Spanish canners’ imports of frozen pre-cooked loins fell by nearly 10,000 tons from January to June this year, but remained at elevated levels. Trade with processors inside and outside the...
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Spanish Industry Reaches Out To Youth With Third Canned Tuna Campaign
Spanish processors’ organization Anfaco-Cytma is bringing back the ‘La Matriculata’ campaign to promote canned tuna and other seafood among college students across Galicia as a healthy,...
Readers Saw Skipjack Price Rise Coming
The trade in whole round frozen skipjack price has been under pressure for months because there is a shortfall in supply due to low catch volumes in all oceans, while the canners’ demand...
EU Canners’ Weaker Demand For Pre-Cooked Loins Persists
EU imports of frozen pre-cooked tuna loins from most major suppliers declined in the first half of this year. Lower catches and stricter regulations took their toll. Spanish processors...
Tuna And Sweet Potato Combo Find Unexpected Fans And Other Social Media Stories
An American social media content creator posted a video of relishing tuna on sweet potato, and the combo is a hit among her fans. A video of a tuna swimming underwater in a discotheque grabs...
Jeff Bezos Backs Pacific Ocean Conservation With Extra USD 25 Million
The Bezos Earth Fund is putting USD 25 million behind efforts to protect tuna and marine life across more than 625,000 square miles of the Pacific Ocean. This will support ocean conservation...
Princes Warns Tariff Suspension Could Have “Unintended Consequences”
Neil Bohannon, Chief Procurement Officer at Princes UK, said that the UK government’s decision to cut tariffs on imported tuna products could lead to "unintended consequences". Speaking at the...
Australian Tuna Fishery Can Again Carry MSC Label
The Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (ETBF), which targets yellowfin, bigeye, and albacore, has been MSC recertified for the third time. Currently, 24 fishing vessels are in the certification...
Maldives Replaces Lost Anchored FADs To Support P&L Fishing
Maldives Ministry of Fisheries, Agriculture and Ocean Resources is prioritizing the replacement of anchored FADs for pole-and-line skipjack fishing in its waters that have been damaged or have...
IO Catches Improve Slightly: Skipjack Price Firms
The catches in the Indian Ocean improved slightly in the past month and the skipjack price increased a little. Volumes, however, remained below last year’s levels, although they were still...
Wild Planet Brand Unveils Fresh New Design
US-based Wild Planet brand has launched a fresher packaging and a redesigned logo for its tuna and seafood products. The redesign coincides with the brand’s “Lunch Offline” campaign, with a...
UK Tuna Landscape Is Not Feeling The Tariff Freeze, Yet
The UK has suspended tariffs on all imported tuna products, including canned tuna, through the end of 2028 to help ease the cost of living. The move sparked concerns about potential fallout...
GDST Intends To Build Future Modules For Bycatch & Marine Mammals, New Vision For Future
Six years after the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) launched its first standard for end-to-end digital seafood traceability, the organization is preparing for its next phase:...
US House Pushes Illegal Tuna Enforcement Act To Next Step
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed an amended version of the Illegal Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement Act, sending the legislation back to the Senate for consideration. The...
NewPrinces Records Higher Turnover, Increases Tuna Sales In Italy
NewPrinces Group delivered broadly stable sales volumes in the first half of 2026, with consolidated revenue up year on year, though the period closed with a net loss. Although overall ambient...
Fiji Becomes First Pacific Nation To Join FiTI
Fiji has become the first Pacific Island nation to join the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI). Alitia Bainivalu, Fiji’s Fisheries Minister, and Sven Biermann, Executive Director of...
TTIA Urges Global Tuna Industry To Put Cooperation Ahead Of Competition
Adison Promthep, Advisor to the Thai Tuna Industry Association (TTIA), voiced concerns over the global geopolitical situation and its impact on Thailand’s tuna trade with international...
Century Pacific Wins Prestigious Award
Century Pacific Food (CNPF) received FinanceAsia’s Gold Award for 'Best Managed Company' among consumer staples in the Philippines. Sustained growth and diversification continued to offset...
Europêche Says Roll Over Of Tuna Loins Quota “No Longer An Option”
EU fishing representative body Europêche has called on European regulators to reject the rollover of the 35,000 M/T Autonomous Tariff Quota (ATQ) for tuna loins and eliminate it. While the...
Diesel Costs Weigh On WCPO Fishing Fleets
Fuel costs are a key pain point for fishing fleets and carriers across the global tuna supply chain, industry participants said at the INFOFISH Tuna 2026 conference. The narrowing gap between...