The Spanish tuna industry is persistent in its pursuit to prove that EU approved trade benefits with third countries significantly weaken Spain’s competitive strength. A new factor thrown into...
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EU Yellowfin Buyers Report 60% Price Hikes
Forced to look to other nations for fresh yellowfin tuna supply, European buyers have been struck with significant price hikes since the EU handed Sri Lanka a red card on IUU. Some companies...
“Borderless Fishing” Proposal Gets A No
An offer of borderless fishing flung in front of Sri Lankan President, Maithripala Sirisena last week, has now been officially declined. Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, had suggested the...
Six Crew Missing After Week At Sea
There has been zero trace of six people who have been missing at sea for nearly a week after they set out on a tuna fishing expedition. The Philippine Coast Guard has deployed sea and air...
EJF: Thailand Deserves No Better Marks On Human Trafficking
If it’s up to one activist group, Thailand won’t be climbing up the ranks in the US annual Trafficking in Persons report, and should stay right where it is at Tier 3. Eight months ago, the US...
Will Tuna Feed China’s 1.4 Billion Mouths?
Since 1960, China’s population has nearly doubled, shooting up a massive 94 percent from around 667 million to just less than 1.4 billion today. While population growth has slowed off somewhat...
Will 2015 See Good Investor Returns From The Processing Sector?
In terms of investor activity, stocks in the tuna processing industry have already seen a few ups and downs since the start of 2015. While some companies have seen promising growth in share...
Skipjack Price Suffers Further Fall
Further weakening of the Bangkok skipjack market (SKJ1.8:BKK) has left whole round price at its lowest in over four years. Hopes of fish suppliers for prices to begin climbing in small...
Strong Reactions On “Fad-Free Fraud”
With increased involvement on the atuna.com ongoing discussions page, industry players are asking more and more questions and becoming interestingly inquisitive on certain industry matters....
The Tuna Brand That Takes Health The Extra Mile
As a focus on healthy living and protein-packed food becomes an ever emerging consumer trend, many tuna brands have been seen to market their products accordingly. One brand is going the extra...
Spain Dishes Out Bluefin Allocations
The Spaniards have divided up their Atlantic bluefin quota for the coming fishing season. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment has allocated 2,956.9 tons to a total of 396 vessels...
StarKist Believes Expansion Of Value Added Pouches Is Way Forward
One of the US’ big three canned tuna brands is expanding its line of value added tuna products by releasing a new range of gourmet tuna pouches, with the help of a big US TV chef. Following...
Tri Marine Gets Two Vessels And Leases One
An additional huge tuna seiner will be joining the ranks of US tuna giant Tri Marine this week, and as previously rumored, a second new vessel will be operating under reassignment to another...
Can PNG Challenge Thailand’s Leadership In Canning?
As much as 25 percent of the global skipjack resource is in the EEZ of PNG, the world’s most important raw material for tuna canneries, right under the nose of the nation’s processing plants....
Piecing A Bluefin Heart Back Together
The Pacific bluefin’s unique ability to maintain warm blood and keep a steady heart rate when diving to low temperatures has always been a little bit of a mystery, and now some researchers are...
Tuna Buyers Must Do More Than Just Rely On EU Catch Certificates
Tuna buyers in the UK are advised to do a lot more than just rely on EU catch certificates in order to avoid IUU fishery products. “Contamination of IUU products within the EU marketplace...
Alliance’s Plan To Raise USD 22m In Fresh Funds
Alliance Select is taking steps to ramp up fresh capital in the shape of more than USD 22 million. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the tuna processing company has announced...
Is Crisis Coming For Thai Canners?
Achieving a nine percent YoY global export climb for 2014, it seems like everything was rosy for Thai tuna canners. However, dramatic drops in the final four months of the year have further...
Generous Government Support To Battle Philippine Competition
Following industry demand for government support, Ecuadorian tuna producers may now benefit from some pretty advantageous exemptions and incentives, allowing the tuna canning nation to...
90 Percent Less Bycatch On Tuna Longliners?
A fisherman entrepreneur on the Australian east coast has for the last decade been developing an innovative environmentally friendly solution to seabird bycatch in longliner tuna fisheries,...