Ecuador has definitely overtaken the Philippines as the main exporter of canned tuna to Germany. In 2018, the export jumped by 57 percent to 20,426 M/T after remarkable growth during...
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Manta’s Containers With Tuna Now Shipped Directly To EU Main Ports
From July 15, two container ships from the French shipping company, CMA-CGM will moor in the port of Manta, Ecuador, every Monday. For the local canned...
Oil And Skipjack Prices Moving In Opposite Directions
The average price of crude oil is USD 69.97 per barrel, according to the June Oil Market Report of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). On July...
Wespac Counters Civil Beat’s Allegations Over Self-Profit
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (Wespac) has responded to the accusations leveled at it by the Honolulu Civil Beat’s three-part series suggesting...
Spanish Tuna Sector Passes DG Sante’s Latest Inquiry
The Spanish tuna industry has passed the latest audit by the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG Sante) of the EU. The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition...
Tuna Monument In San Diego Honors Over 85 Fishermen
The region of Point Loma in San Diego, California, was once known as the tuna capital of the world. This may no longer be the case but the Portuguese Historical Center...
Juan Corrales Spotted As Potential New CEO Of Tri Marine
Yesterday, Tri Marine, one of the world’s largest tuna companies, announced the sale of its global tuna supply business to its longtime partner, Bolton Group. There has been no...
Tariffs For Upcoming EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement Explained
The EU and Vietnam signed a Free Trade Agreement to reduce the duty tariffs for each other’s imported goods. Atuna mentioned the reduced tariff on canned tuna but now has more exact...
Renato Curto’s New Business Unit Will Not Retain TMI Name
A new business unit that will be headed by Renato Curto, CEO of Tri Marine, will not retain the company’s name. Tri Marine announced yesterday that it will be selling its global...
Marukei Katsuobushi To Start Tuna Extraction Plant In Galicia
The Japanese fishing company, Marukei Katsuobushi Inc., is expanding to Galicia with a 1,170 square meter tuna processing plant. The facilities will be located...
Maldives’ Tuna Purchases Increased In Q1 2019
In the first quarter of 2019, the purchases by fish processing companies in the Maldives increased to 25,000 M/T, as reported in the Quarterly Economic Review by the Maldives...
Atuna Poll: Will FAD Ban Period Affect Skipjack Price?
At the beginning of July, the Bangkok price for skipjack hit the USD 1000 per M/T barrier. This price is the reference point for the global tuna industry. Due to filled...
Readers: Expect No EU Red Card For Vietnam
According to half of our readers responding to Atuna's poll, the dreadful results from the US TIP report on human trafficking will not result in a EU red card for...
Tri Marine Sells Global Tuna Supply Operations To Bolton Group
Tri Marine, one of the world’s largest tuna companies, announced the sale of its global tuna supply business to its longtime partner, Bolton Group. Since 2013, Bolton has held a...
Taiwanese Longliner On Fire In Indian Ocean
A Taiwanese-flagged tuna fishing vessel, Feng Kuo 568, was reported to be on fire on July 3 in the Indian Ocean. Its twenty crew members abandoned the boat around 1,400 nautical...
Chicken Of The Sea Wins PEOPLE’s ‘Best Tuna’
Chicken of the Sea's Infusions: Basil has won the main prize in the tuna category of the PEOPLE Food Awards 2019: The Best Supermarket Products. The item – skipjack in olive oil and sweet...
EU Alerts: Italy’s Food Poisoning Scare
In June, six tuna-related incidents were recorded by the Regulatory Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) of the EU. Italy reported two serious cases. The first one was related to...
Largest Albacore Tuna Onion Dish
In the capital of Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, the gastronomic event “The Largest Tuna ‘Encebollado’ In The World” took place in the last week of June. A pot four meters long...
Ghana Imports Of Canned Tuna To UK Dive
UK consumers still prefer canned tuna even though the imports of the product in 2018 had a miniscule four percent fall from the previous year – from 110,259 M/T to 106,266 M/T. The...
Crisis For US West Coast Albacore, Landings Lowest In 20 Years
Just as in 2018, albacore trollers in the US West Coast hope tuna landings will pick up in time for this year’s season, which will peak in July. Last year, 446...
