A near EUR 200 million (USD 234 million) investment is being made to boost the competitiveness and market reach of Spanish canned tuna, as part of a plan to strengthen the seafood processing...
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High Premiums Paid In BKK For Spiking Pole & Line Supply
Healthy Indian Ocean pole and line catches continue to flood Bangkok canners with big volumes of Maldivian caught skipjack, and packers are willing to pay out high prices in return. Carrying...
Australia’s Sustainable Demand Big Business For Thai Canners
Australia is one of the countries in the world with the highest share of MSC tuna sold, and the nation is a continually growing market for canners in Thailand. With Australian buyers being...
US Brands: Border Tax Could Have Killed Business
Although President Trump’s “America First” motto was at the core of his border adjustment tax (BAT) proposal, the scrapping of the plan has been fully welcomed by the group that represents the...
Investor Confidence Knocked By TU’s Weaker Profits
A recent dent in Thai Union’s usually stronger profits has further knocked investor confidence, after stockholders already showed concern over the company’s latest sustainability reforms and...
How The ‘Internet Of Things’ Can Be Utilized For Tuna
Japanese tuna farming company Sojitz Corporation is improving the technology of its aquaculture business in a bid to better the accuracy and efficiency of its practices, through utilizing the...
BKK Skipjack Market: Canners Shun Higher Prices
Despite attempts from suppliers to push prices modestly higher, the Bangkok whole round skipjack price remains steady, as packers refuse to conclude at the even further elevated levels. At USD...
Tribute To PNA Leader Who “Got Things Done” On Sustainable Tuna
A long-serving PNA leader from the Marshall Islands, who had repeatedly received international recognition for groundbreaking initiatives to support sustainable development, sadly died on...
Chile Gets Involved In Tuna Fishing
Chile has taken its first steps to get involved in tuna fishing, as the country wins approval to become a cooperating non-party state of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC),...
Mexican Fishery: Is MSC Certification Justified?
The expected MSC certification of the Mexican skipjack and yellowfin fishery’s free-school and dolphin-associated operations has not gone without criticism, with NGO WWF having uttered its...
Olympic Quotas Don’t Belong In Most Tuna Fisheries
Even though so-called “Olympic” catch quotas have been introduced in several ocean areas as conservation measures for tuna stocks, there is dispute over the effect this system has on...
Chicken Of The Sea Pumps $1.4 Million Into US Canning Boost
Major US canned tuna firm, Chicken of the Sea, is investing USD 1.4 million into upgrades at its Lyons, Georgia based processing plant, with a new tuna canning line set to be fitted. With...
Trump Administration: Bluefin Not Endangered
The US President Donald Trump administration has rejected a petition from NGOs calling for Pacific bluefin tuna to be protected under the Endangered Species Act. The decision states that the...
The Over 16,000km Long Journey For Vanuatu’s Tuna
Although the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu has one of the world’s most tuna-rich waters right on its doorstep, consumers in the country cannot yet get their hands on canned tuna that has...
Dolphin Activists: “Shame On MSC”
The imminent MSC certification of the Mexican skipjack and yellowfin purse seine fishery has been condemned by Earth Island Institute (EII), which claims that vessels use the fishing method of...
US Seiners Only Fleet To Increase Bangkok Deliveries
In the first half of 2017, the US purse seine fleet’s whole round tuna deliveries to Bangkok have taken a notable jump, following a significant slump last year, brought on by reduced access to...
South Korean Fleet Diverts Catches Away From Bangkok
The South Korean fleet has increasingly delivered its raw material tuna catches to other processing centers than Bangkok, during the first and second quarter of this year. Increased unloading...
Century Predicts Elevated Raw Mat Prices For Rest Of 2017
The leading name in Philippine tuna production, Century Pacific Food, forecasts elevated raw material prices to persist throughout the rest of 2017. But despite the challenges higher costs...
WATCH: Fisherman Gets Deadly Competition For Yellowfin Prey
A New Zealand spear fisherman got dangerous competition for his yellowfin tuna catch when sharks tried to snub his prize off of Ascension Island in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean....
Basque Fleet Optimistic About Albacore Catch
Over 1,500 tons of Atlantic albacore tuna has been landed in ports in the Spanish Basque country so far, as the region’s fleet is seeing a successful run of the season. The results from the...
