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Americans Pay More For Fish But Canned Tuna Remains Cheap Protein
The consumer price index (CPI) in the US rose 2.7 percent in December 2025 from one year ago, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Fish, meats, poultry, and eggs...
Over 100,000 Tuna Cans To Enter El Salvador Tax Free
The El Salvadorian government approved the exemption of all taxes for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) importing 100,000 cans of tuna for the country’s social projects. The...
MIFCO Begins Buying Yellowfin Above Agreed Price
The state-run Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO) has begun purchasing 10 to 15 kg yellowfin at MVR 20 (USD 1.29) for a kilo, a price higher than President Mohamed Muizzu quoted last...
WCPO Troll And Hook-And-Line Fishery Catches Near 20-Year High
The WCPO artisanal troll and hook-and-line fishery reported good catches in 2024, one of the highest levels in two decades. Small boats from Indonesia and the Philippines using this gear...
US Study Accuses China Of Being Leading Offender In IUU Fishing
A new investigation on the Chinese distant water fishing fleet was recently released to the US Congress. The report ‘China’s Global Fishing Offensive’ underlined “China’s role as the world’s...
Can Transshipments At Sea Be Banned?
IUU fishing is harmful to tuna and other fish stocks and damages ecosystems. Illegal transshipments at sea boost the IUU fishing problem and pushes illegal caught fish into the global supply...
IO Tuna Fishing Nations To Form Coastal Alliance
Tuna fishing nations in the Indian Ocean are moving to strengthen cooperation to protect the fish stocks, as they prepare to form a new regional bloc under the proposed Indian Ocean Coastal...
Sharp Rise In Albacore WR Imports By EU Processors
EU processors sharply increased their frozen whole round albacore buying from Q1 to Q3 last year. South Africa emerged as the largest supplier among non-EU sellers, while Spain dominated...
ETC2026 – What To Expect?
Developments in the tuna industry are happening at breakneck speed. A common denominator that will be addressed at the European Tuna Conference is the digitalization in the supply chain for...
Global Tuna Monitoring To Tighten As UN High Seas Treaty Takes Effect
The UN High Seas Treaty, an international agreement to protect tuna and other marine life, came into force on Saturday. The deal, officially called the BBNJ Agreement, was ratified last year...
Dongwon Confirms No Final Decision On StarKist Shares Transfer
Dongwon Industries released a statement today that it has not decided whether to transfer all of its US tuna subsidiary StarKist’s shares to Dongwon F&B. The Korean conglomerate was...
Spain Eases New EU Regulations After Fishers’ Protest
Spanish tuna and other seafood fishermen ended a strike within hours on Monday after the national government agreed to ease the implementation of the EU’s new Fisheries Control Regulations....
Indonesia Begins Paperwork To Export Tuna Tariff Free To Japan
The Indonesian Fisheries Ministry has begun work to ensure that tuna products that are exported to Japan will fall under zero percent tariffs, according to the Indonesia-Japan Economic...
Can Galician Aid Solve Orbe’s Growth Constraints?
The starting signal for the support program for Galician companies was given on Friday, January 16 by a government delegation during a visit to the Orbe tuna processing plant in Ponte...
AGAC AO Western Skipjack Catch Is MSC Certified
The AGAC four oceans Integral Purse Seine Tropical Tuna Fishery received the MSC certification for its western skipjack catches in the Atlantic Ocean after it requested a scope extension in...
Readers: US Tuna Trade Will Shrink In 2026
Early last year, US President Donald Trump announcing the sweeping import tariffs sent shockwaves through the global tuna industry, triggering uncertainty across supply chains. The disruption...
Analysts Expect Thai Union To Close 2025 With Even Greater Losses
According to analysts, Thai Union's normalized profits in the fourth quarter of 2025 will be three percent lower than in Q4 2024 and four percent lower QoQ. This profit is estimated at THB 1.1...
Recalled Tuna Products Show Up In US Stores
Tri-Union Seafoods recently warned consumers that a third party, whose name was not revealed, inadvertently released quarantined tuna products that were recalled last February. The items,...
EU WR Skipjack Import Drops Significantly
The purchase of frozen whole round skipjack by EU processors declined drastically from January to September last year, with major suppliers reducing their prices compared to the same period in...
