Global packaged seafood company Captain Fresh announced that its consolidated turnover increased by 52 percent in financial year 2026. It also reported profit remained positive before tax for...
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Will Thailand Secure Canned Tuna Deal With EU?
EU–Thailand FTA talks resumed in 2023 after nearly a decade-long pause, and EU tuna processors fear canned tuna could be included, potentially disrupting their operations and hurting their...
EU & Philippines Edge Closer To Trade Deal: What It Means For Tuna Business
The EU and the Philippines have reached a substantial agreement in their free trade negotiations, deepening their ties. The deal will liberalize over 94 percent of tariff lines between them....
SmarTuna Calls For Industry-Owned Shared Digital Traceability Infrastructure
Henk Brus, CEO of SmarTuna, has proposed a new model for tuna traceability built on shared digital infrastructure that is governed and ultimately owned by the tuna industry. Brus stated that...
India Defends Tuna Safety After Parasite Report Rattles Sellers
An Indian government fisheries agency has dismissed reports that tuna is unsafe to eat after parasites were found in fish caught in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil. A scientific study in Brazil...
Pre-Cooked Yellowfin Loins Imports Rise In Italy
Imports of frozen pre-cooked loins by Italian canners rose from January to June. Imports from processors outside the bloc increased, while those from EU declined notably. Italian canners...
Dongwon Prolongs StarKist’s Debt Guarantee
Dongwon Industries informed its investors that it has extended the debt guarantee for an existing loan by StarKist. The announcement was made on September 21 and included the 2025 results of...
European Commission Aims To Simplify EU Funding Rules For Fisheries
The European Commission has proposed simplifying fisheries and aquaculture funding. Tuna fleets and companies operating in other fisheries would be able to tap faster into the European...
Global Fishing Watch Provides Guide Setting Up Vessel Monitoring Systems
The Global Fishing Watch (GFW) has published the Vessel Tracking Best Practices Guide this month, a blueprint for governments to build more effective, integrated, and transparent...
Spain’s Pre-Cooked Loins Buying Retreats As EU CATCH Delays Imports
Spanish canners’ imports of frozen pre-cooked loins fell by nearly 10,000 tons from January to June this year, but remained at elevated levels. Trade with processors inside and outside the...
Spanish Industry Reaches Out To Youth With Third Canned Tuna Campaign
Spanish processors’ organization Anfaco-Cytma is bringing back the ‘La Matriculata’ campaign to promote canned tuna and other seafood among college students across Galicia as a healthy,...
Readers Saw Skipjack Price Rise Coming
The trade in whole round frozen skipjack price has been under pressure for months because there is a shortfall in supply due to low catch volumes in all oceans, while the canners’ demand...
EU Canners’ Weaker Demand For Pre-Cooked Loins Persists
EU imports of frozen pre-cooked tuna loins from most major suppliers declined in the first half of this year. Lower catches and stricter regulations took their toll. Spanish processors...
Tuna And Sweet Potato Combo Find Unexpected Fans And Other Social Media Stories
An American social media content creator posted a video of relishing tuna on sweet potato, and the combo is a hit among her fans. A video of a tuna swimming underwater in a discotheque grabs...
Jeff Bezos Backs Pacific Ocean Conservation With Extra USD 25 Million
The Bezos Earth Fund is putting USD 25 million behind efforts to protect tuna and marine life across more than 625,000 square miles of the Pacific Ocean. This will support ocean conservation...
Princes Warns Tariff Suspension Could Have “Unintended Consequences”
Neil Bohannon, Chief Procurement Officer at Princes UK, said that the UK government’s decision to cut tariffs on imported tuna products could lead to "unintended consequences". Speaking at the...
Australian Tuna Fishery Can Again Carry MSC Label
The Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (ETBF), which targets yellowfin, bigeye, and albacore, has been MSC recertified for the third time. Currently, 24 fishing vessels are in the certification...
Maldives Replaces Lost Anchored FADs To Support P&L Fishing
Maldives Ministry of Fisheries, Agriculture and Ocean Resources is prioritizing the replacement of anchored FADs for pole-and-line skipjack fishing in its waters that have been damaged or have...
IO Catches Improve Slightly: Skipjack Price Firms
The catches in the Indian Ocean improved slightly in the past month and the skipjack price increased a little. Volumes, however, remained below last year’s levels, although they were still...
Wild Planet Brand Unveils Fresh New Design
US-based Wild Planet brand has launched a fresher packaging and a redesigned logo for its tuna and seafood products. The redesign coincides with the brand’s “Lunch Offline” campaign, with a...
