Century Tuna's annual fitness competition, Superbods, lined up 34 finalists this year. Normally, the leading canned tuna brand in the Philippines would organize challenges to select the male...
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2000 Year-Old Tuna Amphorae Recovered
During the routine inspection of a frozen seafood shop, the Spanish Civil Guard recovered 13 Roman Amphorae from the First Century, which were decorating the store. As described in...
Drones Back Patrolling Mediterranean Fishing Activities
The ‘Lundy Sentinel’, the surveillance vessel of the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA), left the Port of Vigo, Spain – also the EFCA headquarters – for its next mission with drone...
Kidnapped Korean Seiner Crew Released After A Month
The six crew members kidnapped after the seiner ‘Panofi Frontier’ was highjacked on June 24 have been released after a month in captivity. According to the Foreign Minister of Korea, they were...
Albacore Season Officially Started In France
The first tuna vessels of the fishing season in Lorient, France, came back to port at the beginning of the week. The ‘Marie-Lou’ and the ‘Menawan’ docked with 22 M/T of albacore tuna, three...
SIAL Paris 2020 Rescheduled To 2022
This year's SIAL Food Fair, which was scheduled for October 18 to 22 in Paris, has been canceled and the next edition is scheduled for October 15 to 19, 2022. The bi-annual event is one of the...
Rare Case Of Mislabeled Tuna In Aussie Woolworths
During about 20 years of reporting, Atuna has rarely come across mislabeling issues in the tuna industry. In a rare case, Woolworths, Australia’s largest supermarket chain is investigating a...
Bad Luck For Portuguese Tuna Vessels In Vigo
During an inspection at the fish market of O Berbés in Vigo, Spain, the country's Civil Guard seized 30 M/T of tuna from two Portuguese-flagged vessels which were docked in the city's port....
Spanish Fleet To Fish In Cook Islands’ Waters During Deal Negotiations
The first round of negotiations for the renewal of the EU-Cook Islands fisheries agreement took place on July 16. Both parties agreed to extend the current protocol which is set to expire on...
EU Pays Cape Verde Less Than Seychelles
The EU-Cape Verde fisheries agreement signed on May 20, 2019, officially entered into force for both parties on July 8. The partnership will allow boats from Spain, France, and Portugal to...
Philippines Cans Annual Tuna Congress, Switches To E-Meetings
The Tuna Congress considered the biggest gathering for industry players in the Philippines has been canceled this year due to COVID-19 concerns. It is held every September in General Santos...
Cook Islands Chinese LL Fishery Proposed For MSC Cert
The conformity assessment body (CAB), Control Union (UK), overseeing the MSC certification of a group of Chinese tuna longline fisheries operating in Cook Islands EEZ has said that the fishery...
IOTC Starts Rescheduling Postponed Meetings
The IOTC informed its members that this year’s Total Allowable Catch (TAC) allocation meeting will be conducted through video conferencing via Zoom on September 15 and 16. Like many other RFMO...
Three Navimon’s Longliners Launched From Vietnamese Shipyard
Piriou Vietnam has delivered the last three vessels of the eight tuna longliners that it was contracted to build for New Caledonia-based fishing vessel operator, Navimon. Three of the vessels...
29-Year Old Southern Bluefin Captured In Australia
A 29-year old Southern bluefin has been captured in the waters of Narooma, Australia. It was tagged back in 1994 by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)....
Tuna Sandwich In Middle Of US Politics, Again
US media has once again pulled the humble but tasty tuna sandwich into the middle of American politics. In a CNN interview, Jack Spielman, a Republican army veteran, said that he “would rather...
Maldives Yellowfin Exports Revenue Fell In Q1 2020
Earnings from fresh and chilled yellowfin exports from the Maldives took a hit in the first quarter of 2020, according to the Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA). During this period, the country...
Old Mauritania-EU Fishing Agreement Extended Once More
While talks to reach a new fishing protocol between the EU and Mauritania are still ongoing, both parties have agreed to extend the current treaty until November 15, 2021. This will allow the...
Conxemar Axed Due To COVID-19 Concerns
The International Fair of Frozen Seafood, Conxemar, has canceled this year’s edition scheduled for October 6 to 8, in Vigo, Spain. Concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic progress compounded by...
Chinese Owner Gets Millions In Insurance Money For Burned Reefer
In December 2019, the 125-meter long tuna carrier 'Sea Mark' caught fire while sailing in the Pacific region, 160 miles from the Japanese island of Iwo Jima. Its owner, Chinese Shandong...