In late July, an independent adjudicator decided that NGOs’ concerns over an eastern Atlantic bluefin fishery MSC certification were dealt with in an updated report. Thus, MSC recently...
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Ministers Fear Jump In IUU Fishing With Lack Of Observer Oversight
Fisheries Ministers from member countries of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) expressed their concerns about the impact of the lack of observer oversight on the legality of all...
Satlink Offers Observers Career Switch To EM Analysts
Spanish company Satlink has launched a training program for observers to retrain themselves as Electronic Monitoring (EM) analysts. This gives about 800 observers in the Western and Central...
Ecuador Wants EEZ Border At 350 Miles Off Shore
Ecuador is moving on with its goal to extend its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) which will allow the country to control a big area of tuna rich grounds. This December the nation will present...
Seiners’ Lack Of Communication Led To Million USD Crash
It has now become clear what exactly happened when the two seiners, ‘American Eagle’ and ‘Koorale’, clashed northeast of American Samoa on June 17, 2019. The National Transportation Safety...
Major Fatal Explosion In Tuna Cannery In Manta
During the morning of August 6, a boiler landed on the streets of Manta after an explosion inside a tuna cannery sent it flying over 150 meters. So far, the incident has left two workers dead...
Malta’s Tuna Sector Self-Regulate To Clean Slime Off The Sea
Maltese bluefin farmers have joined forces to clean up the sea through a self-regulatory agreement. The Federation of Maltese Aquaculture Producers (FMAP) informed that this is the third...
Grupo Herdez Ceases Tuna Production
Although canned tuna was its best-selling product in the first half-year, Grupo Herdez announced it is selling its canned tuna brand Nair, which accounted for only 1.4 percent of the company’s...
Tuna Fisheries Report Card 2020 To Be Discussed Virtually
Today starts the first-ever online meeting of the Forum Fisheries Committee (FFC) during which the Tuna Fisheries Report Card 2020 will be discussed. The gathering will be held until tomorrow...
Marshall Islands Fleet Reports Highest Catches Ever
Last year, the Marshall Islands’ purse seine tuna fleet recorded its highest catch volume in the last 20 years. WCPFC data revealed that the 2019 annual catches of Marshall Islands peaked at...
Surging StarKist Sales Boost Dongwon Industries’ Q2 Profit
The strong performance of StarKist's sales in the US market during the first quarter of 2020 continued in the following three months, boosting the Q2 figures of its Taiwanese owner Dongwon...
EU Alerts: Histamine-Related Alerts Continued
In July, four tuna-related incidents were reported to the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) by authorities across Europe. The issues ranged from mild histamine cases to spoilage due...
Maruha Nichiro Betting More On Aquaculture, Less On Wild
The new CEO of the Japanese company Maruha Nichiro, Ken Ikemi, said that in order to survive the current challenges derivating from the COVID-19 pandemic, the business needs to focuss more on...
Is The FAO Code On Canned Tuna The Way To Go?
The FAO area code that indicates where the tuna was caught is mandatory for canned tuna sold in the EU. However, canneries are starting to standardize this practice and more and more products...
IPNLF Completely Removes MSC From Its 2025 Goals
The International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) has released its Strategic Plan 2020-2025 which seems to fulfill goals to enhance fisheries support, business development, communication,...
Import Duties Could Strangle Peruvian Tuna Canneries
The Peruvian tuna industry might be facing extinction thanks to a law that looks to charge national canneris a 30 percent import tax for the raw material supplied by foreign vessels. This is...
Readers Expect Significant Reduction In Global Tuna Catches
The COVID-19 pandemic has increasingly disrupted fisheries as contamination within their crews has forced vessels to stay in port. Atuna asked its readers, how will the ongoing coronavirus...
Weakening US Dollar A Boom For EU Tuna Buyers
Since late-May, the most traded currency in the world, the US dollar, has been gradually losing its dominance. Most global tuna deals are done in US dollars, hence could the current situation...
EU Assigned Vietnam Canned Tuna Quota For 2020
The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Deal (EVFTA) enables Vietnam to export 11,500 M/T of canned tuna duty-free based on origin fish to the economic block per year. However, the agreement came in force...
GTA Asks 25% Yellowfin Catch Reduction In IO
The Global Tuna Alliance (GTA) has published a report that concludes that a yellowfin catch reduction is imperative to rebuild the yellowfin stock within two generations. Based in the UK, GTA...