The volume of tuna loaded by carriers in the main ports within the Western Pacific during September experienced a strong fall. It reached the second-lowest level of the year. The plunge...
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ICCAT Event To Reveal Info On Tagged Atlantic Tuna
ICCAT will have its final symposium on the Atlantic Ocean Tropical Tuna tagging Program (AOTTP) online from January 12 to 14. It will bring together students, scientists, managers, NGOs, and...
Maldives Canned Exports Shrank In H1 2020
Maldives' overall tuna exports to overseas markets fell by a small margin in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2019. Its canned and pouched production especially...
WCPO Seiners Fishing More Days, But Finding Less
During the month of September, the skipjack price in Bangkok initially followed the same trend of recent years and declined alongside the tuna catches in the WCPO. However, recent information...
IPNLF & Earthworm Deal To Bolster French Tuna Sustainability
A partnership agreement has been signed between the non-profit Earthworm Foundation and the International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) to help create a sustainable supply chain in the...
Who Is The Model Here?
It is impressive what people post on social media that is related to tuna. This time, Atuna has chosen some recent funny and enjoyable ones for our readers. Tuna delicious or misplaced? Many...
Contradictory Info On Cause Of Observer Death On ‘Win Far 636’
Based on further news that Atuna has received from sources regarding the investigation on the death of Kiribati observer, Eritara Aati Kaierua, on board the Taiwanese-flagged tuna purse seiner...
100% Of Canadian Cannery Products MSC Certified
All Raincoast Trading products are now carrying the MSC blue logo for sustainable fishing. The cannery based in Nanaimo, Canada, has over 25 years of experience and trades albacore and...
Daily Catches For WCPO Seiners Dropped To Lowest In Sept
As the FAD ban period came to a close, the total tuna catches in the PNA EEZs and high seas fell to around the lowest level in nearly two years in September. WCPO purse seiners also hauled in...
Aussie Tuna Longliners Told To Collect Seabirds Feathers
Nearly 10 months from the start of the 2020 Eastern Tuna and Billfish (ETBF) fishing season, the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has released a statement reminding boat owners...
Other EU Loin Suppliers Pushed Out By China In H1
The demand for foreign pre-cooked tuna loins has been steadily growing among EU processors. While the majority of origin countries reduced their year-on-year deliveries, the strength and...
COVID-19 Outbreak In New Zealand Port
Out of 440 Russian and Ukrainian fishermen who arrived last week in New Zealand on two chartered flights, at least 18 have tested positive for COVID-19. The sailors were in a hotel - which has...
Mozambique Seeking Extradition Of 3 Ex-Bankers In Tuna Scam
Mozambique’s Attorney-General's Office (PGR) has been given authorization by the Supreme Court to seek the extradition of three former Credit Suisse bankers to Maputo, reported All Africa....
China Holds More Than One-Third Of Total EU Loins Market
China’s business is growing and it has European markets hooked on its cheap pre-cooked tuna loins. It currently holds over a third of the total EU loins import market, a large share, despite...
EU Fleet Extends Foothold In Pacific
The EU has extended by one year the sustainable fisheries partnership agreement with Cook Islands. The current protocol allows for 7,000 M/T of tuna to be caught annually by four EU purse...
Worries Over Yellowfin Being Ignored At IOTC November Meeting
The 24th Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) is scheduled to take place from November 2 to 6 via video conference due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. One of the hottest issues...
Chinese Captain Charged For Ordering Killing Of Four ‘Pirates’
A Chinese tuna longliner captain has been officially charged with the killing of four men who were shot at sea from his vessel in 2012. The fatal incident was made public through a video that...
Lukewarm Supply Making SKJ1.8:BKK Speculators Nervous
The Bangkok skipjack value benchmark is resisting the expected bearish trend by many buyers and holding steady in the month of October. Thai canneries are waiting to see how much more supply...
Immaculate First Trip For New Ecuadorian Seiner
The first trip of the Ecuadorian Grupo Jadran’s newly built tuna purse seiner ‘John Paul II’ – 92 meters long and 14 meters wide – went without problems. Towed by three tugboats, the vessel...
FADs Contributed To Success Of Pacific Tagging Expedition
A tuna tagging expedition of 50 days carried out by the Pacific Community (SPC) has just been completed. It managed to deploy a record number of tags, mainly due to the support of the fishing...