The fisheries and aquaculture sector in Baja California had a fruitful 2019 and bluefin generated the highest production value last year, amounting to USD 56.6 million....
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Atuna Poll: How Do You Rate 2019?
In 2019, Atuna brought you assorted tuna news from around the globe: volatile raw material prices; former CEO of Bumble Bee,...
Seychelles’ Price Stays Higher Than Bangkok
In Seychelles, the skipjack and yellowfin trading activity was low in December, which is reflected in the limited movement in raw material prices. Most boat owners have stopped...
Judge To Review Big Three Class Certification On Price-Fixing
StarKist, Chicken of the Sea International, and Bumble Bee in the US have managed to convince a federal judge to immediately review the decision of granting class certification...
Almadraba Documentary Follows “The Red Gold” To Japan
The trailer for the new documentary following the journey of bluefin, from its capture in the Spanish almadrabas to its sale in the Japanese market, is finally out. The movie, which...
Readers: More MSC Tuna Expected On US Shelves
Walmart recently started selling MSC certified albacore and skipjack under its private label, Great Value, for the very competitive price of less than one US dollar for a 5...
Year In Review: 2019
What a roller coaster ride 2019 has been for the tuna industry – from the US Big Three being mired in civil lawsuits for price-fixing to them allegedly misusing...
ATUNA: Year-End Break From December 25 To January 1
The ATUNA team would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, with all the best wishes for 2020!During the festive period we are taking a short break, and our offices will be...
Two Workers Injured After Crane Falls At Tuna Company
Two men were injured in an accident while they were loading fishing nets to be transferred to a seiner. The incident occurred this week inside a tuna company on Gabriel Leyva...
Fund Reopened For Investments In Sustainable Fisheries
The Blue Investment Fund has been reopened by the Development Bank of Seychelles (DBS). The Fund has been established with proceeds from the world’s first sovereign Blue Bond and is intended...
MSC Alignment Group Advises On Harvest Strategy Deadline Changes
The WCPO Tuna MSC Alignment Group has sent a letter to its members and other stakeholders advising them to send a template letter to their MSC-accredited Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) to...
MSC: UK’s Waitrose A Leading Example On Sustainable Tuna
Waitrose & Partners is celebrating ten years of selling MSC pole-and-line caught skipjack and albacore in its own-label range. In 2009, the company...
Spanish Explanations On Indian Ocean Overfishing “Misleading”
The Chairman of the Seychelles Fishing Authority and CEO of environmental non-profit Nature Seychelles, Nirmal Jivan Shah, has been speaking out about the irregularities and...
How Are V-patterns Formed In Tuna Meat
Have you wondered why tuna meat shows V-patterns? Researchers from the National University of Singapore’s Mechanobiology Institute (MBI) have investigated how these...
Notorious Military Contractor Wants To Run 24 Ematum Longliners
Hong Kong-registered Frontier Services Group (FSG) interest in doing business in Mozambique is deteriorating. As of now, the only deal standing is the FSG’s owner's attempt to set up a tuna...
Delay In WCPFC Harvest Strategies A Detriment To MSC Fisheries?
The 16th Session of WCPFC ended last week without having drawn clear strategies on Harvest Control Rules (HCRs) or Target Reference Points (TRPs) for the various tuna stocks such as...
PNG Industry Still Unsure About MSC Certification On FADs
During the process of working to obtain an MSC certification, the PNG Fishing Industry Association’s purse seine Skipjack & Yellowfin Tuna Fishery faces an extension...
Tri Marine Earns Multi-Gear MSC Certification In Solomon Islands
Tri Marine has achieved an MSC certification for longline caught albacore and yellowfin from the Solomon Islands. This adds to the company’s existing certifications for...
Bumble Bee Aids Buyers By Extending Bid Period
Bumble Bee's Chapter 11 sales plan has been approved by the US Bankruptcy Court in the District of Delaware after the seafood company that went belly up in...
Poor Training & Oversight Caused Sinking Of US Seiner
A year after the purse seiner ‘Jeanette’ caught fire and sank in American Samoa’s waters, an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) revealed that the...