Major US canned tuna firm, Bumble Bee, is reported to be considering the opening of a fish cannery in the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu. The Vanuatu government is discussing the possibility...
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Sri Lanka: Now Setting The Standard?
Following the lifting of its red card on IUU fishing, Sri Lanka’s progress has been noted by an EU delegation, which states that the country is setting an example for fishing practices in the...
Lidl Leading Spread Of FAD-Free Across EU
With the largest presence so far found in Germany, FAD-free claims on tuna products are cropping up in other European markets too, with discounter Lidl leading a spread of the claim. ...
Shifting Import Patterns In Austria
In a year when total EU canned tuna imports fell by five percent, Austria posted a modest three percent rise in its purchases of the product; a slight recovery from sharp volume drops the...
A Change Away From FADs In PNA?
High levels of fishing effort in PNA waters during the WCPFC implemented four month FAD ban indicate that there could be an increasing move away from FAD use in the region. According to the...
STANDPOINT: Injecting Tuna Loins Should Be Legal
We would like to have your view this week on the following standpoint: INJECTING TUNA LOINS WITH ADDITIVES SHOULD BECOME LEGAL Vote next time you visit our homepage and make your opinion...
Most Atuna Readers Think Achieving MSC Is Easy Enough
Last week we wanted to know your opinion on the struggle some fisheries experience when attempting to achieve MSC, asking in our latest poll if you agreed or disagreed with the standpoint: It...
Tuna Plant Gets Catch After 7 Year Stop
The Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu has for the first time, seen frozen tuna caught in its EEZ offloaded in its capital of Port Vila. The catch will be processed domestically using facilities...
UK Shoppers Buy An 8th Of All MSC
UK shoppers spent more than GBP 500 million on MSC products last year, increasing again for the third year in a row, even though individual product prices have been going down. According to a...
US Tuna Price Fixing: 53 Cases & Counting
Following news that the biggest retailer in the United States, Walmart, is now a plaintiff in the antitrust case involving the US Big 3 canned tuna companies, there are a total of 53 proposed...
Don’t Miss Amazing Photos: Tuna From Predator To Prey
It is said that we know more about outer-space than we do the depths of our oceans. Some among us see this as a challenge; to master the conditions and the creatures beneath the surface, and...
Dongwon Industries: Riding High
Since news of its modernized fleet drove an uptick in Dongwon’s stock, the firm has been sticking it out at the top, with investments paying off. In late September, a bull run in...
EU Industry To Fight Injected Tuna Case In Court
The recent EU warning letter on the illegality of injected tuna appears to have caused an immediate halt in production; however some believe that this may not mean a long-term stop to the...
Shrinking EPO Bigeye Catch – What’s The Reason?
Landings of bigeye tuna by the EPO-operating purse seine fleet have decreased by 20 percent in the first eight months of this year, but at the moment it’s not clear what the main reason could...
Domestic US Production Hits 7 Year High
The US market has reduced its reliance on imported canned tuna products, with supply from domestic production contributing an increasing share of the overall market. At more than 180,000 tons...
Major Share Of EU “Fresh Tuna” Injected
Injected tuna has been making up a major 85 percent share of all tuna sold on Europe’s fresh fish counters, according to the Managing Director of one EU tuna trading firm. Jurgen Smet, the...
Search Is On For Missing Seiner Helicopter
A helicopter used for tuna fishing activities has disappeared, prompting a search led by the Civil Aviation Authority of Panama (AAC), after it failed to land at an airport in the western...
ISSF Encourages Purchase Of Non-Entangling FAD Catch
As many as 30 tuna companies that are participating members of the ISSF will now be encouraged to purchase tuna from vessels using only non-entangling FADs, as the group adds new conservation...
Thieves Ship Stolen NIRSA Tuna To Peru
After thieves reportedly stole a large volume of canned tuna products from a NIRSA delivery driver, most of the goods have been recovered by Ecuadorian police just across the Peruvian border....
Can EMATUM Recover From Its Debts?
The Mozambican Tuna Company (EMATUM) can pay off its debt in six years if it starts processing tuna and fishing for other species according to one industry expert. State-owned tuna fishing...