Atuna.com started the new year asking our readers what would be the greatest challenge for the tuna industry in 2009.
Taking into consideration the financial crisis affecting the world in the past six months -and right now still - it was no surprise that 35% of the participants opted for lower credit availability as the main challenge for the near future.
Nevertheless, environmental issues related to the tuna industry, such as overfishing, have been proved to be on tuna companies’ agendas for a while now. Another 35% of last poll’s participants believe that tuna stocks management will be the greatest challenge of the industry in 2009.
Oil prices and tin-plate prices were next on the tuna industry concerns for this year with 11% of participants choosing the “fluctuation of oil prices†option and 6% the “increasing tin-plate prices†alternative.
Only 4% of the poll’s readers believe that the reduction on consumer’s confidence will be challenging for the tuna industry, while 6% chose “other challenge†as being the cause of concern in 2009.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL BE THE GREATEST CHALLENGE FOR THE TUNA INDUSTRY IN 2009?
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A) Lower credit availability |
35 % |
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B) Tuna stocks management |
35 % |
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C) Reduced consumer confidence |
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D) Fluctuating Oil Prices |
11 % |
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E) Increasing tin-plate prices |
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F) Other challenge |
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