The import of frozen whole round skipjack by Thai processors declined by almost one-third in the first nine months of 2025. All major suppliers with purse seiners fishing in the WCPO dropped...
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Albacora’s Presence In Ecuador Rises As Spanish Operations Take Backseat
Spanish tuna company Albacora has been expanding its canning business through its Ecuadorian subsidiary, Salica Ecuador, but has witnessed a gradual decline in its presence in Spain. In 2024,...
Chair Penas Explains ICCAT’s Priorities For Upcoming Years
“Certainly, it is my intention to try to advance as much as possible on several things,” ICCAT Chair Ernesto Penas tells Atuna ahead of the Commission's annual meeting, which began today....
ICCAT Meeting Kicks Off In Spain
The ICCAT 29th Regular Meeting began today in Seville, Spain. Skipjack management procedure (MP), scaling up of electronic monitoring on vessels, bycatch mitigation, and MP-based catch limits...
Deep-Sea Mining Poses Threat To Base Of Marine Food Chain
Exploitation of minerals from the seabed could disrupt midwater food webs, which are crucial food for fish that tuna preys on. The study throws light on yet another impact of deep-sea mining...
Mexican Seiner Catches Fire During Repair
Large purse seiner ‘El Dorado’, owned by Pesca Azteca, was docked for maintenance in Mazatlán, Mexico, when it suddenly caught fire on the afternoon of November 15. The shipyard workers...
EU Lawmakers’ Vote Sees Major Setback On Due Diligence Law
Members of the European Parliament backed further cuts to the EU’s sustainability and due diligence laws on Thursday, easing rules on large corporations. Legislators want to finalize changes...
Smaller Suppliers Sold Less WR To Thai Processors
Thai frozen whole round tuna imports from smaller suppliers reduced in the first nine months of 2025 for the second year in a row. Japan and Papua New Guinea saw a further decline in...
Trump Eyes Deep Sea Mining Close To Pacific Islands’ Coasts
US President Donald Trump intends to expand deep-sea mining around the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa, located in the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf in the WCPO, known for...
Chinese Firm’s LL Catches In WCPO Gets MSC Logo
The CAB, SCS Global Services, announced that the scope extension for albacore, yellowfin, bigeye, and swordfish catches of the Chinese company Pingtairong Ocean Fishery Group Co., Ltd. has...
US Court Says Forced Labor Case Against Bumble Bee Can Proceed
The Southern California federal court on Wednesday stated that the case, pertaining to a group of Indonesian fishers and Bumble Bee, will move forward. Earlier this year, the fishers had...
Marine Horizon Viewer: The Smart Lookout Serving The Tuna Fleet
- Sponsored content - The innovative Marine Horizon Viewer (MHV) system from Marine Instruments has begun its operational testing phase on board tuna vessels. It acts as a “digital lookout,”...
Tunacheck®: Cornerstone For Data-Driven Packaging Control
- Sponsored content - In canned tuna processing, keeping the fill weight as close to the target as possible without overfilling is critical for profitability and compliance. Tunacheck® from...
Coper And Marfrío Still At Odds Over CLP Tuna Plant
Today, Atunlo O Grove management will approve the final sale of the plant to Spanish company Comercial Pernas (Coper). Seafood processor Marfrío, the co-owner of Central Lomera Portuguesa...
Longest Government Shutdown In US History Ends
US President Donald Trump ended the over one-month-long record shutdown by signing a government funding bill on Wednesday. The latest turn of events would lead to federal agencies such as NOAA...
Alliance Select’s Tuna Business Performed Fairly Well
The Philippines tuna processor Alliance Select Foods International Inc. (ASFII) recently announced its third-quarter results for this year. Despite the drop in consolidated revenue, net profit...
Skipjack MP Discussion Critical At ICCAT Meeting
With the ICCAT’s 29th Regular Meeting around the corner, the Pew Charitable Trusts have put forward a new set of recommendations for the Commission. It lauded Brazil’s efforts to propose a...
Anfaco-Cytma Kicks Off Campaign To Promote Canned Tuna Consumption
Anfaco-Cytma announced earlier this week that it has begun its new #FillYourTableWithSea campaign to promote the consumption of canned tuna and other seafood among Spaniards. The initiative,...
NewPrinces Group Records Lower Canned Tuna Sales
Unfavorable GBP/EUR exchange rate took a small bite out of NewPrinces Group’s consolidated revenues in the first nine months of 2025. Canned tuna and seafood produced by UK-based subsidiary...
Thai Processors Cut Back On Raw Materials Buying
Thai processors’ demand for frozen whole round tuna was down by 16 percent from January to September 2025, compounded by lower skipjack catches from purse seine fleets in the WCPO. According...