This year, various new apps and online guides full of advisory information on seafood consumption have been launched – this month in particular has seen the introduction of the Friend Of The...
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Ghana Ban On Fish Imports: Will People Eat More Local Tuna?
Ghana has decided to ban seafood imports in a bid to boost the local aquaculture sector and provide jobs, which could mean a possible increase for local tuna consumption. According to...
How Vietnam Intends To Triple Its Income From Tuna
Vietnamese tuna exporters are keen to reap increased benefits from the nation’s tuna catch, and see considerable income boosts from landings. Shipments of tuna, one of the nation’s major...
WCPFC Director: “We Should Not Be Fishing Pacific Bluefin”
Outgoing WCPFC Director, Glenn Hurry, has warned that the situation for Pacific bluefin tuna is dire, and the species should no longer be fished at all. Hurry explained to ABC NZ that the...
Sapmer’s Share Continue Slide To 1-Yr Low
August has seen significant fluctuation in Sapmer’s stock market value, including a substantial drop to its lowest level in one year. At the start of the month, share price stood at EUR 19.01...
EU And Cape Verde Agree 4 Year Fisheries Protocol
Following the expiry of a Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EU and Cape Verde on August 31st, a new four year protocol has been ratified by the two parties. The new agreement allows...
“Tuna Free” Caterer Learns The Facts And Makes A U-turn
A catering company that prided itself on being “tuna free” as of October last year, is bringing back healthy tuna lunches to food canteens across the Netherlands, after realizing it was...
Stock Of Tropical Canning Showing 90 % 1-YR Return
The share price for Tropical Canning has soared on the Bangkok Stock Exchange, with a dramatic increase to its highest level in five years. After high trading activity, with just below 20...
45% Of TUF’s Sourced Tuna Boasts Catch Certificate
As the first company of such a scale to do so, Thai Union Frozen Products’ (TUF) has revealed that 45.12 percent of its total sourced tuna, including tuna from MSC certified fisheries, has a...
How More Money Can Be Made Out Of Tuna
If you want the top know-how on tuna science in the Pacific Ocean, Majuro has been the recent place to be! And Fisheries Consultant, Francisco Blaha, has been keen to tell atuna.com which hot...
Three Pacific Vessels Suspected Of IUU
After catching the attention of maritime authorities during regional surveillance, legal inquiries are underway into three Pacific vessels and their link to IUU fishing. The investigations are...
American TV To Broadcast On Albacore Fisheries
Starting this month, American Public TV broadcasting organization, PBS, is launching a series on new ways to challenge the adverse social and environmental effects of food processing – the...
Destroyed Tacloban Tuna Port Being Repaired
Last year, the newly constructed Philippine Tacloban Fish Port was badly damaged after harsh storms hit the country. In need of more than PHP 3 million (USD 68,688) worth of repairs, the...
Men Shot Dead From Longliner In Video Likely Pirates
After viewing and investigating the shootings on a tuna longliner shown in a YouTube video a few weeks back, Fijian police have now arrived at conclusions and closed the case. According to...
Tanzania Calculates Exaggerated Amount Of Money Lost On Tuna
Tanzania has calculated that big money is lost each year from tuna fishing mismanagement. In fact, in an ambitious estimation, the country’s fisheries sector believes that it’s annually...
Malaysians Want To Move Into Purse Seining And Fattening
Companies in Malaysia have teamed up to initiate the implementation of purse seine net technology in their commercial fishing sector. Malaysian company, Next Pearl and the Bintawa Fisheries...
Gambia Wants To Stop IUU Tuna Catch
Gambia is set to get stricter on IUU fishing, as its Fisheries Minister has emphasized the need for monitoring, control and surveillance. Mass Axi Gai said that improved collaboration and...
Drug Addict Steals Tuna To Gain Rehab
A 32 year old Brit has confessed to stealing tuna so that he could get help coming off drugs. Michael Matthew Hardiman, of Swansea, UK, has admitted to stealing GBP 160 (USD 266) worth of...
NZ Fisherman Killed On Pacific Tuna Seiner
A fisherman from New Zealand was killed last week while working on a tuna fishing vessel in the Pacific Ocean. Leighton Muir, who was 27 and from Nelson, died on board the Captain MJ Souza...
TUF Confirms Interest In Buying Bumble Bee
It seems the rumors were true – Thai Union’s President and Chief Executive, Thiraphong Chansiri has confirmed that the company has deep interest in acquiring Bumble Bee Foods. According to...