The menace of fake news and sensationalized lies has reached even the tuna world, with a London-based seafood website, Undercurrent News (UCN), releasing an article with misleading and false...
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Atuna Poll: What Is The Probability Of A Bluefin Fishery Getting MSC Certification?
Earlier this week, a bluefin fishery entered MSC assessment, making it only the second such fishery to do so in the council’s history. Interestingly, both fisheries entered...
“Capacity” Concern Tops Agenda At Pacific Fisheries Officials’ Meeting
With the Pacific Islands nations playing a greater role in regional fisheries management, the challenge to meet compliance requirements due to capacity constraints has become a pressing issue....
Shark Finning Operation Masked Under Tuna Fishing License
In an operation headlined Operation Albacore III- a longline fishing vessel licensed for “tuna and similar species” was apprehended last Saturday in a co-op mission by local authorities...
Poll Results: Majority See Bred Tuna As A Threat To Ecosystem
In a recent Atuna poll, majority of readers viewed farm bred tuna as a threat to the marine ecosystem. The poll was initiated shortly after a report that a typhoon in Japan led...
Bombing In Philippines’ Tuna Capital Under Martial Law
General Santos City, the christened capital of the Phlippines’ tuna industry and epicenter of the nation’s yearly Tuna Festival and Congress, remains...
Do Fuel Costs And Skipjack Prices Have A Positive Correlation?
Oil prices climbed to a four-year high on Monday as major producers decided against raising their output further. While it is well documented that skipjack prices are most influenced by supply...
Small Thai Seafood Firm’s Ambitions To Penetrate Big Markets
Thai firm Asian Seafoods Coldstorage is easing its way westward. The diversified company, which currently holds a European joint venture, is looking towards establishing an office in mainland...
Thai Union Asserts Anti-Slavery Efforts At UN General Assembly
At this year’s United Nations General Assembly, Thai Union Group took up the privilege of addressing world leadership on the espoused subject of eradicating slavery and...
Second Bluefin Tuna Fishery Seeking MSC Assessment
A French artisanal longline and handline bluefin fishery has entered MSC assessment. This is the second time since the council’s establishment two decades ago that a bluefin...
American Samoa-Based Firm Charged For Labor Law Violations
After failing to meet labor law requirements, Purse Seine Samoa Inc. has completed payouts of over USD 37,000 to compensate for the overtime of 40 hours per week that its 129 current and...
EPO Skipjack Landings Up Somewhat But Still Weak
Skipjack landings in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) continue to remain significantly below the 2017 levels despite picking up pace in recent months, the latest update from IATTC shows. ...
Bumble Bee First Big Name To Join MSC’s New Fee Program
Bumble Bee has become the first major North American company to join the MSC’s subscription fee program, which was launched last year as an alternative to the standard...
Indian Ocean Prices Inch Higher
Skipjack price in the Indian Ocean hub of Seychelles have inched higher and are now closer to the mid-July levels. Meanwhile, driven by robust demand, yellowfin prices are at their...
Bumble Bee Foods Undergoes Strategic Transformations
Still bracing from the impact of a long slew of civil lawsuits following a hotly reported price-fixing scandal, Bumble Bee Foods is reshuffling its cards with a...
Pacific Enterprises Score Big At Seafood Expo Asia
At this year’s 2018 Seafood Asia Expo in Wanchai, Hong Kong were 224 exhibitors from 34 countries, including some from Russia, Spain, and Canada. The event held major yields for new...
Speculation Over Maldives Ban On Foreign Fishing Vessels
A Maldives Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture assessment published in October 2017 reported an annual ingress of “hundreds of foreign fishing vessels” that have been operating...
China’s Largest Seafood Trading Hub Built in Qingdao
Five years ago, Chinese fishing and development firm Lu Haifeng announced its plans to build what is slated to become China’s largest seafood trading...
Tri Marine Sued Twice Over Death Of Seiner Captain
Nearly a year after the death of a purse seiner captain in American Samoa, Tri Marine is being sued by the deceased’s family as well as an insurance company. The lawsuits have been filed even...
Seychelles Takes Step To Improve Raw Material Supplies
Amid tight raw material supplies to its local TU co-owned Indian Ocean Tuna (IOT) cannery, the Seychelles government is a step closer to signing a customs cooperation agreement with Curacao...