Currently subject to its routine five year MSC check-up, the Maldivian pole and line skipjack fishery in the Indian Ocean has been given top marks in its preliminary review, offering strong...
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Indonesian Canners See Struggling Start To 2017 EU Business
Although the government wants to boost tuna exports to major international markets like the EU, Indonesian processors witnessed a significant drop in their shipments to European buyers in the...
Spanish Firm Gets €200,000 Pay Out For Damaged Tuna
Spanish company Atunlo is getting paid nearly EUR 209,000 (USD 244,960) from its insurer after a batch of Mauritius-sent tuna was discovered to be damaged upon arrival in Spain. The firm sued...
Are “Olympic Race To Fish” Tuna Quotas Working?
Olympic-style tuna catch quotas that are not individually distributed to nations, companies, or even vessels can create a “race to fish” scenario, where boats will try to catch as much as...
GP & TU Deal Will Not Shake-Up The Tuna Business
Although Greenpeace states that Thai Union’s most recent commitments to rid its supply chain of blights such as IUU and labor abuse are “game-changing”, most Atuna readers don’t believe that...
ANALYSIS: Global Overview Of Tuna Fishing Closures
The global purse seine tuna fleet is not only facing yearly implemented fisheries closures or FAD bans, but also several Olympic style catch quotas are impacting operations through 2017. Atuna...
Ghana’s IUU Efforts Under Close EU Watch
Ghana should be a front runner in encouraging regional efforts in the fight against IUU fishing, as well as getting stricter on vessels flying its domestic flag, states an EU ambassador who is...
Egypt’s Currency Crisis Causes Thai Export Crash
A currency crisis in Egypt has dramatically reduced the buying power of the nation’s importers, causing Thai canned tuna shipments to the market to drastically drop. In the first half of this...
Thai Industry Reform: Bigger Than Thai Union
Although Thailand is on the brink of making real progress to end destructive fishing and labor abuse in its fishing industry, reforms have to go beyond a possible yellow card removal, and the...
New Tuna Market Player Posts Strong Profits
A net profit rise of over 71 percent has been posted by a new entrant to the canned tuna market. Alicorp, owner of Peruvian consumer oil brand, Primor, which launched four canned tuna...
BKK Skipjack Price Steady As Buyers Hold Back
Canners aren’t queuing up for skipjack raw material in Bangkok, and in fact, trading is extremely slow to non-existent, causing the market to stagnate. As has been the case since late June,...
Spanish Fleet: “Indian Ocean Pirates Are Back In Action”
Spanish tuna fleet representatives are calling for an extension of the EU’s anti-piracy mission, Atalanta, off the coast of Somalia, as they are concerned about the increase in boarding...
Thai Union Struggles To See Attractive Investment Opportunity
Thai Union is focusing on boosting its core businesses, putting mergers and acquisitions (M&As) on the backburner, as it states that it doesn’t see attractive opportunity for investment...
Mexico & Japan Overshoot Bluefin Quota
As it has been revealed that Mexico and Japan have overrun their fishing quotas for Pacific bluefin this year, the nations are now being pressured to put measures in place to avoid a...
StarKist Faces Accusations Of Trademark Infringement
A complaint filed in the US District Court of Massachusetts alleges that leading canned tuna company, StarKist Co., has conducted trademark infringement in relation to a range of Bella...
Industry Talks Shifting Powers In The Tuna Business Landscape
Over 100 tuna industry players from the Americas and beyond will gather in Panama City, Panama in February for the 2nd edition of the Americas Tuna Conference (AMAtuna), to discuss the...
Civil Cases Delayed Further As DOJ Investigates Criminal Price-Fixing
The US government has once again requested to put civil lawsuits filed by retailers, consumers and others, on hold, as it continues to build up its criminal case into tuna price-fixing...
Bolton Exec: Italian Tuna Market Growth Is Imminent
Having already strengthened significantly, the demand for canned tuna on the Italian market has good potential to grow even stronger, according to Bolton Alimentari’s International Marketing...
Dongwon & StarKist Want Pre-2011 Conspiracy Claims Dismissed
StarKist and its parent firm, Dongwon Industries, are continuing to work to have any pre-2011 allegations of conspiracy against them dismissed in court, when it comes to a pile of civil cases...
Big Brazilian Brand Gears Up For October IPO
Camil Alimentos, owner of Brazil’s second biggest tuna brand, Coqueiro, is preparing to be listed on the stock exchange, planning to make an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in October this year....