Japan’s fresh chilled tuna imports slumped in 2025. While most key suppliers scaled back shipments, Mexico stood out, posting a sharp increase in exports to this Asian market. Last year, Japan...
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South Korea’s Bluefin Surge Fuels Calls For Quota Reset
South Korean fishermen are pressing the government to seek a higher bluefin quota, citing a growing presence of these tunas in the country’s EEZ in recent years. Bluefin larvae have been...
RFMO Experts Challenge Greenpeace Critique Of Industry Presence In Tuna Bodies
Greenpeace recently raised an allegation that fishing industry representatives make up to a third of national delegations at key tuna and other RFMO meetings and the system is "rigged" against...
Readers: Tuna Vessels Will Temporarily Stop Fishing
Tensions in the Middle East have heightened concerns in the global tuna industry, over climbing fuel costs as crude oil shipments face disruption through the Strait of Hormuz. The crisis,...
Higher Deals Secured For Skipjack In Manta
In the Manta processing hub, skipjack trading is seeing higher prices due to a drop in raw material supply from the EPO. Sources told Atuna that the owners of vessels are not seeing the impact...
MSC Seeks Feedback On Chain Of Custody Standard Revisions
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) recently announced that it has opened a public consultation for proposed revisions to the MSC Chain of Custody (COC) Standard. MSC has put up an online...
EU Alerts Show One Tuna-Related Incident
The EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) reported only one tuna-related incident last month. On March 11, Italian authorities alerted the EU to contamination in 300g glass jars of...
NewPrinces Group Reports 80 Percent Jump In Revenue
NewPrinces Group reported consolidated revenue of EUR 2.96 billion in 2025, up 80 percent from 2024. Sales for the Fish segment, which is ambient tuna and seafood produced by its UK-based...
Skipjack Price In Bangkok Trading Higher Despite Canners’ Resistance
Deals for frozen whole round skipjack have concluded at higher levels in Bangkok, but Thai packers are maintaining their wait-and-see approach, given the volatility in the market due to the...
Tuna Fuels Grupo Consorcio Growth In Italian Market
Spanish seafood group Grupo Consorcio, which has a strong presence in Italy, reported an increase in tuna sales and volumes in 2025 in the market, and is eyeing an expansion of its tuna...
Will China’s Domestic Tuna Bet Dampen Pacific Islands’ Prospects?
China is moving to expand domestic tuna production, with indications of increased investment in canneries to boost output. Partnering with Pacific Island Countries (PICs) to facilitate the...
EU Processors WR Skipjack Buying Took A Nosedive
EU imports of frozen whole round skipjack dropped sharply in 2025, a five-year low, with top suppliers Seychelles and El Salvador both losing trade with European processors. Last year, EU...
Princes To Raise Canned Tuna Prices To Offset Costs
Faced with inflationary pressures on transport and logistics due to the war in the Middle East, UK-based Princes Group announced that it will put up its prices by five percent, which will lead...
The Cost Of War On Global Tuna Fishing Fleets
The war in the Middle East has impacted tuna fishing operations worldwide, with boat owners facing skyrocketing fuel prices. Atuna approached several fleets in Asia and EU that explained that...
Oil Volatility & The Tuna Trade: Critical Impact On Skipjack & Yellowfin Pricing
The tuna industry is facing an immediate operational crisis. With the Middle East conflict driving crude oil prices up by 50 percent in just 20 days, the surge in Marine Gas Oil (MGO) is...
Seven Ecuadorian Tuna Boats With 20 Crew Members Are Missing
Ecuadorian authorities are intensifying efforts to locate seven tuna fishing vessels, with about 20 crew members, that disappeared near the Galápagos Islands last week. Officials, alongside...
Colombia Commits To Fisheries Transparency With FiTI Membership
Colombia joined the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) last week by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to implement the FiTI standard on the nation's tuna and seafood fishing...
Major Global Highlights March 2026
The prices of frozen whole round skipjack in major tuna processing hubs rose amid the Middle East conflict. An Indian seafood company purchased the Spanish tuna processing firm Frime S.A.U....
Australia Should Grow Influence In Kiribati Over China
Australia, close ally of the US, should strengthen its ties with Kiribati and improve its geopolitical influence in the Pacific nation, according to a latest opinion piece published by the...
Japanese Market Sees Increased Demand for Frozen Albacore and Bluefin
Japanese importers’ intake of frozen whole rounds of tuna for canning, restaurants, and food service rose by three percent in 2025, boosted by higher volumes of albacore and bluefin. The raw...
