The food and beverage fair Anuga closes today and the overall mood was that people were pleased to meet their customers and suppliers in person. All days were very crowded so the attendance...
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Substantial Lower Skipjack Catches Signal Drop In Origin Tuna Exports
In the first six months of the year, there was a major drop in the tuna catches in the Philippines. This impacts the supply of origin tuna needed by the country’s processors to export at zero...
Homeless Man Lives On Tuna And Other Social Media Trends
Life is getting harder for many who are struggling to make ends meet and canned tuna proves to be an affordable protein for such people. TikToker NomadicRyan revealed how he lives off tuna...
Pacific Islands Must Flex Muscle Against Chinese Fleet
The Chinese have been growing their canned tuna market over the years and competing with Ecuador and Thailand, the largest tuna producing nations in the world. A representative from the...
Japanese Purse Seiner Rescues Infants And Women From The Pacific Ocean
Japanese purse seiner 'Wakaba Maru No. 7' rescued 14 people on a boat adrift 160 km off Papua New Guinea (PNG) in August. The crew of the vessel, owned by Kyokuyo Susan Co. Ltd., spotted the...
Will Princes Brand Be Divided From Group After Acquisition?
British food and beverage company Princes Group is one step closer to being sold as three private equity firms – Epiris, Lone Star, and One Rock Capital Partners – are preparing their final...
WCPFC Members Discuss Bigeye Catch And High Seas Fishing Limit
Anticipating the annual Commission meeting in December, WCPFC organizes tropical tuna workshops for stakeholders in the industry. The third one was recently held at the RFMO’s headquarters in...
EU And Seychelles Review Crucial Tuna Fishing Agreement
Representatives of the European Union and Seychelles emphasized the positive impact of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) that allows EU seiners to fish for tuna in its EEZ...
Rising Costs To Squeeze Taiwan’s Seiner Sector In Near Future
The Taiwanese purse seine fleet is crucial for the global tuna industry, highlighted Chris Tsu, General Manager for Taiwan and Asia Trading for Tri Marine. Speaking at the Vigo conference. He...
Ecuador Holds Tight To Latin American Tuna Market Despite Chinese Competition
A huge chunk of Ecuadorian tuna exports is headed to Latin America, but China's market presence in this region is growing. Dario Chemirinski, Business Director of Selecting Strategic Partners,...
Big Money For Israeli Start-Up In Cell-Based Tuna
Wanda Fish Technologies is the latest to join the bandwagon of firms exploring cell-based technology to cultivate bluefin. It recently secured USD 7 million in seed funding to create...
Olive Oil Prices Skyrocketed, Harvest Not Too Bad
Spanish and Italian olive farmers feared a lesser harvest this year due to drought and heat. This prospect had already impacted the olive oil price levels and made tuna canners look out for...
FIA PNG Claims Its Sustainable RSP Initiative A Great Success
The Responsible Sourcing Policy (RSP) made crucial developments since initiated by the Fishing Industry Association in Papua New Guinea (FIA PNG) in 2018. It helped the Pacific Island to...
Anuga Kicks Off, Tuna Industry Not In Optimistic Mood
On Saturday, Anuga opened its doors in Cologne, Germany, and today, it will welcome a massive influx of business people. The overall mood among tuna processors and boat owners is not that...
Readers Doubt US Congress Will Pass 600 Mln South Pacific Tuna Treaty
US President Joe Biden met with Pacific Island leaders in Washington last month to conclude several partnerships, including the much-awaited South Pacific Tuna Treaty (SPTT). The Pacific...
Conxemar Concluded With Record Edition
The 24th Conxemar International Frozen Seafood Products Exhibition closed on October 5 in Vigo with over 26,736 visitors and exhibitors from 110 countries. This was three percent more...
Wofco Buys Sapmer’s ‘Manapany’ Purse Seiner
The Spanish Worldwide Fishing Company (Wofco) acquired a 90-meter purse seiner that was renamed ‘Ría De Aldán’. Based on its IMO number 9476238, this must be the ‘Manapany’ owned by French...
Italian Producers Demanded More P&L Skipjack Loins In H1
Italian processors cut back on their imports of frozen pre-cooked loins in H1 2023, buying nine percent less compared to last year, onlyreducing their intake from suppliers outside the...
French Canned Tuna Sales Suffer In 2023 As Inflation Bites Consumers
This year has been hard on the French tuna sector and it is facing the same challenges in other markets around the world, said Alexis Jacquand, Director General of Petit Navire, in his...
First Female Manager Leads Thai Union IOT Plant
On October 1, Jamikara Techasaratoole became the new General Manager of the Indian Ocean Tuna (IOT) plant in the Seychelles. She took over from her predecessor, Ricardo Luzio, after joining...