teams from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted simultaneous raids on six locations, including three residences of Member of Parliament (MP) Mohammed Faizal in...
Mexican Initiator Of Dolphin Case Against US Passed Away
The defender of the Mexican tuna fleet in the long-running dolphin-safe dispute with the US, Alfonso Rosiñol Lliteras, passed away last week at the age of 74. As President of the Chamber of...
Kiribati Quits Pacific Forum But US Wants To Improve Bonds
A regional rift is beginning among the Pacific Islands with pro-Beijing Kiribati withdrawing from the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), from the meeting currently taking place in Suva, Fiji. The...
The Base Of All Stacked WCPO MSC PS Certifications Fails On Bigeye
After months of deliberation, the independent adjudicator (IA) has published his decisions on the scope extension for the PNA Western and Central Pacific fishery on bigeye and FAD sets. He...
EUR And USD Hit Parity After 20 Years
In the past few days, the euro and the US dollar came very close to parity a few times. Yesterday, the currencies reached 1.00019, which the financial world considers as equal. This...
Biggest Of Some Of The Lesser Known Tuna Species
Previously, Atuna reported on the biggest among the larger Thunnini. It is time to take a look at record catches of some tuna species of lesser interest. Out in Tanzania, a dogtooth was reeled...
Dongwon F&B’s Canned Tuna Ambition In China Failed
The highly ambitious introduction of Dongwon Tuna to the Chinese market in 2011 has turned out to be a failure for the Korean company. Dongwon F&B (with a strong domestic market) wanted to...
Bangkok Skipjack Price At A Turning Point?
Buyers in the Bangkok skipjack trading market are trying to make the right purchasing decisions for the coming month. The value per ton is holding steady while sentiment is beginning to turn...
TUNACONS Receives MSC Certification For Yellowfin
The Ecuadorian fishery TUNACONS has been officially MSC certified, the culmination of a long process that started with a FIP in 2016. The milestone was achieved after no objections were filed...
Collapsed Yellowfin Catches Send Vietnamese Boats To Port
Most of the fishing boats in Binh Dinh have been anchored at Quy Nhon Fishing Port for the past four months. The industry here plays a major role in Vietnam's annual tuna export, providing...
Bolton Food’s Tuna Mostly Responsible, But Only 10% Has MSC
Italian tuna-powerhouse Bolton Food aims to source 100 percent responsibly fished tuna by 2024. Currently, the company considers that nearly three-quarters of its tuna comes from fisheries...
Subway Still Hooked To “No Tuna” In Sandwiches Lawsuit
A class-action lawsuit against Subway is not going away as the Californian federal judge in charge of the case has refused to toss part of the claims brought against the US restaurant...
Micronesia Needs A Tuna Diet To Survive
The wealth of the oceans is dwindling at an unparalleled rate and the dangerously decreasing numbers of reef fish might soon push the Micronesian population to choose an alternative food -...
Stronger US Dollar Ballooning Dongwon Price-Fixing Claim Payments
The rapidly strengthening US dollar is causing concern for investors in Dongwon Industries, given that it is burdened by its subsidiary StarKist’s involvement in the price-fixing scandal in...
Portugal Wants Bigeye Quota From Spain
The fleets of Madeira and the Azores have almost reached their bigeye catch limits and to avoid any penalties from the EU if they were to surpass the volume, the Portuguese government has...
FCF The 11th Fishery Certified In WCPO
On July 7, the eleventh WCPO fishery received the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification. The Nauru Skipjack, Yellowfin, and Bigeye Tuna Purse Seine Fishery is now sustainably...