As the post-Brexit negotiations between the EU and the UK are set to continue soon, the Spanish seafood processing sector is expecting that canned tuna and other EU seafood items will have...
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Spanish Processors Raise Pre-Cooked Loins Demand
European processing nations demanded more frozen pre-cooked loins throughout 2019 and managed to pay a lower price than in previous years. From 2017 to 2019, the inflow of frozen pre-cooked...
GenSan City Mayor Bans Fishing Crews From Coming Ashore
In a move that will have a significant impact on the tuna industry in the Philippines, the Mayor of General Santos City ordered a temporary closure of the local airport and banned vessel crews...
Global Factors Tempering Seychelles Skipjack Price
Good tuna fishing around the Seychelles for skipjack and yellowfin is being reported and business is still continuing as usual. EU seiners are still able to unload their cargo in Port Victoria...
Thai Union To Repurchase Shares, Boost Investor Confidence
Today, Thai Union announced its intention to repurchase shares up to 4.19 percent of the company’s paid-up capital as of April 1, 2020. Over six months, Thailand's biggest canned tuna producer...
Customers Swirl Tuna In Mouths Says The Onion
In the art of wine tasting, it is essential that a person remembers the five Ss – See, Swirl, Sniff, Sip, and Savor. Well, that is what customers can expect to do while savoring tuna at the...
EU Commission: We Must Keep Goods Moving
With the number of coronavirus cases surging in Europe, different countries have started closing their borders and also putting into place major restrictions to curb the outbreak. Germany is...
EU Tuna Processors On Top Of Coronavirus Outbreak
The two European countries affected the most by the coronavirus pandemic are Italy and Spain, which are also home to the largest tuna industries on the continent. Sources from the two...
Demand For Fresh Tuna Collapsing Worldwide
Worldwide, restaurants and hotels are closed due to government measures against the coronavirus outbreak. This will especially affect the selling of fresh high-quality bluefin and yellowfin as...
China Aggressively Surging In EU Loins Market
Tuna processors in the EU increased their purchase of frozen pre-cooked loins from global exporters in 2019 compared to the previous year. The volume climbed by six percent to reach 157,947...
Yet Another Tuna Event Postponed Due To Coronavirus
The government of the Spanish city of Barbate has officially postponed the XIII Tuna Gastronomic Week. The decision was taken in light of the current national lockdown resulting from the...
Cases Set To Continue In US Courts
Cases against tuna companies are set to continue at the moment despite the coronavirus outbreak. The US Federal Courts are taking precautionary measures and have adopted visitor restrictions...
Spanish Bigeye TAC Distributed Among Fleets, Seiners On Top
In an attempt to take action against the possible threat of the bigeye stock reaching unhealthy levels in the Atlantic, last year the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic...
Preppers Stockpiling Canned Items Amidst COVID-19
Lately, news reports show empty shelves in retail stores across the globe and social media videos present long queues of people with their grocery carts piled sky-high with toilet paper and...
WPRFMC Caps Longline Bigeye Quota For 2020
On March 12, the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC) made its 2020 recommendation for longline-caught bigeye for the US territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the...
Tuna Shares Punished Hard In Global Stock Sell-off
Worldwide stock exchange markets have hit a five-year low due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The coronavirus pandemic is still sweeping across the globe and more and more governments are taking...
Helicopters Pilots Essential For Tuna Fishing
Free school fishing purse seiners usually have the assistance of a helicopter to help them look for tuna schools. The aerial vehicle is able to scout for the fish over a larger area....
EU And UK Postpone Brexit Talks
The European Commission announced yesterday that the next round of Brexit negotiations between the EU and the UK, which were to be held in London next week, will be postponed due to COVID-19...
The 10 Supplying Nations That Saw Their EU Sales Shrink
The expansion of Ecuador's exports to the EU has been at the expense of multiple origins - some major supplying nations but also some smaller volume exporters lost business. In 2019, 640,429...
Good Catches & Full Cold Storage Steer Manta’s Price
Driven by good catches, the skipjack price in the Manta port peaked a couple of weeks ago. Boat owners supplied as much tuna as they could, taking advantage of available storage space...
