Thai Union Group informed the Stock Exchange of Thailand that it is liquidating a subsidiary, Thai Union China Co. Ltd (TUC), and that this dissolution will not impact the Group’s operations....
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US Canned Tuna Imports Fell Slightly In Early 2024
US canned tuna imports contracted slightly in the first quarter of this year with the total business amounting to USD 143.85 million. American retailers and traders cut back on their shipments...
Tanzania Takes Initiative To Enhance Vessel Transparency To Boost US Trade
Tanzania is working towards an increase in transparency of its tuna vessels to improve trade prospects with the US. The Tanzania Deep Sea Fishing Authority (DSFA) and fishing company Biostar...
Czech Tuna Company Gaston Is Evolving In The Dynamic EU Tuna Market
Gaston Group, the Czech Republic-based company, owns two of the most popular tuna brands in the country, Franz Josef and Giana. It has a strong foothold in other parts of Central and Eastern...
EPO Purse Seine Fishery Gets MSC Certification For Skipjack And Yellowfin
Panamanian organization Atun Sostenible Ltd. S.A. recently received the MSC certification for its purse seine fishery's skipjack and yellowfin catches in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The...
Anfaco Wants A Spanish Commissioner To Oversee DG Mare
Elections for the European Parliament are getting closer and EU citizens will take to the polls between June 6 to 9 to vote for their representatives. The Spanish seafood sector has several...
Nauterra’s 2023 Earnings Grew Despite “Great Challenges”
Spanish company Nauterra (formerly known as Grupo Calvo), reported a turnover of EUR 697 million in 2023, a modest three percent rise from the previous year. The canned tuna and seafood group...
Tuna-Rich Islands Come Together At SIDS4 To Discuss Pivotal Issues
The UN is holding an event for the welfare of Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The 4th International Conference on SIDS (SIDS4) is ongoing in Antigua and Barbuda from May 27 and will...
Thai Canned Tuna Trade To Oceania Remained Stable In Q1 2024
The exports of Thai canned tuna to markets in the Oceania remained stable in the first quarter of this year. There was a slight dip in shipments to Australia, Thai processor's main market in...
TUNACONS Launches Initiative To Fight Plastic Pollution
The Eastern Pacific Ocean Tropical tuna (TUNACONS) purse seine fishery recently launched the ‘MaresLimpios.EC Platform’ to fight plastic pollution in the Gulf of Guayaquil and nearby...
Thai Union Shoots Down Red Lobster’s Claims
Thai Union Group has called US restaurant chain Red Lobster’s allegations “meritless.” The former Thai Union subsidiary filed for a Chapter 11 in a US Florida bankruptcy Court and accused its...
Ecuadorian Seiners Netted Massive Skipjack Volumes In Q1
The Ecuadorian purse seine fleet netted 27 percent more whole round tuna in the first quarter of this year, driven by huge volumes of skipjack. From January to March, fleets fishing in the EPO...
WTO To Tighten Grip On Illicit Tuna & Seafood Fraud
Annually billions of dollars are lost in world trade due to food fraud and illegal practices, according to the World Trade Organization (WTO). On Tuesday, it released the ‘Illicit Trade in...
Grupomar Cannery Workers Resume Operations After Meeting With Management
The production activities at processing plant Nanomar, a subsidiary of Grupomar, resumed the next day after a meeting with company's officials. A group of workers went on a one-day strike on...
How Effective Are RFMO Measures When Technology Creep Threatens Stocks?
-Viewpoint- Is technology creep impacting tuna stocks across various oceans? Technological advances should have made vessels more efficient and increased their daily catch, but there is little...
Bluefin Farmers Begin Fishing Season In Atlantic Ocean
Spanish bluefin companies Ricardo Fuentes and Grupo Balfegó have started catching bluefins in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. Ricardo Fuentes and Balfegó will catch 4,700 tons and...
Persistently Poor Catch Worries IO Seiner Owners And Drives Skipjack Price
The continuous too-low catch levels for months now and the voluntary fishing closure in Mauritius’s EEZ boosted the skipjack and yellowfin price in the Indian Ocean. The high surface water...
Actemsa Staring Down The Barrel Of Bankruptcy
Spanish tuna loins producer Actemsa will most probably be forced to go bankrupt. Creditors submitted a request to the Galician Commercial Court for “necessary bankruptcy” of Actemsa. The loins...
Spanish Researchers & Tuna Fleets Testing New Bio-Based FAD Platforms
Spanish marine technology company Zunibal has led the design of a new industrialized floating platform, which is part of a drifting FAD, using a compostable bio-based material. The firm is...
Demand For MSC Tuna In US Is Growing Dramatically
Americans’ preference for MSC tuna hit a five-year peak in 2024/25 with over 250 products, with the blue tick, being sold in US retail stores. The most MSC tuna (98 percent) consumed in the US...