Tuna fishing is one of the Maldives' main sources of income, second only to tourism. However, low pole-and-line demand has affected the country’s productivity. The Minister of Finance, Ibrahim...
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Albacora’s Super Seiner ‘Galerna Lau’ Finally Launched
At the end of October, the ‘Galerna Lau’ left the Vigo port and headed for the Atlantic Ocean. Grupo Albacora's -- the investor for the vessel as reported by Spanish media...
Mozambique Wants Tuna Loans Back From Its Lenders
The Mozambican government is filing a lawsuit against Credit Suisse, Privinvest, and several London bankers to nullify the USD 622 million loan for Proindicus, a stated-owned security...
Americans Eating More Non-Canned Tuna
The demand for non-canned tuna products in the US has been steadily growing over the past couple of years. As a matter of fact, during the last three years, the US has emerged as a leading...
No Interest For Bangladeshi Tuna Fishing Licenses
In 2016, the Bangladeshi government started offering licenses to companies to bring in longliners and purse seiners to catch tuna outside the country's EEZ in the Bay of Bengal. Until...
Taiwanese WCPO Seiners More Productive In 2018
The distant water purse seiner fleet of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) caught the most volume of tuna despite a drop in vessel numbers and the decline in catches in the previous years from...
Spanish Companies Not Happy With Health Recommendations
Spanish tuna companies are not pleased with the country’s Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) recommending pregnant women and children under 10 years of...
How Dependent Is Ecuador’s Industry On The EU?
Recently, Ecuador was handed a yellow card warning by the EU due to the country’s inability to comply with agreed international standards about IUU fishing. The cautionary measure does not...
Readers: Opinion Divided On Dongwon’s StarKist’s MSC Logo
On the topic of whether or not Dongwon will market MSC tuna under its Starkist brand, Atuna readers are completely divided in their opinions. Recently, Dongwon became the first...
Investor Testifies On Millions Loss On Tuna Fraud Loan
In the next act of the Mozambican fraud scandal trial, a new witness took to the stand. Marco Santamaria, former Portfolio Manager Emerging Markets at Alliance...
GrupoMar’s ‘Manzanillo’ Vessel Hits Record Five-Year Catch
The tuna seiner ‘Manzanillo’ has closed its fishing season with a record catch for the last five years. The boat, owned by GrupoMar, reported 5,709 M/T in catches - the largest in the...
Atuna Poll: Will The Yellow Card Depress Ecuador’s 2020 Exports To The EU?
Ecuador has landed in hot water with the European Commission (EC) due to its inability to comply with the agreed international standards over IUU fishing. The country was slapped with a yellow...
Strong Growth In Philippines’ Frozen Tuna Exports
After Thailand, the Philippines remains the largest exporter of canned tuna from among the Asian nations. Ever since the start of the industry about 50 years ago, the bulk of export...
Echebastar’s Alakrana Wins Innovation Award
The Basque fishing company, Echebastar, has been honored by the BTEM Food Innovation Awards in the Technological Innovation Category, which acknowledges the creation...
WTPO Meeting To Stop Skipjack Price Crisis
Boat-owning members of the World Tuna Purse Seine Organization (WTPO) will have a meeting next week to discuss the crisis in the market due to the low price of SKJ1.8: BKK. The current price...
WCPO Seiner Operators Are Bleeding, Operating Below Cost
The tuna industry is in turmoil as the global benchmark skipjack price in Bangkok has fallen to a record 10-year low due to a perfect storm of extremely high supply and low demand for...
EU Alerts: Italian Inspectors Warn For Smoked Yellowfin
The EU Regulatory Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) reported four tuna-related incidents during the month of October, ranging from baby food containing tuna to several kinds of...
Italian Demand For Spanish Canned Tuna Weakened During H1
The volume of canned tuna consignments going to Italy during the first half of 2019 (H1) continued to slightly decline after the remarkable surge experienced in 2017. This can be attributed...
Pregnant Women & Children Under 10 To Avoid Bluefin In Spain
The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) has tightened its recommendations on the consumption of fish which is considered to have high mercury content, such...
Nets, Lines, And FADs Contributing To Plastic Pollution
In the last decade, plastic pollution in the oceans has become one of the most debated environmental issues. This is especially important since plastics...