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Decision To Overturn Buyer’s Classes In Big Three Lawsuit Vacated
The move to overturn the three classes of canned tuna buyers in the ongoing price-fixing lawsuit in the US has been vacated. This was decided by all the judges that formed the US Court for...
IO Nation Cannot Monitor Foreign Vessels After Failure To Pay VMS Bills
Satellite monitoring is essential for fishing nations to track who is fishing in their waters, especially when it comes to foreign vessels. However, the Indian Ocean (IO) nation of Kenya is...
StarKist Applies Tuna Successes To Other Products
The success of tuna in pouches inspired StarKist to also launch ready-to-eat chicken chunks in pouches. The brand announced a new item which is again inspired by tuna. This time it is pouched...
MSC Says Objection Process Is Fair & Open
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has said that its objection process was specifically designed to be fair and open. Yesterday, Atuna published that some stakeholders have lost faith in the...
Dongwon Expands Its Healthy Fast Food Chain
Today, Dongwon Group has opened its fifth CrispyFresh salad café at a spot that is easily accessible and where a lot of people pass by - a subway station in Seoul. The food shop only serves...
Authorities Worry About Clashes Between Pacific Longliners
Authorities from the US are becoming increasingly concerned about the violent confrontations between tuna vessels fighting for the fish. In particular, several of these incidents have been...
Kidnapped Tuna Crew Released After Two Months In Captivity
All 10 tuna fishermen kidnapped by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea between May 20 and June 1 have been released after at least two months in captivity, confirmed the Korean Ministry of Foreign...
Why Can Slovenians Not Fish Any Tuna In Their EEZ?
Slovenian fishermen are not allowed to fish for bluefin in their own waters as the country does not have a share of the EU quota. This is because Slovenia's fisheries policymakers did not...
World’s Second Largest Tuna Industry Going For The Extra Mile
Ecuador’s tuna industry is researching its chances to expand in the global tuna market and enlarge its competitiveness. Last week in Manta, the Prefecture of Manabí and Global Trade Consulting...
Calvo’s ‘Easy Flip’ Packaging Wins Innovation Award In Spain
Calvo’s new tuna packaging concept, which was launched this January, has received the Galicia Food Awards in the category of Innovative Product. These awards are meant to contribute to the...
Seychelles Prices Holding On Despite Lower Landings
The fact that Indian Ocean (IO) fleets have continued to report low tuna catches has not impacted the skipjack price in the area. Seiners fishing around the Seychelles, which are highly...
Is MSC’s Stakeholder Objection Process Seriously Broken?
During any fishery’s MSC certification, strong stakeholder engagement is key to ensure a thorough and unbiased assessment. The process provides several opportunities for any interested party...
Major Global Tuna Highlights July 2021
In July, high shipping costs and fuel prices dominated the tuna trade and the skipjack price in the global tuna industry. The outlook of the WCPO FAD ban that started this month is uncertain....
Half Of EPO Seiners At Port As First Veda Starts
This year's first Veda for EPO tuna purse seiners with a fish-holding capacity of 182 M/T or more started on July 29. Of the 254 seiners, 123 have chosen to stop fishing during this closure...
EU & Mauritania See Eye To Eye On A New Fisheries Partnership
The negotiations between the EU and Mauritania regarding a new sustainable fisheries agreement came to a successful end on July 28. Officials from both parties were able to agree on a new...
RFMOs’ Pacific Bluefin Group Raises Quota Despite Scientific Advice
The international joint working group of IATTC and WCPFC for Pacific bluefin (PBF) raised the quota for catches against scientific advice. As expected, environmental NGOs are extremely unhappy...
Moving Tuna Due To Climate Change Could Cost Pacific SIDS $140 Million Yearly
Pacific Island nations, especially 10 tuna-dependent ones, might be facing a drop of up to USD 140 million per year in revenue from tuna fishing access fees, as the fish might move eastwards...
Asdomar Products Are Proudly 100% Friend Of The Sea
The Italian preserved tuna brand Asdomar has revealed its 2020 sustainability report. The document states that the sustainability of the raw material (used in the label owned by Generale...
Tri Marine Closer To Yet Another DFAD MSC Certification
In the wave of WCPO MSC certified free school tuna fisheries extending the scope of their assessments to include purse seine drifting FADs (dFADs) catches, Tri Marine is closer to add yet...