Lower skipjack supply has strongly pushed the value of the raw material in the Bangkok processing hub. Sources said the price of frozen whole round skipjack is being traded at much higher...
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Spanish Campaign To Combat Fake News About Canned Tuna
Spanish tuna groups have come together to combat misinformation about canned tuna. Fishing groups Opagac and Anabac, and the canners association Anfaco began the #AtúnSinMitos campaign, which...
Spanish Firm Recycles Tuna Nets For Aquaculture
Spanish company R de Lorenzo Cordelería, which makes ropes for mussel raft farming from recycled tuna nets, recently announced that it has expanded its work. The firm bought new machinery and...
US Dollar In Free Fall Against Euro Due To Trump’s Shifting Decisions
Since March 1, the US dollar has weakened against the euro by 5.1 percent, which is good news for the EU tuna industry. This is also convenient for President Trump because he has indicated...
Canadian Retailer Puts ‘T’ Symbol On Goods Impacted By US Trade War
Canadian supermarket chain Loblaw rolled out a ‘T’ symbol to show the reason why products on grocery shelves can be more expensive because of US tariffs. Some other retailers have added the...
PNG’s Marape Wants To Boost Fresh Tuna Exports To Japan
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is eyeing the direct export of fresh tuna to Japan. PNG Prime Minister James Marape, who recently stressed the importance of stronger trade ties between the two nations,...
French Tuna Vessel Owners Take A Forward Step In Decarbonization
French tuna vessel owners recently committed to decarbonizing through the ‘Pêche 4 Ever’ (P4EVER) project. The initiative aims to support the ecological transition of the fishing sector by...
All TUNACONS EPO Catches Are MSC Certified
The Eastern Pacific Ocean Tropical Tuna (TUNACONS) announced last week that its purse seine fishery has received the MSC sustainable logo for bigeye catches. This latest turn of events makes...
Ecuadorian Fleet’s Astonishing 2024 Tuna Volumes
Tuna catches in the EPO hit astonishing volumes in 2024. While many of the fleets significantly increased their tonnages, the Ecuadorian seiner fleet was by far the most successful, especially...
Deputy CEO Departs JMB International
Arnab Sengupta, Deputy CEO of Thai canned tuna and seafood trading company, JMB International, parted ways with the company last month. “Tuna is in my blood, so I will try to keep in touch...
Spanish Maritime Agency Reveals Mistakes Made In Seiner Accident
A Spanish government agency recently revealed the investigation results of a three-year-old case about a purse seiner crew member falling into the water and injuring his leg while releasing...
FiTI Lauds Seychelles’ Fisheries Transparency Compliance
The Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) recently announced that Seychelles is the first country to be “compliant” with its standards. It means that the nation has made considerable...
Spain Allocates Bluefin Quota For 2025
The Spanish Fisheries Ministry allotted 6,783 tons of bluefin to 819 national-flagged vessels in 2025, including the Almadrabas. The information was published in the Official State Gazette...
Africans Remarkably Recovered Canned Tuna Imports From Thailand In 2024
Thai processors’ trade with North African nations such as Libya, Egypt, and South Africa witnessed massive growth in 2024, with trade increasing by nearly half compared to 2023. Most African...
Vietnam Increased Market Share In US Pre-cooked Loins Imports In 2024
The US import of pre-cooked tuna loins barely picked up in 2024. Canners purchased just slightly more loins than in 2023. However, they were invoiced at a seven-year low. Vietnamese and Fijian...
American Samoa And StarKist Confirm Ties
The American Samoa governor Pulaali'i Nikolao Pula recently stressed the pivotal role of the StarKist cannery, the biggest private-sector employer on the island. Pula met with Eunhong (Edward)...
Italian Police Seize Cocaine From Canned Tuna Shipment
The Italian police recently confiscated 250 kg of cocaine that was transported in a container with canned tuna from Ecuador. The drugs were hidden in five bags containing a total of 200...
Dongwon WCPO Bigeye Gets Blue Tick And IO Catches In Assessment
Dongwon's MSC reassessment to add purse seiner bigeye catches in the WCPO was MSC certified. The Korean company has also sought the blue logo for its Indian Ocean (IO) purse seine skipjack and...
Nauterra Takes A Step Toward Carbon Neutrality
Tuna company Nauterra has partnered with energy company Energias de Portugal (EDP) to reduce carbon emissions at its Cabello plant in A Coruña. Nauterra announced that installing solar panels...
President Trump Temporarily Delays Tariffs, Markets In Upheaval
Two days after imposing 25 percent tariffs on goods from Mexico and most products from Canada, US President Donald Trump suspended the levies, causing whiplash to investors, stock markets, and...