Yesterday, the annual IATTC session started via videoconference. Members of the RFMO are trying to agree on conservation measures for tropical tuna for the next three years. Ahead of the...
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Tuna, An Inspiration For Future Underwater Vehicles?
A team from an American university has created a new tuna robot that could inspire future underwater vehicles. Although other similar tunabots have been created in the last couple of years,...
French Vessel Accused Of IUU Tuna Fishing In Channel Islands
English fishermen are at loggerheads with the French with the former saying that a French commercial fishing vessel has illegally fished one ton of bluefin in Jersey Island’s waters. The...
Maldives Food Authority Worried Over Treated Tuna
Maldives Food and Drug Authority (MFDA) has advised caution for parties buying and selling tuna in the Maldives because the Ministry has found that there are some processors producing tuna...
Drop in MGO Fuel Costs Some Relief For Seiner Owners
Purse seine operators can take a breather as fuel costs have declined slightly despite the latest rise in global oil prices. Oil prices rally across the world in the first half of the year hit...
Peru Industry Wants To Reduce ‘Harmful’ Canned Tuna Imports From Asia
The Peruvian tuna industry has asked its government to put local canned tuna products above those from foreign countries, especially Asian nations. The President of the Peruvian Chamber of...
Fiji Govt Green Lights Subsidies For Fleet Upgrade
The Fijian government has announced its intention to help grow the country's fishing industry with loans and subsidies. In particular, these will focus on upgrading the country’s tuna fleet....
Marshall Islands To Pick Up Pace On Vaccines For Tuna Crews
Marshall Islands will continue vaccinating foreign fishing crews after the work was paused as the Pacific nation had to inoculate its own citizens, especially those in more remote locations....
Philippines Seiner Fleet Has Huge Support Vessel Network In WCPO
The purse seine fleet of the Philippines in the WCPO expanded in 2020 but each seiner seems on average to have also at least two support vessels, which is an exceptional situation. The rapidly...
IATTC Hopes To Reach Tuna Conservation Measures One More Time
Members of the IATTC are once again set to debate tropical tuna conservation measures for the next three years. During the past meetings, countries were unable to agree on the best ways to...
Yvon Riva Set To Leave Orthongel After Chairing For Over Two Decades
The French association of frozen tuna producers Orthongel has elected a new President after 21 years. Yvon Riva is set to leave the organization on September 15 when Xavier Leduc, President of...
Is Bolton Entering The US Market With Wild Planet A Smart Move?
There are talks that Bolton Group is interested in entering the US market by purchasing the high-end premium canned tuna company Wild Planet Foods. This American label only...
Majority Of Readers Say MSC Objection Process Not Working
Over the month, Atuna has been discussing if the Marine Stewardship Council’s objection process regarding certification is working properly for stakeholders. Critics have said that it requires...
Korea Introduces App For Easier Tuna Transshipments
The Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries wants to optimize the administrative work regarding transshipments for pelagic deep-sea fishing vessels including tuna, and has established the...
Yellowfin Supply To BKK Stable Despite Reported Low Catches
Purse seine operators have reported that yellowfin catches in the WCPO have been significantly low during the first half of 2021. However, during the same period discharges of whole round...
P&P Moves Into Tuna Processing With Significant Stake In TOG
In the latest move, Parlevliet & van der Plas (P&P), the largest fishing group in the Netherlands, will be getting an even bigger foothold in the tuna sector. It has come to an...
Disgraced Tuna Fraud Official Continues To Get Full Pay Years After Suspension
In the EU nation of Malta, a former top fisheries official has been receiving her salary in full for the past two and a half years even after having been suspended. Andreina Fenech Farrugia...
Vaccinations In Three Major Asian Processing Nations Still Very Limited
As the tuna industry around the world has embedded COVID-19 measures into its protocols, vaccinations have been rolling out for months. Some producing and fishing nations have been making more...
Azores Tuna Fishers Take Part In Ghost Gear Removal Contest
Small-scale tuna fishers in the Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal, are taking part in a ghost gear retrieval competition, the first of its kind in the world. The contest runs from June...
US Troll Albacore Catches Rise Sharply In 2020
The US longline fleet landed fewer catches in 2020 while the country’s trollers targeting albacore managed to increase their captures by nearly 120 percent year-on-year. According to the...