Source: Financial Express BureauDeclining catch of tuna from the Indian coast has raised concerns on the ambitious plan of Marine Exports Product Development Authority (MPEDA) to double its export revenue.Tuna capture has fallen by more than 25% in...
Source: Greenpeace Press ReleaseGreenpeace welcomes the entry into force of a vast marine conservation area in the West and Central Pacific. In an attempt to rescue the region’s declining bigeye and yellowfin tuna stocks, the no-take zone bans purse...
Source: El Universo
Between January and October 2010, 402,868 tons of tuna was caught in the eastern Pacific, 16 per cent less than the 478,633 tons landed in the same period in 2009, according to figures from the Association of Tuna Companies...
From KITVFor those hooked on having sashimi as a New Year’s tradition, fishing for a bargain is going to be tough.
A popular favorite year-round, fresh Pacific big-eye tuna is an especially hot seller during the holidays. Local fish buyers, who...
Source: Gloucester Daily Times It’s a bit scary to see 2011 begin just as 2010 did — with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration considering a dire new anti-fishing tactic that flies in the face of even its own positive science, yet...
Source: Business World
Sagrex Foods, Inc., maker of microwavable banana and turon for export, has ventured into direct selling of its new line, tuna-with-banana, to help Davao farmers augment their income.
Among the products under the...
Source: Greenpeace Press Release
Greenpeace's ocean campaign vessel Rainbow Warrior arrived in Keelung port, Taiwan, yesterday to launch the organizations Ocean Defenders Tour of East Asia.
The ship will sail to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Korea to...
Source: Seychelles StateHouse Press Release
The United Arab Emirates Royal Naval Forces have handed over 5 patrol vessels to the Seychelles Coast Guard to battle piracy, during an official ceremony held at the Coast Guard base yesterday...
Source: SeafoodSource
Cicken of the Sea Frozen Foods last week announced the completion of its merger with Empress International as of 1 January.
The merger will allow the new company, operating under the Chicken of the Sea banner, to expand its...
Source: AP
A giant bluefin tuna fetched a record 32.49 million yen, or nearly $396,000, in Tokyo on Wednesday, in the first auction of the year at the world's largest wholesale fish market.
The price for the 754-pound (342-kilogram) tuna beat...
Source: NMFSSUMMARY: NMFS hereby issues regulations under the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 (Act), as amended, for the U.S. purse seine fishery operating in the eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) to make U.S. regulations more consistent with the Inter-...
Source: Business Wire
With the January 2011 Consumer Reports’ study raising mercury concerns about albacore/white tuna, consumers may be on the lookout out for low-mercury tuna options in the new year.
“In a category long dominated by three...
Source: Port Lincoln TimesAccording to CEO Brian Jeffriess of the Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Industry Association the large number of southern bluefin tuna that had been spotted in the Great Australian Bight would offer relief for the local...
Source: The Daily News of NewburyportThe very livelihood of bluefin tuna fishermen in Newburyport and across the country may be taken away from them in the next few months as the federal government is considering whether to name the massive fish an...
Source: Samoa NewsThe American Samoa Power Authority has asked the High Court to deny the StarKist Samoa motion for reconsideration, saying that the cannery is occupying ASPA property without legal right. The 1.024 acres of land in question were...
Source: Port Lincoln TimesIt has become clear to southern bluefin tuna fishers that the cut in Australia's quota last season was a direct result of negotiations over whaling and a free trade agreement with Japan.Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna...
Source: SeafoodSourceSainsbury’s on Friday announced that it will sell only pole-and-line caught tuna at its nearly 550 supermarkets across the United Kingdom.The retail giant is already offering only line-caught tuna for all of its fresh and frozen...
Source: Phuket WanA large fish company wants to set up a processing factory on Phuket and bring 300 boats from Indonesia to chase the Andaman tuna schools, Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha heard today.Seaspire International, a Taiwan-based company...
Source: The IndependentDozens of edible fish live in UK waters, but the unadventurous British tend to eat just three – salmon, tuna and cod – most of which come from abroad. A campaign beginning next week with the backing of the Government aims to...
