Malta’s tuna farming and aquaculture business is on the rocks and suffered a loss last year, according to the latest data from the National Statistics Office (NSO). The country is known for...
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Seychelles Skipjack An Attractive Deal
The Seychelles skipjack price is rising steadily unlike the stable price in Bangkok and declining value in Manta. Our sources confirmed that the Indian Ocean (IO) tuna catches are not as low...
Greenpeace: US Tuna Sector Has Chosen Profit Over Climate
Greenpeace USA is miffed with tuna associations and the seafood sector in the country stating that they have chosen “profit over the state of our planet.” The US seafood industry this week...
MSC Survey: Big Gap In Consumers’ Intentions And Buying Behavior
Every two years, consumers around the world are surveyed about their attitude towards sustainability involving seafood and the oceans. This is an initiative carried out by MSC and GlobeScan. A...
Will US-Ecuador Agreement Have A Chance Under Biden?
In November, Atuna reported on the ongoing negotiations between the US and Ecuador for a reduction in tariffs for Ecuadorian tuna exports which would boost the nation’s competitiveness in the...
Fiji Interested In Blue Bonds As Part Of Climate Policy
Fiji is interested in blue bonds as part of its commitment to a sustainable future and is in talks with the UK regarding this. The island nation’s Minister for Economy and the official...
Top Filipino Tuna Company To Launch Country’s First Vegan Meat
Century Pacific Food, the Philippines' leading tuna and packaged food company will be launching UnMeat, the country’s first vegan brand for meat alternatives. In a press release, the firm's...
South American Nations Pen Agreement To Combat IUU Fishing
Several South American nations have joined forces, determined to stop IUU fishing near their tuna-rich waters by foreign fleets. The members of the Permanent Commission of the South Pacific...
More Local Seiners, But Micronesian EEZ Catches Dropped Sharply
The Micronesian purse seine fleet has been very active and last year, it massively increased its tuna catches in the WCPFC area. Meanwhile, tuna landings in the Federated States of...
EPO Q3: Mexico’s Skipjack Catches Fall While Panama’s Surge
The EPO tuna catches during the first nine months of the year strongly declined and positioned between the amounts taken in 2019 and 2018. The main reason for the drop was that the skipjack...
Indonesian Authorities Repatriate Local Crew From Chinese LL Fleet
Indonesian authorities have stepped up their game in handling labor issues and protecting their citizens in the tuna industry. This year, they have repatriated hundreds of fishermen from one...
Atuna Readers Say ATQ Should Remain The Same
The majority of Atuna readers think that the Autonomous Tariff Quota (ATQ) for pre-cooked tuna loins should be kept at the current level of 30,000 M/T. The EU Council is currently in talks...
EU Augments Fisheries Fund For 2021
The EU Parliament has reinforced the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) by EUR 19. 6 million, according to the provisional document on the general budget for 2021. The European...
ICCAT To Discuss FAD Reduction Next Year
ICCAT will be looking into tackling the issue of FADs next year. The Chair of the panel discussing issues related to tropical tuna proposed a virtual meeting on this topic. He recommended...
Mega RCEP Trade Deal Unifies Rules Of Origin For Tuna
Finally, after eight years of negotiation, 15 Asia Pacific nations have penned a trade agreement that is said to be one of the biggest deals to be ever made. This mega FTA includes rules of...
MSC Still Struggling In EU’s Largest Tuna Market
Spain has one of the largest per capita consumption of canned tuna and it is a powerful player in Europe in this sector. However, when it comes to sustainable certified products, an extremely...
Fishing Ban & Low Catches Keep Manta Price Up
The second EPO fishing ban or veda has already started and low volumes of raw material reaching the Manta port in Ecuador are keeping the skipjack price for this time of the year higher than...
Majuro Sees Hike In Tuna Transshipments In October
Tuna transshipment hub, Majuro in the Marshall Islands, saw an increase in operations in October after months of low activity due to the global pandemic restriction measures. Last month,...
Pew Provides RFMOs With Tools To Boost EM Implementation
The Pew Charitable Trusts (Pew) has published a study on how RFMOs can use emerging technologies to improve high-seas fishing oversight. During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, several RFMOs...
EPO Q3 Skipjack Landings Affected By COVID-19 Measures
Tuna fleets fishing in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) have faced several difficulties this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On top of this, the extraordinary good catch levels of the first...