Due to tropical storm ‘Hernán’, 30 passengers of AeroMexico were stranded at the Playa de Oro airport in Manzanillo, Mexico. A helicopter from one of the purse seiners of the fishing and...
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Australia’s First Tuna Seiner ‘MFV Tacoma’ In Virtual Show
Australia’s first tuna purse seiner boat, ‘MFV Tacoma’, which changed the course of commercial pelagic fishing in the country, will be displayed in virtual form via the 2020 Port Townsend...
Tuna Australia Longline Fishery Earns MSC
Tuna Australia earned the MSC logo today for sustainably fishing and targeting albacore, yellowfin, bigeye, and swordfish in the Australian Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (ETBF). It spans...
Spanish Crew Tested Positive For COVID-19 In Seychelles
In Seychelles, three crew members working on board Spanish tuna seiners have tested positive for COVID-19. The country’s Public Health Commissioner stated that they are currently in...
Spanish Processor Temporarily Closes Plant
Atunlo has temporarily closed its tuna cannery in Santoña in Basque, Spain, after more than ten workers tested positive for COVID-19. Thereafter, the company started testing the entire staff...
Nestlé Launches Sensational Vuna – Vegan Tuna
Swiss international brand Nestlé has released the Sensational Vuna, a plant-based tuna alternative in a glass jar. The company introduced the line under its vegan brand, Garden Gourmet. The...
Chris Lischewski Reported To Arizona Prison
After further investigations on the whereabouts of former CEO of Bumble Bee, Chris Lischewski, a reliable source has confirmed with Atuna that he reported to the minimum-security prison in...
Spanish North Atlantic Albacore Season Closes
On August 18, the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries announced the closure of the northern albacore fishery in the Atlantic. Vessels flagged to the country have been prohibited from...
Bangladesh Explores Creating Tuna Fleet
The Bangladeshi government is planning to create a tuna fleet and boost fish production in the country. The Department of Fisheries submitted a proposal for purchasing purse seiners to the...
Colombian Outcry Over Japanese Longliner License
Colombian National Fishing Authority (AUNAP) has granted a license to Japanese longliner Koyo Marú No. 7 permitting it to fish for tuna in the nation's Atlantic Ocean EEZ. This has created...
TU Updates On Russian Cannery Shares
Today, Thai Union announced additional information about its acquisition of shares in TUMD Luxembourg S.à.r.l, which Atuna reported on recently. Thai Union currently holds 49,732,490 shares,...
Seafood Expo Asia, Yet Another 2020 Event Cancelled
The 2020 Seafood Expo Asia edition, which was scheduled to take place on November 18-20 in Singapore has been canceled due to ongoing health and safety issues caused by the coronavirus...
Carrefour Increases MSC Albacore For Stores In Spain
French supermarket chain, Carrefour, reported on Tuesday that it will be increasing its purchase of pole-and-line caught MSC certified albacore for its stores in Spain this year. It plans to...
Balfegó Fails To Compensate Local Fishers
Spanish tuna company Balfegó has come under criticism for not compensating fishermen after thousands of its bluefin were released from their cages and washed up ashore in January when the...
Grupo Herdez Ceases Tuna Production
Although canned tuna was its best-selling product in the first half-year, Grupo Herdez announced it is selling its canned tuna brand Nair, which accounted for only 1.4 percent of the company’s...
Maruha Nichiro Betting More On Aquaculture, Less On Wild
The new CEO of the Japanese company Maruha Nichiro, Ken Ikemi, said that in order to survive the current challenges derivating from the COVID-19 pandemic, the business needs to focuss more on...
EU Assigned Vietnam Canned Tuna Quota For 2020
The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Deal (EVFTA) enables Vietnam to export 11,500 M/T of canned tuna duty-free based on origin fish to the economic block per year. However, the agreement came in force...
Routine Seiner Cleaning Fatal To Ghanaian Worker
The routine cleaning of the 39 year-old purse seiner ‘Africa Star’ has become fatal for a man of 27 in Tema port, Ghana. He was working in the hold of the boat when a pipe of the refrigeration...
Australian Tuna Longline Fishery Recommended To Keep MSC Logo
Australian Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery aiming for MSC re-assessment for albacore, yellowfin, bigeye, and swordfish has entered the last stage as the Final Draft Report included the...
Money Bags From Purse Seine Nets
The Spanish association Bermeo Tuna World Capital in collaboration with Echebastar, AZTI technological center, and the textile company Ternua have launched the SARETU project in the Indian...