Source: EFEThe Spanish tuna ‘Albatun Dos’ escaped today from a skiff full pirates that was chasing it in the Indian Ocean off Somalia, according to information provided by the Basque boatowner Albacora.This same source indicated that the tuna super...
Source: Faro de Vigo
Tuna, being a migratory species, will not change their route and head towards the south within the coming months despite pirates attempts to surround the tuna vessels fishing in the Indian Ocean. And tuna vessels will continue...
Source: Pete Thomas OutdoorsAfter fighting the giant tuna for more than two hours, and following it around the deck of the 92-foot boat more than a dozen times, Liz Franzino finally reeled the behemoth to where it could be seen shimmering below the...
Source: Greenpeace UK Blog
Having got wind of our new tinned tuna league table and the fact that it was going to come last, Tesco has done a spectacular u-turn. After being the subject of a Greenpeace investigation, it has radically improved its...
By Atuna
Indian export of yellowfin tuna to the European Union can be expected to be substantially lower this year as the trend of falling catches continues. According to Anwar Hashim, national president of the Indian Seafood Exporters Association...
By AtunaThe 2011 global purse seine catches in all oceans combined of bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna and skipjack might be considerably lower this year as result of reduction measures by the RFMO’s , but most of all due to the initiatives of eight...
Source: La Voz de GaliciaAlthough the food sector weathered the crisis with relative ease, the cannery Alfageme -via its creditors- is one of the companies that ends 2011 with bankruptcy pit.The Spanish company’s final stage is tragic. The creditors...
Source: The HinduAt the same time that reports are flowing in about shrinking yellowfin catches in India over the last 2 years, the Kochi-based National Institute of Fisheries Post Harvest Technology and Training (NIFPHATT), under the Union Ministry...
Source: Samoa NewsStarKist Samoa has withdrawn its motion for reconsideration of a November decision by the High Court to return to the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) land at Satala leased by the cannery from ASPA. A hearing in the StarKist...
Source: Dutch NewsGermany and the UK top the MSC ranking as countries with the highest amount of local fisheries being MSC certified. The Netherlands is third on the Marine Stewardship Council’s list of countries where the seafood industry has...
Source: The Ethicurean
Critics of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas often say that the acronym ICCAT might better stand for the “International Conspiracy to Catch All Tuna.†At its most recent meeting, ICCAT lived...
Source: Greenpeace
Greenpeace has filed a complaint against Princes UK on misleading tuna labeling with the United Kingdom Office of Fair Trading. The complaint states that “the labeling on Princes UK’s tinned tuna products breaches the Consumer...
By AtunaAlthough worldwide stocks of bigeye and yellowfin tuna are considered to be under growing pressure, this year’s newly introduced conservation and management measures for the international longline fleet seems to be limited and of a mixed...
Source: Excerpt from Greenpeace Blog Post by Sari TolvanenEnsuring sustainable fisheries is one part of achieving healthy oceans; the other is protecting larger areas of ocean in marine reserves that will include the protection of migratory species...
Source: OCU - Organizacion de Consumidores y Usuarios
“Some canned tuna sold in Spain comes from illegal fishing.†So states a recent study by the Danish NGO Danwatch, which identifies some of those responsible for this uncontrolled fishery....
Source: Business WorldListed Alliance Select Foods International Inc., formerly Alliance Tuna International Inc., has borrowed more than P100 million for its subsidiary to acquire a property and a canning plant in Mindanao.In a disclosure on...
Source: Daily MirrorThe Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) had decided to hold its 16th annual conference in Sri Lanka in March this year. According to its minister all past accusations on IUU fishing by Sri Lankan tuna fleets have proven to be...
Source: Spanish News
For several weeks now, the almadraba trap net tuna fishery of Cadiz has been calling for action against the limited catch quotas for the 2011 season.
The 2011 quota allocated to this ancient tuna fishing tradition is 630...
Atuna.com is pleased to announce the 3rd edition of the European Tuna Conference, which will take place on Monday, May 2nd 2011, in Brussels Belgium.
The event, which is organized in cooperation with Infofish, will bring together tuna...
Source: Islands BusinessSince the 1950’s, when industrial fishing for tuna began, stocks have been depleted on a global scale. Total annual hauls have risen from 550,000 to more than 4 million tons.In the western and central Pacific Ocean, the total...
