In 2018, the US Big Three represented 77 percent of the American canned and pouched tuna market. They needed over 345,500 M/T of tuna to meet the demand for...
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Anuga Food Fair Ends – Busier Than Ever
The world’s largest and oldest trade food fair, Anuga, ended yesterday in Cologne after five days of commercial networking, meetings, and trading by tuna professionals...
Thai Union Looking For USD 200 Million Fresh Capital
One of the world’s largest tuna players, the Thai Union Group (TU), is getting ready to issue subordinated perpetual debentures in order to “strengthen financial structure and build...
Bangkok Skipjack Hits Sensitive Price Barrier
In an almost déjà vu moment, the value for whole round frozen skipjack has plummeted to hit the psychological price point as it did at the beginning of July. The SKJ1.8:BKK is...
Restoration Of Maltese Tuna Fishing Museum
More than 300-year old Tunnara Museum in Mellieha, Malta, will be undergoing restoration. It is also known as the Westreme Battery. Most of the work will focus on the...
Sir Attenborough: Fishing Subsidies – The Great Evil
In order to mitigate depleting fish stocks, food shortages, and losses to fishing livelihoods, it is imperative that governments agree on a global trade deal to ban harmful subsidies to...
Hatcheries Threatening Health Of Wild Tuna Stocks?
Hatcheries raise tuna for commercial purposes but it can also harm the wild stock. In the wild, a weak tuna will probably not spawn, thus it will not pass on its weak genes....
Half A Million M/T Of Raw Mat To Meet US Consumption
Nearly half a million tons of raw material was needed to cater to the US retail tuna industry in 2018, the bulk of it ending up in the canned segment, followed by pouches and ready-to-eat...
French Lead EU Importers During H1 2019
Europe’s imports of canned tuna during the first half of 2019 amounted to 317,852 M/T, a slight recovery year-on-year. Out of all the EU members, France cemented its position as the...
Giving Tuna Distributors A Voice At The RFMOs
“It is meant to be a complement to that. We are not looking to reinvent the wheel,” said Tom Pickerell, Executive Director of the new kid on the tuna NGO...
Booming Tuna Demand More Talk Than Fact
‘Booming demand could drive tuna to extinction, researchers find’ was the title of an article published by leading UK newspaper, The Guardian, on October 3. It stated that according...
Seiners Leave Port After EPO Veda Ends
Yesterday, the first 72-day veda in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) ended. Purse seiners with a carrying capacity of over 182 M/T are now allowed to leave the Eastern...
GrupoMar’s Seiner Fire Results In Millions Loss
The recent fire on board the purse seiner, 'Maria Veronica', owned by the Mexican tuna company GrupoMar, resulted in a loss of at least USD 7.5 million. However, the cost...
India Releases Detained Maldives’ Pole & Liner
A Maldivian pole-and-line vessel and its crew were detained by local authorities near the Indian island of Minicoy on October 5. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the...
Pesca Azteca Proud Winner Of Mexican Agri-food Prize
With more than 30 years of experience in fishing and commercialization of tuna products, Mexico-based Pesca Azteca received the National Agri-food Prize on September 26. The award is...
DOJ Wants Lischewski’s Expert Witness Out
Public prosecutors filed a motion on October 4 ahead of a pre-trial conference to exclude the antitrust expert, Professor James Levinsohn. He will be testifying for...
Judge Gives Order To Seal New Evidence On Lischewski’s Finances
Before the pre-trial conference scheduled for tomorrow, the US federal judge has given the order granting previously undisclosed “untimely evidence” on former CEO of...
Scientists And Pew Ask ICCAT To Protect Yellowfin & Bigeye
The stock recovery of a valuable number of Atlantic Ocean species is in peril and immediate action must be taken. According to the scientists from the ICCAT Standing Committee on Research...
Sapmer Invests In On Board AI Data Collection
An ambitious initiative of incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into vessel monitoring has been undertaken by French tuna fishery Sapmer, said the company's Sustainability Director,...
Start The Countdown: Americas Tuna Conference 2020
The countdown has already started for the 3rd edition of Atuna's Americas Tuna Conference, which will take place next February 6 and 7. Panama City will once again host this important...