Ecuador’s Foreign Trade Minister is hoping to reinforce the nation’s position in the global tuna industry by creating unified branding for Ecuador’s tuna products called “Tunas Ecuador”, as he...
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Tuna Farmers Fail To Remove Illegal Cages
Two tuna farming firms which had their permits revoked last month have so far failed to comply with set measures to remove illegal cages from their operations off the coast of Malta. Initially...
Artificial Neural Networks To Separate Catch From Bycatch
In an effort to increase the productivity of camera observation onboard fishing vessels, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has pledged a prize of USD 150,000 to the creators of the algorithm that...
Majority Of Atuna Readers Favor Landing Tuna Domestically
Last week we wanted to know your opinion on the topic of unloading tuna locally, asking on our latest poll if you agreed or disagreed with the following standpoint: Obligation to land tuna...
John West Australia Campaign Wins Ethical Award
John West Australia has taken home a global sustainability award, a first by an Australian organization. The firm was recently awarded the Best Engagement Campaign at...
Albacore Price Skyrockets In Mid Pacific
The price of Albacore in Papeete, the French Polynesian Island of Tahiti, has risen to up to CFP 3000 (USD 28.14) per kilogram because of a lack of fish. Polynesian fishermen usually...
Tuna Journalist Robert Matau Passes Away
Robert Matau, respected Fijian journalist closely associated with the PNA, has passed away. Matau started reporting on regional fisheries issues in 2010 as a journalist with regional magazine...
“Tunas Ecuador” Brand Should Promote Industry
A plan to develop unified branding for Ecuador’s tuna products has been announced by the nation’s Foreign Trade Minister; in a move that is hoped will increase international recognition and...
Isabel Restyles Label Towards Rio Mare
Conservas Garavilla has announced that it has implemented a complete restyling of its complete canned seafood range. The new style which is introduced as “Renewed on the Outside – Improved on...
Struggling Ematum Unable To Pay Its Tuna Crew
Workers of the Mozambique Tuna Company (EMATUM) have not been paid a salary for the past three months leading to protests outside the firm’s head office on Wednesday. Employees say that...
StarKist Samoa Cannery Closes Again
Around 2,000 StarKist Samoa employees will be out of work next week as the cannery will temporarily close for the second time this year due to tuna supply issues. There is not enough tuna to...
Calvo Aims To Triple Sales Growth
The Calvo Group is expecting to close 2016 with a turnover of about EUR 860 million, 9 percent more than last year. Last year the sales of Spain’s market leader in canned tuna increased with 3...
Princes Expands MSC Range With Pacifical Tuna
UK company Princes has announced that it will add products with the MSC ecolabel to its range of tuna and other seafood products, becoming the first brand or supermarket in the nation to...
Mexicans Enter Critical MSC Stakeholder Stage
The Mexican group, Pacific Alliance for Sustainable Tuna (PAST), has announced that the 36 seiners of its member companies have been recommended for MSC certification, in a statement that...
Tuna Smugglers Caught Red Handed
Smugglers have been found carrying 1,438 cans of tuna and 6.6 tons of other fish in Cucuta, Colombia, at the border with Venezuela. The tax and customs police seized the fish with a total...
Worries Over “Low Cost” Security Guards On Seiners
The Spanish Socialist Party has raised alarm regarding the selection process of security guards that work on tuna vessels in the Indian Ocean, urging the Interior Ministry to launch an...
ISSF Solutions To Reduce Shark Mortality On FADs
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has presented a number of solutions to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) to reduce the bycatch of silky...
5,000 Ton Coldstorage Opens In Spain
Frigalsa opened a freezer storage in Beiramar, Vigo, this week, allowing the implementation of the agreement between the Spanish coldstorage logistics company and tuna processor Atunlo. Atunlo...
Disappointing Catches Of US And Canada Albacore
The US and Canadian west coast albacore season is coming to a close and it has been a disappointing catch period as hauls have been about half of the last 20 years average. The reason for the...
Two More Retailers Sue “Big 3” Over Price Fixing
Two more plaintiffs have joined the US antitrust case, filing a complaint in California that accuses the Big 3 tuna brands of conspiring to fix the prices of canned tuna during the period...