Next April, the EU will carry out its first evaluation of Ecuador's progress in its fight against illegal tuna fishing. A technical commission from Brussels will visit the South American...
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SAP Quality Awards Award Jealsa
The Spanish seafood company, Jealsa Rianxeira, was awarded during the SAP Quality Awards 2019 ceremony held in Madrid - for the development of a new program that improves...
Peruvian Tuna Industry Has Ambitious Plans
The President of the Peruvian Tuna Chamber, Alfonso Miranda Eyzaguirre, said during the II International Tuna Congress that the national tuna industry seeks to generate 15,000 new jobs and to...
Limits On WCPFC Tuna Catch Focus Of NGOs
NGOs have requested the WCPFC take into consideration various issues regarding the agenda of the upcoming 16th Regular Session of the Commission. These include more...
The Tuna Epicenter That Few People Know About
A large number of Spanish purse seiners are based in the small Basque city of Bermeo, where only approximately 16,700 people live. A new study on the financial relevance of the tuna sector for...
How FCF Became The Stalking Horse Bidder For Bumble Bee
Fong Chu Formosa (FCF) is currently the main bidder for the purchase of Bumble Bee since the tuna company filed for insolvency last week. The Taiwanese tuna trading company has...
Northern Fisheries Starts Multistate Frozen Yellowfin Recall
In the US, Northern Fisheries Ltd. announced a voluntary recall on frozen wild-caught yellowfin Tuna Medallions from Vietnam sold in multiple states, due to possible...
Grupomar Leads Sustainability Fishing In Mexico
In Mexico, Grupomar’s subsidiary, Maratuna, has been awarded first place in the category of Grand Scale Commercial Fishing in the Sustainable Fishing and...
Low Tuna Price Tempers Maruha’s H1 Profit
The first-half year (H1) figures of Japanese Maruha Nichiro, one of the world’s largest seafood companies, show a lower profit which the firm directly relates to low tuna raw...
Chicken Of The Sea Confirms Its Financially Healthy State
In the midst of Bumble Bee bankruptcy filing due to its financial troubles on the fallout from a price-fixing scheme that led to criminal fines and civil lawsuits, the whistleblower on...
IPNLF Signs MoU With Maldives Processors On IOTC Approach
A new five-year agreement that defines long-term goals on sustainability has been signed by the IPNLF and the Maldives Seafood Processors and Exporters Association (MSPEA). The...
Philippines & Korea Boost Their Cooperation On Tuna Fisheries
The Philippines and Korea have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on fisheries cooperation. With the agreement, both governments expect that boosting their collaboration will benefit...
Albacore Shortage Makes PAFCO Switch To Skipjack
Albacore raw material supply to Fiji’s main tuna processing plant has been meager over the last couple of months. The situation has become so precarious that the plant has started processing...
Judge Dismisses Mistrial Bid By Lischewski’s Defense
A US federal court judge has dismissed the request by Chris Lischewski’s defense for a mistrial citing prosecutor’s questions about a whistleblower's “Anonymous Letter” during the...
High Healthy Stock Percentage Dominated By Skipjack
Catches from healthy stocks in terms of abundance accounted for 81 percent of the total catch volume of 2017. Only four percent is marked yellow, which stands for an intermediate level, and 15...
Training To Become A Ghost Gear Remover
A group of 70 people including 16 divers completed training from the Global Ghost Gear Initiative on how to remove ghost gear off the Panamanian coast safely. The two-day workshop...
Judge Refuses Symbiotic FCF Critical Vendor Status
On Monday, the court ruled that Bumble Bee can make payments to critical suppliers in order to keep its operations afloat. However, the company’s most important raw material...
Atuna Poll: FCF To Become New Bumble Bee Owner?
In the midst of Bumble Bee’s bankruptcy filing, the question of who will be the next owner of the company is on everyone’s mind. FCF Co. Ltd., the tuna giant’s dominant...
Readers: Ecuador’s Export Will Not Suffer From EU Yellow Card
Most Atuna readers have no fear that the EU yellow card will affect Ecuador’s duty-free export to the economic bloc in 2020. They assume that Ecuador will take the necessary measures...
Lischewski Ignored Board’s Letter On Antitrust Violations
Despite objections from defense counsel, public prosecutors for the US government hammered Chris Lischewski when he took the witness stand yesterday. The former CEO of Bumble...