Authorities in Marshall Islands are anticipating the fisheries initiative, FISH4ACP, will help boost the tuna value chain in the country. The five-year project is supported by the UN Food and...
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US Tuna & Seafood Sectors Caution US Govt On “30×30” Rule
On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order on climate change, oceans, and environment including the contentious “30 by 30” provision. The tuna and seafood sectors have had...
Peru’s Leading Tuna Fishing Company Gets New Loan To Pay Debts
Hayduk, the owner of the Peruvian canned tuna brand Campomar, has received millions of dollars in loans from Dutch and Norwegian banks. The company is one of the market leaders in the country...
Expert Says Tuna Are Not Causing ‘Sharkier’ Aussie Waters
More sharks are roaming the waters of South Australia's coast, and the region was in shock over the death of a snorkeler who is believed to have been killed by one of these creatures. Some...
Only 64% Of IOTC Parties Complied With FAD Management Plan
Flags states with vessels operating in the IOTC convention area mainly comply with the conservation and management measures (CMMs) established by the Commission. However, they are still...
AP2HI Officially MSC Certified After Rocky Road
The Indonesia pole-and-line and handline fishery, Asosiasi Perikanan (AP2HI), targeting skipjack and yellowfin tuna in the Western and Central Pacific archipelagic waters has been officially...
Four NGOs Raise Objections Against PNA Trying To Get FADs MSC Certified
The 1.1 million M/T tuna fishery of PNA announced last month its intention to get its purse seiners using FAD sets MSC certified. The Parties to the Nauru Agreement manage the world's largest...
PNG Halved Thai Canned Tuna Imports In 2020
Thai canned tuna shipped overseas experienced a modest increase during 2020. However, this was mainly visible only for the top major destinations while the processors' foothold in many smaller...
UN Body Has Chance To Harmonize Global Transshipment Guidelines
Illegal transshipment activity is not new but there is an opportunity to make stronger global guidelines when it comes to these practices, according to the UN Food and Agricultural...
Palau’s New President Insists On Fishing Ban In EEZ
Palau’s New President, Surangel Whipps Jr., will continue supporting the country’s National Marine Sanctuary (PNMS) and insists fishing will be banned from this area. In January 2020, Palau...
Vanuatu Seizes IUU Fishing Chinese Longliners
Vanuatu’s naval authorities seized two longliners suspected of illegally fishing tuna in the nation's EEZ. The ‘Dong Gang Xing 13’ and ‘Dong Gang Xing 16’ are registered to China-based Zhuhai...
New Aquaculture Player Eyeing Fuentes Group’s Tuna Farms
A new aquaculture player, Avramar, is looking to get its hand on some of Ricardo Fuentes’ bluefin farms. Avramar is the result of the merger of the Greek/Spanish companies Andromeda Group,...
Xiamen City Tuna Trade An Exaggeration?
The port city of Xiamen in China is continuing to develop its tuna sector and recently shipped its first batch of products to overseas markets. However, some of the destinations which were...
Ecuador’s Fishers Say No To Expanding Galapagos Reserve
During Ecuador’s third Fisheries Summit, which ended last Sunday, the tuna and seafood fishing industry and the artisanal sector flatly rejected the proposal to extend the Galapagos EEZ’s...
Sharp Q4 Drop-Off In Shipments By Thai Canners
The demand for canned tuna from Thailand during 2020 increased mainly thanks to the surge in retail sales resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in the US. The first nine months of...
FISH Is New Kid On Social Responsibility Block
A new fishery standard focusing on fair treatment of crew in tuna and other wild capture fisheries was announced this month. It joins the myriad number of social responsibility programs...
Former StarKist Exec Expresses Remorse To Judge Over Price-Fixing
Before his sentencing, Stephen Hodge, the former Senior Vice President of Sales at StarKist, expressed remorse for his involvement in the “illegal price-fixing conspiracy” in a letter to the...
Kenya’s Good Catches Rotting Due To Lack Of Demand
The global fresh tuna market remains stagnant due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In Kenya, local fishermen have had to see their tuna rot due to the poor demand for fresh fish. The Chairman of the...
PNA Withdraws Objection Against Indonesian Pole & Line MSC At Last Minute
Last Friday was the last day of the consultation period regarding the PNA objection against the MSC certification of the Indonesian pole-and-line and handline fishery, Asosiasi Perikanan...
Container Crisis Confronts Canners With Cost Explosion
The global container supply chain shortage is causing plenty of headaches for tuna exporters given that it is causing shipping rates to skyrocket. As Atuna has previously reported, there is a...