South Korea’s largest fishing firm, Dongwon Industries, has netted bluefin tuna for the first time in an ocean area largely dominated by Japanese operations, and plans to sell the top-grade...
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Why TU Sales Prices Are Forecasted Higher In 2017
By next year, Thai analysts are expecting Thai Union’s average canned tuna selling price to have risen notably on 2015 levels, after an increase already this year. The predicted upturn...
The Winning Bid: 2017’s First Tsukiji Sale
The New Year brings with it a new bidding war at Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market, and the first auction of 2017 has seen a 212kg bluefin fetch JPY 74.2 million (USD 637,600); the second highest...
Sino-Japanese $12 Million Plant Expansion
The joint venture between China’s Zhangzidao and Japan’s Sojitz is to expand with a second tuna processing plant, after the Chinese firm explained that a growing global demand for tuna...
A.Samoa Gets Bigger Voice In High Seas Decisions
Legislation has now been passed that benefits US territories, particularly American Samoa, in gaining more say in tuna fisheries management in Pacific high seas areas. The “Ensuring Access to...
Can “Vegan Toona” Rival The Real Deal?
Fishless tuna sales are growing in the US, with plant-based alternatives to protein taking up an increasing amount of shelf-space in American supermarkets, as more US consumers are steering...
Have Cancer Fears Boosted UK Tuna Sales?
Meat sales in the United Kingdom plummeted in 2016, while prepared fish sales climbed, and some of the shift has been connected to health warnings linking processed meat to cancer. Last year...
Tuna: One Of 2017’s Top Food Trends
This year is looking to be an exciting time for tuna-centered meals, with our favorite fish being a key part of many of the predicted food trends for 2017. Let’s take a look at what food...
Faulty Tuna Shipments Blocked At EU Border
The last two months of 2016 saw six Thai shipments of tuna products stopped at the Swedish border, with checks revealing damage to packaging and one instance of an infestation of insect larvae...
TU Ensures Workers Know Their Rights
Thai Union has developed a booklet on labor rights for migrant workers in collaboration with the Labor Rights Promotion Network Foundation (LPN), an initiative following suit with the firm’s...
Peru Expects 2017 Tuna Boom
A strong boost is on the cards for Peru’s tuna industry, with plans for the nation to bolster the role it plays in global tuna production. This will be made possible, it’s believed, with the...
Surging Fleet Interest In MSC Catch
A rapidly growing market demand for MSC certified tuna has driven a stronger fishing industry interest, and there is expectation that the total sustainable tuna catch tonnage within PNA waters...
Mercury Levels Falling In Bluefin
Mercury levels in Atlantic bluefin tuna are declining, according to a study that suggests recent environmental regulations have reduced the amount of pollution drifting across the ocean. The...
The End Of India-Sri Lanka Tuna Fight?
Ministerial level talks between India and Sri Lanka, which have long disputed over tuna fishing, have ended on a positive note. Sri Lanka has agreed to immediately free 51 Indian fishermen...
5 Price Fixing Cases DOJ Won, What Could Big 3 Face?
Though the outcome of the price fixing case involving the US Big 3 tuna firms is yet to be decided, the fact that two executives from Bumble Bee have already pleaded guilty indicates that the...
Thai Union And Century To Clash In China?
Thai Union is expected to start focusing on the growth of its own brands in the Chinese market, as it ends a joint venture cooperation with Filipino canned tuna giant Century Pacific Food...
US Banks Involved In MOZ’s Tuna Scam Investigated
The sale of Mozambique’s tuna bond and root of the nation’s so called “tuna scandal” is being taken to a much higher international level as it is now being investigated by the US Securities...
2016’s Top 10 Stories
Last year was a rich year for tuna industry news. We have looked into the stories which gained the most readers on Atuna. Manta Ecuador Hit By Devastating Earthquake The most read story...
Global Warming Benefitting Australian Tuna Industry?
Rising ocean temperatures could eventually lead to conditions that encourage faster growth in farmed bluefin in South Australia (SA), according to a leading figure in the industry. It is...
“White Tuna” Now Protected From Fraud In NY
A law to protect consumers will come into force this month, with state legislation in New York now requiring that products must come from actual tuna if they are being sold as “white tuna”....
