The Indian ban on deep-sea fishing that was imposed due to the COVID-19 outbreak is nearing its end on July 31, but whether operations will resume is still up for debate. The uncertainty...
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Portugal Promotes Consumption Of National Tuna
Portuguese authorities joined together to start the campaign Let’s Preserve What Is Ours, which promotes the consumption of preserved seafood produced nationally to favor the country's economy...
At Sea Transshipments Now Trackable Via Global Fishing Watch
A new public internet portal has been set up by Global Fishing Watch (GFW) that will help policymakers and fishery managers to better understand transshipment activities. The site follows...
Dutch Retailer Jumbo Launches 100% MSC Private Label Tuna Range
The second biggest Dutch retailer, Jumbo, announced its private label line of eight MSC certified canned seafood in a press release yesterday. Four canned tuna varieties – in brine, sunflower...
Spanish Canner IG Montes Thriving During This Time Of Crisis
In Spain, one of the tuna processing companies that has been thriving during the COVID crisis is the family-owned firm of IG Montes. This is due to the peak in demand from the retail sector,...
Fijian Longliners Catching Less Albacore But More Blue Sharks
Fishing authorities in Fiji have been reporting a big albacore supply shortage for the last couple of years that has been deeply affecting the domestic industry which focuses primarily on this...
Tuna From Stem Cells In Five Years?
Scientists from the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology succeeded in developing a technique to spawn fish via Germline Stem Cells (GSC) in vitro. Although the research used trout...
Flying ‘Tuna’ Big Hit On Social Media
The Atuna team is always on the lookout for interesting social media tuna issues and trends. This time we stumbled upon a tuna making an air trip in the claws of a bird flying over Myrtle...
2000 Year-Old Tuna Amphorae Recovered
During the routine inspection of a frozen seafood shop, the Spanish Civil Guard recovered 13 Roman Amphorae from the First Century, which were decorating the store. As described in...
Drones Back Patrolling Mediterranean Fishing Activities
The ‘Lundy Sentinel’, the surveillance vessel of the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA), left the Port of Vigo, Spain – also the EFCA headquarters – for its next mission with drone...
Shady Tuna Supplier Reached El Salvador Emergency Program
The government of El Salvador has distributed canned tuna from a Mexican company that previously supplied low-quality products at very high prices to Venezuelans. The firm in question is...
China Claims Developing Status To Continue Subsidizing Its Fleets
The World Trade Organization (WTO) resumed its talks to end harmful fishing subsidies on July 21, for tuna seiner and longline fleets as well as all other vessels targeting various species....
Costa Rica Govt Joins Forces With Global Fishing Watch
A new agreement between the Costa Rican Fisheries and Aquaculture Institute (Incopesca) and Global Fishing Watch (GFW) has been signed. It is a step forward in the fight against IUU in the...
Grupomar Longliner Sunk To Create Artificial Reef
It took five hours for the ‘El Diamante’, a former tuna longliner of the GrupoMar fleet, to assume its new role at the bottom of the ocean as an artificial reef just 18 km from the coast of...
Kidnapped Korean Seiner Crew Released After A Month
The six crew members kidnapped after the seiner ‘Panofi Frontier’ was highjacked on June 24 have been released after a month in captivity. According to the Foreign Minister of Korea, they were...
Illegal Trawling Might Jeopardize Blameless Ghana Tuna Sector
An NGO report regarding illegal seafood ending up in the European markets might land Ghana in hot water with EU authorities. Even though catches from the trawling fleet such as sardinella are...
Albacore Season Officially Started In France
The first tuna vessels of the fishing season in Lorient, France, came back to port at the beginning of the week. The ‘Marie-Lou’ and the ‘Menawan’ docked with 22 M/T of albacore tuna, three...
COVID-19 Boosts Grupo Herdez’s Tuna Sales
Yesterday, Mexican company Grupo Herdez announced that canned tuna was one of its best-selling categories in 2020’s second quarter (Q2) results. The firm increased net sales year-on-year that...
Foreign Owned Solomon-Flagged Seiners Attain Peak Catch
Solomon Islands-flagged vessels had a record number of skipjack catches in 2019 in the WCPO, increasing the overall amount by 21 percent from the previous year. According to WCPFC data,...
Massive MPA Not Hurting Hawaiian Longline Industry
In June, US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation lifting fishing restrictions in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument located in the Atlantic Ocean. Since then,...