Source: New York TimesVessels from six nations, including Italy, engaged in illegal fishing on the high seas in 2009 and 2010, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported to Congress on Wednesday.The report details the widespread...
By AtunaAfter a criminal complaint filed by Greenpeace earlier this week UK leading canned tuna seller Princes will adjust labels on its new cans and remove the claim that the brand is ‘fully committed to fishing methods that protect marine...
Source: Ghanaian Chronicle Pioneer Food Cannery (PFC) Limited, the Ghanaian affiliate of MW Brands, the worldwide seafood manufacturers and distributors and producers of StarKist tuna and other tuna products has honored 571 of its 1,312 employees...
Source: Greenpeace International, Blog Post from Apple ChowThe ship has already left windy and rainy Keelung and we just arrived at the second stop of the Ocean Defenders East Asia tour, Su-ao in eastern Taiwan. Suao is the second largest tuna...
Source: Stuff Co NzSealord has ordered genetic tests on a popular tuna spread after an international study claimed it contained a species protected as a “recreational only†fish in Australia.The results of a Greenpeace-commissioned study of 165...
Source: Northern AdvocateCape Finisterre, flagship of a Pacific-based tuna purse-seining fleet, back at Ship Repair NZ Ltd. Spot the good news for Whangarei’s marine industry along Port Rd’s “golden kilometer†this week - three foreign-owned vessels...
Source: Courthouse News ServiceThe National Marine Fishery Service has proposed that weaker hooks be used in the Gulf of Mexico to help bluefin tuna escape being incidentally caught by longline fishing boats.The rule would require the use of thin...
Source: Sport FishingAfter banning commercial purse seining from its waters in July, the Republic of Panama has taken further steps adding restrictions on longlining for the conservation of its marine life and its socio-economic growth.In letters to...
Source: El PaisThe Ministry of Environment, Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) is negotiating with other EU countries to surrender part of its 2011 bluefin tuna quota to ensure that Spanish trap net fishermen can catch more than the assigned tonnage....
By AtunaTuna farmer Mourad Trabelsi, brother in law of the former Tunisian dictator Ben Ali, was arrested Sunday on charges of drug trafficking. The arrest was published by the Tunisia Live Blog and confirmed by sources in Tunisia. A supposed video...
Source: Radio NZThe reconstruction of the Samoa Tuna Processors’ plant in Atuu, in American Samo, is planned to start in March.Samoa Tuna Processors is the company that is now leasing the former Samoa Packing facility which was closed in September...
Source: FishNewsEuThe fight against illegal fishing is winning concrete results, EU Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki claimed this week.She told a London conference that in the first year of the EU rule banning Illegal, Unreported and...
Source: Samoa Observer
Fisheries play an extremely important role in the economy of Samoa.
Our local tuna fishing fleet operates within a small EEZ of approximately 120,000 km2.
Samoa’s Tuna Fishery is exclusively domestic and is principally...
Source:SeafoodSourceThe National Fisheries Institute’s Tuna Council on Monday launched a multi-million dollar marketing campaign featuring TV, print and Internet advertising aimed at growing the canned-tuna category by reminding Americans of the...
Source: Bernama
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will find out the shortcomings of a tuna port venture in Batu Maung near here from its concessionaires.
Its chairman, Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid said investigations into the failure of the project...
Source: New York PostA Westchester man's tuna pig-out could help Bumble Bee Foods get off the hook over claims it gave him mercury poisoning.The seafood-processing company charges in court papers that Lee Porrazzo of White Plains “abnormally...
Source: The GuardianConsumers choose coley, dab, mussels, squid and sardines after species were championed by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s in Channel 4’s Fish Fight campaign.Sales of “alternative†species of fish and seafood have soared after being...
Source: Radio NZThe Vanuatu Tuna Fishing Company says it has been trying for four days to pull one of its vessels off the reef in Port Vila harbor.The company’s director, Christophe Emelee, says the vessel hit the reef on Saturday trying to leave...
Source: El UniversoThe United States will cooperate with Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela to prevent that vessels, carrying flags from those countries, fish tuna in the Eastern Pacific, without authorization and in closed season, according to...
