Last year, Thai processors struggled to keep their canned tuna pet food business at the peak level as it was in 2022. They already experienced weakened sales in the earlier part of 2023 and...
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Rumors Rife That Cell-Based Tuna Producer “Goes Into Hibernation”
Finless Foods, a US-based cell-cultivated tuna and seafood company, is laying off its employees because the “funding environment has deteriorated.” Co-founder Mike Selden has not responded to...
Controversial Spanish Tuna Company Announces Bankruptcy
The La Rioja-based Plaza Chica is the latest Spanish company to enter into voluntary bankruptcy proceedings. It grabbed headlines in January when four of its managers got arrested for alleged...
Ecuadorian Fleet Is Most Effective In Utilizing Its Capacity
Tuna catches in the EPO have never been as good as in 2023 with skipjack numbers reaching the highest level in 50 years. How did catches by country compare to the number of purse seiners...
US Cuts Back On Canned Tuna Imports In 2023
US ambient tuna imports were worth USD 584.35 million in 2023, a large drop from the USD 664.19 million the year before. American retailers and traders reduced their buying by 13 percent in...
Readers: Thai Canned Tuna Trade Will Decline Further In 2024
Thai processors faced a major setback in their business in 2023 by shipping only 415,787 M/T of canned tuna, a whopping 14 percent drop from the previous year. This was also the lowest volume...
Bangladeshi Govt Blamed For Failing To Tap Into Rich Tuna Resources
Bangladesh continues to make slow progress in developing its tuna industry despite having rich resources of this fish in its waters. The government has failed to implement initiatives to boost...
Philippine Tuna Landings Fell Drastically In 2023
Philippines’ flagged vessels’ tuna catches fell by 13 percent in 2023 compared to the previous year due to a large drop in skipjack and frigate catches. Yellowfin was the only major tuna...
Italian Canned Tuna Price Rose Over A Tenth in 2023
The Italian canned tuna sector experienced a difficult 2023. The inflation and high commodity prices, especially olive oil, increased production costs causing a rise in consumer prices....
Indonesia Takes A Step Ahead To Protect Fishers By Entering Into Deal With Spain
Indonesia recently signed an agreement with Spain “to promote the competency and welfare” of fishermen who are seeking to work onboard Spanish tuna vessels. The EU nation has agreed to...
Heat-Treated Solid Tuna Waste Ideal For Methane Gas Production
Researchers recently identified ways to “efficiently and sustainably treat tuna waste to produce biogas” through anaerobic digestion (process by which bacteria breaks down organic material in...
Lakshadweep Pole-And-Line Fishermen Accuse Govt Of “Killing Their Livelihood”
The livelihoods of pole-and-line fishermen in Lakshadweep, an archipelago off the Indian coast, are at stake due to high fuel prices and lack of facilities to sell their catches. Most of the...
Mozambique President Not Off The Hook Yet In Tuna Scandal
The tuna bond scandal has come to bite back Mozambique President Filip Nyusi as Abu Dhabi-based shipbuilder Privinvest wants to drag him back to the case in the London High Court. Nyusi was...
EPO Seiners Report Decades-High Skipjack Catches In 2023
EPO tuna vessels caught a record volume of skipjack in 2023, a 50-year peak. The total tonnage of all major commercial tuna species reached the fifth-highest level in over five decades. While...
43 MSC Fisheries Get Greenlight On Harvest Strategy
The Marine Stewardship Council announced this week that 43 fisheries, mainly in the WCPO, should be certified under the early adoption of Section SE process that covers developing and...
Council Warns Over Negative Impact Of EU-Thai Free Trade
The much-anticipated EU-Thailand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has clearly been worrying Spanish processors. The Market Advisory Council (MAC), which provides guidance to the European Commission...
Myth Buster: We Are Running Out Of Tuna
The health of tuna has been a hot topic of discussion for many years among NGOs, environmentalists, social media activists, and lately even film-makers. A simple online search leads one to...
Jealsa Looking To Hire More Trained Staff Despite Slow Sales
The President of Spanish processor Jealsa wants to employ more trained youngsters from Galicia where the company is headquartered. Jesús Alonso Escurís said this to the 80 students from Félix...
Jealsa Seiner Fleet Not Fishing In Atlantic, Crew Dismissed
The 72-day FAD ban in the Atlantic Ocean is ongoing and will last until March 13. Numerous Spanish-owned tuna seiner vessels have gone for repairs or stopped fishing and are docked in the port...
Thailand Skipjack WR Imports Decline, Maldives Becomes Major Supplier
Frozen whole round skipjack volumes to Thai processors contracted by 11 percent in 2023. While many major seiner fleets, especially those flagged to PNA, saw their exports to the Bangkok...
