Bumble Bee is once again on a roll to market its tuna products as a healthy protein choice for consumers from all walks of life with its new campaign called “Good For You”. The US tuna company...
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CNFC Implements The Belt And Road Initiative In The Pacific
Chinese deep-sea fishing company CNFC will be expanding its maritime projects and activities in the coming years, especially in terms of tuna in the Pacific. It also wants to grow from a...
Will Tuna Consumption Patterns Be Impacted By High Edible Oil Prices?
The global supply of sunflower oil has been severely impacted by the Russian-Ukraine war, as these nations are the world's main suppliers. On March 16, Atuna reported that there is a sunflower...
Poll: Will Tuna Consumption Patterns Be Impacted By High Edible Oil Prices?
The global supply of sunflower oil has been severely impacted by the Russian-Ukraine war, as these nations are the world's main suppliers. On March 16, Atuna reported that there is a sunflower...
Libyan Tuna Brand Eyeing The EU Market After Cleared For Export
Libyan authorities recently gave export accreditation to canned tuna brand Alwafa in a move to clear more of its national goods for overseas shipments and grow the nation's economy. The...
OPAGAC Officially Certified In The WCPO
Yesterday the Public Certification Report (PCR) for the Spanish OPAGAC MSC certification in the WCPO was published. The assessment includes skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye catches by purse...
Isabel, Campos & Atunlo Pushing Spanish APR Logo Growth
The assortment of tuna with the AENOR APR (Tuna From a Responsible Fishery) logo available in Spanish supermarkets is expected to grow significantly in 2022. According to an OPAGAC press...
Tuna Fishing Fleets Asking Governments For Relief Over Rising Fuel Costs
Fishing fleets around the world are lamenting over high fuel costs and they have been asking governments for tax subsidies or they will have to stop their operations. The tuna sector has been...
Seafood Expo North America Comes Back After 2-Year Forced Hiatus
The 2022 edition of the Seafood Expo North America concluded yesterday in Boston, US. It was the first in-person show held by Diversified Communications since the beginning of the COVID-19...
Can Tuna Processors Weather The Sunflower Oil Crisis?
The tuna industry is being buffeted by global supply chain issues caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Commodities and freight prices are through the roof and now the processing sector is...
Atuna Readers Divided On Spanish Cannery Workers’ Salaries
The salaries of workers in Spanish canneries have been a hot topic, particularly in the last two months. Unions in the country have organized strikes to demand better working conditions...
Skipjack In Manta Rising Quickly As Fishing Dives & Demand Surges
At the Manta port the price of tuna has been strongly rising, reaching high levels not seen for almost two years. Poor fishing and increased raw material demand seem to be the main factors...
Manta Wants Iconic Tuna Monument Back
It has been two years since the iconic yellowfin, El Atún, was removed from its historic location just next to the Manta Port. There was no space for it anymore in the new layout of the...
South Seas Tuna Corporation Invests Millions To Process Pouched Tuna
The South Seas Tuna Corporation (SSTC) in Wewak, Papua New Guinea, has invested millions in machinery so that it can start producing tuna pouches for foodservice businesses. This plant has...
The Rise Of Rotterdam As Europe’s Logistic Tuna Hub
Over the last decade, the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands has been growing rapidly as Europe's main tuna distribution hub. The small nation took in the second-highest volume of product...
OPAGAC Objector Withdraws At The Last Minute
The objection against the OPAGAC MSC certification in the WCPO has been ongoing for the last five months since the Coalition for Transparent Tuna Fisheries (CTTF) officially opposed the...
Pacifical & Digimarc Partner To Be First With GDST Traceability
Two years ago, Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) launched its global standard aiming to create a single framework for traceability in supply chains worldwide. And now, Pacifical,...
StarKist Samoa Reopens After Hit By COVID-19 Outbreak
Two and a half weeks ago, the StarKist cannery in American Samoa was hit by a new COVID-19 outbreak on the island and had to shut down operations. On Friday, March 12, authorities have allowed...
CNFC Goes Ahead With Non-Public Share Issuance
On March 11, the listed Chinese firm CNFC Overseas Fishery announced to its investors that the planned non-public share issuance has been approved by the Board of Directors and by the...
Australian Tuna Sector Hopes Trade Tensions With China Will Thaw
The Australian bluefin sector hopes that its government can soon reconcile relations with China as it wants to export products to the Asian nation. Hagen Stehr, Founder of Stehr Group,...
