Dongwon-owned StarKist has agreed to settle with 33 retailers, including Kroger Co., to resolve price fixing claims for canned tuna across the United States. Financial terms were not...
News
Silla Stock Shows Slight Uptick
South Korean fishing company Silla Co. has seen a 3.2 percent growth since the beginning of the month, with latest shares traded at KRW 14,500 (USD 12.77) After opening the day at KRW 14,150,...
UK Prosecutes John West Over IUU Ghana Tuna
John West Foods, Thai Union’s tuna firm in the United Kingdom, has been indicted on eight counts of alleged business operations related to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) by...
Map Reveals Regions Where Tunas, Sharks, Fishing Overlap
Researchers at Stanford University in the United States created a map identifying the areas of the Pacific Ocean where tuna, sharks, and fishing activities overlap. By tracking where the...
Why Are Tuna Workers Usually Absent? Study Shows Results
Solomon Islands-based SolTuna, through a partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), aimed to solve the company’s high rate of absenteeism among employees through a series of...
NGOs Demand Action From EC On Illegal Tuna Ranching
Five NGOs have prompted EU Fisheries Commissioner Karmenu Vella to provide an update on the ongoing investigation into illegal bluefin farming in Malta, according to a report by Maltese...
Brazilian Tuna Boat Caught Fishing Illegally
Only one of the two Brazilian-flagged boats fishing illegally off the east coast of Uruguay was captured by the Navy on Wednesday, March 13, according to Marcelo Etchevers, the...
SeaTru Prime Cut Tuna Wants To Rid Confusions On Sourcing
Massachusetts-based seafood distributor Stavis Seafoods has launched a new seafood brand called SeaTru, which promotes “sustainably-sourced and social responsible” seafood. The...
Prices Of High Soy Additive Brands Heavily Discounted
Some tuna brands which were exposed in Mexico for their high percentages of soy additives are selling their products for almost half the price (40-50 percent...
Tuna Legend Joseph Nissim Of Bolton Dies At 100
Few people know his name, but to the tuna industry, Joseph (Joe) Nissim was a true legend. Nissim died in Milan, Italy at 100 years of age. Starting from the creation of a...
Positive Outlook From Atuna Readers On Indonesian Tuna Powerhouse
On March 1, Atuna has reported about the country having difficulties to develop its tuna fishery sector. One analyst claimed that these challenges are due to a lack of a large scale tuna...
What Is The Main Reason Behind Use Of Soy Additives In Canned Tuna?
Last week, Atuna reported about a recent tuna scandal that rocked Mexico. The country’s Federal Consumer Protection Agency revealed that up to 62 percent of soy additives can be...
US Expects Ex-Finance Minister In Tuna Scandal To Be Handed Over
The United States is expecting South Africa to honor the extradition requested for former Mozambican Finance Minister Manuel Chang. Chang was detained in South Africa since December 2018...
Will Pirates Be Back Due To Somalia-China Deal?
After China has granted 31 fishing licenses to Somalia in 2018, local fishermen and several NGOs are worried that piracy will again be revived due to depleted resources. The Memorandum of...
Sapmer Profits Surge On Strong Yellowfin Prices
French tuna fishing and processing company Sapmer has recorded 4.6 percent growth of its turnover by end of 2018, reaching 180.9 million euros. The fishing activity makes up 90 percent of...
Soy-Based Diet For First Tuna Hatchery In North America
Motivated by the effort to address the overfishing of Pacific bluefin tuna, Illinois Soybean Association (ISA), through a new grant, will support Ichthus Unlimited, LLC. to establish...
Maldives Seeks Reinstatement Of Duty-Free Into EU
After the Maldives government asked the European Union to grant duty-free access to its fisheries exports yesterday, the EU has reiterated its conditions to combat IUU (Illegal,...
South China Sea: Did China Ram A Vietnamese Vessel?
Vietnamese authorities are launching an investigation into how a fishing boat came to sink in the South China Sea last week. The region, that is also a known tuna fishing ground...
Wicked Tuna Season 8 Premieres With Spotlight On Duffy
Wicked Tuna returned to screens on Sunday, March 10. The 8th season of the franchise promises to be as action-packed and nail-biting as the previous 100 episodes. The...
Americas In 2018 A Major Growth Market For Thai Processors
Overall exports of canned tuna to the Americas have grown 7 percent in 2018, accounting for more than a 12,000 M/T increase equivalent to an additional 735 20-foot containers, according...