Source: Spanish PressSpain’s National Association of Canned Fish and Shellfish (Anfaco-Cecopesca) has called for “dignified†fishing of tuna in order to ensure sustainable supplies for the future and prevent the fish from becoming a...
Source: San Francisco GateEliseo Castillo tags yellowfin tuna at Ports Seafood in San Francisco. A test of swordfish and tuna collected earlier from some grocery stores and restaurants in the state found some mercury levels above federal...
By AtunaJohn West Foods, in the United Kingdom, will commit itself to sourcing 20 percent of its UK tuna products from pole-and-line catch by August this year. It is unclear if this policy will also be applied to other EU markets where the John West...
By AtunaTuna processing company MW Brands is threatening with legal action against the program Hugh’s Fish Fight on the British Channel 4 for making “false allegations’’ that MW Brands tuna catch in Ghana is taking with considerable by-catch of...
Source: World FishingA new ‘Show Cause’ initiative implemented in Australia allows concession holders to provide an explanation of their activities when suspected of unlawfully navigating/fishing within closures.The results are reported to be very...
Source: FishNewsEuThe European Commission on behalf of the European Union has signed a new three-year protocol under the Fisheries Partnership Agreement (FPA) with Cape Verde.The protocol, signed on 22 December, sets fishing possibilities for EU...
Source: Solomon StarEarth Island Institute (EII) says the proposed export by Solomon Islands Marine Mammals and Education Centre (SIMMEC) is making things difficult for Solomon Islands to make million dollar tuna investments here.Mark Berman,...
Source: ABC NewsFishing crews say the start of the tuna season in the Great Australian Bight is revealing the best stocks in living memory.The Port Lincoln-based industry has faced quota cuts.Chief executive of the Southern Bluefin Tuna Association,...
By AtunaThe European Parliament has signed off on a deal allowing Papua New Guinea to export its tuna products duty-free into Europe, regardless the origin of the fish.It’s the only country in the world to be granted special treatment in the...
Source: WCTI12A valuable fish could soon be off the market and fishermen are wondering where that would that leave them. They are sharing their concerns with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA.Wednesday night’s meeting was...
By AtunaThe assessment for certification under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) of Maldivian tuna fisheries for yellowfin, bigeye and skipjack is still in progress. After a first delay last summer, the assessment process was expected to finish...
By Atuna
According to Greenpeace, UK’s leading canned tuna brand, Princes, is not taking any steps on making its canned tuna more sustainable. The action group states that the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF)- which unites...
By AtunaThe prices of sunflower and soybean oils, main oils used in tuna cannery, are expected to rise in the next few months to new heights. Prices already reached record levels with up to 50 percent rises since this summer due to bad harvests and...
Source: Solomon StarSoltai Fishing and Processing Limited (SFPL) has added another canning and processing line at its base in Noro, Western Province.The fourth line become operational as of last week when full the company operations resumed.A...
Source: Fishing WorldAngler protest about plans to sanction the slaughter of thousands of tons of billfish and tuna by the east coast long-line fleet has reached the ears of the federal politicians who control the fishery.Mike Kelly, the...
Source: Herald SunDirector Hagen Stehr at Clean Seas Tuna, Port Lincoln, where there is optimism this year’s breeding program will yield commercial quantities of southern bluefin. The annual spawning has begun at Clean Seas Tuna’s fish farm at Arno...
Source: AndinaPeru’s exports of canned tuna (including tuna and barrilete) in 2010 posted a 65.1 percent increase to US$10 million over the previous year, consulting firm Maximixe reported Friday.In terms of volume, canned tuna exports showed a 42.7...
Source: Fiji TimesThe existing allocation of tuna longline fishing license cap has been increased from 60 to 70 in a move to address the increasing demand for licenses. Primary Industries minister Joketani Cokanasiga said licenses would be issued...
Source: Radio AustraliaGreenpeace activists on board the Rainbow Warrior are trying to stop a Vanuatu-flagged vessel from leaving a Taiwanese port.The ocean campaigners want the Taiwanese government to use its own laws to stop the MV Lung Yuin from...
