‘Risky’ reefer containers pose a threat to the marine environment by facilitating IUU fishing and undermining the human rights of their workers, states a new report released by Greenpeace. In...
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Crude Oil Crashing, Seiner Operational Costs Improve
The coronavirus epidemic has been hard on economies and activity across industries has been reduced across the globe. The latest casualty is crude oil, which has sent global shares...
Ecuador Expands Massively In Stable EU Tuna Market
In 2019, the inflow of canned tuna to the European Union remained at a steady level, very close to that of the previous year. The economic bloc is the world's largest end market for the...
SPC Manual Advices On Anchored FADs
A new manual on anchored FADs was released by the Pacific Community (SPC). Since the previous guide was published in 2005, much has been learned about the best use, construction, and...
Coronavirus Leads To Stockpiling Tuna In Italy
The coronavirus outbreak shook Italy harder than any other European nation. It currently holds the highest number of confirmed infections outside China. The country has one of the highest...
Tuna Industry Owes A Great Deal To Women
In honor of International Women’s Day, which took place yesterday, Atuna wants to highlight the high contribution women have made to the tuna business since its inception. The reality is that...
Readers: Upcoming Seafood Events Will Be Cancelled
In the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, many trade shows had been canceled. Thus, Atuna asked its readers if upcoming tuna events will be canceled due to fear of possible exposure to the...
Salvadorian Fishermen Rescued Near Nicaraguan Coast
Four Salvadoran fishermen who were reported missing on March 1 were rescued five days later by a Nicaraguan-flagged tuna vessel named ‘Angi Luis Quiara’. The latter is not in the IATTC Vessel...
Pacific Communities Learn Alternative Fishing Practices
Training workshops for fishing communities in the Pacific were carried out in the early part of this week under the Pacific-European Union Marine Partnership (PEUMP) program. The five-year...
Tuna Event To Take Place In Southern Spain
La Línea de la Concepción in the Cádiz province in the South of Spain has announced that the second edition of the local Tuna Route will take place from May 6 to 10. During the first edition,...
Study: Tuna Gillnets Responsible For IO Cetacean Decline
A study from an Australian university is claiming that cetacean stocks in the Indian Ocean have experienced a vast decline in the last 40 years. The investigation stated that this was due to...
EU Fisheries Chair & Europêche Want Stricter Yellow Card Rules
The newly elected chair of the European Parliament Committee on Fisheries (PECH), Pierre Karleskind, has highlighted the need to tighten yellow card regulations against third countries. He was...
IOTC Cancels Allocation Meeting Amid Virus Fears
The fear of possible exposure to the coronavirus has already impacted the tuna industry and resulted in important events being postponed as a precautionary measure. However, not only are...
Brazilian Tuna Fishing Vessel Sinks In Atlantic
A tuna fishing vessel sank near the north coast of Brazil, around 112 kilometers off the coast of São Francisco do Sul, in the Atlantic Ocean. All 23 crew members were rescued by another...
Will Brussels Seafood Show Go On As Scheduled?
With more organizers taking a more cautious approach by canceling their industry events amidst worries over the global coronavirus epidemic, many in the tuna and seafood business are wondering...
Pacific Islands Tighten Restrictions Amid Virus Concerns
Islands in the Pacific, especially the PNA nations, have tightened their quarantine restrictions for crew and various commercial fishing vessels due to coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns. The...
Foreign Seiners Won’t Carry Costa Rican Flag Says Govt
Fishermen in Costa Rica have been pointing their fingers at the government for months, accusing it of handing over the country’s tuna resources to international vessels. Recently, the Ministry...
Demand For Japanese Frozen Tuna Drops In 2019
The international demand for Japanese frozen tuna considerably decreased during 2019. According to Japan Customs, both the exported volume and the average value paid for the product...
Bangkok Tuna 2020 Conference Postponed
INFOFISH, the organizer for the 16th edition of the World Tuna Trade Conference & Exhibition (TUNA 2020) has announced that the event will be postponed “due to the serious and on-going...
EU Alerts: No Tuna Incidents Reported During February
During the month of February, no tuna-related incidents were reported to the EU Regulatory Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF). This means that within the EU territory, there were no...