Announced yesterday, the US longline fleet has received an extended bigeye fishing quota up to 1,000 M/T in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) - a systematic “topping up”...
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IN BRIEF: Woman Who Forgot To Buy Tuna Killed
Ricky Thompson, 41, is currently being held at Tarrant county Jail in Fort Worth, Texas for allegedly killing his 59 year old girlfriend. The Tarrant County Medical Office found fractures in...
Century Pacific Sustains Earnings Growth From Robust Tuna Branded Sales
Leading Philippine tuna canner Century Pacific’s consolidated revenue surged up to 17 percent amounting up to PHP 29.48 billion (USD 559 million) in the third quarter. This improvement has...
Vietnam’s Industry Benefits From Tuna Popularity In Russia
Vietnam’s tuna export to Russia is steadily growing, posting a 57 percent increase in volume in the first seven months, according to International Trade Center (ITC). Russia is currently the...
Somali Pirates Attack Taiwanese Tuna Vessel
Gunshots were fired by pirates at a Taiwanese tuna longliner operating in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Somalia last Wednesday, as reported by Taiwan’s Fisheries Agency Deputy Director Lin...
Cans Of Tuna Piled Creatively In ‘Canstruction’ Competition
Charity and Tuna combine in an effort to fight hunger in Vancouver. The annual “Canstruction” competition raises funds for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. The event involves teams planning...
Dongwon Launches Innovative Tuna Pop-Up Stores
After a strong profit growth and market shares in Q3 (2018), Dongwon F&B is looking to increase customer confidence and experience by using innovative marketing communication techniques....
The USD 2.7 Billion Disputed “Blue Economy” Deal
Under a tense political climate, coastal Madagascar is soon to be visited by a fleet of 330 foreign fishing vessels, as two months ago, the island nation signed a USD 2.7 billion fishing deal...
NatGeo Reveals 20 Wild Details Behind “Wicked Tuna”
Wicked Tuna is the long-running documentary series on the National Geographic Channel. The show features a captivating cast of commercial tuna fishermen from the town of Massachusetts....
Gas Revenues Shared To Restructure $726 Million Tuna Bond
After almost two years after defaulting, Finance Ministry of Mozambique shocked investors last Tuesday by announcing that it has struck a USD 726.5 million restructuring deal with Eurobond...
Lower Tuna Import Prices Makes Dongwon Top Profit Expectations
Leading South Korean tuna fishing firm Dongwon F&B exceeds profit estimates and market shares in Q3 following a sharp drop in tuna import prices in the same period last year. The company’s...
IN BRIEF: Chile Sets Up Artisanal Albacore Fishery
284 artisanal fishermen are expected to meet Chile’s albacore and swordfish quota. The fishermen were selected through two screening phases organized the Department Fisheries and Aquaculture....
Poll: Should WWF Accept Adjudicators’ Verdict On MSC For Echebastar?
Earlier in October, Atuna published coverage on the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC’s) announcement of the Echebastar Indian Ocean purse seine skipjack tuna fishery’s approved certification....
Madagascar’s Exports To France Halved, Seychelles Firmly Leading
Madagascar’s overall canned tuna export to France shrank dramatically by 54 percent in the first half of 2018, according to Eurostat Data. Previously among the top six exporters of canned tuna...
Private Equity Firms Want Price Fixing Claims Dismissed
Owners of Bumble Bee Foods LLC have challenged a California federal court in an appeal pushing for the dismissal of latest allegations of tuna price-fixing, arguing that tuna-buying plaintiffs...
Price Fixing: “A Kick In The Pants For Consumers”
After the “Big Three” tuna companies have been accused of price fixing collusion, Bumble Bee Foods, Starkist Co., and Chicken of the Sea (COS) are struggling to regain the confidence and trust...
Navy Searches For Missing US Longline Fisherman
After receiving a distress call from the longliner Kawaiola, the US Navy and Coast Guard are conducting an extensive search for a tuna fisherman who went missing at a position of about 80...
FoS: “ACTEMSA Main Hub For Seafood From Sustainable Fisheries”
A recent report by sustainability certifier Friend of the Sea (FoS) is naming Spanish tuna trader ACTEMSA as a “main hub for seafood from sustainable fisheries at international level”. The FoS...
Stable Raw Material Prices Drive TU Profits Up
Thai Union Group, in a press release, has issued results from its 3Q analysis, which reflected an adjusted net profit of THB 1.3 billion (USD 42.9 million), with an improving gross margin....
Fear In NZ Over Cook Islands’ Tuna Deal With China
China is reported to soon be signing a multimillion dollar investment deal with the Cook Islands, as part of its One Belt One Road initiative to extend its global reach of influence. Under...