Source: Fish UpdateThe European Parliament has asked the European Commission (EC) to suspend the exceptions to the rules of origin given to Papua New Guinea (PNG) if the deal this year proves to have “a disruptive impact†on European industry....
By AtunaThe eight Island states in the Pacific Ocean joined under the Parties of Nauru Agreement (PNA) are working on the development of further catching and control methods that will become effective later this year to deliver a sustainable supply...
Source: Samoa NewsGovernment officials have dismissed claims that the American Samoa government has made any sort of payment to Tri Marine International, who took over the COS Samoa Packing cannery facility to operate a new cannery, Samoa Tuna...
Source: The AustralianCost-cutting at Clean Seas Tuna, especially in the kingfish business, has helped the seafood company stem its losses in the first half.In a market update yesterday, directors said the company was anticipating “a reduction in...
Source: AFPTaiwan police arrested a Greenpeace member Monday as the environmental organization launched its first ever protest on the island, trying to stop a tuna carrier from leaving port, the group said.Tipsuda Atichakaro, a Thai citizen, climbed...
Source: MSCThe Marine Stewardship Council Board of Trustees and its Technical Advisory Board recently completed four days of governance meetings where they continued policy development work on the quality and consistency of the MSC’s fishery and...
Source: Vietnam Business RegistrationThe Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) is targeting USD 300 million in tuna exports this year, up 4.5% year-on-year.The association hopes the recently agreed cuts to international...
Source: SunStarHigh-quality large tuna stocks caught and unloaded daily in this port city, the “Tuna Capital of the Philippines,†are getting smaller apparently due to overfishing, a disturbing trend exporters and small fisher folk observed since...
Source: Radio NZThe freezer storage of StarKist Samoa’s tuna cannery in Satala was damaged by strong winds from Tropical Cyclone Wilma on Sunday and the company issued a statement that production was to be suspended until further notice as the...
Source: GreenpeaceGreenpeace activists yesterday held a peaceful protest at Taiwan’s Fisheries Agency (FA), calling for efficient monitoring of Taiwanese-owned vessels and tighter regulations on illegal fishing internationally. Displaying a banner...
Source: West Coast Sentinel
The tuna industry is concerned that BP’s plans to explore the Great Australian Bight for oil and gas could adversely impact their business.Southern Bluefin Tuna Association CEO Brian Jeffriess said that while the tuna...
Source: Solomon StarThe two apprehended vessels at the maritime base
The Royal Solomon Islands police force maritime unit patrol boat Auki have intercepted and apprehended two foreign fishing vessels suspected of carrying out illegal fishing...
By AtunaEstimated data of tuna catches by purse-seine and pole and line published by the Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) confirm lower catches in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) in most of 2010. According to a recently released...
Source: Samoa NewsStarKist Samoa has been operating without a tax exemption for more than six months after the last one expired sometime last year. StarKist went through the process of obtaining a new tax exemption, such as appearing before the ASG...
Source : MSC Close to one in four adults are aware of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) ecolabel – an increase of more than two and a half times since 2008, according to a survey carried out by AMR Marketing Research in 2010.The 2010 research,...
Source: The GrocerThe UK retail magazine The Grocer published a letter from ISSF about tuna sustainability.The letter was published under the title. “There’s no quick fix to fish crisis.â€Sir, In response to Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s recent Fish...
Source: The NationIn an interview Fisheries Minister Rajitha Senaratne of Sri Lanka answered some questions on country’s tuna industry.Question: Foreign trawlers were being allowed to take away our fish resources right before their eyes leaving them...
Source: The HinduFishermen’s Associations in India have sought cancellation of the licenses issued to foreign tuna vessels as they were violating all guidelines and depleting fish stocks to the detriment of Indian fishermen.Addressing a media...
Source: The Korea TimesHwang Sang-gi, the chief engineer of fishing ship Dongwon, which was hijacked by Somali pirates near the coast off the Horn of Africa back in April 2006, is now aboard another trawler sailing in the Pacific Ocean.Dongwon was...
Canadian ambassador visits Astoria to talk about the Pacific albacore agreementSource: The Daily AstorianTuna was the topic Wednesday when the Canadian ambassador for Fisheries Conservation came to visit Astoria.Pacific albacore, to be specific.The...
