Pre-cooked loins imports into Spain reached record levels between the first and third quarters of 2025. The price was only two percent cheaper. Spanish canners bought near equal volumes of...
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Tuna Industry Watches Closely As Frime-Captain Fresh Deal Unfolds
The news that Spanish tuna processor Frime has been acquired by Indian seafood company Captain Fresh has sent shockwaves across the Spanish tuna industry. The deal is expected to give Frime a...
Ecuador Raises Minimum Wage For All Workers
Ecuador raised the basic monthly salary by 2.6 percent to USD 482 for 2026, reported the Ministry of Labor. The decision was made this Monday at the National Council for Labor and Wages...
Aussie Scientists Decode Tuna Spawning Habits In Global Ocean Study
Tunas show considerable consistency in where and when they spawn, according to a group of Australian researchers. They conducted a study to understand the spawning strategies of pelagic fish,...
ISSF Strengthens Governance With Five New Board Appointments
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) recently announced the appointment of five new members to its Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC). These tuna...
Vietnam Registers Entire Fishing Fleet In VNFishbase As EU Pressure Mounts
Vietnam's authorities have tightened oversight across the fishing sector, rolling out stricter vessel monitoring systems, mandatory electronic catch documentation, and tougher enforcement...
Aldi Australia Says All Its Canned Tuna Will Carry MSC Logo
Aldi Australia will be transitioning its entire canned tuna range to MSC-certified tuna. Its private labels, Oceanrise and Portview, will carry the sustainable blue tick by early 2026, the...
Manta Skipjack Price Holds Steady As Trade Slows
The price for skipjack frozen whole rounds in Manta remains stable as trading slows down near the end of 2025. The value of raw materials has not been this high at the end of a year since...
StarKist Holiday Giveaway Campaign And Other Social Media Stories
Tuna companies do not miss a chance to promote their products during the holiday season. This year, StarKist introduced a giveaway campaign for travelers. The video of bluefins attacking their...
Spanish Canners Drive EU Pre-Cooked Loins Buying As Prices Ease
EU canners increased their purchase of pre-cooked loins from Q1-Q3 2025, with Spain remaining the main destination for shipments. Prices eased over the period, with canneries paying less than...
Frime To Be Acquired By India’s Captain Fresh
Indian seafood company Captain Fresh is gearing up to acquire the major Spanish frozen tuna steak processor Frime S.A.U., intending to expand its international footprint. A spokesperson for...
Will The US Government Be Forced To Roll Back Tariffs In 2026?
The US's reciprocal tariffs have impacted global tuna trade and are continuing to do so. Many US importers, including tuna companies, have paid tariffs on goods entering the country and...
Fricam Restructuring Plan Ensures Continuation and Establishment Of Coper Group
The restructuring plan for the Frigoríficos de Cambados (Fricam) tuna processing plant in Cambados, Spain, has been approved by the Commercial Court in Vigo. The facility is wholly owned by...
EU Processors’ Demand For Loins Reach 5-Yr Peak
EU processors’ demand for pre-cooked tuna loins rose this year, with imports increasing by 17 percent in the first nine months of 2025. The business amounted to EUR 873.26 million. China was...
Plant-Based Tuna Gains Traction As Flexitarianism Grows
In the past five years, vegan tuna producers have positioned their fish-free alternatives as sustainable food source, betting on shifting consumer preferences among millennials and Gen Z....
Shanghai Kaichuang Adds New Purse Seiner To WCPO Fleet
Chinese tuna fishing company Shanghai Kaichuang has purchased a new purse seiner, ‘Junmeto,’ that will operate in the WCPO. Marshall Islands-based Pan Pacific Fishing (RMI), a wholly-owned...
EU Markets Profit From Ecuador’s Canned Tuna Influx
Ecuadorian processors shipped almost half as much canned tuna to the EU from January to September this year as in the cumulative Q3 of 2024. Spain was their biggest market, but the...
IO Skipjack Allocation For EU Fleet Sparks French Backlash As Spain Gains
The European Council of Ministers recently set the 2026 quotas for Indian Ocean skipjack for EU-flagged vessels from, France, Spain, and Italy. The French purse seine organization Orthongel...
India Eyes Lakshadweep As High-Value Tuna Hub For Global Markets
India wants to position Lakshadweep as a premium tuna hub and is pitching the remote archipelago to investors as the nucleus of a modern, sustainability-led value chain that encompasses...
Readers: Labor-Safe Labels Are Critical For Responsible Tuna Sourcing
The UK Financial Times article ‘The Dark Truth Behind Supermarket Tuna,’ published last month, claimed to have exposed allegations of crew abuse across the global tuna fleet, spanning both...
